26 Mar
2010
26 Mar
'10
10:30 a.m.
That would be an interesting discussion topic. Has anyone encountered a mad robin that is
reversed?
I can't recall one. I know sometimes it's the gents passing in front and
sometimes it's the ladies, but that just depends on where you start from. I think a
mad robin always follows the dosido path, just depends on if you start from the gent
below, or gent above.
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If you teach it that way, make sure that it is actually the path of a Do
Si Do and not a See Saw....
26 Mar
26 Mar
11:48 a.m.
New subject: Teaching Mad Robin
I'd also like some comment on the experience of the Mad Robin - all the
callers I know really emphasize the "look at your partner while you do this"
but, like the gypsy hey, I find it a bit, um, rude, to ignore the woman I'm
passing in a Mad Robin while I stare at my partner (whom I may not feel like
staring at in the first place, much as I may enjoy his friendship).
I prefer to catch the eye of the other lady in a "girl-power, isn't this
fun" way, since we usually start the move by passing by each other, then
quickly shift to my partner and smile - so much more community-friendly,
even flirtatious, IMHO, than the "I can't take my eyes off you" stare with
a
person who is, after all, usually not someone I...can't take my eyes off.
What do the rest of you think?
M
E
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 10:30 AM, <richgoss(a)comcast.net> wrote:
That would be an interesting discussion topic. Has anyone encountered a
mad robin that is reversed?
I can't recall one. I know sometimes it's the gents passing in front and
sometimes it's the ladies, but that just depends on where you start from. I
think a mad robin always follows the dosido path, just depends on if you
start from the gent below, or gent above.
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin
If you teach it that way, make sure that it is actually the path of a Do
Si Do and not a See Saw....
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12:27 p.m.
New subject: Teaching Mad Robin
I prefer to catch the eye of the other lady in a
"girl-power, isn't this
fun" way, since we usually start the move by passing by each other, then
quickly shift to my partner and smile - so much more community-friendly,
even flirtatious, IMHO, than the "I can't take my eyes off you" stare with
a
person who is, after all, usually not someone I...can't take my eyes off.
What do the rest of you think?
I think you've made an excellent point, but the trick would be explaining
all that in a walk-through without losing 3/4 of the room. Can anyone think
of a really succinct way of teaching that?
~Barbara
M
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That would be an interesting discussion topic. Has anyone encountered a
mad robin that is reversed?
I can't recall one. I know sometimes it's the gents passing in front and
sometimes it's the ladies, but that just depends on where you start from.
I
think a mad robin always follows the dosido path, just depends on if you
start from the gent below, or gent above.
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From: "Jack Mitchell" <jamitch3(a)mindspring.com>
To: "Caller's discussion list" <callers(a)sharedweight.net>
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 7:34:32 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin
If you teach it that way, make sure that it is actually the path of a Do
Si Do and not a See Saw....
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12:39 p.m.
New subject: Teaching Mad Robin
Barbara Groh wrote:
I think all you need to do is not put strong emphasis on the looking
at your partner aspect. Something like: "dosido your neighbor. Now
dosido your neighbor again, but time do it while looking at your
partner." A simple "while looking at your partner" takes no stand on
whether one should stare at one's partner to the exclusion of everyone
else in the world, and I think no stand is needed.
Jeff
I prefer to catch the eye of the other lady in a
"girl-power, isn't this
fun" way, since we usually start the move by passing by each other, then
quickly shift to my partner and smile - so much more community-friendly,
even flirtatious, IMHO, than the "I can't take my eyes off you" stare with
a
person who is, after all, usually not someone I...can't take my eyes off.
What do the rest of you think?
I think you've made an excellent point, but the trick would be explaining
all that in a walk-through without losing 3/4 of the room. Can anyone
think of a really succinct way of teaching that?
3:34 p.m.
New subject: Teaching Mad Robin
How about "facing your partner" instead of "looking at your partner"?
Then it's just an orientation. Who or what you look at is your own choice.
The girls will figure out pretty quickly to look at each other to start the
move, and skilled flirts will figure out other possibilities a split second
later.
M
E
On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 12:39 PM, Jeff Kaufman <jeff(a)alum.swarthmore.edu>wrote;wrote:
Barbara Groh wrote:
I think all you need to do is not put strong emphasis on the looking
at your partner aspect. Something like: "dosido your neighbor. Now
dosido your neighbor again, but time do it while looking at your
partner." A simple "while looking at your partner" takes no stand on
whether one should stare at one's partner to the exclusion of everyone
else in the world, and I think no stand is needed.
Jeff
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Save by an evil chance,
And the merry love the fiddle
And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats
>I prefer to catch the eye of the other lady in a "girl-power, isn't this
>fun" way, since we usually start the move by passing by each other, then
>quickly shift to my partner and smile - so much more community-friendly,
>even flirtatious, IMHO, than the "I can't take my eyes off you" stare
with
>a
>person who is, after all, usually not someone I...can't take my eyes
off.
What do the rest of you think?
I think you've made an excellent point, but the trick would be explaining
all that in a walk-through without losing 3/4 of the room. Can anyone
think of a really succinct way of teaching that?
4:03 p.m.
New subject: Teaching Mad Robin
And usually (based on a few dances that I have in my collection), the women start by
sliding to the right first, moving through the middle, while the men start by moving to
the left, allowing the women to step into the middle first...
Looking forward...
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