Hi Abbie,
Microchasmic is great.
My latest Contra Corners dance is:
Knightrider Contra Corners (by John Sweeney)
Sicilian Circle (or Longways – depends on how many dancers and the shape of the
room); Three Facing Three (no gender)
A1: Lines of Three Go Forward & Back; All: Opposite Dosido
A2: First Long Corners Dosido; Second Long Corners Dosido
B1: Middles Turn Contra Corners – as they finish go forwards to form circles of
three with their original partners
B2: Polka Swing: Circle Left while moving CCW around the other trio to face a
new line – open out with someone else in the middle
You can see the Polka Swing in the dance at
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1xdpJOdp58 – one way of doing it is: as each
dancer reaches the outside they stand still momentarily and swing the other
dancers around; the end result is that you feel like you are on the Waltzers at
the fun-fair!
A2 gives the non-Contra Corners dancers something to do!
It has been going down well when I have called it recently.
Happy dancing,
John
John Sweeney, Dancer, England <mailto:[email protected]>
[email protected] 01233 625 362 & 07802 940 574
<http://www.contrafusion.co.uk> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in
Kent
From: Abbie Sorg via Contra Callers <[email protected]
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Sent: 12 September 2024 23:42
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Subject: [Callers] Contra corners recommendations needed
Any suggestions on contra corners dances? None have been called at our local
dance for years now, and I want to try and re-introduce the move. I've been
calling for a few years and think it's a good time to try, but I haven't
collected any contra corners dances yet so I'd like to start with something as
straightforward as possible.
Chorus Jig seems like the natural choice, but I noticed that basically every
video I could find of it uses the same tune. How rigid is this tradition? What
if the band doesn't have this in their repertoire? Will the contra police raid
the dance hall if I call this choreography to a different tune?
Abbie Sorg
Tucson, AZ
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