Friday Flourish: Other-Handed Chain Lead

03/15/2013

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This flourish is a way to smooth out an edge in some contras -- the one where you go from a ladies' chain to a move -- like long lines forward and back, or a circle -- that requires the follow's left hand to be in the lead's right. (It's also handy for times when the lead is having shoulder issues, or just wants to do something a bit different.) Cautions are the same as for a normal ladies' chain twirl; be aware of shoulder issues/people who don't want to be twirled/etc.
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Dancers are Ryan Holman and Steven Roth.

Carry on Dancing,
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Friday Flourish: Twisty Ladies' Chain

10/28/2011

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This week's flourish comes to us via regular Contra Syncretist commenter Jess Purvis when we met her at Technoberfest. She showed us a flourish that her friend Reuven AnafShalom had taught her. It's a flourish that it takes a bit of practice to lead well, but is really fun on the follow's side. Take a look:
As I mention in the video -- you, too, could have your flourishes featured! Drop me a line! We've had a couple of really good ideas that we've put in our pipeline/to-do list, and we'd love to see more!

Happy Friday!

Carry on Dancing,

CS
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