Look at Cary Ravitz's web page on contra dance choreography (http://www.dance.ravitz.us/chor.php), especially the section on what he calls black boxes. http://www.dance.ravitz.us/chor.php#m I think that is exactly what you are asking about. He did a useful workshop on that subject at Pigtown Fling a few years ago.
David Harding > On November 15, 2017 at 11:39 AM Angela DeCarlis via Callers > <callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm remembering a few workshops I'd taken with Rick Mohr a few years ago, > and also an occasion where I collected a dance from his calling. He happily > gave me the name and author of the dance, but was also quick to note that he > had substituted out different moves for 16 counts of the dance, so that it > would work better with his evening's program. > > Now, someone like Rick can just do this in his head. He has a data base > of common combinations of dance moves, and where everyone ends up after > executing them. As such, he can easily make substitutions on the fly, because > he knows offhand that A+B=X+Y.** > > What I'm wondering is, has anyone bothered to write down and compile a > list of common choreography substitutions? I'm thinking a spreadsheet of some > sort, where we think about the net product of various combinations of dance > moves, and categorize the combinations based on their output. > > For example: Neighbor Promenade across, Ladies Chain = Long Lines Forward > and Back, Gents Allemande L 11/2. > > If no one has already done this, I'll start a new thread where we can > begin to collaboratively write one up! > > Thanks, All! > Angela > > > **Yes, the momentum in each of these scenarios is probably different, and > one might be better than another. But this depends on the rest of the dance's > choreography, and for these purposes I don't especially care. :) > > ***Also worth acknowledging that substituting out an entire 16-count > phrase could easily result in calling a different dance written by a > different author, but I'm more concerned about using this technique for > practical programming purposes. > > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ >
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