Big fan of box circulates, which imo are best served by balancing right+fwd and left+back, so you have momentum for the next move whether you're traveling forward or to the right. I don't know if this is exactly what you're looking for, but if so and you want my fave box circulate dances, I have lots 😅 and am happy to share.
As far as balance-and-walk-forward, I just went through my whole dang collection and pulled these; turns out a lot of dances I really like have this transition :D - Some easy/classic ones are You Can Get There From Here (Linda Leslie) and 20 Below (Bill Olson) - A Gift to the Grange (Steve Zakon-Anderson), Robins on a Wire (Will Mentor), Ellie's Pumpkin Show (Bill Olson) all have neat "wavy line of <role> balance and walk forward, partner follow to cross and swing" - Winter in Summerland (James Hutson & Jeff Spero) - waves balance and walk fwd to hey. One of my all time fave dances! - Serendipity (Chris Page) - box circulate with an extra turn; includes walking forward from short waves. Also one of my fave dances. - Eleanor's Reel (Bill Olson; see also, Eleanor's Twisted Reel, the Luke Donforth var.) has MULTIPLE "walk forward to next wave" transitions, great for visiting lots of people in a crowded hall - In Cahoots (Rick Mohr) is this with shadows - The Black Lake Inlet of Dr. Joe Rush (Seth Tepfer) - main hook of this dance is a "right-left by" which is fun, but it also has balance fwd/walk fwd to new waves - Solstice '17 (Donna Hunt) -- Maia McCormick (she/her) 917.279.8194 On Fri, Jun 30, 2023 at 12:16 PM Bill Olson via Contra Callers < [email protected]> wrote: > Ah Shadracks! Thanks for that one Tony! > > Anyway, I agree with Tony and I myself find balancing "sideways" (not > really sideways, more on right diagonal then left diagonal) more natural > than forward and back. Maybe this is just because of the way one's arms are > pointing when in the wave. When I wrote Eleanor's Reel a measly 20 years > ago (hah hah), I used that to an advantage as the progressions between > waves were on the right and left diagonal. > > Dance and notes here: Eleanor's Reel (billolsondance.com) > <https://www.billolsondance.com/eleanorsreel.html> > > bill > ------------------------------ > *From:* Tony Parkes via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, June 30, 2023 2:03 PM > *To:* Emily Addison <[email protected]>; > [email protected] <[email protected] > > > *Subject:* [Callers] Re: Dances with balancing waves forward and backward? > > > When I wrote Shadrack’s Delight 51 years ago (one of the first all-moving > contras to gain wide acceptance among trad callers), I envisioned the wave > balances as forward and back. Both of the balances are followed by hand > turns halfway around, and I dislike the feel of a hand turn following a > sideways balance (starting in either direction relative to the following > turn). In my experience, most dancers do sideways balances in Shadrack, > perhaps because they’re used to balancing sideways in dozens of other > dances. I find that even when I specify a forward and back balance, many > dancers don’t try it. > > > > Tony Parkes > > Billerica, Mass. > > www.hands4.com > > New book! Square Dance Calling: An Old Art for a New Century > > (available now) > > > > > > *From:* Emily Addison via Contra Callers < > [email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 29, 2023 10:07 PM > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* [Callers] Dances with balancing waves forward and backward? > > > > Hi folks :) > > > > As a dancer, I remember loving the feel of waves lines that balance > forward and back. However, I don't have any dances that specifically call > for that. > > > > Might you have suggestions of dances that specifically call for Bal F&B or > which often get modified for that feel of a balance? > > > > Thank you! > > :) Emily in Ottawa > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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