An interesting topic. We have women at both ends of the height spectrum. I don't (as far as I know) have trouble with the short ones, but it took me a while to adapt to dancing with women who were considerably taller than I am.
Finally I just asked some of them, "Where should I put my hand to support you best during a swing." The answers varied from one woman to another, and they might well vary based on my height, weight and style, but I will say that asking worked well. Dale On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 8:23 AM, George Mercer <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- *So if you knew what was broken...how long would it take you to fix it?*
