[Ansteorra] iso european dancers ??

[Thomas Smith]

M'lord,

I can't say for sure why there is such popularity for middle eastern
dance and not european, but I seriously doubt cost is a primary
concern.  While many european dancers may like to dress up,
particularly if they are dancing somewhere where there will be an
audience, it is not a requirement by any means.

Perhaps it has to do with the nature of the dances themselves.  The
vast majority of european dances call for couples (typically
male-female), and often a specific number of couples.  Learning these
dances therefore requires a certain minimum number of participants to
show up, and it is not always easy to ensure a quorum.  Also, there
tends to be more interest in dancing among women than men, so men tend
to be in short supply.

On the other hand, with middle eastern dance a lady may practice on
her own, and dance alone or with any number of her friends.

On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Ld.blackmoon <ld.blackmoon at cox.net> 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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