[Callers] Transgressive contras

Michael Dyck via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Fri May 1 08:36:51 PDT 2015


On 15-05-01 01:02 AM, Lindsey Dono wrote:
>
> Is "grid contra" the more standard terminology than "transgressive?"

I hadn't heard the term "transgressive contra" before, and I'm not finding 
hits for the term in search engines.

Here's what I've got:

1990-1995
Chris Kermiet: "Beckett's Crossing"
(in his "Zany Contras and Other Stuff!")
http://k-1.us/contras/beckettscrossing.html
(refers to it as "a progressive contra dance")

May 2010
Peter Foster: "Crisscross"
http://pfoster.pcug.org.au/dance/contra.htm#cri
(Doesn't really have a term for the dance form.)

Jan 2012?
Seth Tepfer: "Transgression"
http://lists.sharedweight.net/pipermail/callers-sharedweight.net/2012-January/004159.html
(refers to it as a "grid contra", but also refers to progression across as 
"transgression", hence the dance's title)
See also other posts in that thread.

Jan 2013
Luke Donforth: "Luke's Options are Limited"
http://www.madrobincallers.org/2013/01/25/attempting-a-grid-contra-choreography/
(refers to it as a "grid contra")

-Michael


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