I have a Petro-spin-to-star in a dance of mine, a move I stole from another
dance (Middle School Drama, or something like that?). People are going to
clap, so I recommend mentioning in the walkthrough that the dance is
smoother if the hands go right in sans-clap.
-Ron
On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Andrea Nettleton <
twirly-girl(a)bellsouth.net> wrote:
It works great as long as everyone spins the
appropriate way. If you have
new dancers in the crowd, it is worth teaching that when spinning R, one
points one's chin to the R and follows it around. I have seen even dancers
who have danced for awhile spin them selves the other way. When spinning
the 'right' way, your left hand is free and momentum easily swings it to
the center for a star L. If you happened to have spun the other way, there
is no way to flow gracefully into the star. If I hadn't seen this awkward
spinning from the stage, I would not have believed people could keep
choosing what looks to me like such a counter intuitive motion, but they
do. If this is the second spin to the R dance of the night or you have a
crowd of at least somewhat experienced dancers, they will enjoy the flow
very much.
A
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On Oct 31, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Kalia Kliban <kalia(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote:
Hi all
Just wondering about a transition in Nathaniel Jack's "Walk the Plank."
It looks like a nice bouncy dance with good rebound, but there's a
transition from a petronella twirl into a LH star at the end, and in the
absence of a group of guinea pigs here at the house I thought I'd ask if
anyone's tried this and what they think. Here are the notes:
Walk the Plank Duple Imp.
A1 4,4 Neighbor balance, Al right 3/4
8 Men Al left 1-1/2
A2 16 Partner Bal + Swing, end facing down
B1 8 Down the hall in lines of 4, turn alone
8 Come back up, bend the line to a circle
B2 8 Balance the ring, spin right one place
8 Star left 1ce around.
Is it comfortable to come from that twirl into catching L hands for a
star?
Kalia
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