Out of a post-swing position (Man on Left, Lady on Right) the man's partner can give weight and assistance for him to go into an allemande Left, similarly the ladies partner can help her into an allemande Right. That's not really true for the Man doing an Allemande R or the lady doing an Allemande Left.
It's a small thing, but it's the reason that men usually use lefts and ladies usually use rights (because you're usually in a post-swing position). Breaking this convention doesn't typically ruin the dance, but it does make it less satisfying. --Ryan S. Cincinnati, OH On Fri, Jun 21, 2013 at 8:54 AM, Tom Hinds <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob Isaacs wrote > > Sorry, Dave and Chris, but I have to disagree with you on the ladies >> allemande L 1 1/2. Sure, it leaves the R hand free for the new N, but >> going from the long lines to that allemande is awkward for the ladies. >> > > Just curious Bob why you say it's awkward for the ladies to go from the > forward and back into an allemande left. Is it because the women use their > right hands more often than they use their left? > > Lately I've been trying to think about what regular dancers do all of the > time, what they do some of the time and what they rarely do. I attempt to > give them a great deal of material I think they are comfortable with, a > sprinkling of what they do some of the time and then always include > at-least one new puzzle or obstacle. > > We've been talking about is a very small piece of choreography in only one > contra. Looking at 3-33-33 in the context of an entire evening might be > useful too. > > Tom > ______________________________**_________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers<http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> >
