I am going to disagree, that there's no need to rename Mad Robin.

A lot of suggestions so far, unfortunately, can be interpreted as a dosido
or a sashay, or a slide. Mad Robin is the full rotating with eye contact
with person across. Omitting the latter by having the name imply only the
motion leaves a name that doesn't convey all that the move does.

And, I think Mad Robin is not a basic move, so it needs to be taught in any
room with any beginners anyway, so a rename doesn't simplify that.

In dance,
Julian Blechner
He/Him
Western Mass

On Sun, Sep 17, 2023, 11:34 AM Alan J Rosenthal via Contra Callers <
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> >ok good point re it not being quite a mirror reflection... hmmm...
> >
> >maybe i'll try "side-slide do-si-do"
>
> Hi,
>
> As you likely know, an older term for do-si-do is "back to back", and "dos
> a dos" is just French for "back to back"...  so how about "side to side"?
>
> regards,
> ajr, dancing in and near Toronto, Canada
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