On May 14, 2008, at 10:02 PM, Amy Cann wrote:
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I will compile all lists and, when the project's done, post the
compilation and their paper/presentation so all the rest of us theory
wonks can read it too!
I answer more from the perspective of a dancer than a caller or
choreographer. I hope that's OK.
1a - Can you list your three favorite transitions (sequence of two
figures) in terms of flow, how they connect?
it's kind of simple, but starring right, then circling left has a very
nice flow
ladies' chain on the left diagonal, then ladies' chain across
grand right and left down the set, box the gnat (or allemande) and go
back the other way... I happen to love those kinds of dances.
transitioning, via allemandes, from short wavy line across to long wavy
lines at the side, and vice versa
1b - What about your three least favorite?
men allemande left, pick up partner, cross set, butterfly whirl (time
consuming, hard to get it down on time, increased risk of bumping into
people
almost anything with a dosido, especially, dosido, then balance and
swing
ladies' chain across, moving into a left hand star, especially when it
is down with a twirl and not a courtesy turn
Sorry, can't answer the rest well, as I don't know the names of the
dances very well.
Janet
2a - What is the dance that embodies the words flowing, elegant, smooth
the most to you?
2b - What is the dance that embodies them the least?
3a - Are there any dances you know and love, that are wonderfully
satisfying, but are not necessarily smooth or flowing?
3a - Why do these dances work, if it's not the flow?
Note: the students will not see your answers to Question 3a at first.
We're going to let them discover the other "satisfyers" on their own --
good story line, social tension and reward, the "oh cool, that's so
ingenious!" factor.
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