For some dancers, the joy of a dance may be in figuring out the end
effects for themselves. There are great *aha* moments that are
possible when dancers see for themselves how the dance "works".
Perhaps your workshop, Jack, might put this idea to use.....what about
presenting dances, and then having the dancers come up with the rules?
I have a feeling that this would lead to lively discussion and the
potential for dancers to develop insights that are long-term.
Linda
On Jun 29, 2013, at 1:33 AM, Jack Mitchell wrote:
My goal in the workshop would be to give people tools that they can
use to make sense of at least a large subset of dances with
challenging end effects by trying to come up with the smallest
number of general categories of end effects / coping skills
possible, and avoiding having to give specific instructions for that
dance -- the first time you go out wait out with the lady on the
left, then wait out on the right diagonal, and such as that. While
I strongly doubt that I can cover every possible type of end effect,
I think that it should be possible to cover some general categories
of end effect and to give folks some structure for dealing with
them. I would really like to help the dancers find the patterns so
that they can better cope with end effects when they come along...
I'm going to sit down with some of the things that folks have posted
this weekend and with my dance box and see what I can come up with.
Jack
On 6/28/2013 8:04 PM, Jim Hemphill wrote:
Great idea for a workshop for dancers, but I'm curious what the
callers
approach to these types of dances are. Many of the dance weekend
caliber
callers seem to take a very cavalier approach, often saying
something like
"This dance has some unusual end effects, be ready and good luck" or
nothing at all. Sometimes this works out ok, sometimes not.
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