28 Apr
2014
28 Apr
'14
10:24 p.m.
Although many people may not like it, my suspicion is that someone likes
it. As a dance organizer I have had quite a few conversations with other
dance organizers about money. How much can we pay musicians without going
broke? How can we cover the rent? How much can we charge without making
it difficult for dancers to pay the requested amount? How much can we pay
musicians and talent?
Making ends meet is an effort for most dances. If someone is running a
dance and supporting it themselves...good for them.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:21 PM, Peter Clark
<electriccamelcontra(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
I don't think it's a problem for different
dances to coexist with different
visions and goals.
I found David Millstone's essay on the topic to be interesting:
http://davidmillstonedance.com/writing/essays/35-essay-hot-dance-philosophty
Also, I recently had a discussion with someone who had lived in the
northeast some years ago on this general subject. She said that she had
stopped going to what was considered the local 'hot' dance while she was
there because the mindset of the best dancers dancing to the best music
harshed her contra dance buzz.
Probably the best action that could be taken by an organizer of a dance
that "everyone" likes would be to express a clear vision and strengths of
that series rather than to take action against another organizer for having
a different vision or niche.
Peter
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Chrissy Fowler <ktaadn_me(a)hotmail.com
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wrote:
How does one address the problem of the band/caller that "no one" likes?
More specifically, what happens if a band and/or caller "owns" a dance
series, but dancers don't want to go to their dances? (For whatever
reason
- they have subpar skills, they're perceived
as curmudgeonly, their
repertoire is not popular any more, they're passe aka same old same old,
they're unfortunate victims of vagaries of constantly shifting and
subjective popular opinion, etc.)
Is this really a problem that other organizers should worry about?
Why or why not?
And if yes, then what should/could another organizer do?
- 2014 NEFFA session
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