Pat Shaw's "The American Husband" -- and all of the rest of his dances
-- can be found at this wonderful, fairly recent website:
http://www.patshaw.info/dances/
--Chris Page
San Diego
I'm guessing it has to do with average wing spans. Much as we may like to
divorce role from physical characteristics, there are times in choreography
where predominant dancer properties can affect the "feel" of a dance.
BTW, folks: please remember to trim your posts to just the applicable bits.
Ri
Generally their arms are shorter - so it works better if they make the smaller
circle.
I tried it with the gents in the center and found that awkward
By the way, our web site - www.chldgrove.org has a photo of us doing this dance
in the home page banner at the wonderful Missouri Botanical Garde
I'm curious - what is it about having the ladies in the center that makes it
work better?
Jacob
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ERROR Correction in the first, long paragraph below: 1s are back-to-back in the
center. 2s are on the outside (moving up the hall, eventually)!!!
On Jun 10, 2017, at 11:54 AM, Frederick Park wrote:
. . . I wish to offer a teaching element I’ve used successfully in the Pat Shaw
dance, K + E.
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Since you mentioned circle mixers - one of my current favorites is a very easy
one that has been around for a while - but I only discovered it a couple years
ago. I messed with it a little to make it work for all experience levels.
The Wheel by Gene Huber - random circle mixer
Start in a circl
Dear Folks,
This little opening for discussion of unusual dances that are not contra or
square is delightful. Thank you all.
"Le Brandy" and the “Weevil" are both new to me and have great potential I
think.
Erik, I don’t have your “double becket" dance - will you send it my way?
The other da