Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-14 Thread Michael Fuerst
/13/12, Bob Green <bobgr...@swbell.net> wrote: From: Bob Green <bobgr...@swbell.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars) To: "Caller's discussion list" <call...@sharedweight.net> List-Post: callers@lists.sharedweight.net Date: Tuesd

Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-14 Thread Bob Green
is to arriving dancers. > > Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844 > > --- On Tue, 3/13/12, Andrea Nettleton <twirly-g...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > From: Andrea Nettleton <twirly-g...@bellsouth.net> > Subject: Re: [Callers] Re Al

Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-14 Thread Michael Fuerst
<twirly-g...@bellsouth.net> wrote: From: Andrea Nettleton <twirly-g...@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars) To: "Caller's discussion list" <call...@sharedweight.net> List-Post: callers@lists.sharedweight.net Date: Tuesday,

Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-14 Thread Read Weaver
Sometimes the other person will get it if you place a single finger (from your other hand) on the back of their (bent) wrist. On Mar 13, 2012, at 3:17 PM, Perry Shafran wrote: Speaking of allemandes - is there ANY way to teach experienced dancers to not bend their wrists when they

Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-13 Thread Andrea Nettleton
I don't know if seasoned dancers who engage in a bad habit are able to hear that they are in error. In a new dancer workshop, I show and tell that the two dancers in an allemande are like two panes in a revolving door and their joined hands are like the post they turn around. Their arms

Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-13 Thread Chris Page
On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Perry Shafran wrote: > Speaking of allemandes - is there ANY way to teach experienced dancers to not > bend their wrists when they allemande?  The wrist is supposed to be straight, > not bent, as bending can cause pain to the other person's

Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-13 Thread Don Veino
I'm fortunate to not (yet) be injured but also attempt to "straighten" our grip to a neutral position when this happens. If that fails (folks sometimes actually twist it back!) then I simply open up my fingers - it is much harder for them to crank over in that situation. I think this is very much

Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-13 Thread Bree Kalb
man to do this with another man -Original Message- >From: Perry Shafran <ps...@yahoo.com> >Sent: Mar 13, 2012 3:17 PM >To: Caller's discussion list <call...@sharedweight.net> >Subject: Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars) > >Speakin

Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-13 Thread Richard Fischer
On Mar 13, 2012, at 3:40 PM, Chrissy Fowler wrote: > I once heard some great caller point out that you are engaging your upper arm > muscle when you allemande - not your shoulder, not your wrist, not your > fingers, and definitely not your thumb. Which is to say it's the shared, > elastic

[Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-13 Thread Chrissy Fowler
On thumbs and allemandes: A good friend of mine is sensitive to the 'dreaded thumb lock', and has showed me exactly why. He's right. It's AWFUL. His strategy is to keep his thumb beside (n line with) his fingers, everything else is the same in the 'mitten grip'. I've tried it myself, it

Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-13 Thread Perry Shafran
ively" in this manner I can protect all my digits and limbs and continue on the joy of dancing longer! Perry --- On Tue, 3/13/12, Andrea Nettleton <twirly-g...@bellsouth.net> wrote: From: Andrea Nettleton <twirly-g...@bellsouth.net> Subject: Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis o

Re: [Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-13 Thread Ron Nelson
John Sweeny wrote: > > Yes, people always used to interlock their thumbs - that is > how I was first taught it many, many years ago. > > But the dancing has changed. What has happened is that > people now like to spin out of Allemandes; and Rory O'Mores are more > prevalent, where you spin out

[Callers] Re Allemande Hold (was Analysis of Stars)

2012-03-13 Thread John Sweeney
Hi Jeff, Yes, I hate it when people stick their fingers up straight as well, or twist their wrists over so mine is bent backwards, or try to arm wrestle while dancing. For me a good Allemande hold is as shown in your photo reference, but with the thumbs unlocked so that