Oh gosh, this is an interesting question because as a young dancer/caller, I suppose I'm sort of like the fish who asks "what's water?" but for what it's worth, a few moves that I can think of as particularly popular with me and my cohort are box circulates, mad robins, and pousettes, as well as a good circle right. Maybe square through and Rory O'Moore make this list as well.
A few dances I'd recommend: Folklike Frolic <https://contradb.com/dances/497> by Lindsey Dono, Playground Stomp <http://contradances.tumblr.com/post/117812007820/playground-stomp> by Ron Blechner, A Thing of Trust <https://contradb.com/dances/248> by Chris Page, or my own Barack Me Obamadeus <http://contra.maiamccormick.com/dances.html#barackmeobamadeus>, Neighbor Neighbor On the Wall <http://contra.maiamccormick.com/dances.html#neighborneighboronthewall>, or Violet Ice <http://contra.maiamccormick.com/dances.html#violetice> (the latter is a set up in difficulty but also was quiet literally written to be a cool-hip-young-people dance, so do with that what you will). You can of course get more where these came from by looking at stuff from the younger choreographer crowd -- in addition to the folks who wrote the above dances, Yoyo Zhou <https://epicyclic.org/dance/compositions.html> comes to mind as one of that demographic. I'm sure there are others that I'm blanking on at the moment. I've also yet to dance a boring Rick Mohr <http://rickmohr.net/contra/dances.asp#Introduction> dance. Let me know if you want any more specific recommendations! Best of luck, Maia On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:26 PM Amy Cann via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hi all. I'm heading in to Boston this weekend to call a double bill for > BIDA -- family dance for an hour, then potluck, then the regular Sunday > evening. > > It's intergenerational, leans young/collegiate, uses "Larks/Ravens" (just > found this out) and is in general all things hip. > > I am staring at my cards and feeling... Ralph Page-y. Out of date. > Wayyyy too many proper dances. Not enough "cool moves". > > Old fashioned. > > Help me? > > What's your current dance that adapts well to gender-role-free, has an > interesting "hook", isn't too hard, keeps everyone moving, and in general > comes across as "cool"? > > Low mental piece count, but interesting pieces? > > Contras, sicilians, circles all welcome. Also links to any past threads on > here w/ a similar focus. > > I'm going to go drink my Postum. > > Amy > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ >
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