19 Jul
2017
19 Jul
'17
12:18 p.m.
I’ll put in a plug for teaching more contra style as well; in particular, more weight
given. Teach them how to do a circle of four while giving weight, as well as in twosome
figures (and—personal botheration here--show them how grapevining on the circle disrupts
the giving weight). My experience is that MWSDers learn the other stuff very quickly, but
the giving weight takes much longer (and a few never realize they’re doing something
different from the people around them).
Read Weaver
Jamaica Plain, MA
http://lcfd.org
On Jul 18, 2017, at 10:28 PM, Judy Greenhill via
Callers <callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi everyone,
I have undertaken to teach some modern square dancers how to contra dance, and I’m
wondering if anyone has experience with this and has any dances to recommend? I’m a square
dancer myself but most of my contra repertoire is for modern contra dancers- 2 swings,
lots of Balance and swing, etc. I’d like more dances with MWSD moves in them and possibly
without any, or only 1, swing, and they don’t need to have a partner swing. The dancers I
am teaching are all either plus or advanced, so they will tire pretty quickly of the usual
simple glossary contras I would normally do in a teaching situation. They can do the
moves; it’s the formation that is new to them.
Thanks,
Judy