20 Feb
2024
20 Feb
'24
10:44 p.m.
I think some dancers know which way they're expecting to progress as soon as they line
up and it makes them think they've gotten something wrong during the walkthrough if
they progress the "wrong" way.
I find it's helpful for dancers like that to be prepared, since they're often your
first line of defense in helping guide confused dancers on the floor, so I'll usually
throw in a quick "this dance is becket *right*, for those who know what that
means" (or "for those who care" if I'm feeling cheekier).
Harris Lapiroff
Dance Caller and Organizer
Boston Intergenerational Dance Advocates Board (Cambridge MA)
Pinewoods Camp, Inc Board (Plymouth MA)
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On Tue, Feb 20, 2024, at 5:14 PM, Ken Panton via Contra Callers wrote:
).
- There was some confusion about shadows, but it
really doesn't matter
who that is, so I ignored/squashed questions about direction and just
let the dancers muddle into it.
Does "questions about direction" refer to the often quite "robust"
demand to know if a Becket dance progresses CW or CCW? It's always
puzzled me why that's so important to some people, perhaps because I've
never intuited any value, as a dancer, in knowing.
It's not a burning question, but does anyone have a good answer to
that? Even my understanding of end effects hasn't been enhanced, to my
recollection, knowing a priori the progression direction.
Cheers
Ken Panton
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