Also agree. Was just at the board meeting for our local dance group,
and one of the things we were talking about was the need for the caller
to reinforce good dancing. Have had a number of folks recently
complain about dance floor injuries from people dancing out of their
space. Strangely enough, we had more issues at a dance that was well
attended, but not overcrowded than we did at a really crowded dance.
Theory was expressed that people possibly felt that they had more space
and expanded to fill it (and didn't really have as much space as they
thought). Then theres issues with allemandes, late twirls,
cranking.....
Would love to hear what you come up with (or other people's ideas) for
ways to get things like that across without being preachy or just
having the dancers stop listening to you.
Jack
At 07:48 PM 12/15/2009, you wrote:
Agreed!
I would also add - how to do the same with "community-building": how
to make
people feel welcome, glad to be there, relaxed with the other
dancers,
friendly, and full of good humor, all without being preachy.
M
E
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 6:22 PM, Alan Winston - SSRL Central
Computing <
[email protected]> wrote:
> David wrote:
>
>
> > So, what are topics that _you_ would like to see in a workshop?
Assuming
> that
> > one already has the nuts and bolts of programming an evening,
teaching a
> dance,
> > and delivering the calls in good fashion, what skills would be
useful to
> > address?
>
>
> How to teach/sell 'good dancing' without seeming like a pedant.
(It seems
> like
> it's an easy trap for callers in all country dance genres to aim
for
> competence/efficiency in teaching _dances_, and neglect teaching
_dancing_.
> You pretty much have to slip that style/skill instruction in while
teaching
> dances, and that's a skill in itself.)
>
> -- Alan
>
>
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>
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