Hi Mark,
I pretty much agree with Alan. For me calling and choreography are
intertwined
and this forum is the ideal place for new dances.
Cheers, Bill
of the 3 type of dance questions you listed - only the first seems to be a
caller's issue. The other 2 don't seem to fit as well in this forum.
While I like the idea of sharing new dances - there are a lot of them out there
and that would pretty much take over this group.
I don't write
On 5/8/2012 6:35 PM, Mark Hillegonds wrote:
> It's been my experience that unless one is a well-known choreographer
(Ravitz, >Hume, Ormand, Sanella, Olsen, and any number of others) it can
be difficult get >new dances into the light of day and, in the theme of
mentorship, get feedback on
Hi all,
I've been following with interest the discussion on calling and mentorships.
Ron Blechner mentioned choreographers in his recent post and I'd like to
expand on that a bit, so starting a new thread.
It's been my experience that unless one is a well-known choreographer
(Ravitz, Hume,
Ron wrote, "One of the biggest challenges is learning dances. A library of shared
dances would be invaluable."
I'll call folks' attention to a resource that's been mentioned here before, the
detailed syllabi from the Ralph Page Dance Legacy Weekend:
Hi Lynn & SW:
When I first was dabbling in the idea of calling, last summer, Marty
Fager from CDNY was a person I bounced ideas off, and he was happy to
share experiences. He's continued to assist me, but since I live near
Princeton, and Bob Isaacs seems to always be sniffing around for new
Hi Rich,
You were very helpful to me providing resources. I neglected to mention that
in my previous email.
Cheers, Bill
Sounds like a great project. I'm currently working to encourage local callers,
suppose you could call it mentoring. A couple of them quite actively. Also
have mentored to some degree long-distance. The long distance bit mainly is
providing resources and being available to discuss upcoming
Thanks Bill. I have had the tremendous privilege of being allowed to video
a number of the dances being called by some of our truly great callers. As
the dance video archive project is focused on cataloging the dances, I have
restricted my permissions and public postings to that end, and the
Hi Lynn,
> Why am I asking? As a CDSS board member particularly interested in contras,
> I'm brainstorming about what a long-distance mentoring program could look
like.
A long-distance mentoring program would be great. And Bob your idea sounds
promising (your video dance archives are a
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