On Sat, Feb 15, 2014, Michael Fuerst wrote: > > When I started contra dancing, people know how to allemande. But > over the years people starting bending and twisting the wrists of > those with whom they allemanded, so today, in defense, dancers often > allemande with a stiff open, bent non-thumb fingers, or wrist to > wrist. Thus I was pondering a workshop on correct allemanding: > > 1) thumbs interlocked, the other four fingers wrapped over the other's > hand,
As Lindsay's surprised interjection indicates, opinions vary widely about correct styling here, and depending on exactly how you were phrasing yourself, I might well loudly correct you if you were trying to workshop this anywhere I'm dancing. For my dancing style, interlocked thumbs are dangerous. -- Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 http://rule6.info/ <*> <*> <*> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html
