Re: partners swapping during shadow dances and confusing their respective shadows (I think of it as Peter Pan-ing, on account of our shadows coming detached)… I appreciate events where there are designated chaos lines so those who are in the mood for them can indulge to their hearts’ content. I suppose there could be no-shenanigans lines alternatively. Or couples who are likely to swap could give their shadows a heads up during walk-through.

-Joseph 

On Wed, Jul 17, 2024 at 2:45 PM Mary Collins via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

# 2. No problem, but rarely call

As dancer - meh...biggest issue is when there is suddenly a new shadow due to dancers joining late or some other mix. As I age I find I get disoriented when my point of reference suddenly changes. I imagine, for a new dancer who has been told this person, your shadow will/should be the same person every time, it could be confusing as well. IMHO

Mary Collins 

WNY/ST (Western New York/Southern Tier)

On Wed, Jul 17, 2024, 10:39 AM Maia McCormick via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Prompted by some recent conversations, I’m curious how folks here feel about shadow swings!

1. As a caller, do you:

A) not have an issue with shadow swings, and program them freely

B) not tend to program them just bc they don’t come up in your repertoire, but have no issue with them

C) not program shadow swings as a matter of principle

D) some secret fourth thing (feel free to elaborate!)?

2. How do you feel about shadow swings as a dancer?

Will weigh in with my thoughts later, both to avoid biasing the conversation from the outset, and also because I’m currently in transit 😅

Thanks for participating in the data gathering!

Cheers,

Maia

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