I do 2 hand turn first.
On Jun 24, 2015 4:22 PM, "Rich Sbardella via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> My main concern is how to acquire that tension/counterweight in a swing,
> if you do not lean back.
> Rich
>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers <
> call
This! I explain weight similarly
On Jun 24, 2015 3:34 PM, "Kalia Kliban via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> On 6/24/2015 11:29 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:
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>> How do you descibe giving weight, and how do you teach it for circles,
>> allemandes, and, swings?
>> Ric
Why swings in every dance - because that is a huge part of the contra
experience, a swing with the person that you asked to dance.
Why should the partner swing follow the neighbor swing - because this is an
art form, not an exercise routine. The storyline of a contra is the uniting
of partners, no
I do (mildly) state that it is a lean. However I don't associate bending
at the waist with it, myself or publicly in any demonstration of it. I
will say the two of us in a swing is a bit like a top, a pull string top
or toy, and I show my two hands, wrists near meeting, finger tips up and
apart
Leaning back implies, at least to me, bending backwards at the
waist. This is something we definitely don't want dancers to do.
Instead they need to move their center of gravity backwards a little.
This can be done by bending the knees and waist a very little, as if you
were going to sit do
I have the dancers think of a time when they were descending some steps and
someone offered them a hand to steady themselves. You don't give all of your
weight to the person offering their hand. You share the weight, giving just
enough to allow some stability as you make your own way down.
An
My main concern is how to acquire that tension/counterweight in a swing, if
you do not lean back.
Rich
On Wed, Jun 24, 2015 at 3:33 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> On 6/24/2015 11:29 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:
>
>>
>> How do you descibe giving we
On 6/24/2015 11:29 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers wrote:
How do you descibe giving weight, and how do you teach it for circles,
allemandes, and, swings?
Rich
Stafford, CT
In my beginner sessions, I have them form a ring and then circle left
and right a couple of times. Then I ask them to ben
How do you descibe giving weight, and how do you teach it for circles,
allemandes, and, swings?
Rich
Stafford, CT
I may not be a good example or even that good a caller, but ... I like
swings, I have no need to have a neighbor swing in every dance and most
certainly don't care where in the dance the neighbor swing happens. That's
making up rules for the sake of having rules. I like the buzz step, but to
put
On Jun 24, 2015, at 2:14 AM, Aahz Maruch via Callers wrote:
And the fact that many people teaching newcomers concentrate more on
things like R&L Thru than swing makes me suspect I'm not alone in my
perception.
You're definitely not alone. Aahz, each of us has a different system
for calling
Perry wrote: "I think there are some callers who teach new callers to be
afraid of dancers so you'd better give them what they want if you expect to be
hired again."Like politicians who vote against gun control out of fear of not
being re-elected. Michael Fuerst 802 N Broadway Urbana
Some thoughts on this:
I go to callers workshops and sometimes I hear different things from different
people. I went to a caller's workshop one time where the leader told us that
the best dances are ones that have a partner AND a neighbor swing, AND that the
partner swing MUST come second becau
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