I like Erik's 2 rules: Rule 1: Hooks, not grips Rule 2: Connect Smoothly -- no jerking, please
-------------------- Lindsay Morris CEO, TSMworks Tel. 1-859-539-9900 [email protected] On Wed, Feb 19, 2014 at 12:51 AM, Read Weaver <[email protected]> wrote: > I suppose it's something I sometimes do--I think of it as punctuating the > phrasing (it's something I'd only do if I can do it right on the beat). I > think I particularly like it when I've been consistently finding people who > are either ahead of or behind the phrasing, and then find someone who's > right on it. Not being able to clap with someone (e.g., dancers at the end > of the line & the move is forward-and-back), which I think is comparable in > force, would come as a surprise to me, warranting a "Gentle, please" > sticker on the person for whom it's a problem (though I realize all you > have to do to avoid that clap is not put up your hand, which you can't > really do on an allemande). > > --Read Weaver > Jamaica Plain, MA > http://lcfd.org > > On Feb 18, 2014, at 9:12 AM, George Mercer wrote: > > > I guess this is tangential to the hands/allemande discussion, but it has > > been a source of personal pain for me for some time. Over the past > decade > > or so more and more people, many of them pretty good long-time dancers > > (both men and women), have approached me for an allemande with a > percussive > > force akin to a punch or slap. Wham! I have a variety of hand/arm > issues > > and the percussive impact of the initial allemande contact sends a jolt > all > > the way up to the shoulder. I have been forced to hold my hand/arm back > > until the last second (when the force has dissipated) or even set it up > so > > the other dancer whiffs past my hand altogether. When did whacking > > someone's hand for an allemande become acceptable or appropriate? This > may > > not be a problem for others, but for me it has the same result as the > death > > grip, bent wrist, thumb wrench, and other allemande problems -- pain. > > Thanks. > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
