Hi Chet, I probably missed something in the instructions, but it looks to me like the dance is indecent (robins left, larks right facing up and down). Due to a peculiarity of the choreography, it can start improper, but will end indecent every time after that. Is that correct? Can anyone else confirm?
If I am correct, I would label the dance as "indecent" with a note that the dance can start from improper or indecent position. Regards, Greg On Tue, Mar 3, 2020 at 11:39 AM Chet Gray via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > The Louisville Callers Collective, at our meet-up this past Sunday 3/1, > collaboratively wrote our first dance! I searched for homologous > choreography in ContraDB and The Callers Box, and to a reasonable extent > via Google, and couldn't find any extant dances. Anybody know of something > I missed? > [name pending] > > hook: stompy A, circle > progress > circle B > > by: *Louisville Callers Collective > <https://contradb.com/choreographers/330>* > > formation: improper > A1 8 > balance & petronella > 8 > balance & petronella > A2 8 > balance & petronella > 8 > Partners swing > B1 8 > Robins chain > 8 > circle right 4 places > B2 2 > turn alone to face Next Neighbors ⁋ > 4 > circle left 2 places > 10 > Neighbors swing > > 2020-03-01 Louisville Callers Collective meeting collaboration. > > Co-coreographers: Bob Crawford, Callie Allison, Chet Gray, Elisabeth > Monica, John Murner, Nedra McNeil, Susan Pope. > > We began with a blank whiteboard, and brainstormed some of our favorite > elements of dances, among them: circle > progress > circle, group balances, > good flow, swings with partner and neighbor. We then divided the whiteboard > into space for A1 A2 B1 B2, put a partner balance & swing in the B2, and > began expanding from there, diagramming where each dancer was after each > figure. Alright, what can go into a circle right? A right hand chain. Let's > put it after the partner swing. That trades the Robins' places, so circle > once around will put couples ready to progress to new neighbors. Circle > left from there. Now, where can we put a neighbor swing? Well, unless we > want to end it mid-phrase, either after the circle left or before the > partner balance and swing. We need to get partners to the same side for > that, so that might be awkward. Circle left into swing, then. Is this the > hand that flows into the swing? It is! How far, then? Oh, only circle > halfway. Not the usual, might need to emphasize that calling. Okay, now to > get the Larks across for the partner swing, and we have 16 counts to do it. > Hmm. Hey? Allemande? Petronellas move people around. Maybe with a give and > take? Petronella into a swing? Let's try it. Ah-ha! > > We tested it out, with music, beginning in three different places: the > circle left, the chain, and the Petronellas. Each had some things we like > and disliked about the flow (and we named each rotated variation in > succession), but we thought that beginning with the Petronellas was the > most generally successful version. > > Anyway, maybe it's been written before, maybe not. We're really proud of > our group (and, I think, rightfully so), which includes some brand new > rising callers. I look forward to seeing where we all go from here. > > — Chet Gray > dance caller > Louisville, KY > <[email protected]> > (502) 419-7008 <+1-502-419-7008> > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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