10 Feb
2014
10 Feb
'14
6:21 p.m.
On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 4:42 PM, Read Weaver <rweaver(a)igc.org> wrote:
What I find is that about 3/4 of the dancers take 8
counts to do the
circle 3 places, then a brief but indeterminate amount of time to do the
pass through, and then arrive late to the next couple & next figure. (The
other 1/4 take 6 counts to circle, 2 to pass through, and are then on the
music's phrasing for the next figure.)
It seems like a caller could point it out which might help some (though
dancers' experience that everything is in a count of 8 or 4 is pretty
ingrained), but the avoidance of teaching seems to prevent that--I don't
recall any caller ever saying anything about it.
If the next move after the pass through is timing-critical, like a balance,
then the caller can strongly cue that move, such as: "...new N, balance
_now_!" That's what I do when I find people are invariably running late,
and it often tends to fix it within a few repetitions.
If the next move is something where the timing can be fuzzy then I'll often
point out the tight timing during the walkthrough, but let it slide during
the dance.
-Grant-
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