18 Feb
2014
18 Feb
'14
11:24 p.m.
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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