This is maybe a silly question, but in an allemande to a star promenade, is
it assumed that the allemanders will keep their allemande until they've
brought the promenade-ee across the set?
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 10:58 PM, Eric Black <e...@mirador.com> wrote:
> At 12:48 PM -0700 10/3/13, Alan Winston wrote:
>
>> Not to hijack this completely, but dancing a man's role in a
>> men-allemande star promenade is also often really unsatisfying. Something
>> like 20% of the men I run into line (in the SF Bay Area) just let go of me
>> as soon as they've picked up their partner; 70% hold on but stop giving
>> weight either immediately or before the promenade part is omplete, and it's
>> no more than 10% who give me a satisfying connection all through the
>> promenade and a positive push off at the right time.
>>
>> (And in star promenades with the neighbor lady, I find that about half of
>> them step ahead. Good star promenade, according to me, is like this
>> }
>> {
>> and what happens half the time is more like this
>> Z
>>
>> I find them pretty frustrating to do most of the time, and wonderful when
>> they work.)
>>
>> -- Alan
>>
>
>
> Two important points I was taught long ago (~1982) by Sandy Bradley:
> - star promenade is an ARC, not "straight across". The outside person
> MUST walk the outside of a circle, and not just head straight across.
>
> - the outside person needs to match timing and velocity exactly as the
> allemander comes to pick them up. The image was docking with the Space
> Station. Don't be early, and don't be late. Be moving exactly at the
> right speed exactly as the rotating station comes around so you can
> dock.
>
> And then walk in an arc!
>
> I sometimes say that if the outside person starts out early so that the
> allemander is empty-armed, it's like taking a shower with your socks on.
> You might accomplish your goal OK, but it's completely unsatisfying.
>
> -Eric
>
>
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