Dave, I believe there's a simple fix that'll retain the balance of your dance - but it's double progression. Split your heys into halves with the first half being on the diagonal (progresssion) and then straight across.
-Don On Mon, Mar 27, 2017 at 8:49 AM, David Harding via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Scratch that. Now that I look at it in light of Tom's comments, I realize > that there is no progression. Doh! > > On 3/26/2017 9:26 PM, David Harding via Callers wrote: > > Here's something I envisioned last fall and have been meaning to post for > comment. There were conversations here about gents chains and about > balancing the activity levels of ladies and gents. At Squirrel Moon > Weekend, Tom Hinds called a dance whose details I don't remember, except > that it started with a gents chain across from Becket formation, followed > by gents chain on the right diagonal (I think). About 2/3 of the way > through the dance, he switched to start with a ladies chain across and then > on the left diagonal. It was dramatic how different the two versions of > the dance felt. That got me to thinking, why not switch each time through > to symmetrize the dance, the way modern dances with contra corners often > do? Perhaps that's sufficiently disorienting to be cutting edge. > > I have not had the occasion to call this, but would be happy to hear if > anyone thinks it's worth giving a try. I haven't thought through the > teaching, but imagine that for a group that could handle it, two > walk-throughs would be useful. > > The working title is "Both Sides" > Becket > > A1 Gents allemande 1 1/2; Neighbor swing > A2 Long lines forward and back; Gents chain, courtesy turn > B1 Gents left shoulder full hey > B2 Partner balance and swing > > Alternate with > A1 Ladies allemande right 1 1/2; Neighbor swing > A2 Long lines; Ladies chain, courtesy trun > B1 Ladies right shoulder full hey > B2 Partner balance and swing > > Dave Harding > > On 3/26/2017 8:26 PM, Maia McCormick via Callers wrote: > > Hi choreographer folks, > > I'm leading a session at NEFFA called "Cutting-Edge Contras", consisting > of un-premiered (or very sparsely called) contras. If anyone has any dances > they'd like to throw my way for consideration, please do so! > > Cheers, > Maia > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing > listCallers@lists.sharedweight.nethttp://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing > listCallers@lists.sharedweight.nethttp://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
