In my experience, on Beat 1 a dancer's weight is more likely to land on their right foot. This is why balancing left is inherently a challenge when it flows from other moves. So I also agree that Forward and Back is a nice solution.
Erik Erhardt (505)480-4462 StatAcumen.com/dance On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 2:41 PM, Amy Wimmer via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > In my experience the momentum of an allemande right automatically takes > one either to the right or forward. Same goes for an allemande left: > momentum takes you to the left or forward. A balance left just doesn't flow > after am AR, because if you have a good connection with your allemande > you're already pulling to the left a bit. That leaves you nowhere to go, > left-wise. SO! I agree with the multitudes here: make the balance F&B. > > -Amy > > On Nov 8, 2017 11:07 AM, "Maia McCormick via Callers" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Recently called a dance with an allemande R into long waves, balance >> wave, allemande L. Because of personal preference, I taught the balance as >> "balance left, then right", but cuz I didn't teach it all that clearly, the >> dancers defaulted back into balancing right first, and enough tricky stuff >> was happening in the dance that I didn't wanna correct them in flight. >> >> I'm just wondering: do others agree that a balance left makes more sense >> / flows better in this context, or is this a weird personal preference? In >> your opinion, does the flow of the balance left outweigh its potential >> unidiomaticness? >> >> Cheers, >> Maia >> >> _______________________________________________ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: [email protected] >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> >> > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > >
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