22 Jul
2013
22 Jul
'13
6 a.m.
I just finished calling at Gennetines, a huge international folk festival, largely
attended by French folks, but with a strong group of folks from other places. What worked
the best was a hybrid. Moves could be called their English name, but directions and hand
choices needed to be in both or just in French. I did a fair amount of calling
bilingually. You could also simply translate a lot of the calls. Star would be estrella,
for example. I did use québécois terms for some things as many dancers had been exposed
to that form.
Best luck!
Andrea
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On Jul 21, 2013, at 7:24 PM, Mark Stowe <mkstowegnv(a)gmail.com> wrote:
I am dating a Mexican anthropology professor that I
met at a
contradance at an Earth Skills festival in Gainesville FL and she is
now a complete convert. This past New Year's we got 20 of her family
and friends contradancing. They caught on quickly, really liked it
and would like me to start a regular contradance in Xalapa=Jalapa
where it actually has a better than average chance of working given
the large arts/ music community, and the numerous international
students and expats.
Given time constraints and going back and forth this is a long term
project but two weeks from today before I go back to the US (and my
contradance camp at Burning Man) I am supposed to put together a
contradance for a large party.
Any leads to possibly existing materials/ written explanations or
calls in Spanish would be appreciated. And given my travels to other
countries (especially French speaking) I wonder is there any
non-English material and/or calls? Thanks!
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