If you go to the archive
https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net
and type "challenging", many threads come up.
On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 3:13 PM, Jerome Grisanti via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> Chuck,
>
> I would encourage you to have plenty of easy to
Chuck,
I would encourage you to have plenty of easy to medium-easy dances
available, and avoid programming all complex dances.
Consider an easy dance done as a no-walk-through, or with minimal
walk-through, or with a focus on executing this one little timing thing
well so the whole crowd can
Hello list members,
I will be calling my first session of "Challenging Dances" soon, and I have a
few questions:
1. Is there an archived discussion on this topic that any one knows about, and
if so could someone point me to it?
2. If not, I'm wondering about other callers' experiences with
You might like to try this one!
Pink Pigtails by John Meechan
Longways improper double progression 48 bar jigs (has own tune which I
can send if you would like it)
A1Circle left (8); swing nbr (8).
A2 Mad Robin men front of women (8); men start half hey passing RSh
while women
Bradley,
The first and third dances in this video playlist may fit your bill.
If you look at Fiddleheads (a classic), you might also consider Cary
Ravitz's Fiddle Tales (Fiddletales?), which retains the signature diamond
petronella turns but also includes neighbor swings.
--Jerome
Jerome Grisanti
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http://www.jeromegrisanti.com
"Whatever you do, or dream you
One thing you can do for variety is simple dances as no-walkthroughs. Line
'em up and getting them dancing. Even when they say they want advanced
dances, they still want the joy of successfully dancing to music.
It's easier to write a challenging dance than it is to write a good simple
dance; and
You might like to try this one!
Pink Pigtails by John Meechan
Longways improper double progression 48 bar jigs (has own tune which I
can send if you would like it)
A1Circle left (8); swing nbr (8).
A2 Mad Robin men front of women (8); men start half hey passing RSh
while women
"Fiddleheads" by Ted Sanella
- Roger Hayes
from mobile
Some of my favorites are ones that have end effects, but they are fun to
dance once people know to expect that. Often they have dancing on the
diagonals and progressions in the middle of the dance. Here are some:
Are You Most Done? by Russell Owen
You Married My Daughter by Jacob Bloom
Bases
One of my favorites, but it not easy to teach is *There is No Way To Peace;
Peace is the Way* by Erik Hoffman:
http://www.erikhoffman.com/peace.html
And, although *I* don't think it's hard, this dance has two new moves:
*Gold Star Wednesday **by Dale Wilson, (2012)*
*...because good days
I have several to offer (click the Call Sheet button for instructions):
Circuitous - lose your partner and find them again -
http://dancekaleidoscope.org.au/dance.html#Circuitous
Contraindicated - duple-improper but a reverse progression -
On 4/8/2016 1:31 PM, Bradley Smith via Callers wrote:
Hello all! I'll be calling a session of challenging contras at a dance
weekend next month, and find myself lacking in the aforementioned
challenging contras. I want to keep the session balanced, with a mix of
dances that are mind-bending or
You might like to try this one!
Pink Pigtails by John Meechan
Longways improper double progression 48 bar jigs (has own tune which I can
send if you would like it)
A1Circle left (8); swing nbr (8).
A2 Mad Robin men front of women (8); men start half hey passing RSh while
women
Hello all! I'll be calling a session of challenging contras at a dance
weekend next month, and find myself lacking in the aforementioned
challenging contras. I want to keep the session balanced, with a mix of
dances that are mind-bending or heavily technical as well as some dances
that are a step
Hi Richard,
[For those of you that are not subscribed to trad-dance-callers, this
thread has provoked quite a response and discussion from the membership.]
Richard, congrats on taking on the challenge of calling several sessions
at Down East. From experience, I know it takes some courage to
Hello, I am posting this on both the sharedweight and trad-dance-callers
lists:
Next month at the Downeast Festival in Maine I am scheduled to do a short
session which I have called "challenging contras." At the time that I
suggested it, I thought that I fondly remembered enjoying challenging
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