The San Antonio dance group had a blind dancer. Everyone in the community helped her along. But Seth T's observation held here too. She didn't function as well doing non-touching moves, but the other dancers made them touching moves. It was a joy to watch, and to dance with her.
Rich On 3/1/06 7:28 AM, "Seth Seeger" <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 28, 2006, at 5:52 PM, Karen Fontana wrote: > >> So, this begged the question: do I keep calling to help her out (one >> person), or do I let her fumble and let some help out. After >> experimenting some more (calling thinly and watching her. I stopped >> calling once and she ended up in a completely different hands 4 group >> for the P Bal & Swg no where near her P), I finally figured out what >> was happening! The woman was blind! Or, at least hard of seeing. >> A caller friend was at the top of the set ³Hey² I asked my friend ³is >> that woman over there blind?²,. ³yeah², he said, quite non-chalantly, >> no big- deal. > > While I have no experience with this, it surprises me... I would have > expected the blind person to learn the dance faster than the regular > dancers! Has anyone else had experience with blind dancers? > > Seth > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
