On Mar 27, 2012, at 4:03 PM, Alan Winston - SSRL Central Computing wrote: > If you have a crowd that's expecting contra dances, how well is something like > a goofy three-around-three one-night-stand dance going to go over? (That > sounds like a leading question, but I'm really asking it. I know a million > small-set bouncy/skippy one-night-stand dances, but I didn't even think about > those when I faced my teeny crowd a couple of weeks ago, because I didn't > think > they'd read like contra-dancing
Well, I've only done this with experienced dance friends, and it might be counter-productive with newer dancers, but many improper contras *can* be danced by just two couples, as long as you're willing to switch partners each time through and rotate the axis of the dance 90 degrees each time through. (E.g. if a dance begins Balance & Swing Your Neighbor, and ends with Pass Through to a New Neighbor, just turn to your partner after the first time through the dance and treat them as your new neighbor. Repeat ad libitum.) Richard
