New subject: [Callers] Giving Weight

24 Jun 2015

    Leaning back implies, at least to me, bending backwards at the 
waist.  This is something we definitely don't want dancers to do. 
Instead they need to move their center of gravity backwards a little. 
This can be done by bending the knees and waist a very little, as if you 
were going to sit down.  That plus the rotation should provide enough 
force to provide the tension/counterweight.  So we may want the dancers 
to move the core of their body back a little, but not by leaning.

Jonathan

On 6/24/2015 3:22 PM, Rich Sbardella via Callers 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
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 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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