This is wonderful, Luke! I like how the danced moved up and down the link! On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 11:21 PM Delia Clark via Callers < [email protected]> wrote:
> Oh, that’s a wonderful image! I was thinking it was maybe the caller? > > > On Apr 17, 2019, at 8:52 PM, Rich Dempsey via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > The extra skater models the obligato of the kids frolic around the hall > while we dance. > > Rich > > On Mon, Apr 15, 2019 at 10:06 PM Bree Kalb via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> 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 < >> [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 >>> >>> 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] <[email protected]> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> List Name: Callers mailing list >>> List Address: [email protected] >>> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> List Name: Callers mailing list >> List Address: [email protected] >> Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > > > <>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<>:<> > > Delia Clark > PO Box 45 > Taftsville, VT 05073 > Office/mobile: +1-802-457-2075 > [email protected] > www.deliaclarkconfluence.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: [email protected] > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > -- *Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive, and then go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive. - Harold Thurman Whitman*
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