Re: [Callers] Re Swinging

[Hanny Budnick]

I have yet to meet the person who does not understand the principle of sharing 
the weight in the swing when I practice this sequence with them individually:
with your partner: stand facing each other, hold crossed hands and then FALL 
BACK. Don't move your feet apart! Feel the sensation of counterbalancing each 
other! Neither weight nor height of your partner matter, the adjustment is in 
the degree of lean - and it's different with each partner with whom one tries.
THEN - while keeping awareness of this feeling of mutual counterbalancing 
intact, shorten the stretch between your arms until they are close enough for 
the assumption of ballroom position. Then - bellybuttons smiling at each other -
pretend you're on a scooter: keep outside of right feet together - DON'T LOOK AT 
FEET - and push off with left feet for your buzz swing.
The preliminary exercise of cross hand hold and leaning back are just to learn 
the sensation of mutual counterbalancing, they are NOT part of the real swing.
I bet most of your learners have childhood memories of that buzz swing with 
crossed hands and stretched-out arms...

Hanny, Danzmeestersche