I wanted a closer with a Rory O'Moore and a partner balance and swing. This
is what I came up with. Does this (or a variant thereof) already exist?
*Wave Goodbye* (becket L)
A1: (on the L diagonal) give and take N (to lark's side)
N swing
A2: ravens chain (to P)
ravens alle. R 1 1/2 to short
Keep calling. My experience has been that techo music has plenty of
beat and no phrasing. So dancers don't know when to stop the current
figure and start the next one. Some figures like circles, stars and
lines forward and back have a kind of natural timing so dances with
those figures
Hi Maia,
Mostly I agree with Bob. I find that dance length isn't much different in
practice. No-walkthroughs should be fine under the same circumstances as
regular contras.
There are many reasons to choose easier dances for techno contras. The
music and lighting tend to push the balance of how
Choose easy dances. The music is usually hard enough, and fun enough. Easy can
allow for extra flourishes to add even more spice.
Live or mixed recordings? If live then it should be perfectly square AABB. If
mixed, the only thing you can count on is 8-beat phrases. Also if mixed you
need to
Ah, more specific questions!
- have you found on-the-floor demos doable at techno, or should I not even
try?
- techno no-walk-through's: do they work?
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 5:13 PM Maia McCormick wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I haven't called all that many techno contras, and I'm slated to do so
>
Hey folks,
I haven't called all that many techno contras, and I'm slated to do so this
weekend. Any tips or things to keep in mind about how techno differs from
your standard contra evening? (Particularly curious about anything relating
to dance choice and dance length.)
Cheers,
Maia
Good job Chris, especially considering what a poor job you did trying to
write the worst dance last year ;-)
On Thu, Mar 28, 2019 at 12:02 PM Greenleaf via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> The winner of the Neffa 75th Contra Choreography Contest is Diamonds Are
> For Neffa,
The winner of the Neffa 75th Contra Choreography Contest is Diamonds Are For
Neffa, written by Chris Page. The judges feel that his dance has good flow, is
suitable for the NEFFA audience, and includes very NEFFA-appropriate inter-set
allemandes and a celebratory diamond. Even the title is
