Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Bill Baritompa via Callers]

Hi Ron and all,

I wrote this quite a while ago and not tested it out, but will try it with the 
Allemande Joy tour that are in NZ currently. Nerdy title and move at A2b.


Spin Quantum Number Becket CW

A1 Slice Left, Give and (lady) Take, Neighbor Swing 
A2 LLF(and on way Back) Gent roll lady away;
 Gents Right Allemand 1/2, Partner Left Allemand (1/4, 3/4, 1 1/4 etc as 
desired) to Long Waves
 (either G or L face out)
B1 (with one of the 4 possible) Shadow(s) Balance Rory O'more slide right;  
  Balance  Rory O'more slide left
B2 Partner Balance and Swing

Note: At end of A2 the left allemand can be varied each time. Will end in long 
waves with a Shadow of same or opposite sex in right hand, Partner in Left.

Cheers, Bill

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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Ron Blechner via Callers]

Thanks all! I've written a few down!

Ron

On Feb 12, 2018 2:34 PM, "Luke Donforth via Callers" <
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> Thank you for the historic perspective Colin!
>
> I don't call that dance that often myself, it's rather a niche piece :-)
>
> It's an odd-ball enough dance that I use the long-lines version as a point
> of connection to the whole set. I certainly wouldn't object to a caller
> using an arm-around variant as couples; but I think taking away the ability
> for the lines to connect for the diagonal motion would add to the
> complexity.
>
> On Mon, Feb 12, 2018 at 2:14 PM, Colin Hume via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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>> On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:51:14 -0500, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:
>> > Thank you for the shout out to Entangled in Monte Carlo :-)
>>
>> Luke -
>>
>> I'm not likely to call contras with swing dance moves, but I noticed that
>> in typical Becket fashion yours finishes with a partner
>> swing.  It then starts again with "Long lines yearn forward on the left
>> diagonal, then Gents take new neighbor home and swing".
>>
>> Surely this is a "Give and take", which works better if you keep your arm
>> round your partner when going forward on the left
>> diagonal rather than joining hands in long lines.  That's how Larry
>> Jennings defined the figure, though many callers don't seem to
>> know that.
>>
>> Colin Hume
>>
>> Email co...@colinhume.com  Web site http://colinhume.com
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Colin Hume via Callers]

On Mon, 12 Feb 2018 13:51:14 -0500, Luke Donforth via Callers wrote:
> Thank you for the shout out to Entangled in Monte Carlo :-)

Luke -

I'm not likely to call contras with swing dance moves, but I noticed that in 
typical Becket fashion yours finishes with a partner 
swing.  It then starts again with "Long lines yearn forward on the left 
diagonal, then Gents take new neighbor home and swing".

Surely this is a "Give and take", which works better if you keep your arm round 
your partner when going forward on the left 
diagonal rather than joining hands in long lines.  That's how Larry Jennings 
defined the figure, though many callers don't seem to 
know that.

Colin Hume

Email co...@colinhume.com  Web site http://colinhume.com

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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Luke Donforth via Callers]

Thank you for the shout out to Entangled in Monte Carlo :-)

Two others to add to your list:

Angela DeCarlis: Dr Whiting's Delight
https://www.angeladecarlis.com/original-choreography
(written and named for one of the astrophysicists involved in confirming
gravitational waves)

Mike Richardson's "Star Trek" has been picked up and referenced; by many
others, Including Dugan Murphey's "The Next Generation". And it doesn't get
much more nerdy than self-referential in-joke pile-ons ;-)

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 11:43 AM, DAVID HARDING via Callers <
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> "Entangled in Monte Carlo" by Luke Donforth
>
> http://www.madrobincallers.org/2014/11/12/contra-with-a-swing-dance-move/
>
> On February 7, 2018 at 8:58 AM Ron Blechner via Callers <
> callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Hey callers,
>
> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices
> to an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
>
> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or
> Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
>
> Thanks!
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> Ron Blechner
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Don Veino via Callers]

Pretty darn nerdy, if you have a large enough group to keep it going:
https://www.jefftk.com/contras/dances/labubblesort

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
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> Hey callers,
>
> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices
> to an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
>
> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or
> Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ron Blechner
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Dale Wilson via Callers]

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices
> to an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
>

​This one was inspired by Seth Tepfer's dance in one of the Mockingjay
movies​:

To Call a Mockingjay by Dale Wilson, (2016)

Contra Improper

A1: Neighbor do-si-do & Swing

A2: Gents Allemande Left 1 ½;

   Partner Swing

B1: Ring Balance, Petronella twirl (with a clap)

  Ring Balance Petronella (no clap)

B2: Star Left;

   Ladies Chain

Teaching notes:

B1: Encourage the dancers to clap on the first Petronella (they will
anyway), then strongly suggest that they skip the clap on the second one so
it will flow right into the star.  Some of them will clap anyway because
they can't help themselves, but most of them like the flow.

B2: As they end the star, tell ladies to reach their free right hands
across the star to each other, then tell them it's a ladies chain to their
neighbors.


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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Ric Goldman - Letsdance via Callers]

Hi Ron,

You might consider this one.

2-5 Allemandery, My Dear Watson – Ric Goldman, imp, Apr 2015/04
A1  1-4 (new) N alle R 1½
5-8 G alle L 1½  (end facing P in line of 4, into…)
A2  1-4 1/2 hey (PR, WL, NR, GL) into…
5-8 P sw (try to end a little early and face across; G assist W 
into ctr)
B1  1-4 W alle R 1½
5-8 N sw
B2  1-4 LL F+B (half-roll* W R-to-L)
5-8 N alle L 1½ 
* Half-roll: roll W R-to-L, but end with W facing out and W’s L hand in G’s L 
hand
(Works best with a leisurely tempo to help timing with A2 to B1)

Thanx, Ric
letsda...@rgoldman.org

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Subject: [Callers] Nerdy dances

Hey callers,

I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices to an 
upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.

This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or Star 
Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.

Thanks!

Ron Blechner

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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Martha Wild via Callers]

Chris Page has Vector Analysis - there’s a nerdy title for you. And a good 
dance.
Martha

> On Feb 7, 2018, at 6:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hey callers,
> 
> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices to 
> an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
> 
> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or Star 
> Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Ron Blechner
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Jim Hemphill via Callers]

 Rachel's Refulgent Rumination by John Coffman is a nerdy sounding
title and a pretty fun dance

Jim

On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Kalia Kliban via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> On 2/7/2018 6:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers wrote:
>
>> Hey callers,
>>
>> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices
>> to an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
>>
>> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or
>> Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
>>
>
> How about Carol Ormand's "Kinematic Vorticity"?  I've never been able to
> understand what kinematic vorticity actually is, but it's a geology thing.
> Fun dance, too.  It incorporates a gate, which is a bit different for
> contra dancers.  English dancers would be familiar with the move.
>
> Kalia
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Bob Green via Callers]

Hey Ron, here are a few...

Star Wars Reference - *Luke, You're Not My Father (May the fours be with
you!) *:
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/491-luke-you-re-not-my-father-by-bob-green-4x4

*Invertro Fflirtilization *by Jim Hemphill:
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/373-invertro-flirtilization22

*Wes Side Story *- a Becket mixer with "Sharks & Jets" move:
http://dancevideos.childgrove.org/contra/contra-modern/445-wes-side-story

...and mt the fours be with you as well!

Bob



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On Wed, Feb 7, 2018 at 8:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> Hey callers,
>
> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices
> to an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
>
> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or
> Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Ron Blechner
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Martha Wild via Callers]

Ron, 

Well, I have one inspired by the mating of Tetrahymena (a ciliated protozoan 
like a Paramecium) called Tetrahymena Twirl, and it’s kind of nerdy. Three 
person (one a couple unit) hey. I consider it intermediate - it’s a little 
weird in teaching but dances easily once it starts. It’s great to a ragtime set 
of tunes.

There’s another called San Diego Sleigh Ride which is very easy with a figure 
where ones back up under twos arch, then twos do the same, then repeat. People 
really like it. It has a neighbor swing and an “active” couple swing that can 
be switched back and forth from 1s to 2s. Sort of a “dorky” figure if not a 
dorky inspiration. Based on Nantucket Sleigh Ride, which had no swings, as I 
recall.

Consider Hydrogen was written as a tribute to the late great Richard Feynman - 
the figures represent atomic movement and structure. “Consider hydrogen” was 
one of two questions on his Quantum Mechanics class final.

You can find them all on my website 
https://sites.google.com/site/marthawildscallsofthewild/ 
. Unfortunately, I 
can’t figure out how to make it show up in searches - I chose the public 
settings, so it’s a mystery why it keeps showing up as https. 

Martha

> On Feb 7, 2018, at 6:58 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers 
>  wrote:
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> Hey callers,
> 
> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices to 
> an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
> 
> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or Star 
> Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
> 
> Thanks!
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[Darwin Gregory via Callers]

For historic nerdiness, how about an old dance from proper formation like
Jackson Liberty?


On Feb 7, 2018 11:44 AM, "DAVID HARDING via Callers" <
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"Entangled in Monte Carlo" by Luke Donforth

http://www.madrobincallers.org/2014/11/12/contra-with-a-swing-dance-move/

On February 7, 2018 at 8:58 AM Ron Blechner via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

Hey callers,

I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices to
an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.

This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or
Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.

Thanks!

Ron Blechner
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Re: [Callers] Nerdy dances

[DAVID HARDING via Callers]

"Entangled in Monte Carlo" by Luke Donforth

http://www.madrobincallers.org/2014/11/12/contra-with-a-swing-dance-move/

> On February 7, 2018 at 8:58 AM Ron Blechner via Callers 
>  wrote:
> 
> Hey callers,
> 
> I'm looking for dances with nerdy inspirations to add a few more choices 
> to an upcoming session. Skill level easy through intermediate+.
> 
> This can be dances inspired by a nerdy reason (like Jurassic Redheads or 
> Star Trek) or some kind of nerdy-choreography.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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