Ummm... the question was asked about ways to mitigate a shadow swing, assuming you want to call a shadow swing dance. And the original poster asked not to be derailed by whether or not a shadow swing is something you wish to call in the first place.

Any chance that that could be made a separate topic, for those that wish to rehash it?

-Chris Page
San Diego


On Tue, Sep 8, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Michael Fuerst via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Luke:  
Your assessment is inaccurate.  This is not a matter where levity is acceptable.
Creating a situation which could force someone into close, almost intimate  proximity with a person perceived as emotionally or physically threatening is inappropriate.
A lesser problem is that one can get a shadow who one considers personable, but very unpleasant for swinging  (for example, due to either height difference,  or  a body position or weight distribution which unnecessarily strains one's own body).
 
Michael Fuerst      802 N Broadway      Urbana IL 61801      217 239 5844



From: Maia McCormick via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
To: "callers@lists.sharedweight.net" <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 8, 2015 11:06 AM
Subject: [Callers] Shadow Swing Disclaimers?

Hey all,

First, a disclaimer: Some people on this listserv thing shadow swings are problematic. Some don't see any issue with them. This is NOT the conversation I want to have in this thread; I ask that you respond to the question I'm asking and do not debate my premise--at least not in this particular thread. This should help keep this thread on track and hopefully reduce excess noise and go-nowhere discussions on this listserv. Thanks!

Anyway, the actual question I wanted to ask (whew!)--

There do exist some really fabulous shadow-swing dances that I would love to be able to call, as long as I could do so without putting anyone in an uncomfortable position. Do folks have ideas for ways to mitigate the potential harms of shadow swing dances? I was considering, at the beginning of the dance, having dancers identify their shadow and mentioning, "this will be a shadow swing dance, so if you need to make any changes, do so now" (or something like that)--haven't gotten the wording down-pat, but the idea is giving dancers advance warning of a shadow swing so they can move (thereby changing their shadow) if they need to. Any thoughts on this method? Suggestions of others?

Cheers.
Maia

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