26 Jun
2015
26 Jun
'15
3:25 a.m.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 11:00 PM, Ron Blechner <contraron(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Yes.
In my experience as a dancer, visiting couple square use the interaction
sequence 1-2, 1-3, 1-4 and 2-3, 2-3, 2-4, 2-1 and 3-4, ... so for 2/3 of
the dance half the dancers are not included.
Yes.
*For me*, this all comes down to dancer, music, motion
connection. It can
be wonderful in a contra. I've never found it in a square.
--
Cary Ravitz
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I didn't read Cary's comments about squares as
an "objection", just
that Cary was rebutting the comment by George: "squares are just like
contras, only you have to listen."
Yes, thank you.
On Thu, Jun 25, 2015 at 10:40 PM, Jacob Nancy Bloom via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Yes.
Cary, some of your objections to squares seem a
bit contradictory. Let
me
re-state them, and see if I've understood you
correctly.
Some squares are unphrased, and those squares have less opportunity to
connect your movement to the music.
Many squares are danced for a shorter time than
contradances are usually
No, in my experience as a dancer, squares take longer to teach
and this is
compensated with shorter dance time.
danced, and therefore take relatively longer to
teach compared to the
dancing time.
Many squares
are mixers, and therefore have less time dancing with your
original partner than in a contra.
Some squares
have visiting couple dances, in which the dancers can only
make
movements in place during some of the music.
In all square
dances, the need to listen for the calls interferes with
the
relationship you would like to have with the
music.
Have I understood your points correctly? Or have I not quite understood
your meaning?
Jacob Bloom
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 10:34 PM, Cary Ravitz via Callers
<callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Some things that people to not like about squares -
less movement/music connection due to lack of strict phrasing
having to listen to the caller breaks the movement/music connection
teaching time
mixer squares breaks the partner connection
visiting squares leave people "out of the dance" for long periods.
I find squares and contras completely different.
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