Mac McKeever wrote:
> It has been my experience that dancers with limited skills/ability often do
> not realize they are different from anyone else. They assume that being lost
> and confused during a dance is normal.
>
> Finding a gentle way to bring this to their attention might be a good w
St. Louis does it similarly to what Linda describes. We have several
dancers who are bound to be canonized. We have tried to build it into the
ethos that on of the marks of a good dancer is there skill at helping
challenged dancers and their neighbors have a good time. You will almost
never see a n
John, I like what you said: "To do more certainly would be best with
permission, awareness of offered assistance."
This might be also be one of the way to give him/her a hint that there is a
problem and that we are willing to help solve the said problem.
Claire.
On Tue, Mar 7, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Ro
I'd love to hear suggestions on how to approach a dancer like the one in
question, and broach the subject.
-Ron Blechner
On Mar 7, 2017 1:20 PM, "JD Erskine via Callers" <
callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> On 2017-03-07 0627, Martha Wild via Callers wrote:
>
>> I’d like to add another poi
On 2017-03-07 0627, Martha Wild via Callers wrote:
I’d like to add another point to Neal’s reasoning:
As a 5 foot 1 inch woman dancer (and a caller), I can also add that the
female of the human species is known to generally be smaller than the
male.
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In general, then, it’s a lot
ea
I’d like to add another point to Neal’s reasoning:
As a 5 foot 1 inch woman dancer (and a caller), I can also add that the female
of the human species is known to generally be smaller than the male. This is
such a signature difference that on Voyager they included a graven image of the
human sp
Interesting observation, Alan.
Yes, I've encountered it with female dancers as a dancer and caller.
However...it isn't quite the same. I suspect it is both more apparent and
more pronounced with men, AND that once they've braved the waters to come
dancing the experience of it may be less likely t
We have had similar problems with a small number of dancers, mostly men.
One suffered a stroke and was trying to dance to get himself back in shape,
but he was extremely slow, confused and invariably always wanted to dance
with newcomers, which confused them. As experienced dancers, we agreed to
k
I've run into dancers as a caller and on the floor who fit this description
- men and women both. Most of the time the problem seems to be that they
can't get where they need to be on time, or they end a figure facing the
wrong direction.
But here's something that I learned in retrospect from an ev
I've seen some responses on the organizers list and here, and I've
thought about the persistent rock-in-the-stream dancer we had in
Berkeley (who did, eventually, start modifying the dances so he could
get where he needed on time, and who indeed various women would ask to
dance or he'd be askin
We have a dancer here in Buffalo that has a hard time hearing and ear-mind
process-motor response time is very very slow. (I worry about him
driving). We have a loose house rule that the regular good lady dancers
pair with this gentleman. Otherwise he will ask newbies to dance, and
often is at th
A friend of mine with autistic kids shared something with me that she
learned from her kids' therapist: some people have a hard time taking
verbal direction for physical activity and do better by seeing a
demonstration.
So sometimes when I have a dancer on the floor who seems really confused, I
thi
Thanks April and everyone else, this is giving me a lot of ideas to think
about.
To answer your question, he does not seem to understand the "damage" he's
sometimes leaving in his wake, he might not realize the importance of being
on time to help the other dancers. If anyone has a gentle way to sug
You want to avoid letting him pair up with a new dancer, so you might indeed
want to have a confidential chat with the regular ladies who are also good
leads, and see if they are willing to take turns dancing with him.
Some techniques for his partners: Walk the swing and stop early to face in.
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Subject: [Callers] What to do with a really bad new dancer?
Hi everyone,
Lately a new dancer has started coming to our dance and he is bad enough
that he will often make the set break if the dance is moderately challenging.
He s
A while back, we had the same sort of challenge at one of the local dances.
About a dozen of us from the dance community got together to problem solve. The
group decided that if one of us made sure that the challenged dancer had a
partner for each dance, that it would be good for the entire dan
On 3/6/2017 12:13 PM, Marie-Michèle Fournier via Callers wrote:
Hi everyone,
Lately a new dancer has started coming to our dance and he is bad
enough that he will often make the set break if the dance is moderately
challenging.
I'm sure other dances have had experience with similar
troubles
Hi everyone,
Lately a new dancer has started coming to our dance and he is bad enough
that he will often make the set break if the dance is moderately
challenging. He seems to have some kind of impairment and walks very
stiffly which means he will often not be on time for a figure and also
often
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