Interesting observation, Alan.
Yes, I've encountered it with female dancers as a dancer and caller.
However...it isn't quite the same. I suspect it is both more apparent and
more pronounced with men, AND that once they've braved the waters to come
dancing the experience of it may be less likely
We have had similar problems with a small number of dancers, mostly men.
One suffered a stroke and was trying to dance to get himself back in shape,
but he was extremely slow, confused and invariably always wanted to dance
with newcomers, which confused them. As experienced dancers, we agreed to
I've run into dancers as a caller and on the floor who fit this description
- men and women both. Most of the time the problem seems to be that they
can't get where they need to be on time, or they end a figure facing the
wrong direction.
But here's something that I learned in retrospect from an
Yoyo and All:
I wrote that sequence on 8/6/10, and call it Hook, Line, and Sinker. At the
time I looked around and didn't find it in the usual sources, but it's possible
someone else preceded me with it.
Bob
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That is a GREAT question. I try not to call to a single dancer--largely b/c
often, calls don't even help this sort of dancer all that much. (Sometimes
I call to them out of instinct, but I've been trying to check myself there.)
I don't reay have a good strategy here except to enlist dance
I've seen some responses on the organizers list and here, and I've
thought about the persistent rock-in-the-stream dancer we had in
Berkeley (who did, eventually, start modifying the dances so he could
get where he needed on time, and who indeed various women would ask to
dance or he'd be
We have a dancer here in Buffalo that has a hard time hearing and ear-mind
process-motor response time is very very slow. (I worry about him
driving). We have a loose house rule that the regular good lady dancers
pair with this gentleman. Otherwise he will ask newbies to dance, and
often is at
Inspired by Marie's other thread, I wonder what tools callers use when they
encounter a dance floor with such a dancer, especially if there is only one who
is having so much difficulty but who leaves confused dancers in their wake. Do
you call to that dancer? Do you call earlier? Do you adjust
A friend of mine with autistic kids shared something with me that she
learned from her kids' therapist: some people have a hard time taking
verbal direction for physical activity and do better by seeing a
demonstration.
So sometimes when I have a dancer on the floor who seems really confused, I
Thanks April and everyone else, this is giving me a lot of ideas to think
about.
To answer your question, he does not seem to understand the "damage" he's
sometimes leaving in his wake, he might not realize the importance of being
on time to help the other dancers. If anyone has a gentle way to
You want to avoid letting him pair up with a new dancer, so you might indeed
want to have a confidential chat with the regular ladies who are also good
leads, and see if they are willing to take turns dancing with him.
Some techniques for his partners: Walk the swing and stop early to face in.
You might consider including the new dancer into your discussion. He "seems to
have some kind of impairment and walks very stiffly", I think he might be the
best one to tell you the things that he has difficulty with and then you can
brainstorm how best to assist him. Having someone in the
A while back, we had the same sort of challenge at one of the local dances.
About a dozen of us from the dance community got together to problem solve. The
group decided that if one of us made sure that the challenged dancer had a
partner for each dance, that it would be good for the entire
Yoyo,
I don't know if such a sequence already exists, but your point about the
awkward transition had me wondering about replacing your B2 with:
Balance the ring, pass through, turn alone.
Star left 3/4 (three quarters).
Jerome
On Monday, March 6, 2017, Yoyo Zhou via Callers <
Hi everyone,
Lately a new dancer has started coming to our dance and he is bad enough
that he will often make the set break if the dance is moderately
challenging. He seems to have some kind of impairment and walks very
stiffly which means he will often not be on time for a figure and also
Hi Seth,
I don't recall an exact match, but it's similar to Big Easy by Becky Hill:
A1 N B+S
A2 LLFB; Ladies alle R 1.5
B1 P B+S
B2 Cir L 3/4; Bal ring, pass thru
or CJ's Delight by Amy Kahn:
A1 N B+S
A2 LLFB; Ladies alle R 1.5
B1 P
Seth Tepfer wrote: [Does this dance already exist?]
> A1: N B
> A2: LLFB; Gents Allemande L 1.5
> B1: P B
> B2: P promenade across; Circle Left 3/4, N pull by
> It seems so obvious that someone must have written it before.
It's similar to two of mine. I could have tweaked one or the other
A1: N B
A2: LLFB; Gents Allemande L 1.5
B1: P B
B2: P promenade across; Circle Left 3/4, N pull by
It seems so obvious that someone must have written it before.
Seth Tepfer
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Hi callers,
I improvised this dance inspired by James Hutson's Treasure of the Sierra
Madre last night, but it seems like it could have been written before. Does
anyone have a title and author for it?
NB. The B2->A1 transition has slightly awkward hands for the gents, but it
seemed to go fine.
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