Rather than saying "Don't clap" I have found that it can work well to
put the emphasis on what they can do to make the dance work
well...Balance the ring and twirl straight into your partner's arms for
a swing. Or in this case, balance and twirl to the right, letting the
twirl send your left hand into the center for a star....or something
like that.
On 11/14/2012 3:18 PM, Kalia Kliban wrote:
I called this the other night and noticed that as the clap crept in
during the course of the dance the star got later and later, and more
ragged. In some dances the clap is fine. In this dance it definitely
gets in the way. That clap can be hard to quash, though. Next time I
call this, I'll make the point during the teaching and see if it
sticks. Clapping isn't an absolute given here (SF Bay Area) but it
tends to spread if anyone does it even once.
Kalia
On 11/14/2012 11:19 AM, Bob Isaacs wrote:
Local tastes may vary, but if you're calling at a series where
Petronella clapping is automatic, you can mention not clapping on the
Petro/star transition (first seen in Becky Hill's Kitchen Stomp, I
believe), but I wouldn't push that too hard. If one of the four
claps, the other three have to wait for the clapper. It's different
on Petro/allemande or Petro/swing transitions, where only two dancers
need to agree on valuing flow over flourishes -
Bob
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I have a Petro-spin-to-star in a dance of mine, a move I stole from
another
dance (Middle School Drama, or something like that?). People are
going to
clap, so I recommend mentioning in the walkthrough that the dance is
smoother if the hands go right in sans-clap.
-Ron
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