Well, in response to Chris's question, I'll explain why I think lots of balances make for high energy - it's the energy you put into the balance itself - stomping is just truly active. Then there is the feedback loop that occurs with the dancers becoming a percussion instrument, and that is inspiring to the band (and since I play piano for the contra I can attest to this) and makes the band want to put extra zest and pep and surprises for the dancers to balance to. Which leads me to one of my favorite high-energy dances, Joel's in the Kitchen, by Sue Rosen. It's on Page 13 of the Ralph Page Dance Legacy 2004 Syllabus: http://www.library.unh.edu/special/forms/rpdlw/syllabus2004.pdf It's an awesome dance that just moves, and is a lot of fun. Just teach the cross-trail through well - the rest of the dance is not hard so it can be done later in an evening even with some newbies present. Martha
On Apr 23, 2013, at 8:19 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Send Callers mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Callers digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: High-energy dances (Richard Mckeever) > 2. High-energy dances (Thomas Hurlbut) > 3. Re: High-energy dances (Bob Green) > 4. Re: High-energy Dances ([email protected]) > 5. Re: High-energy dances (Kalia Kliban) > 6. Re: High-energy dances (Kalia Kliban) > 7. Re: High-energy dances (Mac Mckeever) > 8. Re: High-energy dances (Bob Green) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:06:25 -0700 (PDT) > From: Richard Mckeever <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] High-energy dances > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > The balance gets you stomping your feet a little and you whole body moving > back and forth to create a momentum for what ever comes next.? It is a time > when all of the dancers can be considered to have a 'lead' role by using the > arm connections ('weight') to lead the others in the direction of the next > figure.? In Du Quoin Races - 3 of the balances are in wavy lines where you > feel a connection with several other dancers (the other is a circle balance). > > Other than that - I just watch the dancers during these balances and you can > see they are feeling something special > > Mac McKeever > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Chris Page <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:48 PM > Subject: Re: [Callers] High-energy dances > > > What I'm missing is why balances make a dance high-energy. Could > anyone help explain? > > If I had to guess randomly, I'd guess the energy level was caused by > the music, and by the overall activity level.... > > -Chris Page > San Diego > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Mark Hillegonds > <[email protected]> wrote: >> It's not so balance-y as others suggested here, but definitely high energy: >> 3-33-33 by Steve Zakon-Anderson. >> >> Mark Hillegonds >> >> Cell:? 734-756-8441 >> Email:? [email protected] >> >> On Apr 23, 2013, at 2:33 PM, "Rickey Holt" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> What are your favorite high-energy dances, especially those with lots of >>> balances and without heys?? My search of my books has yeilded very few. >>> Thanks, >>> Rickey Holt, >>> Fremont, NH >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Callers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:09:07 -0500 > From: Thomas Hurlbut <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Callers] High-energy dances > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > I especially like John Coffman's dance 'Alternating Currents'. > > N balance & swing. > > R & L thru; > (same N) M rollaway L, then L rollaway M. > > L allemande-R 1.5x; > P swing. > > Balance-the-ring & petronella turn; > Balance-the-ring & california Twirl. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:15:32 -0500 > From: Bob Green <[email protected]> > To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] High-energy dances > Message-ID: > <CALRzhZ+nwSFOTFt=mheupo5gszgbcb9rp-ungx6q1hwdyon...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Here's the vid: > http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/319-alternating-current-by-john-coffman-duple-improper > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:09 PM, Thomas Hurlbut <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I especially like John Coffman's dance 'Alternating Currents'. >> >> N balance & swing. >> >> R & L thru; >> (same N) M rollaway L, then L rollaway M. >> >> L allemande-R 1.5x; >> P swing. >> >> Balance-the-ring & petronella turn; >> Balance-the-ring & california Twirl. >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:19:43 -0400 (EDT) > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Callers] High-energy Dances > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I like Katie's Trip to Starbase 12 > by Merrilee Karr. > The basket swing is really fun. > > > >>> other bits snipped for terseness. > > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:06:04 -0700 > From: Kalia Kliban <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] High-energy dances > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 4/23/2013 7:15 PM, Bob Green wrote: >> Here's the vid: >> http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/319-alternating-current-by-john-coffman-duple-improper > > Anybody know who the band is in that video clip? I really like them. > Sounds like the caller's having a good time too. > > Kalia > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:09:34 -0700 > From: Kalia Kliban <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] High-energy dances > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > On 4/23/2013 8:06 PM, Kalia Kliban wrote: >> On 4/23/2013 7:15 PM, Bob Green wrote: >>> Here's the vid: >>> http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/319-alternating-current-by-john-coffman-duple-improper >>> >> >> Anybody know who the band is in that video clip? I really like them. >> Sounds like the caller's having a good time too. >> >> Kalia > > OK, to answer my own question, I found another version of the same clip > with the text: The Band is Euphor: Tom Turino, Matt Turino, Sam Payne, > and Michael Valliant. The tune is "Drop in the Bucket" by Matt Turino > > So there. But Euphor? Not Euphoria? > K > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:14:25 -0700 (PDT) > From: Mac Mckeever <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>, Caller's discussion > list <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] High-energy dances > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Euphor is from Champaign/Urbana IL > Euphoria is a band from Lawrence KS > > Both are really good dance bands - but very different.? We are fortunate to > have them both make the trip to ST Louis to play for us. > > Mac McKeever > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Kalia Kliban <[email protected]> > To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 10:09 PM > Subject: Re: [Callers] High-energy dances > > > On 4/23/2013 8:06 PM, Kalia Kliban wrote: >> On 4/23/2013 7:15 PM, Bob Green wrote: >>> Here's the vid: >>> http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/319-alternating-current-by-john-coffman-duple-improper >>> >> >> Anybody know who the band is in that video clip?? I really like them. >> Sounds like the caller's having a good time too. >> >> Kalia > > OK, to answer my own question, I found another version of the same clip > with the text: The Band is Euphor: Tom Turino, Matt Turino, Sam Payne, > and Michael Valliant. The tune is "Drop in the Bucket" by Matt Turino > > So there.? But Euphor?? Not Euphoria? > K > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:19:48 -0500 > From: Bob Green <[email protected]> > To: Richard Mckeever <[email protected]>, "Caller's discussion list" > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Callers] High-energy dances > Message-ID: > <CALRzhZLkn6h55N8wqs-Cf8=irqofdjgxfcnlv39vdk-sq-f...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Here is Mac calling Du Quoin races...sort of... ;-) > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wH3TRPECJo > > > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:06 PM, Richard Mckeever <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The balance gets you stomping your feet a little and you whole body moving >> back and forth to create a momentum for what ever comes next. It is a time >> when all of the dancers can be considered to have a 'lead' role by using >> the arm connections ('weight') to lead the others in the direction of the >> next figure. In Du Quoin Races - 3 of the balances are in wavy lines where >> you feel a connection with several other dancers (the other is a circle >> balance). >> >> Other than that - I just watch the dancers during these balances and you >> can see they are feeling something special >> >> Mac McKeever >> >> >> >> >> ________________________________ >> From: Chris Page <[email protected]> >> To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 7:48 PM >> Subject: Re: [Callers] High-energy dances >> >> >> What I'm missing is why balances make a dance high-energy. Could >> anyone help explain? >> >> If I had to guess randomly, I'd guess the energy level was caused by >> the music, and by the overall activity level.... >> >> -Chris Page >> San Diego >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Mark Hillegonds >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> It's not so balance-y as others suggested here, but definitely high >> energy: 3-33-33 by Steve Zakon-Anderson. >>> >>> Mark Hillegonds >>> >>> Cell: 734-756-8441 >>> Email: [email protected] >>> >>> On Apr 23, 2013, at 2:33 PM, "Rickey Holt" <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> What are your favorite high-energy dances, especially those with lots of >>>> balances and without heys? My search of my books has yeilded very few. >>>> Thanks, >>>> Rickey Holt, >>>> Fremont, NH >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Callers mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Callers mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > End of Callers Digest, Vol 104, Issue 27 > ****************************************
