Exactly! Sent from my iPad
> On May 17, 2019, at 5:55 PM, Martha Wild via Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hear, hear! My sentiments exactly! How on earth are you supposed to “give > weight” (in the proper way, just a tiny bit so you are both part of a unit) > and get around each other with a flat, palm to palm contact? The only way > that works is that people bend their wrists so that they have some purchase > on the other person. Which hurts my now no longer flat wrist! So wrong, > painfully wrong. Please, please, please, stop teaching a flat hand allemande. > It doesn’t work. Curved fingers, straight wrist, the thumb is just sort of > loose and not doing much. Thank you for bringing that up, Erik! > Martha > >> On May 17, 2019, at 3:01 PM, Erik Hoffman via Callers >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> John Sweeny below hoped we callers would teach more about hand turns and the >> like. >> >> I’ve been thinking on this for quite a while. Years ago I had a discussion >> with Brad Foster. We both lamented the loss of the allemande with mildly >> interlocking thumbs to the modern overprotective thumb against the side of >> the palm allemande. At that time I think I was still in Santa Barbara, thus >> it must have been pre 1994. I wrote an article for our dance rag called, “If >> Allemande Left, Where’d Allemande Go?” >> >> I talked about what I do when someone grips my hand—and I think all of us >> should remove that word, “grip” from our caller’s vocabulary… >> >> But the most important thing I discussed is: >> Our Wrist is Strongest When It’s Straight >> Our Fingers are Strongest When Curved >> Thus, however one does an allemande, it should be a hook, with curved >> fingers and a straight wrist. >> >> Lately I’ve seen teachers promote the straight fingers, bent wrist, and flat >> palm method. The almost always makes one person’s wrist uncomfortable. Not >> as bad as when someone draws the others hand into that >> almost-Aikido-put-them-on-the-ground position, but usually quite >> uncomfortable. >> >> Thus I hope most of us learn the curved fingers, straight wrist, no grip, >> and, no thumb clamping allemande, ECD hand turn, two hand turn type hand >> connections. >> >> ~Erik Hoffman, >> Oakland, CA >> >> From: Callers <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John >> Sweeney via Callers >> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2019 2:09 PM >> To: 'Caller's discussion list' <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Callers] Name that Dance >> >> Hi Rich, >> I would just call it a “Big Set Mixer”. It is a slight >> variation of the one in the Community Dances Manual. Callers just make up a >> 32 bar sequence that works for their dancers. >> >> While it is a good example of all ages having fun together, I >> really wish callers would teach the dancers just a tiny bit about how to do >> better hand/arm turns and swings :-) >> >> Happy dancing, >> John >> >> John Sweeney, Dancer, England [email protected] 01233 625 362 & 07802 >> 940 574 >> http://contrafusion.co.uk/KentCeilidhs.html for Live Music Ceilidhs >> >> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent >> >> http://www.modernjive.com for Modern Jive DVDs >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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]/
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