You tell them to not do the optional arm folding so to enable the optional spinning? Mandatory options?
If they go to a "real" dance they will quickly figure out whether they want to fold arms. On Mon, May 20, 2013 at 5:00 AM, John Sweeney <[email protected]> wrote: > Arms folded in dosidos? I DO "correct" it for three reasons: > > 1) If you implicitly condone it by saying nothing, then others will copy > it and it will spread even more. > > 2) If these people then ever go to a contra dance they are going to look > decidedly uncool, perhaps to their embarrassment. > > 3) If they ever want to add spins to their dosidos, then it is MUCH > easier without arms folded - your arms help you balance and can aid your > spinning. > > In fact as well as using lines like, "only teachers do it", I show them > a spinning dosido and tell them that they need their arms for balance so > folding them is not a good idea. They love spinning in dosidos and soon > stop folding their arms. > > Happy dancing, > John > > John Sweeney, Dancer, England [email protected] 01233 625 362 & > 07802 940 574 > http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive Events & DVDs > http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
