29 Mar
2012
29 Mar
'12
12:46 a.m.
On Mar 27, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote:
If you have a crowd that's expecting contra
dances, how well is something like
a goofy three-around-three one-night-stand dance going to go over? (That
sounds like a leading question, but I'm really asking it. I know a million
small-set bouncy/skippy one-night-stand dances, but I didn't even think about
those when I faced my teeny crowd a couple of weeks ago, because I didn't think
they'd read like contra-dancing
Well, I've only done this with experienced dance friends, and it might be
counter-productive with newer dancers, but many improper contras *can* be danced by just
two couples, as long as you're willing to switch partners each time through and rotate
the axis of the dance 90 degrees each time through. (E.g. if a dance begins Balance &
Swing Your Neighbor, and ends with Pass Through to a New Neighbor, just turn to your
partner after the first time through the dance and treat them as your new neighbor. Repeat
ad libitum.)
Richard