Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

Rich Goss wrote: > That would be an interesting discussion topic.? Has anyone encountered a > mad robin that is reversed? > -- > In the English dance "Mad Robin," the ones do the mad robin figure following the path of the do-si-do, but when the twos do the figure they are following the path of

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

And usually (based on a few dances that I have in my collection), the women start by sliding to the right first, moving through the middle, while the men start by moving to the left, allowing the women to step into the middle first... Looking forward... Linda S. Mrosko 7302 CR 2829

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

How about "facing your partner" instead of "looking at your partner"? Then it's just an orientation. Who or what you look at is your own choice. The girls will figure out pretty quickly to look at each other to start the move, and skilled flirts will figure out other possibilities a split second

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

Barbara Groh wrote: > > >I prefer to catch the eye of the other lady in a "girl-power, isn't this > >fun" way, since we usually start the move by passing by each other, then > >quickly shift to my partner and smile - so much more community-friendly, > >even flirtatious, IMHO, than the "I can't

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

I have seen this taught as a do si do.on the side with your neighbor...then turn shoulder to shoulder (facing partner across the set) and then do the same move but sideways...worked for the group I was dancing in. I have a mad robin in a dance I wrote and will teach it this way until I find, see

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

I prefer to catch the eye of the other lady in a "girl-power, isn't this fun" way, since we usually start the move by passing by each other, then quickly shift to my partner and smile - so much more community-friendly, even flirtatious, IMHO, than the "I can't take my eyes off you" stare with

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

I use the term "Sashay round" which, by definition, is easier for most people to understand - I like thatit does define the move much better than Mad Robin! I've also seen the term "sliding doors" used to describe that figure. Sashay: move sideways, and Around (do I have to explain

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

Linda wrote: > In my opinion, the most confusing part is why anyone calls this figure "Mad >Robin." What does a mad robin do? Has anyone ever seen a mad robin? Worse yet, the "mad robin" figure in contra isn't even the same as the mad robin figure in the Mad Robin English dance it's

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

I'd also like some comment on the experience of the Mad Robin - all the callers I know really emphasize the "look at your partner while you do this" but, like the gypsy hey, I find it a bit, um, rude, to ignore the woman I'm passing in a Mad Robin while I stare at my partner (whom I may not feel

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

In my opinion, the most confusing part is why anyone calls this figure "Mad Robin." What does a mad robin do? Has anyone ever seen a mad robin? I use the term "Sashay round" which, by definition, is easier for most people to understand - Sashay: move sideways, and Around (do I have to

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

That would be an interesting discussion topic.  Has anyone encountered a mad robin that is reversed? I can't recall one.  I know sometimes it's the gents passing in front and sometimes it's the ladies, but that just depends on where you start from.  I think a mad robin always follows the

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

I agree, a demo for that sequence of moves is quick and easy. - Original Message - From: "Jeff Kaufman" To: "Caller's discussion list" Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 8:09:54 AM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific Subject: Re:

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

Rickey wrote: > > I am looking for suggestions on how best to teach a "Mad Robin" to > contra dancers who have not encountered it before. It is in > "Joyride" ... I am planning on doing this in a venue where it may > not be feasible to do a demo. > I would not call joyride to people who've

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

If you teach it that way, make sure that it is actually the path of a Do Si Do and not a See Saw J On 3/26/2010 10:00 AM, Rich Goss wrote: It's the same path as a dosido. Have them do a dosido and notice their path, then lock eyes across the set with their partner and follow the same

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Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

Guided by the experienced hand of Ric Goldman, I wrote a dance last year that has a similar sequence of moves (from a neighbor do-si-do into a Mad Robin). I tell people their feet are traveling in the same exact path, and then quip, "however as happens sometimes in real life, in the Mad Robin

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

It's the same path as a dosido. Have them do a dosido and notice their path, then lock eyes across the set with their partner and follow the same path sideways around the same neighbor they did the dosodo with. Seems to work. Rich On 3/26/10 6:49 AM, "Rickey" wrote: > Hi

Re: [Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

I ask the dancers to do a do-si-do and observe the path their feet are taking. Then I ask them to follow the same path with their feet, but to face their partner across the set while they do it. Works wonderfully. --Katy Heine -Original Message- From: callers-boun...@sharedweight.net

[Callers] Teaching Mad Robin

Hi all, I am looking for suggestions on how best to teach a "Mad Robin" to contra dancers who have not encountered it before. It is in "Joyride" after a Gypsy and I have tried suggesting that they just let their feet take them around on the same path as the Gypsy did while turning to face their