Betting that Colin Hume has the definitive answer to this... (There's some really cool old ones for square dancing, lemme see if I can dig a few up)
On 2/9/20, Becky Liddle via Contra Callers <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > I doubt this exists, but thought I’d ask: > I have seen on-line apps that demonstrate just one particular move (a ravens > chain or whatever) showing how each dancer moves in that single call/move. > But has anyone yet programmed something that allows you to put in all the > moves of a full contra dance, so you can see how all the dancers in a contra > line interact? > I’m trying to figure out movements and end effects using a magnetic > whiteboard, moving magnets around, but it is both painstakingly slow and I > keep screwing it up. > > I know the ideal way to figure out end effects and make sure a dance works > before calling it is to get a few friends together to walk it thru, but > short of getting that many contra dancers in a room (I have one friend who > offers them pie as incentive, but I’m no pastry chef!), has anyone figured > out a better system for visualizing dancer interactions and end effects > other than magnets on a whiteboard? > > Assuming an on-line simulator doesn’t exist, I’m about to go that > magnet/whiteboard route, so if anyone cares to suggest the least > mind-boggling way to set that up (Lark 1A, Raven 1A, Lark 2A, Raven 2A, > etc?) do chime in! I need some way to label each dancer so that when they > leave their minor set, and then, say, do a left diagonal ravens chain back > to their partner I can tell if it really IS their own partner or if I’ve > screwed up again. :-( > > I find online videos can sometimes help me visualize the interactions in the > middle of the line (if the videographer will hold still long enough for me > to see a whole run-thru of the dance with one minor set), but I can almost > never see end effects in those. > > Thanks for any suggestions! > Becky Liddle, Toronto > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net > _______________________________________________ Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
