17 Sep
2023
17 Sep
'23
12:40 p.m.
I am going to disagree, that there's no need to rename Mad Robin.
A lot of suggestions so far, unfortunately, can be interpreted as a dosido
or a sashay, or a slide. Mad Robin is the full rotating with eye contact
with person across. Omitting the latter by having the name imply only the
motion leaves a name that doesn't convey all that the move does.
And, I think Mad Robin is not a basic move, so it needs to be taught in any
room with any beginners anyway, so a rename doesn't simplify that.
In dance,
Julian Blechner
He/Him
Western Mass
On Sun, Sep 17, 2023, 11:34 AM Alan J Rosenthal via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
ok good point
re it not being quite a mirror reflection... hmmm...
maybe i'll try "side-slide do-si-do"
Hi,
As you likely know, an older term for do-si-do is "back to back", and
"dos
a dos" is just French for "back to back"... so how about "side to
side"?
regards,
ajr, dancing in and near Toronto, Canada
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