Just throwing this out there, the length of dance can vary quite a bit by
region and experience of the group. I know here people tend to lose interest,
or get stressed or tired, or start wondering when the dance will end, around
the 6 minute mark. As much as I would like to dance for 10 or more, 4-6 minutes
is a more ideal length in my experience as a caller here in Winnipeg.
More on the subject of turning musicians into dance musicians, fiddlers around
here are used to playing a tune through 3 times, which roughly equates to 1:36
at contra dance tempos. And they combine them in sets of 2-3 tunes. It's a good
idea to mention this notion of arranging tune sets to novice dance musicians so
they can get an idea of whether they are changing tunes 5-6 times or if they're
repeating the tune more times than usual.
Greg - Winnipeg
Greg
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On Thursday, September 5th, 2024 at 9:33 AM, Jeff Kaufman via Contra Callers
<[email protected]> wrote:
> I collected some stats on this, in the northeast US:
> https://www.jefftk.com/p/contra-dance-lengths
>
> What I found matches my impression as a musician that 8-9 minutes (15 or 17
> times through) is what's most common here, and in the other parts of the US
> where we've played. Because the dances are equal-turn there's no need to give
> everyone an opportunity to be ones or to dance with every other couple.
>
> Jeff Kaufman
> Somerville MA
>
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2024 at 9:40 AM John Sweeney via Contra Callers
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Larry Jennings:
>>
>> “I have noticed that every caller, when asked, believes that every other
>> caller allows dances to run too long, while they themselves are the only
>> exception.”
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Happy dancing,
>>
>> John
>>
>> John Sweeney, Dancer, England [email protected] 01233 625 362 & 07802 940
>> 574
>>
>> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
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