21 Aug
2011
21 Aug
'11
2:50 p.m.
There's one dance variation that I've recently noticed.
Recently, I've noticed that callers and dancers have slightly changed some existing
dances. In both cases that I remember (Trip to Lambertville & Tica Tica Timing) a
R&L over has been changed to a promenade across. Rights and lefts do seem to be more
difficult, especially at bigger dances, and with a larger proportion of beginners. The
promenade does appear to make the dance smoother in these cases.
Is it really true that right & lefts are becoming less popular in large MUCDs? Are
other dances being modified in this way now?
Rich Hart.
Tom Hinds remarked on 8/21/2011 9:28 AM:
Jim
Although I can't answer your first question about keeping track of all the dances, I
can say something about what constitutes a new dance. I remember Ted Sannella saying that
a dance is new if it has 50% new or unique choreography. By his definition if 50% or more
of the dance is different than any other dance then it's a new dance. If a dance has
less than 50% it's a variation.
He didn't go into any more specifics and I wasn't wise enough to ask any
questions. But if you look at some of the old dances like Petronella and Hull's
victory, they have identical B parts and unique A parts. The same applies to Chorus Jig
and Rory O' More.
Squares can also follow this 50% rule. For example there are a number of squares like
Queen's Quadrille that have unique A parts while the B part is circle left half, swing
corner, promenade.
T
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