Would you please describe the dance Empty Shoes?
Thanks!
Patricia
Patricia Campbell
southern Maine
*Celebrating Community Through Traditional Dance and Music*
On Wed, May 8, 2024 at 5:23 PM Neal Schlein via Contra Callers <
contracallers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
> One of the rather
My 2¢
I agree - it's not always homophobia that is behind the reaction -
sometimes it's entire generations of upbringing that make it extremely
difficult/awkward for some men to be in a more physically intimate space
than they usually find themselves in.
And it's one thing to do an allemande left
There's a lot to unpack with all of these issues
(size/weight/age/disability/gender-attachment/historical
precedents/etc/etc/etc).
I know an older, colleague (caller) who deals with people not wanting to
dance with him (b/c of age),.
At the same time, he has no interest in dancing (mostly the
I always wondered if it was the lyrics or the tune or both. I tried to
research the tune and did not find anything that confirmed it (definitely
the lyrics). For awhile I made up my own words to the tune, but I stopped
b/c I still wasn't sure...
Patricia
Patricia Campbell
Dance Caller
I echo what Lisa just said.
I'd also add - if only the wedding couple and maybe one or two others have
any experience of contra dancing, I would definitely NOT do a "regular"
duple minor contra; I would not teach swings; I would not use any confusing
figures that you wouldn't use for a family
I started out calling contras but moved entirely into Community Dance (a little
of everything) and a much heavier emphasis this past year in International Folk
Dance.
One of the best thing Beth Molaro ever told me to do when I was at a little
music camp many years ago, and I was the only one
