I have long said that contra dancing was full of folks of 3 basic types: 
artists, engineers and care givers. 

The appeal to artists seems inherently obvious, great music, colorful dancers, 
lovely people. For engineers the appeal is the mathematics and the low demand 
for conventional skills. For caregivers, the opportunity to receive care and 
healing touch instead of always giving. 

There are many other professions represented in contra dancing but these folks 
seem particularly drawn to it. 


> On Jul 22, 2025, at 7:09 PM, Bill Baritompa via Contra Callers 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Dorcas,
> 
>       Relating to your new found enjoyment of maths, you might checkout Chris 
> Page's wrote article "The twenty-four duple minor formations". This  relates 
> to rotations of a cube. At the BIDA contra dance of May 19, 2013,  Linda 
> Leslie called Simplicity Swing. Here is a video with animations of the cube 
> superimposed:  https://youtu.be/V_9rr49KIdE?si=Zxqyv3KGdPjgAdbd
> 
>     Links to Chris's article and other maths related items here: 
> http://danceofmathematics.com
> 
> Cheers, Bill
> 
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