I completely don't get this.
As I call it, the point of the dance is that the half poussette mushes
into the hey; you get about three bars of half
poussette and then you merge the two poussetting couples into the hey
with the women (who are going forward already)
passing left shoulders on bar four of A2. [And I got the idea because
this is how it works in the English dance "Companions",
which is where Erik got the figure to start with.]
Do that, and then you have four changes of the hey in four bars, partner
swing starts at the top of B1, and life is good.
So I don't see the problem Dave Casserly is trying to solve with the
swing starting four beats into B1.
Lindsay, are you saying that rather than have the poussettes merge into
the hey line, you push the poussette extra far
(taking all four measures of the hey) so that the women are more or less
back to back in the middle, and then two hand turn 1x
(since you're holding two hands from the poussette already) to work up
some lateral momentum and launch into the half hey at the
top of B1, using B1-1-4 for the hey and 5-8 for the partner swing?
[If so, I think that's pretty cool, but I also think it's different
enough that it should have a different name than Joyride!]
-- Alan
On 4/22/2013 2:33 PM, Lindsay Morris wrote:
Thanks, Dave.
I meant, do it with the partner, on the side, and then start the hey with
partners passing right shoulders before the gents pass left in the middle"
though, rather than partners pass rt shoulder, it sort of feels like the
women propel the men into their hey right out of the two-hand turn.
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On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Dave Casserly
<david.j.casse...@gmail.com>wrote:
The two-hand turn can be counterclockwise, between the two gents. Or it
can be done with the partner, on the side, and then start the hey with
partners passing right shoulders before the gents pass left in the middle.
The reason for this change is that the timing in the dance is not square
otherwise. The poussette starts at the beginning of the A2, and takes 8
beats, but goes into a 3/4 hey, which takes 12ish beats. The dancers often
try to rush the hey because it feels wrong starting a swing 4 beats into
the B1. I've danced the dance several times where people try to rush the
hey so that they can start the swing right at the beginning of the B1, and
that really ruins the relaxed feel of it. So adding a two-hand turn can
fix that issue, and push the swing back so it starts halfway through the
phrase and is for 8 counts instead of 12.
-Dave
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 4:23 PM, James Saxe <jim.s...@gmail.com> wrote:
On Apr 22, 2013, at 12:50 PM, Lindsay Morris wrote:
Joyride is a great dance! Consider adding a two-hand turn during the
poussette, to send the men into their hey.
Lindsay,
I don't think I understand your suggestion.
This video of Joyride shows the transition from pousette to hey
as I've seen it done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch%**3Fv%3DdwO9XRUBk9w<
http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DdwO9XRUBk9w>
Can you say more precisely what you are suggesting instead?
The usual direction for a two-hand turn is clockwise as
seen from above, which would seem to send the men opposite
the direction they need to go to enter the hey. But perhaps
I'm missing something.
--Jim
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