Another topic that might be helpful is one that I know is near and dear
to your heart - how to integrate dances that are not just duple improper
contra sets. We have a lot of dances of slightly different shapes that
people do enjoy if they are properly integrated and called, including
triples (both types), proper dances, chestnuts, waltz contras, double
progressions, 5 couple dances, couple dances, such as waltz, hambo,
polka, schottish, etc., circles, and others. Many beginning callers
avoid these dances for various reasons. More familiarity with these
dance can help to make an evening of dance more varied and more
interesting when they are included.
Rich Hart.
David Millstone remarked on 12/15/2009 6:48 PM:
Dear fellow dance callers,
I have an opportunity coming up next spring to lead a day-long workshop for
dance callers. It'll be a small group, perhaps 10-12 people, with a range of
experience. Some will have had only 2-4 years of active calling while others may
have had 20 years or more. These will be folks who are comfortable with contras
and with traditional squares. They will know each other already. They're open to
a wide variety of topics and teaching methods.
I've been invited to address just about any topics that are near and dear to me,
so I'm relishing this prospect.
At the same time, I'd like not to spend an entire day on a soapbox. With that in
mind, I'm soliciting opinions from this group-- rather than, say, the
trad.dance.callers listserv-- because this Shared Weight group includes some
callers on the less experienced end of the spectrum.
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?
Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
David Millstone
Lebanon, NH
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