Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Don Veino via Callers]

Pretty darn nerdy, if you have a large enough group to keep it going:
https://www.jefftk.com/contras/dances/labubblesort

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hey callers,
>
> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices
> to an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
>
> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or
> Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ron Blechner
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Dale Wilson via Callers]

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices
> to an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
>

​This one was inspired by Seth Tepfer's dance in one of the Mockingjay
movies​:

To Call a Mockingjay by Dale Wilson, (2016)

Contra Improper

A1: Neighbor do-si-do & Swing

A2: Gents Allemande Left 1 ½;

   Partner Swing

B1: Ring Balance, Petronella twirl (with a clap)

  Ring Balance Petronella (no clap)

B2: Star Left;

   Ladies Chain

Teaching notes:

B1: Encourage the dancers to clap on the first Petronella (they will
anyway), then strongly suggest that they skip the clap on the second one so
it will flow right into the star.  Some of them will clap anyway because
they can't help themselves, but most of them like the flow.

B2: As they end the star, tell ladies to reach their free right hands
across the star to each other, then tell them it's a ladies chain to their
neighbors.


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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers]

Hi Ron,

You might consider this one.

2-5 Allemandery, My Dear Watson – Ric Goldman, imp, Apr 2015/04
A1  1-4 (new) N alle R 1½
5-8 G alle L 1½  (end facing P in line of 4, into…)
A2  1-4 1/2 hey (PR, WL, NR, GL) into…
5-8 P sw (try to end a little early and face across; G assist W 
into ctr)
B1  1-4 W alle R 1½
5-8 N sw
B2  1-4 LL F+B (half-roll* W R-to-L)
5-8 N alle L 1½ 
* Half-roll: roll W R-to-L, but end with W facing out and W’s L hand in G’s L 
hand
(Works best with a leisurely tempo to help timing with A2 to B1)

Thanx, Ric
letsda...@rgoldman.org

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Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2018 6:59 AM
To: callers 
Subject: [Callers] Nerdy dances

Hey callers,

I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices to an 
upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.

This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or Star 
Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.

Thanks!

Ron Blechner

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Re: [Callers] Good dances with challenging timing

[jim saxe via Callers]

Here's a dance that I think rewards good timing:

 Brimmer and May Reel
 by Dan Pearl
 Duple improper contra

 A1.  Balance and swing (new) neighbor
 A2.  Right and left through
  #1 couple swing
 B1.  Down the hall four in line (4!)
  #1 couple (in center) California twirl (4) 
  Mirror allemande neighbors with handy hand (M1 and W2
  by L, W1 and M2 by R) twice around (8!)
 B2.  Lead up the hall as couples, two's following ones; ones
  cast down (unassisted, of course) around twos and
  face up while twos continue up and turn in to face
  down; circle left (still in original foursomes) half
  way (to original places); pass through up and down
  to progress (16)

The A parts are given as Dan now prefers them.  The original
version had more challenging timing

 A1.  Swing (new) neighbor (8)
  Right and left through (8)
 A2.  #1 couple balance and swing (16)

but that can be viewed more as a defect than as a rewarding
challenge. I'm more interested in the action in the B parts.

 * If dancers take six or eight steps down the hall before
   starting the California twirl, the subsequent actions can
   become a "rat race."

 * The key to getting the 2x allemandes done in time is not
   to take huge steps but to keep your feet close to your
   neighbor's feet.

 * If twos don't continue up the hall as ones cast around
   them, they lengthen the ones' path and may also cause
   the entire set to drift towards the foot of the hall.

 * If dancers start the CA twirl on time, and keep the
   allemandes tight, the action in B2 need not be at all
   rushed in order to bring them to their new neighbors
   just in time for the balance.

--Jim

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Re: [Callers] Good dances with challenging timing

[Rick Mohr via Callers]

Thanks Bill! And those tight allemandes in B1 are an extra bonus.

Rick

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 12:31 PM Bill Olson  wrote:

> Here we go...:
>
>
> Hume Fogg Reel  Becket Susan Kevra
>
>  A1 Circle Left 3/4, pass through and swing the next
>
>  A2 LL F/B,  Ladies Chain
>
>  B1 Ladies Allemand R 1x  Turn Partner Left 1 1/2  Gents turn R 1x
>
>  B2 Partner B and Swing
>
>
>
>
> --
>
> *From:* Callers  on behalf of
> Rick Mohr via Callers 
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 7, 2018 4:31 PM
> *To:* call...@sharedweight.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Callers] Good dances with challenging timing
>
> Thanks all for the great suggestions! Here’s the workshop I’m planning:
>
> (1)  Light, (hopefully) humorous, and (just maybe) illuminating intro
> about how timing awareness increases dancing fun.
>
> (2)  A simple dance with all 8-beat figures:
> A1:  DD N, N sw
> A2:  Gents Al L 1½, P sw
> B1:  F, R
> B2:  LC, star L
> While dancing we all count out loud and say 2-beat calls together e.g. “1,
> 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Ladies Chain”.
>
> (3) Joyride (Erik Weberg) - use our 8-count awareness to take a full 8
> counts for the first three figures (gypsy, mad robin, half poussette). OK
> to keep counting out loud.
>
> (4)  Hull’s Victory - demonstrate how changing your arm length allows a
> loose or tight allemande. Walk through both the loose trad way (allemande
> neighbor once [8], 1’s allemande ½ [4]) and tight modern way (allemande
> neighbor twice [8], 1’s allemande once [4]). In 5-couple sets dance it 5
> times loose and 10 times tight.
>
> (5)  Princeton Petronellas (Bob Isaacs):
> A1:  N B
> A2:  Bal O, spin, P allemande L ½, half hey
> B1:  P B
> B2:  Bal O, spin, N allemande L ½, half hey
> Use our 8-count awareness to end the swings in time to be right on the
> money for the ring balances. Take 2 beats each for the allemandes and hey
> passes for a satisfying B
>
> (6)  If there’s time I’d like to add a dance with circle left ¾ [6], pass
> through [2], swing new neighbor [8]. In my experience most people dance it
> too loosely so you never get an 8-count swing. My favorite dance with that
> sequence is Cary Ravitz’s Heart of Glass (where I usually substitute shift
> left [2], circle left ¾ [6], swing neighbor) but this session is already
> long on heys. Anybody have another good/great dance with that sequence and
> no hey?
>
> Rick
>
> On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 6:53 PM, Read Weaver via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> I find pretty much any dance that ends with three changes of rights &
> lefts has people late to the first figure, because they take 8 counts to do
> those three changes (rather than 6 counts to do the three changes, and 2
> counts to move on).
>
> Read Weaver
> Jamaica Plain, MA
> http://lcfd.org
> 
>
> On Feb 1, 2018, at 10:26 AM, Rick Mohr via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Some dances require skill to make the timing work — like starting a figure
> with dispatch so a later balance will be on time, or doing a figure
> leisurely to avoid being early for the next one. But while many dancers
> have the awareness to make things like that work, many dancers don’t. Since
> there are plenty of fantastic dances without such challenges I tend not to
> call dances which have them.
>
> But I’ve also found that such dances are great when I’m asked to lead a
> workshop helping dancers improve their skills. Longtime dancers aren't
> eager to change their habits, and having something concrete like making a
> balance on time adds motivation, ideally opening a window where learning is
> possible.
>
> Unfortunately though I've discarded or passed on collecting most such
> dances!
>
> Have any suggestions of good/great dances where the timing is tight or
> loose in spots?
>
> One of mine in that category is Crow Flight (
> http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances.asp#CrowFlight
> ).
> Learning opportunities include gents flowing from swing to circle (common
> with aware dancers but a revelation to some), ladies moving efficiently
> from circle to hey, and doing a hey with two steps per pass (possibly
> realizing the difference between a 3-change and 4-change half hey).
>
> Thanks for any ideas!
>
>
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Martha Wild via Callers]

Chris Page has Vector Analysis - there’s a nerdy title for you. And a good 
dance.
Martha

> On Feb 7, 2018, at 6:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hey callers,
> 
> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices to 
> an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
> 
> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or Star 
> Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Jim Hemphill via Callers]

 Rachel's Refulgent Rumination by John Coffman is a nerdy sounding
title and a pretty fun dance

Jim

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Kalia Kliban via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> On 2/7/2018 6:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers wrote:
>
>> Hey callers,
>>
>> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices
>> to an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
>>
>> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or
>> Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
>>
>
> How about Carol Ormand's "Kinematic Vorticity"?  I've never been able to
> understand what kinematic vorticity actually is, but it's a geology thing.
> Fun dance, too.  It incorporates a gate, which is a bit different for
> contra dancers.  English dancers would be familiar with the move.
>
> Kalia
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Bob Green via Callers]

Hey Ron, here are a few...

Star Wars Reference - *Luke, You're Not My Father (May the fours be with
you!) *:
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/491-luke-you-re-not-my-father-by-bob-green-4x4

*Invertro Fflirtilization *by Jim Hemphill:
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/373-invertro-flirtilization22

*Wes Side Story *- a Becket mixer with "Sharks & Jets" move:
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/445-wes-side-story

...and mt the fours be with you as well!

Bob



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On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hey callers,
>
> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices
> to an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
>
> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or
> Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ron Blechner
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Re: [Callers] Good dances with challenging timing

[Bill Olson via Callers]

Here we go...:


Hume Fogg Reel  Becket Susan Kevra

 A1 Circle Left 3/4, pass through and swing the next

 A2 LL F/B,  Ladies Chain

 B1 Ladies Allemand R 1x  Turn Partner Left 1 1/2  Gents turn R 1x

 B2 Partner B and Swing






From: Callers  on behalf of Rick Mohr 
via Callers 
Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 4:31 PM
To: call...@sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] Good dances with challenging timing

Thanks all for the great suggestions! Here’s the workshop I’m planning:

(1)  Light, (hopefully) humorous, and (just maybe) illuminating intro about how 
timing awareness increases dancing fun.

(2)  A simple dance with all 8-beat figures:
A1:  DD N, N sw
A2:  Gents Al L 1½, P sw
B1:  F, R
B2:  LC, star L
While dancing we all count out loud and say 2-beat calls together e.g. “1, 2, 
3, 4, 5, 6, Ladies Chain”.

(3) Joyride (Erik Weberg) - use our 8-count awareness to take a full 8 counts 
for the first three figures (gypsy, mad robin, half poussette). OK to keep 
counting out loud.

(4)  Hull’s Victory - demonstrate how changing your arm length allows a loose 
or tight allemande. Walk through both the loose trad way (allemande neighbor 
once [8], 1’s allemande ½ [4]) and tight modern way (allemande neighbor twice 
[8], 1’s allemande once [4]). In 5-couple sets dance it 5 times loose and 10 
times tight.

(5)  Princeton Petronellas (Bob Isaacs):
A1:  N B
A2:  Bal O, spin, P allemande L ½, half hey
B1:  P B
B2:  Bal O, spin, N allemande L ½, half hey
Use our 8-count awareness to end the swings in time to be right on the money 
for the ring balances. Take 2 beats each for the allemandes and hey passes for 
a satisfying B

(6)  If there’s time I’d like to add a dance with circle left ¾ [6], pass 
through [2], swing new neighbor [8]. In my experience most people dance it too 
loosely so you never get an 8-count swing. My favorite dance with that sequence 
is Cary Ravitz’s Heart of Glass (where I usually substitute shift left [2], 
circle left ¾ [6], swing neighbor) but this session is already long on heys. 
Anybody have another good/great dance with that sequence and no hey?

Rick

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 6:53 PM, Read Weaver via Callers 
> wrote:
I find pretty much any dance that ends with three changes of rights & lefts has 
people late to the first figure, because they take 8 counts to do those three 
changes (rather than 6 counts to do the three changes, and 2 counts to move on).

Read Weaver
Jamaica Plain, MA
http://lcfd.org

On Feb 1, 2018, at 10:26 AM, Rick Mohr via Callers 
> wrote:

Some dances require skill to make the timing work — like starting a figure with 
dispatch so a later balance will be on time, or doing a figure leisurely to 
avoid being early for the next one. But while many dancers have the awareness 
to make things like that work, many dancers don’t. Since there are plenty of 
fantastic dances without such challenges I tend not to call dances which have 
them.

But I’ve also found that such dances are great when I’m asked to lead a 
workshop helping dancers improve their skills. Longtime dancers aren't eager to 
change their habits, and having something concrete like making a balance on 
time adds motivation, ideally opening a window where learning is possible.

Unfortunately though I've discarded or passed on collecting most such dances!

Have any suggestions of good/great dances where the timing is tight or loose in 
spots?

One of mine in that category is Crow Flight 
(http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances.asp#CrowFlight).
 Learning opportunities include gents flowing from swing to circle (common with 
aware dancers but a revelation to some), ladies moving efficiently from circle 
to hey, and doing a hey with two steps per pass (possibly realizing the 
difference between a 3-change and 4-change half hey).

Thanks for any ideas!

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Re: [Callers] Good dances with challenging timing

[Bill Olson via Callers]

#6, Susan Kevra's Hume Fog Reel (Becket) has that sequence in A1. No hey, just 
lots of allemands in b1.. I don't want to get the dance wrong here off the top 
of my head so I'm sure it's out there.


bill



From: Callers  on behalf of Rick Mohr 
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Sent: Wednesday, February 7, 2018 4:31 PM
To: call...@sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] Good dances with challenging timing

Thanks all for the great suggestions! Here’s the workshop I’m planning:

(1)  Light, (hopefully) humorous, and (just maybe) illuminating intro about how 
timing awareness increases dancing fun.

(2)  A simple dance with all 8-beat figures:
A1:  DD N, N sw
A2:  Gents Al L 1½, P sw
B1:  F, R
B2:  LC, star L
While dancing we all count out loud and say 2-beat calls together e.g. “1, 2, 
3, 4, 5, 6, Ladies Chain”.

(3) Joyride (Erik Weberg) - use our 8-count awareness to take a full 8 counts 
for the first three figures (gypsy, mad robin, half poussette). OK to keep 
counting out loud.

(4)  Hull’s Victory - demonstrate how changing your arm length allows a loose 
or tight allemande. Walk through both the loose trad way (allemande neighbor 
once [8], 1’s allemande ½ [4]) and tight modern way (allemande neighbor twice 
[8], 1’s allemande once [4]). In 5-couple sets dance it 5 times loose and 10 
times tight.

(5)  Princeton Petronellas (Bob Isaacs):
A1:  N B
A2:  Bal O, spin, P allemande L ½, half hey
B1:  P B
B2:  Bal O, spin, N allemande L ½, half hey
Use our 8-count awareness to end the swings in time to be right on the money 
for the ring balances. Take 2 beats each for the allemandes and hey passes for 
a satisfying B

(6)  If there’s time I’d like to add a dance with circle left ¾ [6], pass 
through [2], swing new neighbor [8]. In my experience most people dance it too 
loosely so you never get an 8-count swing. My favorite dance with that sequence 
is Cary Ravitz’s Heart of Glass (where I usually substitute shift left [2], 
circle left ¾ [6], swing neighbor) but this session is already long on heys. 
Anybody have another good/great dance with that sequence and no hey?

Rick

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 6:53 PM, Read Weaver via Callers 
> wrote:
I find pretty much any dance that ends with three changes of rights & lefts has 
people late to the first figure, because they take 8 counts to do those three 
changes (rather than 6 counts to do the three changes, and 2 counts to move on).

Read Weaver
Jamaica Plain, MA
http://lcfd.org

On Feb 1, 2018, at 10:26 AM, Rick Mohr via Callers 
> wrote:

Some dances require skill to make the timing work — like starting a figure with 
dispatch so a later balance will be on time, or doing a figure leisurely to 
avoid being early for the next one. But while many dancers have the awareness 
to make things like that work, many dancers don’t. Since there are plenty of 
fantastic dances without such challenges I tend not to call dances which have 
them.

But I’ve also found that such dances are great when I’m asked to lead a 
workshop helping dancers improve their skills. Longtime dancers aren't eager to 
change their habits, and having something concrete like making a balance on 
time adds motivation, ideally opening a window where learning is possible.

Unfortunately though I've discarded or passed on collecting most such dances!

Have any suggestions of good/great dances where the timing is tight or loose in 
spots?

One of mine in that category is Crow Flight 
(http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances.asp#CrowFlight).
 Learning opportunities include gents flowing from swing to circle (common with 
aware dancers but a revelation to some), ladies moving efficiently from circle 
to hey, and doing a hey with two steps per pass (possibly realizing the 
difference between a 3-change and 4-change half hey).

Thanks for any ideas!

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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Martha Wild via Callers]

Ron, 

Well, I have one inspired by the mating of Tetrahymena (a ciliated protozoan 
like a Paramecium) called Tetrahymena Twirl, and it’s kind of nerdy. Three 
person (one a couple unit) hey. I consider it intermediate - it’s a little 
weird in teaching but dances easily once it starts. It’s great to a ragtime set 
of tunes.

There’s another called San Diego Sleigh Ride which is very easy with a figure 
where ones back up under twos arch, then twos do the same, then repeat. People 
really like it. It has a neighbor swing and an “active” couple swing that can 
be switched back and forth from 1s to 2s. Sort of a “dorky” figure if not a 
dorky inspiration. Based on Nantucket Sleigh Ride, which had no swings, as I 
recall.

Consider Hydrogen was written as a tribute to the late great Richard Feynman - 
the figures represent atomic movement and structure. “Consider hydrogen” was 
one of two questions on his Quantum Mechanics class final.

You can find them all on my website 
https://sites.google.com/site/marthawildscallsofthewild/ 
. Unfortunately, I 
can’t figure out how to make it show up in searches - I chose the public 
settings, so it’s a mystery why it keeps showing up as https. 

Martha

> On Feb 7, 2018, at 6:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hey callers,
> 
> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices to 
> an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
> 
> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or Star 
> Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Darwin Gregory via Callers]

For historic nerdiness, how about an old dance from proper formation like
Jackson Liberty?


On Feb 7, 2018 11:44 AM, "DAVID HARDING via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

"Entangled in Monte Carlo" by Luke Donforth

http://www.madrobincallers.org/2014/11/12/contra-with-a-swing-dance-move/

On February 7, 2018 at 8:58 AM Ron Blechner via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Hey callers,

I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices to
an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.

This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or
Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.

Thanks!

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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[DAVID HARDING via Callers]

"Entangled in Monte Carlo" by Luke Donforth

http://www.madrobincallers.org/2014/11/12/contra-with-a-swing-dance-move/

> On February 7, 2018 at 8:58 AM Ron Blechner via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hey callers,
> 
> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices 
> to an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
> 
> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or 
> Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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Re: [Callers] Good dances with challenging timing

[Rick Mohr via Callers]

Thanks all for the great suggestions! Here’s the workshop I’m planning:

(1)  Light, (hopefully) humorous, and (just maybe) illuminating intro about
how timing awareness increases dancing fun.

(2)  A simple dance with all 8-beat figures:
A1:  DD N, N sw
A2:  Gents Al L 1½, P sw
B1:  F, R
B2:  LC, star L
While dancing we all count out loud and say 2-beat calls together e.g. “1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, Ladies Chain”.

(3) Joyride (Erik Weberg) - use our 8-count awareness to take a full 8
counts for the first three figures (gypsy, mad robin, half poussette). OK
to keep counting out loud.

(4)  Hull’s Victory - demonstrate how changing your arm length allows a
loose or tight allemande. Walk through both the loose trad way (allemande
neighbor once [8], 1’s allemande ½ [4]) and tight modern way (allemande
neighbor twice [8], 1’s allemande once [4]). In 5-couple sets dance it 5
times loose and 10 times tight.

(5)  Princeton Petronellas (Bob Isaacs):
A1:  N B
A2:  Bal O, spin, P allemande L ½, half hey
B1:  P B
B2:  Bal O, spin, N allemande L ½, half hey
Use our 8-count awareness to end the swings in time to be right on the
money for the ring balances. Take 2 beats each for the allemandes and hey
passes for a satisfying B

(6)  If there’s time I’d like to add a dance with circle left ¾ [6], pass
through [2], swing new neighbor [8]. In my experience most people dance it
too loosely so you never get an 8-count swing. My favorite dance with that
sequence is Cary Ravitz’s Heart of Glass (where I usually substitute shift
left [2], circle left ¾ [6], swing neighbor) but this session is already
long on heys. Anybody have another good/great dance with that sequence and
no hey?

Rick

On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 6:53 PM, Read Weaver via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I find pretty much any dance that ends with three changes of rights &
> lefts has people late to the first figure, because they take 8 counts to do
> those three changes (rather than 6 counts to do the three changes, and 2
> counts to move on).
>
> Read Weaver
> Jamaica Plain, MA
> http://lcfd.org
>
> On Feb 1, 2018, at 10:26 AM, Rick Mohr via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Some dances require skill to make the timing work — like starting a figure
> with dispatch so a later balance will be on time, or doing a figure
> leisurely to avoid being early for the next one. But while many dancers
> have the awareness to make things like that work, many dancers don’t. Since
> there are plenty of fantastic dances without such challenges I tend not to
> call dances which have them.
>
> But I’ve also found that such dances are great when I’m asked to lead a
> workshop helping dancers improve their skills. Longtime dancers aren't
> eager to change their habits, and having something concrete like making a
> balance on time adds motivation, ideally opening a window where learning is
> possible.
>
> Unfortunately though I've discarded or passed on collecting most such
> dances!
>
> Have any suggestions of good/great dances where the timing is tight or
> loose in spots?
>
> One of mine in that category is Crow Flight (http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Da
> nces.asp#CrowFlight). Learning opportunities include gents flowing from
> swing to circle (common with aware dancers but a revelation to some),
> ladies moving efficiently from circle to hey, and doing a hey with two
> steps per pass (possibly realizing the difference between a 3-change and
> 4-change half hey).
>
> Thanks for any ideas!
>
>
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[Callers] Nerdy dances

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

Hey callers,

I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices to
an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.

This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or
Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.

Thanks!

Ron Blechner
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