Hi, Luke,
Great to see you at ValleyCopia and ContraCopia this past weekend. Enjoyed
your sets! :)
Carol Ormand wrote a dance with a double do-si-do. I'm afraid I can't
remember the name and I don't have my cards handy at the moment. It's in
either Jurassic Redheads or Lizard Research Institute.
Luke,
In square dance there is a figure called grand sashay. It is essentially a
grand R&L, or weave the ring, with dosidos and seesaw. You might look that
figure up as the weave is a dodge, and the dosido//seesaw would allow for
twirling.
I have included the definition below. Grand Sashay is
Hey, I'm new here, but what a great idea for a figure, Luke. Am I correct
in assuming that, in addition to being similar to a RH star sans hands,
that the dancers are also facing the same direction throughout the figure,
like you're supposed to do for a regular two-person do-si-do? So the
dancers w
Hi Luke,
I suspect you will have timing problems in a Double Contra because
of the extra time it takes for the people at the ends of the lines.
I have a couple of dances with a DosiAll and the other challenge is
getting them all to start at the same time. I solve this with a Balan
5, Aahz via Callers wrote:
>>
>> I've been asked to run a barn dance Saturday Jan 16, 9pm-11pm, but I'm
>> busy. The dance will be part of the Western Regional Outdoor Leadership
>> Conference:
>>
>> http://outdoored.stanford.edu/center/wrolc
Thanks all for the feedback. I appreciate having this list to kick ideas
around.
While it would be possible for the do-si-dos to happen in two groups of 2;
in my opinion that would make this a particularly non-interacting 4x4; as
the only whole group of 8 interaction at that point is the circle ha
With respect to Tom's prior comment about dancers substituting the simplest
interpretation sometimes, I think this dance could have that apply.
Up through the A2 Ladies Chain you are in lines of four facing
configuration (as opposed to square). If the Dosidos happen in two groups
of 2 (parallel tr
Luke,
In modern square dance a left hand star without hands is simply called
promenade inside. By definition a right hand star w/o hands would be a
reverse promenade inside. Both would take 8 beats/steps to accomplish in a
square, and probably close to eight beats in a mescolanza.
I do not quit
I wrote a dance with a 4 person do-si-do and have called it a few times.
Whoever has to travel from the far corners will need an extra couple of
beats, so it's good to have a "soft" figure after the do-si-do for 4, so
the folks arrive late (men, in your dance, Luke) can catch up somewhat
gracef
On Tue, Dec 01, 2015, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:
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> Possibly this is a choreographic question already answered in square
> dancing, but I'm not familiar with the outcome. How well does a four person
> do-si-do work? I'm thinking of something along the lines of:
In the normal duple improper
Luke,
There have been times when I've tried new ideas and the dancers
figured out an easier way. Or said differently they saw through the
complexity and thought it was not worth the effort. I'm not saying
this is true for your dance but it's something to be prepared for.
In terms of tim
It's 5 am, and I find myself awake and writing dances; specifically 4x4s.
Unfortunately, I don't have 8 dancers waiting on my insomnia to test
things, so I figured I'd send them to shared weight...
Possibly this is a choreographic question already answered in square
dancing, but I'm not familiar w
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