Re: [Callers] counterclockwise momentum?

2015-09-11 Thread Jack Mitchell via Callers
Sitting here having breakfast with a caller friend, and her take on this
was just to follow it with a much more linear dance -- down the hall, pull
bys along the sides, etc.
On Fri, Sep 11, 2015 at 5:34 AM John Sweeney via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:

> What to call after a dance with a lot of clockwise movement:
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> I understand there are some Australian contras where they choreographed a
> counter-clockwise swing.  Of course you would have to be careful with that
> as most people have never practised CCW swings.  The CCW swing then
> provides momentum into moves you wouldn’t usually do after a swing.  If a
> heavily CW-orientated dance has a Partner Swing then my wife and I often do
> it as a CCW swing anyway.
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> You could do a no-swing dance!
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> I was taught by a professional dancer that one way to overcome dizziness
> from too much CW rotation is to jump up and down to get the “jelly” in your
> ears to settle.  So why not try a dance with lots of bouncing: gallops,
> heel-and-toes, etc.
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> Happy dancing,
>
> John
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> John Sweeney, Dancer, England j...@modernjive.com 01233 625 362
> http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent
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Re: [Callers] counterclockwise momentum?

2015-09-11 Thread John Sweeney via Callers
What to call after a dance with a lot of clockwise movement:

 

I understand there are some Australian contras where they choreographed a 
counter-clockwise swing.  Of course you would have to be careful with that as 
most people have never practised CCW swings.  The CCW swing then provides 
momentum into moves you wouldn’t usually do after a swing.  If a heavily 
CW-orientated dance has a Partner Swing then my wife and I often do it as a CCW 
swing anyway. 

 

You could do a no-swing dance!

 

I was taught by a professional dancer that one way to overcome dizziness from 
too much CW rotation is to jump up and down to get the “jelly” in your ears to 
settle.  So why not try a dance with lots of bouncing: gallops, heel-and-toes, 
etc.

 

Happy dancing,

John

 

John Sweeney, Dancer, England j...@modernjive.com 01233 625 362 
http://www.contrafusion.co.uk for Dancing in Kent