Brief thoughts: On the diagonal, it's also worth noting that if you're out, you have to be attentive and know where you come in.
Spit out temporarily - Wizard's Walk is the only move I can think of where I find Ghosts vs. treating the dance as a circle or just waiting out for a few counts to be useful. That's not to say that ghosts aren't useful, just that I don't find them so. Beneficial Tradition is a dance with interesting end-effects. It follows the "If there's nobody there, stay put" rule, but in a way that's not immediately obvious. Typically that rule applies to couples, but in this instance it applies to individuals. It's a double progression, so when you progress around the end, it goes something like: "pull-by left" - everyone with neighbor "pull-by right" - man has nobody to pull-by with (stay put) "pull-by left" - partner lady & man pull by each other "pull-by right" - lady has nobody to pull-by with (stay put) On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:27 PM, Jack Mitchell <[email protected]>wrote: > So...I've been thinking about trying to put together a workshop for > experienced dancerd that would consist of dances that have end effects, but > giving the dancers some rules of thumb to go on for different types of end > effects. Would be glad of some help brainstorming different general > categories of end effects (grouped by "coping mechanism"). Here's what I > can come up with off the top of my head (Corrections, additions and > clarifications welcome) > > Type: Dances where you pull by along the set or do things with one > neighbor after another > Rule: At the ends, when you don't have a neighbor, treat your partner like > your neighbor > Rule: If you have to pass by shadows to get back to your partner, go the > long way at the ends -- don't try to cut the corner > > Type: Things on the diagonal > Rule: If there's no one there, stay put and *keep dancing -- you're not > out yet* > > Type: Shadow is also neighbor > Rule: Know that Shadow will fill both roles > > Type: spit out temporarily (with partner, neighbor or shadow) and then > come back in > Rule: Dance with ghosts > ______________________________**_________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/**mailman/listinfo/callers<http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers> >
