With small children, a two-hand turn in place of a swing is usually a good idea. And I've sometimes used a two-hand turn to show a grown-up partner what a buzz-step swing ought to feel like.
-------------------- Lindsay Morris CEO, TSMworks Tel. 1-859-539-9900 lind...@tsmworks.com On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:12 PM, John W Gintell <j...@gintell.org> wrote: > I've noticed some tall dancers bend their knees and stoop a bit to make > them closer to the height of the person they are swinging with. A very nice > gesture. > > > Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 09:23:35 -0500 > > From: George Mercer <geopmer...@gmail.com> > > To: "Caller's discussion list" <call...@sharedweight.net> > > Subject: [Callers] Height diffferential > > Message-ID: > > <CACRi76uc=H2hPBCN0DKrX_e9UDBkZjEDYbPYJq= > qfq9dbfm...@mail.gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > > > A number of years ago I danced a number of times with a woman who was > much > > shorter than me. I am about 5'6" or so on a good day. She was probably > > 4'8" give or take an inch. When we'd go into a swing, as my arm went > around > > her to her back, she'd lock her left arm down so that I could hardly get > my > > right hand past her side. At first I thought it was bad form on her > part, > > but let it be. Then as I watched her dance with others, I realized that > > when her co-swinger managed to get his arm around her to the "normal" > place > > it had the result of lifting her left side up to what appeared to me to > be > > a discomfort level. The taller the man, the further her left side was > > forced to go. I had to learn a new approach to entering a swing, even to > > lean toward bad form when the height of the other dancer led me to an > > adjusted approach. I'm not suggesting we should teach this, but thinking > > about how your technique (good or bad) can cause another discomfort is > > worth thinking about. Over the year I've danced enough with men that > I've > > also experienced discomfort with this height differential. Just thinking > > out loud. Thanks. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
