5 Feb
2016
5 Feb
'16
8:06 p.m.
On Fri, Feb 05, 2016, Jonathan Sivier via Callers wrote:
I just had a thought for another possible substitute if we need to
replace the term "gypsy". This would be "vis-a-vis" (face to face).
I like
this since it is in some sense similar to dos-a-dos (back to back) and makes
them complimentary figures. I think it suggests the importance of facing
the person you are dancing with, making eye contact, though not necessarily
staring, during the figure. Since many of the figure names in country dance
come from French words, sometimes corrupted by time and the folk process, it
seems reasonable to borrow another French term. I'm not aware of this term
already being used for some other dance figure, let me know if it is. Even
though it has 3 syllables instead of 2 I kind of like the sound of
"vis-a-vis and swing!"
IMO it sounds too similar to dosado. Which isn't a big problem given the
similarity of the move, but it's going to cause confusion.
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