I'm guessing it has to do with average wing spans. Much as we may like to divorce role from physical characteristics, there are times in choreography where predominant dancer properties can affect the "feel" of a dance.

BTW, folks: please remember to trim your posts to just the applicable bits. Risking swiping thumb fatigue on my phone today... 😀

On Jun 10, 2017 3:06 PM, "jandnbloom via Callers" <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

I'm curious - what is it about having the ladies in the center that makes it work better?
Jacob

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-------- Original message --------
From: Mac Mckeever via Callers
Date:06/10/2017 1:48 PM (GMT-05:00)
To: Frederick Park ,Callers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] New Dance to Share

Since you mentioned circle mixers - one of my current favorites is a very easy one that has been around for a while - but I only discovered it a couple years ago. I messed with it a little to make it work for all experience levels.

The Wheel by Gene Huber - random circle mixer

Start in a circle with Ladies facing partner with their backs to center - holding 2 hands with partner (I think the original had the gents in the center - but I found it works better this way)