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 Ralph Page-y. Out of date.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
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