18 Feb
2014
18 Feb
'14
11:33 p.m.
I recently danced with a neighbor who always had his hand perfectly on my
scapula. It was like there was a magnet between his hand and my back, and
i loved it. When I had a chance, between dances, I let him know how much I
appreciated it, and asked him what his trick is, hoping that I could
emulate it. He had no idea, and suggested that maybe I'm just the right
height/size for dancing with him.
(though if anyone has tips for hand placement as a gent during a swing, I'm
all ears.)
Les
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Dale Wilson <dale.wilson(a)gmail.com> wrote:
An interesting topic.
We have women at both ends of the height spectrum. I don't (as far as I
know) have trouble with the short ones, but it took me a while to adapt to
dancing with women who were considerably taller than I am.
Finally I just asked some of them, "Where should I put my hand to support
you best during a swing."
The answers varied from one woman to another, and they might well vary
based on my height, weight and style, but I will say that asking worked
well.
Dale
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 8:23 AM, George Mercer <geopmercer(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
A number of years ago I danced a number of times
with a woman who was
much
shorter than me. I am about 5'6" or so
on a good day. She was probably
4'8" give or take an inch. When we'd go into a swing, as my arm went
around
her to her back, she'd lock her left arm down
so that I could hardly get
my
right hand past her side. At first I thought it
was bad form on her
part,
but let it be. Then as I watched her dance with
others, I realized that
when her co-swinger managed to get his arm around her to the "normal"
place
it had the result of lifting her left side up to
what appeared to me to
be
a discomfort level. The taller the man, the
further her left side was
forced to go. I had to learn a new approach to entering a swing, even to
lean toward bad form when the height of the other dancer led me to an
adjusted approach. I'm not suggesting we should teach this, but thinking
about how your technique (good or bad) can cause another discomfort is
worth thinking about. Over the year I've danced enough with men that
I've
also experienced discomfort with this height
differential. Just thinking
out loud. Thanks.
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