hn Sweeney ;
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net
Subject: Re: [Callers] Re: teaching Naked in California
On 12/6/21, Tony Parkes via Contra Callers
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> I actually accepted a gig at a “naturist” resort in New England.
>I had to come up with patter
Since mostly all humans are pretty asymmet
And if you like thinking about this stuff, note that the book
*Give-and-Take* by Larry Jennings has some deeply thought through
sections on the mathematics of contra with one section devoted to
shadows, including the concepts of near-shadows and far-shadows. I found
it all illuminating and it
On 12/6/21, Tony Parkes via Contra Callers
wrote:
> I actually accepted a gig at a “naturist” resort in New England.
>I had to come up with patter
Since mostly all humans are pretty asymmetrical, how 'bout:
"Promenade and don't be slow,
Right (x) high and left (x) low"
:)
It may be more than you want to go into for a walk-through, but it can
be a good opportunity to teach (or remind) dancers that /a shadow is
always a dancer in another set who is in *the same position as your
partner* is in, in your set. /Usually, the shadow with whom you actually
do something
t; Tony Parkes
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> *From:* Ted Sims via Contra Callers
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> *Sent:* Monday, December 6, 2021 3:09 PM
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Subject: [Callers] Re: teaching Naked in California
Really? I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
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On Dec 6, 2021, at 3:04 PM, John Sweeney via Contra Callers
mailto:contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net>>
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I was asked to run a dance
Really? I wouldn’t have missed it for the world.
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> On Dec 6, 2021, at 3:04 PM, John Sweeney via Contra Callers
> wrote:
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> I was asked to run a dance for a nudist colony in the south of England, but
> they said I wouldn’t have to be naked.
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> I wasn’t sure I
I was asked to run a dance for a nudist colony in the south of England, but
they said I wouldn’t have to be naked.
I wasn’t sure I wanted to watch all the wobbly bits bounce around though, so I
declined.
Happy dancing,
John
