any dance that has good "flow" is going to be easier for dancers, old and new. when you find them, you keep them - because they work.
> From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:06:48 -0800 > Subject: Re: [Callers] Heys for new dancers > > Wow! I didn't know that there was a "standard", either, Beth! I use > Flirtation Reel all the time with new dancers for a bunch of reasons > (I am not talking about a ONS; rather a community dance that has a > good mix of newer dancers and those who have danced before). For me, > the direction of the passes has everything to do with the graceful > flow of movement written into the dance by the choreographer. Such > flow is what I look for in a dance worth calling. The dancers > certainly get this, too; if not at first, they will pick up on it > eventually! > Linda > > On Feb 18, 2012, at 2:43 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > LOL, I once had a caller berate me for using Flirtation Reel as a > > dance to teach beginners (this was a beginner's workshop at NEFFA, > > they really were beginning something.) He rather emphatically said > > "how could you use a non-standard hey as a teaching tool?" Until > > then I hadn't realized there was a standard vs. a non-standard hey. > > Actually I still don't think there is. > > > > I don't remember who the caller was, but I do remember the comment > > <G>. > > > > I also once had a dance organizer inform me "Do not teach a hey in > > the first half of the evening." There are so many other moves that > > people think are easy that are actually quite difficult for new > > folks: right and left through for example. Banning a hey seems a bit > > arbitrary, but I assume the dance had a bad experience at some time. > > > > Beth > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Linda Leslie > > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2012 11:24 PM > > To: Caller's discussion list > > Subject: Re: [Callers] Heys for new dancers > > > > > > On Feb 17, 2012, at 7:55 AM, barb kirchner wrote: > > > >> > >> i like teaching "the ladies' pattern". ladies walk the same path > >> (turn left, end on right) for a promenade, right and left through, > >> ladies chain, and hey. they're kinda used to looping out a little, > >> because in the first three figures, they're actually walking around a > >> person - easy enough to get the concept of walking around a ghost > >> from > >> there. > >> > > Certainly useful techinique, if heys you will be using for the > > evening are right in the center, left shoulder at the ends. > > Flirtation Reel is a good example of Left shoulder in the center, > > right shoulder at the ends. Most dancers don't have trouble with > > this difference, but I have occasionally had dancers be a bit > > surprised that heys can and do vary. > > Linda > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
