Hi Amy - My favorite moments: In 333 when the women get to dosido to their next neighbor
and he/she is waiting, or, even better, doing a wind up turn to greeet me. Ramsay Chase,
the whole thing, especially the gypsy and deciding who will lead to the other side in the
hey. I love when the women are courtesy-turned by the old neighbor into a balance and
swing with a new neighbor at the top of the A. (When the music is changing it's even
better).
I detest ending a swing and starring left (right works well for women) or circling or
anything that requires getting hands sorted out. I don't like too much in one
direction, that is, circling left three quarters, sliding along the set and circling again
with the next neighbors. I hate doing anything too much - balancing twice, petronella
more than twice; dances with three or more balances get automatic Cs.
I also like the give and take if you do it with your partner. With the neighbor you never
get an agreed on number of beats for giving and taking. Once you reach the agreement, you
can flirt a lot.
Nell
From: Amy Cann <ACann(a)putneyschool.org>
Date: 2008/05/14 Wed PM 09:00:49 CDT
To: Caller's discussion list <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Subject: [Callers] The rest of the story
I teach at The Putney School, an academically
intense/progressive/nerdy-hippy prep school with a working farm and a
bunch of contradance-loving students who are also math geeks.
Next week they're starting a ten-day intensive on the interrelation of
traditional dance and math.
Maypoles + Mathematical theory of braids and cyclic symmetries.
Contradancing + Geometric transformations/Rotational motion/angular
momentum.
They're going to go to the Dawn Dance in Brattleboro, sit around and mess
with LOTS of theory, write a dance, and present the whole thing to the
school at the end.
Cool project, huh?
They need YOUR answers so that they can analyze the math/physics behind
the moves.
The next and final email will be the official reply form. PLEASE consider
taking a few moments to fill it out and send it in - you will be much
appreciated by a very cool group of kids -- one that probably contains at
least one future caller!
cheers again,
Amy
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