[Ansteorra] iso european dancers ??

[Ld.blackmoon]

greetings

well sometimes even walking is a problem, but the new tens unit seems to be 
helping that a lot ; )
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 1:14 PM
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] iso european dancers ??


> My two cents worth:
>
> Middle Eastern dance only requires one person to perform.  European dance 
> has a minimum of two and sometimes more.  That right there leads to the 
> difficulty of naming a champion in the sense that we are used to thinking 
> about it.  Now, as I started thinking, I came up with some ideas on how to 
> potentially make it so that one person was a winner, but I think we need 
> more dancers to make that interesting.
>
> So, right now, we need to work on getting more dancers.  The European 
> dance group in this kingdom had some unfortunate internal problems for a 
> bit, and so the encouragement was difficult because we were all personally 
> frustrated.  We have gotten over most of our personal issues, and so we 
> are being a lot more encouraging.
>
> As far as how difficult, if you can walk, you can do a lot of the dances.
>
> Myfanwy
>
> On Feb 14, 2012, at 1:04 PM, Ld.blackmoon wrote:
>
>> 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
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