I don't do much choreography, but I do occasionally need to understand how a dance works, so I designed and laser cut myself a set of acrylic tokens for walking through dances as well as a dance floor with a grid: https://www.flickr.com/photos/chromamine/54530268274/
They're each labeled with a role (R or L for Robin and Lark or, if you prefer, Right-hand role and Left-hand role) and a couple number (1 through 4) which are also indicated by shape and color, respectively as well. I sometimes lose track of left and right when I'm using them so I have plans for a future iteration to also engrave a tiny L and R on each token to indicate where their left and right hand would be. Harris Lapiroff (he/him) Dance Caller and Organizer Boston Intergenerational Dance Advocates Board (Cambridge MA) Pinewoods Camp, Inc Board (Plymouth MA) https://chromamine.com/contra/ On Mon, May 19, 2025, at 2:31 PM, Claire Baffaut via Contra Callers wrote: > John, you talked about the Peebles of Carcassonne once on this list. Since > then, I bought the game, had a lot of fun with it, and now use the Peebles as > well. > > And if you are in France, do visit Carcassonne (not during high season) and > the surrounding region. It's beautiful... > > *Claire Baffaut* > > On Sun, May 18, 2025, 15:11 Michael Fuerst via Contra Callers > <[email protected]> wrote: >> No app exists that successfully handles dances in which dancers pop off the >> end two or more times. >> >> On Sun, May 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM Michael Dyck via Contra Callers >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 2025-05-18 2:33 a.m., Colin Hume via Contra Callers wrote: >>> > On Sat, 17 May 2025 19:08:36 -0400, Angela DeCarlis via Contra Callers >>> > wrote: >>> >> What visual aids do you use when choreographing? [...] >>> > >>> > I use bits of cardboard. See my reasoning and other discussion at: >>> > https://colinhume.com/cardboard.htm >>> > And there are three links, though the third one no longer works. >>> >>> That third one is "Contra Dance Designer", which links to >>> https://seattledance.org/misc/contra.design/index.htm >>> which no longer exists. >>> But the Internet Archive captured it a few times, most recently at: >>> https://web.archive.org/web/20221025231115/https://seattledance.org/misc/contra.design/index.htm >>> so you can see it there. >>> >>> Mind you, it doesn't work very well, if at all, but one could possibly >>> glean >>> something from the code. I seem to recall that it assumed Internet >>> Explorer, >>> and never worked well in other browsers. >>> >>> -Michael >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> _______________________________________________ >> Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ > Contra Callers mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >
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