I have a Petro-spin-to-star in a dance of mine, a move I stole from another dance (Middle School Drama, or something like that?). People are going to clap, so I recommend mentioning in the walkthrough that the dance is smoother if the hands go right in sans-clap.
-Ron On Wed, Oct 31, 2012 at 11:14 PM, Andrea Nettleton < twirly-g...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > It works great as long as everyone spins the appropriate way. If you have > new dancers in the crowd, it is worth teaching that when spinning R, one > points one's chin to the R and follows it around. I have seen even dancers > who have danced for awhile spin them selves the other way. When spinning > the 'right' way, your left hand is free and momentum easily swings it to > the center for a star L. If you happened to have spun the other way, there > is no way to flow gracefully into the star. If I hadn't seen this awkward > spinning from the stage, I would not have believed people could keep > choosing what looks to me like such a counter intuitive motion, but they > do. If this is the second spin to the R dance of the night or you have a > crowd of at least somewhat experienced dancers, they will enjoy the flow > very much. > A > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Oct 31, 2012, at 9:29 PM, Kalia Kliban <ka...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > Hi all > > > > Just wondering about a transition in Nathaniel Jack's "Walk the Plank." > It looks like a nice bouncy dance with good rebound, but there's a > transition from a petronella twirl into a LH star at the end, and in the > absence of a group of guinea pigs here at the house I thought I'd ask if > anyone's tried this and what they think. Here are the notes: > > > > Walk the Plank Duple Imp. > > A1 4,4 Neighbor balance, Al right 3/4 > > 8 Men Al left 1-1/2 > > A2 16 Partner Bal + Swing, end facing down > > B1 8 Down the hall in lines of 4, turn alone > > 8 Come back up, bend the line to a circle > > B2 8 Balance the ring, spin right one place > > 8 Star left 1ce around. > > > > Is it comfortable to come from that twirl into catching L hands for a > star? > > > > Kalia > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > call...@sharedweight.net > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
