Here we go...:
Hume Fogg Reel Becket Susan Kevra
A1 Circle Left 3/4, pass through and swing the next
A2 LL F/B, Ladies Chain
B1 Ladies Allemand R 1x Turn Partner Left 1 1/2 Gents turn R 1x
B2 Partner B and Swing
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Subject: Re: [Callers] Good dances with challenging timing
Thanks all for the great suggestions! Here’s the workshop I’m planning:
(1) Light, (hopefully) humorous, and (just maybe) illuminating intro about how
timing awareness increases dancing fun.
(2) A simple dance with all 8-beat figures:
A1: DD N, N sw
A2: Gents Al L 1½, P sw
B1: F&B, R&L
B2: LC, star L
While dancing we all count out loud and say 2-beat calls together e.g. “1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, Ladies Chain”.
(3) Joyride (Erik Weberg) - use our 8-count awareness to take a full 8 counts
for the first three figures (gypsy, mad robin, half poussette). OK to keep
counting out loud.
(4) Hull’s Victory - demonstrate how changing your arm length allows a loose
or tight allemande. Walk through both the loose trad way (allemande neighbor
once [8], 1’s allemande ½ [4]) and tight modern way (allemande neighbor twice
[8], 1’s allemande once [4]). In 5-couple sets dance it 5 times loose and 10
times tight.
(5) Princeton Petronellas (Bob Isaacs):
A1: N B&S
A2: Bal O, spin, P allemande L ½, half hey
B1: P B&S
B2: Bal O, spin, N allemande L ½, half hey
Use our 8-count awareness to end the swings in time to be right on the money
for the ring balances. Take 2 beats each for the allemandes and hey passes for
a satisfying B&S.
(6) If there’s time I’d like to add a dance with circle left ¾ [6], pass
through [2], swing new neighbor [8]. In my experience most people dance it too
loosely so you never get an 8-count swing. My favorite dance with that sequence
is Cary Ravitz’s Heart of Glass (where I usually substitute shift left [2],
circle left ¾ [6], swing neighbor) but this session is already long on heys.
Anybody have another good/great dance with that sequence and no hey?
Rick
On Sun, Feb 4, 2018 at 6:53 PM, Read Weaver via Callers
<callers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
I find pretty much any dance that ends with three changes of rights & lefts has
people late to the first figure, because they take 8 counts to do those three
changes (rather than 6 counts to do the three changes, and 2 counts to move on).
Read Weaver
Jamaica Plain, MA
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On Feb 1, 2018, at 10:26 AM, Rick Mohr via Callers
<callers@lists.sharedweight.net<mailto:callers@lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
Some dances require skill to make the timing work — like starting a figure with
dispatch so a later balance will be on time, or doing a figure leisurely to
avoid being early for the next one. But while many dancers have the awareness
to make things like that work, many dancers don’t. Since there are plenty of
fantastic dances without such challenges I tend not to call dances which have
them.
But I’ve also found that such dances are great when I’m asked to lead a
workshop helping dancers improve their skills. Longtime dancers aren't eager to
change their habits, and having something concrete like making a balance on
time adds motivation, ideally opening a window where learning is possible.
Unfortunately though I've discarded or passed on collecting most such dances!
Have any suggestions of good/great dances where the timing is tight or loose in
spots?
One of mine in that category is Crow Flight
(http://rickmohr.net/Contra/Dances.asp#CrowFlight<https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Frickmohr.net%2FContra%2FDances.asp%23CrowFlight&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cc9f7517c55244b7ac4f708d56e483562%7C84df9e7fe9f640afb435aaaaaaaaaaaa%7C1%7C0%7C636536178764292548&sdata=jJBg6I6yM77VA%2Bn7GId8V8sp3o4rMuwZmfjhQydJ8ys%3D&reserved=0>).
Learning opportunities include gents flowing from swing to circle (common with
aware dancers but a revelation to some), ladies moving efficiently from circle
to hey, and doing a hey with two steps per pass (possibly realizing the
difference between a 3-change and 4-change half hey).
Thanks for any ideas!
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