On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 12:17 PM, Perry Shafran <ps...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Speaking of allemandes - is there ANY way to teach experienced dancers to not > bend their wrists when they allemande? The wrist is supposed to be straight, > not bent, as bending can cause pain to the other person's wrist (generally > mine). Nowadays when I find a person allemande with a bent wrist I go ahead > and keep mine straight and sacrifice a good allemande with weight for > protecting my arm and wrist.
I wish I knew. I was teaching a pre-dance workshop at another place and some of the "helpful" experienced dancers in the session were steadfastly insisting that the bent wrist alternative was the only safe one. Is there any way to deal with that without getting into an noisy argument while the new dancers are trying to sort this stuff out? -Chris Page San Diego p.s. I'm not bothered by the hidden thumbs. The allemandes work fine either way. The hidden thumbs just means the person's been hurt in the past and is protecting themselves.
