On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:42 PM, Perry Shafran <[email protected]> wrote: > What are you doing specifically to make you think that you are leading > or following when you do contra dance?
When I'm dancing the gent's role I do several things that I think of as leading: - twirling on courtesy turns - when to end the swing - variations at other points in the dance - substitutions during the swing The last is the big one, but I have the most fun with finding other parts of the dance where I can swap something for something else. All of these are proposals; my partner decides whether to accept them. I'm constantly trying to predict what my partner would enjoy and lead that. When I'm dancing the lady's role (which I do a bit less than half the time) I like it when my partner takes this approach to the gent's role. I also have fun when dancing as the lady with gents that don't see the role as leading, but other things being equal I enjoy following more.
