Re: [Callers] Giving Weight - Import1

25 Jun 2015

I use a buzz step plus elbow swing to give the sense that people rotating quickly around a
point of connection will naturally fall away from one another, that this is desirable, and
to note that they have to use their own strength to hold themselves up with their own bent
arm.  Then in ballroom hold, I invite them to note that when they bend their knees as if
beginning to sit, their weight automatically becomes counterweight.
Andrea

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  On Jun 24, 2015, at 1:22 PM, Rich Sbardella via
Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:

 My main concern is how to acquire that tension/counterweight in a swing, if you do not
lean back.
 Rich

  On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Kalia Kliban via
Callers &lt;callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net&gt; wrote:
  On 6/24/2015 11:29 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers
wrote:

 How do you descibe giving weight, and how do you teach it for circles,
 allemandes, and, swings?
 Rich
 Stafford, CT  
 In my beginner sessions, I have them form a ring and then circle left and right a couple
of times.  Then I ask them to bend their elbows and feel "that springy tension
between you and the dancers next to you.  If you can keep that elasticity while you're
connected to other dancers, then you're all supporting each other as you circle and
turn, and it makes everything easier."  And then we circle again, with the extra bit
of sproing, and then do the same with allemandes.  Just for fun, sometimes I'll have
them go back to the floppy arms, just to feel the difference.  I also let them know that
with a little bit of tension in the connection, it's easier for the person they're
dancing with to give them physical cues.

 And I know there's a better word than tension, and I'm pretty sure I've used
it in the past, but right now I can't think of it.

 Kalia
 Sebastopol, CA
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