Tonight's mink hole dive uncovered this post - which was likely lost in the passion of other threads circa the time... I found it unopened in my mail queue but like what I see now.
Luke, what happened to this dance - has it been called successfully? On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 10:33 AM, Luke Donforth via Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > Linda Leslie's suggestion of gyre as a replacement for gypsy bubbled > around in my brain and a new (I think) dance percolated up. It has a twist > that isn't the gyre (which I consider just new nomenclature); women casting > out of the swing to travel from one minor set to another (similar to gent's > movement in Scoot by Tom Hinds). > > I haven't gotten to test it with dancers yet, as I just finished running > it through with pegs on my desk; but I wanted to share it in support of a > new term. > > A Gyre for Linda > by Luke Donforth > Contra/Becket-CCW > > A1 ----------- > (4) Pass through to an ocean wave (ladies left, catch right with partner) > (4) Balance the short Wavy line > (2) Walk forward > (3) Shadow gyre right 1/2 > (3) Gents gyre left 1/2 in the middle > A2 ----------- > (16) Neighbor gyre right and swing > B1 ----------- > MEANWHILE FIGURE: > (8) Men allemande Left 1-1/2 WHILE women cast cw around whole set one > woman’s place > (8) 1/2 Hey, passing partner by right shoulder > B2 ----------- > (16) Partner gyre right and swing at home > > > As for the other aspects that have been discussed: > I pronounce it with a softer g sound. For reasons unclear to me, gyre has > different accepted pronunciations; but (to my knowledge) gyration doesn't. > > As for using the term (which I clearly support); it costs me nearly > nothing to switch and helps make the dance more accessible for some; both > in dropping a term some find offensive and making the name more descriptive > of the move. My job as a caller is to help share the joy of dancing, and if > this does that I'm in favor of it. > > -- > Luke Donforth > [email protected] <[email protected]> > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
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