17 Jul
2024
17 Jul
'24
4:54 p.m.
When the choreography calls for a right-hand allemande with a shadow (or
neighbor, either same-role or opposite-role), I may mention in the second
walk through that if you're comfortable turning that allemande into a
swing, you're welcome to do so.
This presumes the flow to the next move wouldn't be impeded, nor that the
crowd is full of dancers who are chronically late to end swings.
Only very rarely — maybe twice in over 20 years of calling — have I
explicitly called for a dedicated shadow swing.
— Jerome Grisanti
On Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 10:39 AM Maia McCormick via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Prompted by some recent conversations, I’m curious how
folks here feel
about shadow swings!
1. As a caller, do you:
A) not have an issue with shadow swings, and program them freely
B) not tend to program them just bc they don’t come up in your repertoire,
but have no issue with them
C) not program shadow swings as a matter of principle
D) some secret fourth thing (feel free to elaborate!)?
2. How do you feel about shadow swings as a dancer?
Will weigh in with my thoughts later, both to avoid biasing the
conversation from the outset, and also because I’m currently in transit 😅
Thanks for participating in the data gathering!
Cheers,
Maia
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Maia McCormick (she/her)
917.279.8194
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