Hi Bill, Thanks for responding, and yes, I think you have grasped it. "Casting" is a good way of describing it, and I believe the dancers will make it happen smoothly somehow. I have not tried this with live dancers, which is why I am asking for feedback.
I think a walking-backwards move is safe here, but only because 1) it's a 'turning-in-place' as opposed to a 'traveling' move and 2) there is a physical connectivity to someone walking forward. The dance is incomplete; I'm trying to "read" what the tune says the dancers should do. The melody in question is a swing/rag type of tune, as well as being crooked, so who knows where it will go. But it feels danceable. I'm not sure what comes after the move. Polly > Date: Sun, 22 Sep 2013 08:43:06 +1200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Callers] down-the-hall moves > > Hi Polly, > > I'm having trouble understanding the movement you describe. I've added > my > interpretation > to your description. Is this what you envision? > > > Improper, 1's between 2's, line of four down the hall, gent #1 turns > anticlockwise 180 degrees > > in place holding both ladies who pivot around him. > (so lady 1 is moving forwards and lady 2 is moving backwards) > > Gent #2 turns alone. > > Return the line, this time lady #2 (center lady) is the pivot point for > > both gents. > Lady #2 turns anticlockwise 270 degrees acting as the pivot for the two gents > (so gent #1 moves forward and gent #2 moves backwards). > > Lady #1 "bends-the-line" alone > and gent #1 crosses over and turns around (anticlockwise) to stand in place > beside her > > both facing in, lady on the right. > > I'd worry about lady 2 and gent 2 sudden change of direction if the centers > of > the pivots remain strictly on their spots, however dancers could smooth it > out > by the first pivot starting more like casting around lady #2, and the > second > pivot more like casting around gent #2. > > It will be fun to try it out. Have you written a dance using it? A hey > following > your move would > flow nicely. > > Cheers, Bill > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
