Sitting here having breakfast with a caller friend, and her take on this
was just to follow it with a much more linear dance -- down the hall, pull
bys along the sides, etc.
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 5:34 AM John Sweeney via Callers <
[email protected]> wrote:

> What to call after a dance with a lot of clockwise movement:
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> I understand there are some Australian contras where they choreographed a
> counter-clockwise swing.  Of course you would have to be careful with that
> as most people have never practised CCW swings.  The CCW swing then
> provides momentum into moves you wouldn’t usually do after a swing.  If a
> heavily CW-orientated dance has a Partner Swing then my wife and I often do
> it as a CCW swing anyway.
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> You could do a no-swing dance!
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> I was taught by a professional dancer that one way to overcome dizziness
> from too much CW rotation is to jump up and down to get the “jelly” in your
> ears to settle.  So why not try a dance with lots of bouncing: gallops,
> heel-and-toes, etc.
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> Happy dancing,
>
> John
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> John Sweeney, Dancer, England [email protected] 01233 625 362
> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
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Jack Mitchell
Durham, NC

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