Beats out the Farmall Tractors’ square dance easily! I’m ashamed to even compare them.
> On Apr 15, 2019, at 13:57, Luke Donforth via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd like to share this because I think it's really fun. > > Several months ago, I was approached by the coaches of a Theater on Ice team > about helping put together a program for their 2018-19 Choreographic > Challenge, which was to showcase cultural dance. Burlington's team, "On Thin > Ice" wanted to do a contra dance on ice. > > There were various restrictions; style and historic elements that they wanted > included, coverage of the ring, movement on the ice, etc. What they generated > is not a contra dance, but does showcase several elements of a contra dance, > and they do it on ice. > > You can check out their performance at > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EzYx4XtxSs&lc > <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EzYx4XtxSs&lc> > > It was a learning experience for me, and a fun exercise in deconstructing and > putting things back together with different constraints. For instance, they > needed percussive elements in the choreography; I'd originally tried to sell > them on petronellas; but they all balked at the turning over "outside edges" > on skates (a harder feat). > > It's the first time I've every had folks dance to recorded calls, but they > wanted them to add to the feeling of a contra (and I won't be travelling with > them to nationals in Alabama this June). > > As a side not, for historical reasons relating to how their program would be > judged, I used the term gypsy instead of my preference of an alternative. I > still think they do a wonderful job of bringing contra dance to a different > corner of the world. > > When I went to my first contra dance, I'd never have guessed where it would > take me. Here's to more fun memories and interesting experiences in this > community and others. > > -- > Luke Donforth > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
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