Besides the things you list, I sometimes mention that there is a bit more twirling involved in the robin’s role so if you’re prone to dizziness you might prefer lark & if you like twirling you might prefer robin. Becky
> On Nov 21, 2022, at 11:55 AM, Maia McCormick via Contra Callers > <contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > > Hey folks, > > Calling the occasional gig again after uh, everything, and I'm finally > inspired to iron out a bit of my beginners' lesson that I've always just > fudged in the past: when calling gender-neutral, how do you have the > beginners pick roles? > > My spiel is generally, "we have these two roles, they're almost entirely the > same with some small differences, pick one and stick with it for a few dances > just to start and then you can try the other if you want, the most important > thing is knowing which role you are for a given dance." > > In my lesson, I alternately: > say "whoever's standing on the right of this couple right now, that's the > robin" and then teach the swing in those roles > tell folks "decide who's the lark and who's the robin" with no particular > context and they pick arbitrarily > teach both sides of the swing and let them choose roles based on which swing > feels more comfortable > But it feels clunky and awkward every time. > > I'm curious if others have similar experiences, or things they do in their > lessons that feel effective at getting people into one role (for now) with a > minimum of confusion. Hit me with your wisdom! > > Note: this is NOT an invitation to debate whether contra roles should be > gendered, or which set of role terms we should use, or whether we should use > role terms or positional calling. If you must, please make a separate thread > so I can mute it. If such discussion crops up in this thread, I'd ask people > not to respond, or to take responses to a separate thread. Thanks. > -- > Maia McCormick (she/her) > 917.279.8194 > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net > To unsubscribe send an email to contracallers-le...@lists.sharedweight.net
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