5 Jul
2006
5 Jul
'06
10:16 a.m.
Rickey,
One thing that has been very helpful outside of the great advice you have received so far
is pages
36 & 37 of Larry Jennings "Give & Take". These pages mathematically
breakdown a contra dance.
Math has always made sense to me and can relate to it very easy. Mr. Jennings provides
sample
times for a minmum, average and no walk thru. How this helped me is when I taped myself
doing a
walkthrough (the recorder device also has a timer) I was amazed how much longer time than
I
thought it was. This has been very helpful to prepare the walkthroughs. Where I dance
time
management is very important. The caller is supposed to get things going promptly and
then get
out of the way. This has been something after taping an evening, that became very
apparent that
work was needed. There is also much more information in the book regarding preparing but
that is
the information that has been helpful to me.
See when I see ya,
Dan
--- Rickey <holt.e(a)comcast.net> wrote:
Hi all,
I have just come back from a wonderful caller's workshop and have gotten
addicted to having other caller's to talk to. So I have two questions for
you. First, how do you prepare for an upcoming evening of calling? I am
wondering how you prepare AFTER you have selected the dances and programmed
the evening. Do you memorize the dances? Do you call to music and an empty
room? How do you keep focused on what might happen when nothing is
happening in front of you? How do you learn new dances that you want to
call? I have recently tried scripting a dance. It took over an hour to do
the one dance, but seemed very useful. Do you script your teaching in
advance? If so how do you use that script during the evening? Second, I
have heard dance described as controlled falling. In another form of dance
I was taught to lean into the direction of travel in order to commit my
weight to the dance. I have been watching experienced dancers recently and
see no evidence of this. I have danced for perhaps 30 years, and I cannot
remember what we used to do. AS A DANCER, how do you commit your weight to
a move?
Rickey Holt.
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