It has been my experience that dancers with limited skills/ability often do
not realize they are different from anyone else. They assume that being lost
and confused during a dance is normal.
Finding a gentle way to bring this to their attention might be a good way to
start
Mac McKeeverSTLouis
From: Martha Wild via Callers <[email protected]>
To: Caller's discussion list <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, March 7, 2017 8:40 AM
Subject: Re: [Callers] Difficult dancers as a caller
As one other caller mentioned - what I do as a caller is avoid looking at that
dancer AT ALL. That confuses me, and I will miscall if I get to caught up in
what is happening there. What I do is look ASAP for the dancers who are doing
the moves smoothly and well, and I call to them, making sure I call clearly at
the start of the four beats before each move will start, and not at the two
beats before that I might often use, to give a little extra time for the person
to react. If there is a four in line down the hall, I will call for the turn
also on beat five of the phrase before (just as above, just saying it
differently) ensuring that they turn around and head back in time to cast off
or do whatever needs to be done in time for the next move. If I call carefully
and steadily and clearly at the appropriate time for a few times through the
dance to the experienced dancers, I generally find that once I look at the
problem area, it has resolved. Also - I don’t vary or shorten my calls, as I
might otherwise, and I might say Neighbor balance and swing, or With the next
couple star left - telling them who to do it with and what, or face across,
right and left through - which way to face etc. especially on any figure that
might be confusing.
On Mar 6, 2017, at 3:45 PM, Alexandra Deis-Lauby via Callers
<[email protected]> wrote:
Inspired by Marie's other thread, I wonder what tools callers use when they
encounter a dance floor with such a dancer, especially if there is only one who
is having so much difficulty but who leaves confused dancers in their wake. Do
you call to that dancer? Do you call earlier? Do you adjust your program
accordingly? Something else?
Thanks,Alex
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