On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:36 PM, Michael Barraclough
wrote:
>
> This all suggests to me that the most important elements to concentrate
> on are psychological and that overloading with facts will be
> counter-productive (unless it is how to find the restrooms, water
On Thu, 2011-09-01 at 13:17 -0500, Dale Wilson wrote:
> (Refering to Greg McKenzie's initial post) I don't think it is helpful to
> generalize about all
> introductory workshops on the basis of your theories about how things
> ought to be.
My issue with this is the fact that the 'theories' Greg
Greg,
I can agree with you to a certain extent. We have new dancers show up after
the workshops and they do reasonably well. Our experienced dancers are very
good about finding new dancers who will benefit from dancing wiht them
(unfortunately - we also have some less accomplished but
Barb - love it!
I also like the Becky Hill Method. I take the other person (lady or gent) in
a two-hand turn position and get us to walk around each other the way we did
when we were kids trying to get dizzy (feeling the centrifugal force). If I
don't overdo it, I always get a smile. Once I get
maybe you haven't seen how i teach a swing.
i start with allemande left and right, making good physical and eye contact
with your partner, etc. then i have them get into allemande right position,
next to each other and feet pointed opposite directions. i tell them that
their feet do the
As a caller, I am a pragmatist. I would rather base my actions on
what I have observe than on my theories about how things "ought to
be".
Greg, you have expressed your opinion about what's going on in the
mind of callers and workshop leaders. You framed it in a very
negative light. When you
I agree the swing should be taught well, but I am curious, Barb, why you
would not provide the dancer(s) with the main tool that will help them
through all those figures we didn't teach, connection through shared
weight and eye contact?
Andrea
On 9/1/2011 12:41 PM, barb kirchner wrote:
if i
if i had just five minutes:
1. teach the swing, teach it well. point out that the person always ends up
on the right or left (dep on gender) and drill that in. tell them that if
whoever they're dancing with doesn't put them on the appropriate side, just go
there. then i emphasize that in
If I just had 5 minutes with a new dancer, I would teach three things:
1) We are all here to enjoy each other and the dance. Have Fun! 2) Your
greatest survival tool is a firm connection through your hands to your
body. Keep some tension in your arm so people can help guide you
through the
Greg's email is wonderful and (IMHO) should be compulsory reading for
all callers and organizers.
For my part, the things that I consider most important in a contra
lesson are:
Having fun in the dance
Listening to and responding to the music
Listening to the caller
The pace that things happen
I meant to post this to the entire list. Here it is.
- Greg
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