I recently danced with a neighbor who always had his hand perfectly on my scapula. It was like there was a magnet between his hand and my back, and i loved it. When I had a chance, between dances, I let him know how much I appreciated it, and asked him what his trick is, hoping that I could emulate it. He had no idea, and suggested that maybe I'm just the right height/size for dancing with him.
(though if anyone has tips for hand placement as a gent during a swing, I'm all ears.) Les On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 3:24 PM, Dale Wilson <dale.wil...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <geopmer...@gmail.com> > 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 > > call...@sharedweight.net > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > > > > > -- > *So if you knew what was broken...how long would it take you to fix it?* > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
