Here are two of my dances with diagonal themes. Where's Alex? (*) Dancers line up improper but the 1's then exchange places with their opposite sex neighbor, so the 1's are below the 2's. A1 Men allemande left 1 1/2, partners swing A2 Promenade across Women chain to neighbor, but at end of courtesy turn roll away with 1/2 sashe (Everyone now in the position of a normal improper dance, bur facing across.) B1 1/2 hey, men start right shoulders, everyone finishing in the place of their same sex neighbor had started and standing back to back to their opposite sex neighbor, and thus facing a new (second) neighbor. (Everyone now on side of set opposite from which they started.) With 2nd neighbors, men start 1/2 hey passing left shoulders, finish facing a third neighbor. (Everyone now on side of set they started dance.) B2 Left shoulder gypsy the third neighbor. Swing the second neighbor. Emphasize several times during the walk-through, that dancers reaching the end of the set MUST face back in with the men on the right, women on the left!! (This is not quite correct, but it is what the dancers should be told. See Technical note below.) Failure to tell the dancers this guarantees confusion at each end, and at worst will cause the whole set to break. Not Quite Fifty Becket Counterclockwise (After lining up in Beket formation, have dancers momentarily switch places. The non-partner next to you is your shadow) A1 Circle left 3/4, neighbors swing A2 Chain to partner 1/2 hey, women start right shoulders and face shadow. B1 Right hands across with a shadow, neighbor (and shadow's neighbor) SIMULTANEOUSLY: Men, with the man in his star, RIGHT shoulder gypsy 1 1/2 around Women, with the woman across the set in her partner's star (her original same sex neighbor), LEFT shoulder gypsy 1 1/2 around B2 Partners balance (with man's left and woman's right hands) and swing.
Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana IL 61801 217-239-5844 --- On Tue, 3/13/12, tavi merrill <melodiouswoodch...@gmail.com> wrote: From: tavi merrill <melodiouswoodch...@gmail.com> Subject: [Callers] ISO: a few good diagonals... To: call...@sharedweight.net List-Post: callers@lists.sharedweight.net Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 11:17 PM So, based on a few favorite dances with distinctive diagonal moves, i cooked up the idea for a one-hour festival slot themed around diagonals. Currently, the lineup is Gene Hubert's "Diagonal Dillema", Rick Mohr's "Ellen's Yarns", Carol Ormand's "Life, the Universe, and Everything", and Russel Owen's "Are You Most Done Yet". They're great dances, but suddenly i can't help wishing i had a broader palette of distinctive diagonal options in order to craft a truly excellent program with a lot of contrast between dances. Aside from Rick Mohr's "Dr. Bluhm's Delight", Gene Hubert's "Reunion", and Penn Fix's "North Cascades", which i'm aware of.... does anybody have favorite intermediate to eXpert-level diagonal dances they'd be compelled to share? _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list call...@sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
