Jefferson and Liberty. On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 10:21 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers < [email protected]> wrote:
> I have another question to pose: > > Is there precedent for naming a dance after a politician? > > While I may have voted for Bernie, I'm careful to not inject my political > view into my calling / choreography. (Though, on the other hand, if Bernie > doesn't win the nomination, in 5 years dancers will just hear "feel the > burn".) > > In Dance, > Ron Blechner > On Mar 27, 2016 8:24 AM, "Pat Hoekje via Callers" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> I am trying to visualize the circle R to star R with new neighbor from >> the women's place and I have to turn around (or drop from the circle right >> a bit early to star right with the next neighbor. What am I not seeing >> correctly or is that true? >> >> Thanks, >> Pat >> >> >> On Sunday, March 27, 2016 4:22 AM, Amy Wimmer via Callers < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Tom and Erik are quite right about that swing. It lasts FOREVER, which >> is a little too long. I took Michael's suggestion and started at A2. >> I also took Michael's suggestion of turning the allemande into a >> two-eyed turn (an "eye-lemande" as my friend Matthew coined). Thank >> you for the suggestions for changing that bit. >> >> Two callers danced it tonight. One (my husband, Tom) thought the flow >> was good, but the swing was definitely too long. The other caller said >> she really liked that the mad robin wasn't with your partner, which >> she said tends to make a dance seem very partner-only-centric, >> ignoring the neighbors. She agreed with me that I need to figure out a >> better way to teach it. One of the band members noticed the long swing >> and said it needs some other element to break it up. >> >> This particular dance community has lots of beginners and folks who >> just don't dance very well. It took them a while to get the circle >> right-to star right transition. Tom thought that part was simple. He >> noticed that when one is out at the ends one should not cross over, >> but should stand "proper." >> >> I very much appreciate your input, guys. Next time I'll try some more >> of your ideas. >> >> -Amy >> >> > On Mar 26, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Tom Hinds <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > Nice dance Amy. I really like the sequence of moves. >> > I'm trying to imagine this in my head and assume that the allemande >> right is once around which takes less than 8 beats to do. >> > >> > Hope you don't mind suggesting a change. I would change the allemande >> right to once and a half. That would give us: >> > >> > B2 neighbor allemande right 1 1/2 >> > ladies ric. men pass left >> > >> > T >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
