This is terrific. Will you be posting this to any Contra groups on FB? If not, would it be okay if I post to Triangle Country Dancers' page? I think lots of people would enjoys seeing it.
On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 1:57 PM Luke Donforth via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> 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 > > 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 > luke.donfo...@gmail.com <luke.do...@gmail.com> > _______________________________________________ > 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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