Where's Alex is an awesome dance....but hire Lisa Greenleaf to call it.....she is the only one I know who can make it work consistently..... [?]
On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 2:15 AM, Michael Fuerst <[email protected]>wrote: > Here are two of my dances with diagonal themes. > Where's Alex? (*) Dancers line up > improper but the 1's then exchange places with their opposite sex > neighbor, so the 1's are below the 2's. > A1 Men allemande left 1 1/2, partners swing > A2 Promenade across Women chain to neighbor, but at end of > courtesy turn roll away with 1/2 sashe (Everyone now in the > position of a normal improper dance, bur facing across.) > B1 1/2 hey, men start right shoulders, everyone finishing in the > place of their same sex neighbor had started and standing back to > back to their opposite sex neighbor, and thus facing a new > (second) neighbor. (Everyone now on side of set opposite from > which they started.) With 2nd neighbors, men start 1/2 hey passing > left shoulders, finish facing a third neighbor. (Everyone now on > side of set they started dance.) > B2 Left shoulder gypsy the third neighbor. Swing the second > neighbor. Emphasize several times during the walk-through, > that dancers reaching the end of the set MUST face back in with the men > on the right, women on the left!! (This is not quite correct, but it is > what the dancers should be told. See Technical note below.) Failure to > tell the dancers this guarantees confusion at each end, and at worst will > cause the whole set to break. Not Quite Fifty > Becket Counterclockwise (After lining up in > Beket formation, have dancers momentarily switch places. The non-partner > next to you is your shadow) > A1 Circle left 3/4, neighbors swing > A2 Chain to partner 1/2 hey, women start right shoulders and > face shadow. > B1 Right hands across with a shadow, neighbor (and shadow's > neighbor) SIMULTANEOUSLY: Men, with the man in his star, > RIGHT shoulder gypsy 1 1/2 around Women, with the woman across > the set in her partner's star (her original same sex > neighbor), LEFT shoulder gypsy 1 1/2 around > B2 Partners balance (with man's left and woman's right hands) and > swing. > > Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844 > > --- On Tue, 3/13/12, tavi merrill <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: tavi merrill <[email protected]> > Subject: [Callers] ISO: a few good diagonals... > To: [email protected] > Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 11:17 PM > > So, based on a few favorite dances with distinctive diagonal moves, i > cooked up the idea for a one-hour festival slot themed around > diagonals. Currently, the lineup is Gene Hubert's "Diagonal Dillema", Rick > Mohr's "Ellen's Yarns", Carol Ormand's "Life, the Universe, and > Everything", and Russel Owen's "Are You Most Done Yet". They're great > dances, but suddenly i can't help wishing i had a broader palette of > distinctive diagonal options in order to craft a truly excellent program > with a lot of contrast between dances. Aside from Rick Mohr's "Dr. Bluhm's > Delight", Gene Hubert's "Reunion", and Penn Fix's "North Cascades", which > i'm aware of.... > > does anybody have favorite intermediate to eXpert-level diagonal dances > they'd be compelled to share? > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
