8 Nov
2017
8 Nov
'17
10:36 p.m.
In my experience, on Beat 1 a dancer's weight is more likely to land on
their right foot. This is why balancing left is inherently a challenge
when it flows from other moves. So I also agree that Forward and Back is a
nice solution.
Erik Erhardt
(505)480-4462 StatAcumen.com/dance
On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Amy Wimmer via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
In my experience the momentum of an allemande right
automatically takes
one either to the right or forward. Same goes for an allemande left:
momentum takes you to the left or forward. A balance left just doesn't flow
after am AR, because if you have a good connection with your allemande
you're already pulling to the left a bit. That leaves you nowhere to go,
left-wise. SO! I agree with the multitudes here: make the balance F&B.
-Amy
On Nov 8, 2017 11:07 AM, "Maia McCormick via Callers" <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Recently called a dance with an allemande R into
long waves, balance
wave, allemande L. Because of personal preference, I taught the balance as
"balance left, then right", but cuz I didn't teach it all that clearly,
the
dancers defaulted back into balancing right first, and enough tricky stuff
was happening in the dance that I didn't wanna correct them in flight.
I'm just wondering: do others agree that a balance left makes more sense
/ flows better in this context, or is this a weird personal preference? In
your opinion, does the flow of the balance left outweigh its potential
unidiomaticness?
Cheers,
Maia
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