Becky Liddle via Callers wrote:
> What was helpful to me to begin to feel/notice flow were comments from the
> caller during the walk-thru that primed me to pay attention to flow: things
> like “when we dance this to music, you’ll notice that your momentum from the
> ___ move carries you right into the ___ move, so you naturally know which
> direction to move." ...
When a caller wants to make the sort of comment Becky os suggesting, I think
it's generally best to do it as close as practical to the moment when dancers
are walking through the figure or transition the caller under discussion. FOr
one thing it's likely to be easier for people to picture thr action that
they're doing or that they just did than it is to remember something from
several moves ago or to imagine some verbally-described future action starting
from some future position. For another thing, some dancers seem to have a
strong tendency to tune out as soon as they sense that a caller is talking in
declarative sentences about a past or future situation rather than imperative
sentences about what to do right now. And sentences of the form "When you get
to the part where blah-blah-blah, remember that blah-blah-blah", while
technically imperative, might as well be declarative ("..., you will need to
remember ...").
--Jim
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