Hi, Becky,
This is one that without a good visual to know exactly what this means, I'm not
sure I like this. The reason why people are taught to put a hand on the
shoulder blade is that the shoulder blade is a good solid part of the body to
put a flat hand and provide the weight to go around i
I must say that I am very disappointed to hear that male dancers are still
attempting to forcibly split female couples up so that men don't have to sit
out or dance with other men. We need to figure out whether this desire for
these actions is somehow steeped in "tradition" or whether it is ba
If you wish, you can suggest that the roles might have once been based in
gender. But in the larger picture, there is no reason that one role must be
danced by one gender and the other role must be danced by the other. Gendered
terms have suggested that they should, but other than that, there
Hi, Maia, all,
I have seen a few choices at our weekly dance, and Louise when she called for
us did a great job. I think some of the things that have been said in this
thread kind of work well, and I have continued to adjust the way I teach based
on some of the things I have seen and have read
It feels to me that one of the things that modern contra is trying to do is to
make the roles more symmetrical. I mean, we can all do the ladies/robins
right-hand chain with no problem, but when it comes to any other chain (lark RH
chain or any LH chain), even the most adept contra dancers get
My personal view, which I don't expect to be shared by many, is that I would
not expect to start seeking gigs (or accepting them) until I know that it is
safe to dance, at which point I'll start filling my calendar. I think that
accepting gigs based on when we *think* it may be safe to dance (
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Thanks!
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I was at that Philly dance the other night myself, and I believe the way they
did this is that the live musicians (who live with each other so at least all
the musicians were at the same location) played music live, but they were muted
on zoom. The music was transmitted to the caller through s
