27 Mar
2016
27 Mar
'16
11:54 p.m.
As I visualize the figure I'm thinking that shadow allemande right is less
than one, essentially enough to take the dancers around each other to
change direction only but changing from outside to inside track or vice
versa. They're then heading back on the other track to balance and swing
(actually I'd prefer to go without the balance to maintain momentum, but it
elongates the swing) in the right orientation to enter the swing properly.
If you call it as a whole allemande I'd agree left is easier for entering
the swing.
I've never had an outright rebellion, a fair amount of misinterpretation
from caller and dancers and dances just not working but they're generally
fairly amenable.
Bob
On Mon, Mar 28, 2016 at 12:41 AM, Rich Sbardella via Callers <
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In Another Nice Combination, dancers Pass P by R to
Shadow DSD which is a
right (handed) move, before returning to a partner swing. There is no
choice required since DSD is almost always right shoulder.
Rich
On Sun, Mar 27, 2016 at 7:16 PM, Jonathan Sivier via Callers <
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I've not encountered problems with dancers
not doing the figures
described in the dance, but I have experienced a certain amount of
dissatisfaction when dancing dances with similar figures. I think there is
a tendency to want to alternate hands/shoulders as you encounter other
dancers. Similar to a hey or Right and Left Grand if you pass one person
by the right the tendency is to want to interact with the next by the
left. This can be overcome, but requires thinking about what the next
figure is rather than just doing it and it can make it difficult to "get
into the groove" the way many dancers like to do. I don't think this is
always the case, but I have certainly come across occasions when it just
seemed like we were turning by the wrong hand or whatever.
Jonathan
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On 3/27/2016 3:24 PM, Kalia Kliban via Callers wrote:
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I called Young Adult Rose last night and
experienced a near-complete
dancer revolt about the shadow allemande. The dance is written with a
circle left 3/4, pass P by R along the line then allemande shadow R 1x,
before coming back to P for a balance and swing. The dancers all
_really_ wanted to do the allemande by the left. I tried calling it a
few times with the R hand, then gave up and called it L and they were
all much happier. Anyone else experienced this?
Kalia
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