18 Sep
2016
18 Sep
'16
5:45 p.m.
If you start from the common man-on-the-left, woman-on-the-right, and
circle left 3/4, the women have swapped sides.
Easiest fix is to have the women swap sides again somewhere else.
-Chris Page
San Diego, CA
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 2:34 PM, Don Veino via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 4:54 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Is this unique to my collection or this generally true of contra dances?
I've had a similar observation (not in my deck necessarily but also from the
dance programs I encounter on the floor) - in many cases the Ladies are the
ones getting the run around/doing the most "single role" action. I haven't
done the percentages, but to me it seems the Gents' same role action is
typically limited to allemandes.
This is something I've been using to inform my own dance compositions,
creating either more even or Gents-heavy dances (featuring other moves)
which could balance things out in aggregate.
-Don