My daughter gives great weight and definitely prefers a regular swing. She feels out of control and in danger in a two hand swing. It flings her closer to the other dancers who are much bigger and heavier than she is, even now at age eleven, and if it gets too fast, threatens to sweep her off her feet. Andrea
Sent from my iPad > On Feb 18, 2014, at 3:04 PM, George Mercer <[email protected]> wrote: > > I like the two-hand turn for children, though some really look forward to > the "regular" contra swing. > . > > > On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 1:46 PM, Lindsay Morris <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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 >> [email protected] >> >> >>> On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 12:12 PM, John W Gintell <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> >>>> To: "Caller's discussion list" <[email protected]> >>>> Subject: [Callers] Height diffferential >>>> Message-ID: >>>> <CACRi76uc=H2hPBCN0DKrX_e9UDBkZjEDYbPYJq= >>> [email protected]> >>>> 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 >>> [email protected] >>> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >> _______________________________________________ >> Callers mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
