12 Mar
2024
12 Mar
'24
12:47 p.m.
I don't like to assign roles in the lesson.
A lot of good discussion, and a couple points I'll add:
- my lesson teaches the swing as allemande R -> 2 hand turn -> swing, and
so the concept of the swing being symmetrical except for handholds is
established, and then Left/Right side. (And handhold) being the concept
introduced as the difference with role.
- if there's a small number of new dancers, experienced people in my
general region will typically help show the ropes in terms of dancing
either role.
- for larger groups, I am more likely to specifically have them try both
roles
- I do like to tell new dancers that for the first couple dances, they
should consider sticking with the role in the lesson. I'll say something
like "if you're feeling comfortable, absolutely try dancing the other role,
too".
In dance,
Julian Blechner
He/Him
Western Mass
On Mon, Mar 11, 2024, 6:23 PM Winston, Alan P. via Contra Callers <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I don't know whether I was that someone. If it
was, what I talked about,
if you have a large enough group to do it (say, 10 or more, which I rarely
do), is to have them all circle up [which I always do as part of the
implicit dancing-to-the-phrase, things-take-standard-numbers-of-steps,
early success because they're responding to a call that means what they
think it does portion), and after we've done all that, I squish the circle
into a longways set and take hands four from the top. If they came with
someobdy that person is probably in another couple now (unless they're at
the top or bottom). "As you face the other couple, one of you is on the
left - you're dancing as a lark; the other is on the right - you're
dancing as a robin.)
You could also circle up, pick someone to start, and have them count off
around the ring "robin, lark, robin, lark".
In principle this means roles are arbitrarily assigned. In practice these
new partners might negotiate. I try not to notice.
-- Alan
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From: Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers <
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Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2024 8:24 PM
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Subject: [Callers] Re: "Assigning" roles in the beginners' lesson?
Sometime within the past 3 years or so someone posted an excellent
procedure in this forum, which I did not copy, and could not find a year or
so later when I tried. maybe someone can find it.
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