Hi, all,
I’m calling the contra dances in Montpelier, VT, and in Cambridge, MA next
weekend. I’m hoping to get some insight from people who have danced there or
called there about the dance crowd and how they are as a community in helping
each other, how many beginners usually come, are they
I cannot recall dancing a modern contra in the last few years that does not
include a Partner Swing, so I have a few questions.
First, do you call any such modern dances without a partner swing? Why or
why not?
Second, if you do, do you announce it before the preceding dance so as to
inform
The tease has a partner swing. If you want the ultimate non- partner dance -
look at Snake River Reel by Petr LIppincott - it is a very nice dance - except
you never have any contact with your partner (also a great tune with the same
name - also from Peter)
Mac McKeever
St Louis
On
Hi Rich,
I call them:
* As the first dance when there are lots of beginners. Quite often they will
dance with each other, so doing a dance with only a Neighbour Swing means that
they get to learn to swing with lots of other people before doing a Partner
Swing dance together.
Joyce Rossbach and I recently wrote a dance with no partner swing. Mr.
Cranky Pants. Becket
A1- cl 3/4; n swg
A2- star R 1x; ch. Ladies to p
B1- mad robin ladies in; ladies ale. L 1x
B2- cR 1x; ll slice/yearn left to nn
Written in honor of my "morning" cranky son.
Mary
On Sun, May 13, 2018,
The Tease does have a partner swing, but the experience of having a swing being
apparently taken away (flirt with partner, swing neighbor) has many dancers
thinking they missed their partner swing!
As to your question, very rarely. Dancers see the partner swing as a highlight
of the partnered
Here is a version of an earlier dance that came out of a recent discussion
between Chris Page and I. It is a no partner swing indecent formation
dance, sans the "Sharks & Jets" of its predecessor, and done as a no
partner swing dance in indecent formation rather than a Becket mixer.
Indecent
