Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave?

...@lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of Yoyo Zhou via Callers Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 1:03 PM To: Maia McCormick <maia@gmail.com> Cc: callers@lists.sharedweight.net Subject: Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave? For flow, it depends what comes after the balance. If it's followed by an allemand

Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave?

On 2017-11-11 12:09 PM, Peter Simonyi via Callers wrote: I was in a dance with a similar sequence just last weekend. Please bear in mind I'm piecing together memories from the middle of a dance weekend. The caller was either Mary Wesley or David Eisenstadter and I can't recall enough context

Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave?

I was in a dance with a similar sequence just last weekend. Please bear in mind I'm piecing together memories from the middle of a dance weekend. The caller was either Mary Wesley or David Eisenstadter and I can't recall enough context to decide who it was. The part of the dance I remember went

Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave?

In my experience, on Beat 1 a dancer's weight is more likely to land on their right foot. This is why balancing left is inherently a challenge when it flows from other moves. So I also agree that Forward and Back is a nice solution. Erik Erhardt (505)480-4462 StatAcumen.com/dance On Wed, Nov

Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave?

In my experience the momentum of an allemande right automatically takes one either to the right or forward. Same goes for an allemande left: momentum takes you to the left or forward. A balance left just doesn't flow after am AR, because if you have a good connection with your allemande you're

Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave?

<callers-boun...@lists.sharedweight.net> on behalf of Mac Mckeever via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> Sent: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 8:16 PM To: callers@lists.sharedweight.net; Maia McCormick Subject: Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave? sorry - I missed that you said the all

Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave?

For flow, it depends what comes after the balance. If it's followed by an allemande left, you'd be better balancing left. Allemande right: balance right. Walk forward: balance forward and back. Box circulate: right and back. But getting dancers to balance left - except as the second half of a

Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave?

sorry - I missed that you said the alle L followed the balance - in that case - I think the first bal should be left.  To bal R & then L and then turn by the left just sounds awkward. Mac Mckeevr On Wednesday, November 8, 2017, 2:09:46 PM CST, Mac Mckeever wrote:

Re: [Callers] Balancing LEFT in a wave?

I've noticed that dancers' natural tendency is to balance towards the hand that touches first in these situations, which is consistent with what you report. Should the rest of the dance be truly worthwhile in fighting that tendency, I would opt for doing a balance forward and back in this