To John and All;
You bring up some interesting points about teaching this dance and shadows in
general. Of course, anytime there is a shadow dancers are going out of the
minor set, so a dance like this should be avoided with a largely beginner
crowd. Sometimes it is useful to identify a shadow at the beginning of a
walkthrough, but since there are two shadows here, I avoided that. Instead, I
identified them as their "chain shadow" and "star shadow." When they faced on
the L diagonal in B1, I also avoided any mention of them - at that point, I
wanted the dancers to only think of their partner. In general, I am more
inclined to do a second walkthrough with shadows to emphasize their recurring
nature.
The give and take figure doesn't give any flow, but since it can go to either
side and to partners or neighbors, it is a very useful figure. It also allows
a caller to vary the programming by swapping out of the common figures circle L
3/4 (if going to the gent's side) and gents allemande L 1 1/2 (to lady's side).
Best of all, it gives the caller a chance to teach it with some colorful
language. I use terms such as "play hard to get" for those crossing the set,
and "turn on the charm" for those on the receiving side. Anyone else have some
good lines for this one?
Bob> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Mon, 15 Oct
2007 08:32:07 -0400> CC: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [Callers] A New
Dance> > > I like the dance; I'm always partial to lost-and-found dances. As an
occasional caller, I've had little success calling give and take dances. The
give and take moves people away from being across from another couple and into
a kind of zigzag formation. Newcomers and dancers with poor awareness of where
they are supposed to be invariably choose the wrong couple for the next move. >
> For this dance, after the neighbor swing, I would tell the dancers to
identify their shadow, then the couple to the right of that for who to do the
diagonal right and left through with. The dancers will still be the zigzag
formation after the R&L through. I'd ask them to identify the couple that did
not include their partner to star with. > > I would like some feedback as to
whether that's a good way to talk about position, or if there's a
better/simpler way to teach that> > John Nance> From: [email protected]>
To: [email protected]> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2007 21:19:42 -0400> CC:
[email protected]> Subject: [Callers] A New Dance> > > To All;> > With the
premission of the author, I'd like to share a new and interesting dance;> > The
Boomerang Effect Becket-L Roger Auman> > A1. 8 Ladies chain to N1> 8 R diagonal
ladies chain to Sh1> > A2. 4 Give and take to gent's side (1)> 12 N2 swing> >
B1. 8 L diagonal R and L through> 8 Star L 3/4 (2)> > B2. 16 Partner gypsy and
swing> > (1) - Give and takes to a neighbor are rare, but Roger makes the
correct choice here. The natural circle L 3/4, N2 swing creates a sharp change
of direction on the R diagonal/circle L transition.> > (2) - All start the star
across from a second shadow.> > The neat part of this dance is that on the R
and L through all pass their partner, only to boomerang back to them later on.
As far as I know, the passing your partner on a L diagonal R and L through is
new.> > Roger Auman is a longtime dancer and up-and-coming caller from
Philadelphia. He's written some other good ones, and if interested, you can
contact him at the email on the CC line.> > Bob> >
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