5 Jul
2016
5 Jul
'16
5:36 p.m.
On Tue, Jul 05, 2016, Susan Pleck via Callers wrote:
I'm to lead a workshop/extended intro lesson at a local dance this
Saturday on gender-free dancing/dancing the "other" role/switching
roles. Not having done this before, I'd appreciate any thoughts
or advice about what this should include. For the gender-free
aspect, I'm not sure there's much to discuss, really; ir'd be more
just giving dancers a chance to practice responding to different
terms. For dancing the other role, though, what points of emphasis
do you think would be most useful? Two that come to mind are swing
positioning/giving weight, and figures such as a chain where the
actions of the two roles are different.
Depending on what kind of group you have, it might be easier to teach
them "from scratch". Obviously, you could go a lot faster with
experienced dancers, but starting fresh -- and telling them they're
starting over -- might put them into a more accepting mindset and give
you the opportunity to correct any flaws in their previous dancing.
I know that I for a long time was using a poor left-hand shoulder hold
for raven swinging (until Kelsey corrected me).
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