Regarding swing position: With good frame, differences between the roles in
giving weight are slight. But not all dancers are accustomed to good frame.
I find a mirrored ballroom hold (both dancers have right hand on the
other's shoulder blade, left hand on the other's shoulder) offers several
adv
Everything Maia said!
Also, if you find you are teaching to people who are doing well with both
roles, and want to learn when they can switch within a dance other than in
a swing, the easiest places are in Long lines if one is across from your
partner, (do like a hole-in-the wall gypsy), in Long l
On Tue, Jul 05, 2016, Susan Pleck via Callers wrote:
>
> I'm to lead a workshop/extended intro lesson at a local dance this
> Saturday on gender-free dancing/dancing the "other" role/switching
> roles. Not having done this before, I'd appreciate any thoughts
> or advice about what this should inclu
I find that a lot of people who have danced mostly the gent's role, when
they start dancing the lady's role, think that when they swing, they're
supposed to go backwards or sorta sideways... I mean, hell, a lot of people
think that's how a lady swings when they first start dancing that role!
But, I
One subtle thing that's different is progression instincts -- typically men's
role progress on the left, women's on the right. (Like with a final B2
of circle left 3/4, pass through).
The few times I've had everyone do a gender swap, I've gone with the
dance "Bicoastal Contra" by Pete Campbell.
On 7/5/2016 11:32 AM, Susan Pleck via Callers wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm to lead a workshop/extended intro lesson at a local dance this
Saturday on gender-free dancing/dancing the "other" role/switching
roles. Not having done this before, I'd appreciate any thoughts or
advice about what this sho
Hi folks,
I'm to lead a workshop/extended intro lesson at a local dance this Saturday on
gender-free dancing/dancing the "other" role/switching roles. Not having done
this before, I'd appreciate any thoughts or advice about what this should
include. For the gender-free aspect, I'm not sure the
Thanks John, that does seem like a fun bit to incorporate.
I ran the Fox Hollow Foibles dance with the Grand Square happening on the
diagonal at IndepenDance in Wisconsin. Folks seemed to have fun with it,
but it was certainly challenging (my sense is that community doesn't do
many squares; Grand
American Dance and Music Week at Pinewoods still has space to you to join us.
It's a wonderful program in the most beautiful setting. Larry Edelman, caller,
musician and teacher extraordinaire, will be teaching his very popular Square
Dance Callers class. If you are a caller who has ever cons
