Velké momenty v irském set dancingu

16. 09. 2009 | 392 přečtení

Listováním mezi historickými články na Set dancing News jsem objevil článek s názvem  Great Moments in Set Dancing. Po prvním přečtení mě článek pobavil a vzápětí jsem si uvědomil, že s některými momenty se téměř mohu ztotožnit. A pak jsme začal sám hledat své velké taneční momenty.  K těm, na které jsme přišel, se vám snad ani nemohu přiznat. A tak vám nabídnu předmětný článek v originální verzi a podnět zamyslet se na stejné téma s vlastní osobou v hlavní roli.

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An expanding list of the most pleasurable moments set dancing has to offer, compiled from real-life experience.
1) After a year without set dancing you walk into the Mill, you hear the band, you see the dancers and you think, “Yes, this is were I want to be.” - from Felix Hamelbeck, Vienna.
2) After you have been dancing for a relatively short time, the moment when you realise that you have just danced the whole figure confidently without calling and without being prompted by anyone else in your set - mentioned by students of John Earle, Exeter, Devon.
3) The moment you find you can do the break step in the Connemara Reel Set in time to the music - students of John Earle, Exeter, Devon.
4) The moment when you make a perfectly smooth transition from a swing-in-four to a swing-in-two - Clare Lancers, fourth figure, submitted by Bill Harrison, IBM.
5) The discovery that you and your partner generate a centrifugal force while dancing which helps pull both of you around the set - North Kerry Set, submitted by Stu Kelly, Virginia.
6) The mass contentment which occurs after the last dance of a good ceili when no one even remembers about going home for at least half an hour.
7) When eight people swinging together in a big Christmas change direction simultaneously, exactly on the beat - Clare Lancers, third figure.
8) Advancing and retiring is pretty exciting when you have a good partner doing fancy steps and you find yourself matching steps with him or her. When this happens in a line of three with everyone doing the same fancy steps, the thrill of it lasts for days - Cashel Set, third figure.
9) When you, your partner and your corner are all dancing the set left and right in the Paris Set with the precision of clockwork.
Please send in your favourite moment for inclusion here.
 

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