The strategies listed below all seem like "after the fact" moves that happen after partner choices are made. Just because the last dance had more beats of neighbor swing doesn't mean the next will, unless you tell them that's what's coming up.
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 9:15 AM, Greg McKenzie <[email protected]> wrote: > - Call easy dances (this will make sure everyone can succeed and they will > not worry about failing because they have an inexperienced partner. This > builds confidence in all of the dancers.) > > - Call dances with more beats of neighbor swinging, and less beats of > partner swinging. Consider calling a "no partner swing" dance. (This will > create the feeling that the choice of a "partner" is less critical to > having a good time.) > - Call with short walk-throughs and quit calling soon after beginning. > (Increases dancer confidence.) > > - Cut the dance slots as short as possible. (Short dance slots will create > the feeling that there are lots more partnering opportunities to come and > more dancers will feel more generous in their partnering decisions. In > reality, the caller has to work very hard to allow for even one more dance > slot in an evening. But shorter dance slots will encourage a sense of more > partnering opportunities nonetheless. The dancers will sense that the > danger of being "stuck" with a "bad" partner for a long slot is less of an > issue.)
