9 May
2012
9 May
'12
3:23 a.m.
of the 3 type of dance questions you listed - only the first seems to be a caller's
issue. The other 2 don't seem to fit as well in this forum.
While I like the idea of sharing new dances - there are a lot of them out there and that
would pretty much take over this group.
I don't write dances - but would probably join a separate group if one was created.
Your last set of questions are much harder to answer
Mac McKeever
St Louis.
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From: Alan Winston <winston(a)slac.stanford.edu>
To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 8, 2012 9:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Mentorship for Choreographers
On 5/8/2012 6:35 PM, Mark Hillegonds wrote:
It's been my experience that unless one is a
well-known choreographer (Ravitz, >Hume, Ormand, Sanella, Olsen, and any number of
others) it can be difficult get >new dances into the light of day and, in the theme of
mentorship, get feedback on >them. There are certainly a number of dances posted to
this list and feedback is >readily and warmly given. I have gleaned a number of dances
from this list and am >glad to see them, both as a caller and choreographer.
Three of questions for you:
1. Do you see this [Caller] list an appropriate place
to publish new dances? Too >many postings of new dances could dilute the [Caller]
aspect of the list.
I do see it as an appropriate place. It seems mutually beneficial to me for
choreographers to put new dances under caller's noses, and the volume of new dances
posted so far isn't very high.
There are three types of postings that, for me as a caller (acting like a filter feeder
who snags things as they come by) have almost the same effect:
- I wrote down this dance - anybody know what it is?
- I think I made up this dance - does it exist already?
- Here's my cool new dance - I hope you'll like it.
I don't see much point in segregating the third type of post to another list.
2. Do you feel there would be interest in a separate
[Choreographer] list? I can >see this list really focusing on creating new dances,
getting feedback, and >getting the word out about new dances. It could be a nice venue
for >choreographic student/mentorship stuff to happen.
If there were one, I would probably sign up so that I didn't miss anything.
That's different from thinking there's actual demand for it.
3. What would you think about a monthly
dances-of-the-month email to >consolidate new dances into a single or some moderated
number of emails
The devil is in the details there. From what pool are the new dances drawn? Who's
doing the moderating? What makes the cut?
-- Alan
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