Re: [Callers] tips for teaching dancing the "other" role? - Contra Callers

8 Jul 2016

Ilove using role-neutral swings, and as Maia suggested, I think they are afabulous
teaching tool to correct awkward swings during a lesson.  However, I have observed stress
indicatorsfrom some dancers newish to role swapping when I have tried using a
neutralswing.  It seems as though having an asymmetricalswing hold indicates that both
parties are in agreement as to who will end upwhere at the end of a swing.  Even
forregular role swappers, using a neutral swing delays the role decisionconcurrence from
the beginning of the swing to the end, possibly making peoplelate to the next move.

Mark Pigman

Tacoma,WA

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  Maia McCormick via Callers callers at
lists.sharedweight.net 
Tue Jul 5 14:06:36 PDT 2016>But, I emphasize that you're both walking
(orbuzz-stepping) *forward*,
roughlyaiming at a point over your partner's shoulder. In fact, *the
footworkfor a swing for both roles is exactly the same!!!* A good way to
emphasizethis might be to have participants do a gender-neutral swing
(e.g.right hand on shoulder blade, left hand clasped with partner above
theheads) and then change the hand position into your classic ballroom
swing(perhaps even trying out ballroom position with person A leading,
thenwith person B leading) and noting how the footwork stays the same. 