For one, lots of people tend to not repeat partners during an evening. I take a pass on that if there's no partner swing or it turns out to be a mixer.
On a similar vein, if it's a dance where only the actives swing (or in general when #1's have a different roll), make sure that everyone gets a run through the line as actives. On Wed, Jan 4, 2012 at 10:20 AM, Lewis Land <[email protected]> wrote: > I have wondered about this issue for years. I understand the value of > calling simple dances with no partner swing at venues such as one night > stands, or at a middle school where the kids might be too shy to enjoy > dancing with a partner of the opposite gender, but as a dancer it drives me > nuts. Once I've managed to recruit a partner, I would really like to dance > with her, and I find it pretty frustrating when the caller comes up with a > dance in which I have practically no interaction with my partner at all. > It's especially annoying if I'm dancing with my wife, since we don't get to > dance together that frequently if I'm calling for half the evening. I fully > appreciate the fact that contra is a community dance, and we dance with > everyone in the line as well as our partner, that's one of the things I love > about contra, but the partner aspect of the dance is also very enriching. I > wonder how the rest of this group feels about dances with no partner swing. > > Lewis Land > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
