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@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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