[Ansteorra] iso european dancers ??

[Ld.blackmoon]

greetings

ahh, ok, thank you .
it sounds like most of the European dancers live in the south of 
ansteorra.( at least from the responses so far )
and since there is no kingdom European dance competition, I have to assume 
that there is much less interest in that than there is in middle eastern 
dancing , for which there is a kingdom championship / title .
are there any thoughts as to why this would be so ?
is it based on what time and place your persona lived , so that others feel 
they can't participate without the " proper garb ?
is it very hard to learn such courtly graces ?? ( especially if you were 
born with no rhythm and two left feet ? )
is it the " shameful " public strutting between lord and lady ??

or perhaps on how to gather new participants??
I know the few times i've seen European dances, all the dancers were dressed 
in what looked like very expensive garb, is there a cost barrier ?

anyway , just an opinionated old fart sticking his nose into something new 
; )
thanks again
Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
Arthur

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <myfanwy at pug.net>
To: "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc." <ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] iso european dancers ??


> In Bryn Gwlad, we have an active dance practice that regularly has 20ish 
> people or so in attendance.  Shadowlands also has a group of dancers.  As 
> somebody stated, Bryn Gwlad's Candlemas has started a tradition of having 
> dances between the removes of feast.  Shadowlands has started regularly 
> having a small event that has dancing.  Gulf Wars, every night there is 
> dancing.  Same with Pennsic.  They have many people at the balls.  Pennsic 
> the classes are usually fairly busy also. There are a few dancers in other 
> places, but those are the active guilds that I know about.  As dancing is 
> a social activity, we are always willing to teach you whatever dance we 
> know!
>
> Myfanwy
>
> On Feb 13, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Ld.blackmoon wrote:
>
>> greetings
>>
>> as part of a conversation earlier today, it was mentioned that there are 
>> people that practice dances from the sca's primary time / place  ( pre 
>> 16th century european countries )
>> i being poorly designed for dancing of any type ( having 2 left feet ) 
>> was curious as to how many and how far apart those individuals , or 
>> groups may currently be ?
>> also of interest , are there any events that showcase such period 
>> endevors ??
>>
>> thank you in advance
>> your friendly opinionated old fart ; )
>> Be Safe , Be Happy, Have Fun .
>> Arthur
>> _______________________________________________
>> Ansteorra mailing list
>> Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
>> In order to make changes and manage your account please go to:
>> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ansteorra mailing list
> Ansteorra at lists.ansteorra.org
> In order to make changes and manage your account please go to:
> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-ansteorra.org
>
>
> -----
> No virus found in this message.
> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
> Version: 2012.0.1901 / Virus Database: 2109/4777 - Release Date: 01/30/12
> Internal Virus Database is out of date.
>