Delia, Cary Ravitz explains one way to diagram a dance on his web page:
http://ravitz.us/dance/chor.php#d Tom Hinds includes diagrams in his book "Calling New England Squares." There are other more graphical methods. In general, for each move in a dance diagrams should indicate where dancers are, differentiate between men and women, between ones and twos (or 1s, 2s, 3s, 4s, heads and sides in a square). It's also very helpful if the diagram indicates which direction the dancers are facing. You'll very quickly realize which moves or series of moves are "neutral," i.e., put everyone back where they just were, facing the same direction. If you know Flash or some programming language, you can get really fancy, as did Martha Edwards: http://www.westendweb.com/doublegrandsquare/ (Actually, Cary is a programmer, but he's very aware that not all of us are, so he keeps his web page pretty accessible). And of course, there's always salt and pepper shakers.... --Jerome On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 11:00 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: which hand (Delia Clark) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:56:05 -0400 > From: Delia Clark <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] which hand > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; > format=flowed > > Not only can I not easily visualize flow, I can't easily visualize > how you would diagram a dance!! Can anyone scan and post one they've > done, or recommend a website that shows one? > > > On Aug 26, 2009, at 12:02 AM, Dave Colestock wrote: > > > Hi All, > > > > Great suggestion Tom. Diagramming dances is the best way to see > > the flow, especially for those who cannot easily visualize the > > flow. Thanks for pointing out the Allemande change in Luke's dance > > - that makes it flow much nicer. > > > > Dave Colestock > > Harrisburg, PA > > www.davecolestock.com > > www.frolicinthefall.freeservers.com > > www.harrisburgcontra.org > > > > > > > > --- On Tue, 8/25/09, Tom Hinds <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From: Tom Hinds <[email protected]> > > Subject: [Callers] which hand > > To: [email protected] > > Date: Tuesday, August 25, 2009, 10:14 PM > > > > > > I'd suggest an allemande right in Luke's dance. The reason is that > > an allemande left would tend to have the couples end their swing > > slightly staggered. That is, they wouldn't be exactly across from > > each other. If the women allemande right this isn't an issue. Draw > > it out and see if that's correct. > > Tom Hinds > > On Aug 25, 2009, at 6:11 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > >> Send Callers mailing list submissions to > >> [email protected] > >> > >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > >> [email protected] > >> > >> You can reach the person managing the list at > >> [email protected] > >> > >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > >> than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > >> > >> > >> Today's Topics: > >> > >> 1. question about flow and feel (Luke Donev) > >> 2. Re: question about flow and feel (Bronwyn Woods) > >> 3. emerging artists (Bronwyn Woods) > >> 4. Re: emerging artists (Martha Edwards) > >> 5. Re: question about flow and feel > >> (Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing) > >> 6. Re: emerging artists (Jeff Kaufman) > >> 7. Re: emerging artists (Dave Colestock) > >> 8. Re: emerging artists ([email protected]) > >> > >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> > > Delia Clark > PO Box 45 > Taftsville, VT 05073 > 802-457-2075 > [email protected] > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 60, Issue 15 > *************************************** > -- Jerome Grisanti 660-528-0858 http://www.jeromegrisanti.com For the good are always the merry, Save by an evil chance, And the merry love the fiddle And the merry love to dance. ~ William Butler Yeats
