Best contra dance video for non-dancers? |
March 8th, 2012 |
contra |
If I'm trying to get people to try contra dancing, and I want to give
them an idea of what it's like, I think a video does a good job.
There are lots of videos, though, so which to choose? For a while I
was using this one from 2006 with Swallowtail
because its the first one I saw, but more recently I've been pointing
people to this 2009 Elixir one
because I think it's more fun. Lately I've been wondering if that's
too intimidating, though, as the caller has dropped out, the dancers
are doing lots of flourishes, and the hall is packed. A big part of
what makes contra approachable is that the caller teaches and calls
the dance: can a video communicate this well? Or should I just find
the video that looks the most fun and point them there, describing
other positive aspects separately?
Do people have other videos they like for this?
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