You could change it to a different shadow move, and the clever dancers will figure out that they can swing. Or you might casually mention that you can substitute a swing for the whatever.
Ron Blechner On Sep 8, 2015 11:06 AM, "Maia McCormick via Callers" < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hey all, > > First, a disclaimer: Some people on this listserv thing shadow swings are > problematic. Some don't see any issue with them. This is NOT the > conversation I want to have in this thread; *I ask that you respond to > the question I'm asking and do not debate my premise--at least not in this > particular thread. *This should help keep this thread on track and > hopefully reduce excess noise and go-nowhere discussions on this listserv. > Thanks! > > Anyway, the actual question I wanted to ask (whew!)-- > > There do exist some really fabulous shadow-swing dances that I would love > to be able to call, as long as I could do so without putting anyone in an > uncomfortable position. Do folks have ideas for ways to mitigate the > potential harms of shadow swing dances? I was considering, at the beginning > of the dance, having dancers identify their shadow and mentioning, "this > will be a shadow swing dance, so if you need to make any changes, do so > now" (or something like that)--haven't gotten the wording down-pat, but the > idea is giving dancers advance warning of a shadow swing so they can move > (thereby changing their shadow) if they need to. Any thoughts on this > method? Suggestions of others? > > Cheers. > Maia > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >