19 Jun
2015
19 Jun
'15
6:45 p.m.
On 6/19/2015 4:04 AM, Tom Hinds via Callers wrote:
I'm asking myself why not demo a ricochet? In my
mind there are some
advantages to demonstrating a move instead of describing it (or doing
both with a wireless mic).
My experience is most contra callers are highly educated and have
exceptional verbal skills. Maybe some callers don't value a good
demonstration. Or is a demonstration too beneath some of us? One of my
calling students told me that I failed as a caller because I
demonstrated a move.
Why should you be limited to only one way of explaining a move?
Demonstrations are incredibly powerful teaching tools. I use demos a
lot, mostly for moves that are a little out of the ordinary, or when
there's a particular thing in the move that I want to stress. And when
the caller is demonstrating, say, a ricochet hey, they're also
demonstrating a lot of other things in the process -- good eye contact,
hand connections, tracking on the other dancers...
Kalia