Re: [Callers] Inclusivemess & Older Dancers

2013-01-07 Thread Michael Fuerst
<jsiv...@illinois.edu> To: Caller's discussion list <call...@sharedweight.net> Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2013 1:39 PM Subject: Re: [Callers] Inclusivemess & Older Dancers On 1/5/2013 5:48 AM, Donald Perley wrote: > Different dancers will have different issues.  One elderly d

Re: [Callers] Inclusivemess & Older Dancers

2013-01-06 Thread Jonathan Sivier
On 1/5/2013 5:48 AM, Donald Perley wrote: Different dancers will have different issues. One elderly dancer I encounter regularly seems to be able to handle all the normal maneuvers except she consistently takes 9 or 10 beats to get once around in a swing. Some adaptation can come from

Re: [Callers] Inclusivemess & Older Dancers

2013-01-05 Thread Donald Perley
On Sat, Jan 5, 2013 at 3:16 AM, Kalia Kliban wrote: > "Thank you for your support in advance of the first (of many!) Gentle > English dances in Baltimore. The intent was to provide tempo and > choreographic accommodations to allow long-time dancers and new dancers > alike

Re: [Callers] Inclusivemess & Older Dancers

2013-01-05 Thread Kalia Kliban
On 1/4/2013 10:34 PM, Paul Wilde wrote: Hey all, Seeing the topic of inclusiveness has just popped up, I would like to start a new thread. I would like to see us share some dance choices that are best suited for older dancers, ones that are fun and interesting to dance, but not quite so

[Callers] Inclusivemess & Older Dancers

2013-01-05 Thread Paul Wilde
Hey all, Seeing the topic of inclusiveness has just popped up, I would like to start a new thread. I would like to see us share some dance choices that are best suited for older dancers, ones that are fun and interesting to dance, but not quite so physically demanding as some of the high energy