On Sun, Dec 2, 2012 at 7:59 AM, Maia McCormick <[email protected]> wrote: > Does or does not this dance have a balance before the partner swing in B1? > I think it makes a lot more sense with a balance there, but I danced it > recently to a caller who insisted that there's not supposed to be a balance > there, and that was how the author wanted it.
The author does not call for a balance: http://www.kluberg.com/eriksdances.html#Joyride Erik writes: "This is one of the most flowing dances I've written..." (yes, that's how I remember it; okay, probably no balance) and then *crossed out*: "The dance was originally written to dance the fifth change of the hey in the B1, but dancers seem to prefer to arrive for the swing at the top of the phrase. That's fine, but they shouldn't arrive earlier than that." and then: "I've recently been teaching this dance the way I initially intended it; with the fifth change of the hey and then the swing in the B1 part of the dance. I've found that as I get better at teaching it, it has become easier to convince dancers to suspend their hurry in getting to the next figure during the A parts. As dancers relax into the flow they seem to enjoy it more, and saving that last crossing by the gents until the B1 seems to enhance the joy." -- Yoyo Zhou
