In Another Nice Combination, dancers Pass P by R to Shadow DSD which is a right (handed) move, before returning to a partner swing. There is no choice required since DSD is almost always right shoulder.
Rich On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Jonathan Sivier via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > I've not encountered problems with dancers not doing the figures > described in the dance, but I have experienced a certain amount of > dissatisfaction when dancing dances with similar figures. I think there is > a tendency to want to alternate hands/shoulders as you encounter other > dancers. Similar to a hey or Right and Left Grand if you pass one person > by the right the tendency is to want to interact with the next by the > left. This can be overcome, but requires thinking about what the next > figure is rather than just doing it and it can make it difficult to "get > into the groove" the way many dancers like to do. I don't think this is > always the case, but I have certainly come across occasions when it just > seemed like we were turning by the wrong hand or whatever. > > Jonathan > ----- > Jonathan Sivier > Caller of Contra, Square, English and Early American Dances > jsivier AT illinois DOT edu > Dance Page: http://www.sivier.me/dance_leader.html > ----- > Q: How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? > A: It depends on what dance you call! > > On 3/27/2016 3:24 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote: > >> I called Young Adult Rose last night and experienced a near-complete >> dancer revolt about the shadow allemande. The dance is written with a >> circle left 3/4, pass P by R along the line then allemande shadow R 1x, >> before coming back to P for a balance and swing. The dancers all >> _really_ wanted to do the allemande by the left. I tried calling it a >> few times with the R hand, then gave up and called it L and they were >> all much happier. Anyone else experienced this? >> >> Kalia >> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >
