5 Apr
2016
5 Apr
'16
1:01 p.m.
Right on.
Most of time I find it really annoying when people do dips because they are usually late
and disrupt the flow of the dance. It is really extremely impolite.
Fortunately at our gender free dances series and camps they are almost never done.
John
On Apr 4, 2016, at 10:00 PM, Eric Black via Organizers
<organizers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Making a dancer late for the next move because you have delayed him/her in a dip or other
flourish marks you as an unskilled dancer. Making an uninvolved dancer late because they
had to dodge your foot in the air also marks you and/or your partner as an unskilled
dancer. Please encourage your dancers to avoid demonstrating that unskilled dance
behavior. Newcomers may be watching, and might mistakenly think that it is something to
be copied.
No matter what rules your organization might have (or not) against aerials, lifts, dips,
etc., there will be instances of such now and then. We’ve found it most effective to take
the offender aside and talk about it, and not spend time lecturing the group or posting
lots of printed rules. No one listens to announcements, no one reads posters. But if
someone does something that violates a group policy, especially an issue of safety, take
that person aside and talk individually about the incident, the reason for the rule, and
ask for their help in setting a good example for the mutual enjoyment and safety of all
the other dancers.
</soapbox>
-Eric