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On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Ben Hornstein <bhornstein5...@gmail.com>wrote: > Greetings fellow callers, > > My graduate school's social dance club is going to be having a Contra > night, which I will be calling. I was hoping to get some advice on how to > structure the evening. Here's what I'm expecting: > > Two 2 hour events, on March 3 and 10 > 20-30 people, with maybe 5-8 who have danced contra before at all, 1-3 who > I would consider experts > The second week will most likely have people who did not come the first > week > Minimal live band (who I have worked with before) > > Here's what I'm thinking so far: > 1st dance: something simple without any swing to teach a few of the most > basic moves > 2nd dance: teach the swing, do an easy dance > remaining dances: teach one new move before each dance, then do a dance > that incorporates that move > > 2nd week: plan a generally easy program, but review moves as they come up > (for those who missed the first week) > > I'm hoping for suggestions of specific dances that I should use, and ways > to teach and handle a group with very few experienced dancers. How do I > prevent the whole thing from falling apart? In general, I think they'll be > more tolerant towards additional teaching time because it's billed more as > a lesson than a dance. (Last month they had a salsa lesson which went on > for 2 hours before they turned on the music.) I'm hoping that the fact that > these are mostly graduate/medical students who have done other forms of > social dance before will help greatly, but any and all advice is welcome. > > Sincerely, > Ben Hornstein > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > call...@sharedweight.net > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
