5 Jun
2015
5 Jun
'15
3:25 a.m.
On Wed, Jun 03, 2015, Andrea Nettleton wrote:
I'm pretty sure contra is more popular than ECD everywhere, and most
ECD groups call to gents and ladies as well as corners, partners,
neighbors, so I doubt this is the issue. That the music often sounds
classical rather than modern is one issue, that you only flirt with
eyes and fingertips is another. It's more cerebral, less athletic.
It's a different high, which aligns less well with tastes of our age
than contra. You are the first person I have heard say that they
dislike ECD because discreet roles are less necessary.
No, what I said was that I think that *part* of my dislike of ECD comes
from the use of positional descriptions. That is, I find it difficult to
remember what "first corner" and "second corner" mean, and I think
that
the difficulty many people have with contra corners means that this is a
common problem.
I note that I seem to be much better at articulating my difficulties than
many people, so I am not at all surprised if you've never heard anyone
else complain this way.
I also note that I'm a square and folk dancer (I've been doing contra,
square, and folk for more than a quarter century), so it's not exactly the
case that more cerebral and less athletic are negatives for me.
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