Re: [Callers] The Survey Form

On May 14, 2008, at 10:02 PM, Amy Cann wrote: I answer more from the perspective of a dancer than a caller or choreographer. I hope that's OK. it's kind of simple, but starring right, then circling left has a very nice flow ladies' chain on the left diagonal, then ladies' chain across grand right and left down the set, box the gnat (or allemande) and go back the other way... I happen to love those kinds of dances. transitioning, via allemandes, from short wavy line across to long wavy lines at the side, and vice versa men allemande left, pick up partner, cross set, butterfly whirl (time consuming, hard to get it down on time, increased risk of bumping into people almost anything with a dosido, especially, dosido, then balance and swing ladies' chain across, moving into a left hand star, especially when it is down with a twirl and not a courtesy turn Sorry, can't answer the rest well, as I don't know the names of the dances very well. Janet > 2a - What is the dance that embodies the words flowing, elegant, smooth > the most to you? > 2b - What is the dance that embodies them the least? > 3a - Are there any dances you know and love, that are wonderfully > satisfying, but are not necessarily smooth or flowing? > 3a - Why do these dances work, if it's not the flow? > Note: the students will not see your answers to Question 3a at first. > We're going to let them discover the other "satisfyers" on their own -- > good story line, social tension and reward, the "oh cool, that's so > ingenious!" factor. > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers(a)sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers