When I'm dancing the lady's role the only thing I consciously think about is putting my right and on the Gent's shoulder as we start to swing. If I get that right, everything else seems natural (to me).
Dale On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 9:13 PM, tavi merrill via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Regarding swing position: With good frame, differences between the roles > in giving weight are slight. But not all dancers are accustomed to good > frame. > > I find a mirrored ballroom hold (both dancers have right hand on the > other's shoulder blade, left hand on the other's shoulder) offers several > advantages: > - In general, it's a good hold for dancers to know as it saves > space in crowded halls. > - It facilitates spinning out from a swing, useful when dancers > encounter "string of swings" choreography > - It allows both dancers to experience both sides of good frame > The one challenge is that dancers need to remember which side they are > ending the swing on, as it removes "pointer hands" from the equation. > > This a bit of a tangent, but related to the chain: If we just called gents > chains (by either hand! the courtesy turn for a left-hand chain isn't > REALLY that complicated, folks) more often, role differences WRT chain > would be a moot issue, and both roles would be better equipped to > understand/offer/ask/decline flourishes. All for the effort of teaching one > move well, one move that's out there in good choreography waiting to be > used. > > Susan, I'm assuming this workshop is at a gender-free series, but geared > to encourage attendance by dancers who aren't yet accustomed to gender-free > dance? Having danced both roles widely and called a bit of gender-free, I'd > be happy to chat by phone or IM. Feel free to ping me on facebook - Tavi > Merrill > > > > On 7/5/2016 11:32 AM, Susan Pleck via Callers wrote: >> > Hi folks, >> > >> > I'm to lead a workshop/extended intro lesson at a local dance this >> > Saturday on gender-free dancing/dancing the "other" role/switching >> > roles. Not having done this before, I'd appreciate any thoughts or >> > advice about what this should include. For the gender-free aspect, >> > I'm not sure there's much to discuss, really; ir'd be more just giving >> > dancers a chance to practice responding to different terms. For >> > dancing the other role, though, what points of emphasis do you think >> > would be most useful? Two that come to mind are swing >> > positioning/giving weight, and figures such as a chain where the >> > actions of the two roles are different. >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > -- Turn Observation into Data. Turn Data into Information <http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Information>. Turn Information into Knowledge. Turn Knowledge into Wisdom. Turn Wisdom into Beauty. Turn Beauty into Love .
