Around the Philadelphia, NJ, Delaware, NYC area, and Saratoga Springs (Dance Flurry) the Techno dances are run like "regular contras". I have never experienced a continuous night of Techno.
When people respond, please state where you've had the dance experience. It would be interesting to see if there are regional differences. As a caller and dancer I suspect that the continuous music/calling would be harder to change partners, integrate the beginners, certainly harder to see what's happening at the end of the lines making it harder to call appropriately for the crowd. Donna Hunt -----Original Message----- From: Kalia Kliban <ka...@sbcglobal.net> To: Caller's discussion list <call...@sharedweight.net> Sent: Mon, Apr 7, 2014 12:47 pm Subject: [Callers] Differing styles of techno contra Hi all I have a question about two different styles of techno contra. The question is mostly directed at folks who have done both, since I'm curious about whether you have a preference and if so, why. Some techno contras have continuous music -- the dancers just drop in or out at the bottom whenever they feel like it, and the caller treats the night like one long medley. The other kind is more like a regular contra. The caller teaches a dance, the music starts, the dance runs for however long it runs, and then it stops and folks re-partner for the next one. As a dancer, which style do you prefer? How about as a caller? Kalia _______________________________________________ Callers mailing list call...@sharedweight.net http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers
