I would find a left allemande awkward. For me, the issue comes before the allemande rather than after. When the ladies are on the right, their neighbors can assist them into a right allemande. The neighbor cannot assist into a left allemande, so the ladies have to break the connection to their neighbor before beginning the figure. This connection is more important to me than which hand begins a balance.
-Bronwyn On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 4:59 PM, Luke Donev <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm sitting at home writing a contra (they get in my head and won't > leave me alone till I write them down). I unfortunately don't have a > closet full of dancers to pull out and test things on, but I've got a > question about flow. > > When the ladies are standing to the right of their neighbor on the > side of the set, facing their partner, and are going to allemande > over to their partner for a balance and swing, should it be an > allemande Right or Left? I feel like the R is more traditional for > ladies, but an allemande L would leave their R hand free for a > smoother transition to a balance and swing (I feel lead's L, follow's > R is a better 1 hand balance to go into a swing with than lead's R, > follow's L). > > To put it in context, consider the following dance: > Sample dance 1, Improper > A1: N bal & swg > A2: long lines, fwd & back > Ladies Allmnd L 1+ to partner > B1: ptr bal & swg > B2: ladies 1/2 chain > star L 1x, on to next > > I think the ladies should allemande L there, but I'd be curious what > other people think of the flow. > > If it was something like going to a R hand R hand balance for a box > the gnat, it would seem to force the issue, but it seems more open > when it's just going into a swing. Preferences? Thoughts? > > -- > Luke Donev > http://www.lukedonev.com > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
