10 Jul
2011
10 Jul
'11
12:43 p.m.
On 7/9/2011 4:12 PM, Richard Mckeever wrote:
I would be interesting to hear how other callers
incorporate other formations in their programs and how they and the dancer feel about it
I always try to include at least a couple of squares and a mixer of
some sort, circle or scatter, in my contra evenings. I also often
include 4 face 4 dances as well as other formations. The details vary
from time to time and depend in part on the crowd. I like to throw in a
proper contra now and then to keep the dancers on their toes, so to speak.
Of course, when I'm leading English country dances I have a lot more
variations in formation to choose from and usually half of the evenings
dances will be in something other than duple.
Jonathan
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Jonathan Sivier
Caller of Contra, English and Early American Dances
jsivier AT illinois DOT edu
Dance Page: http://www.sivier.me/dance_leader.html
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