[SCA-Dance] I need a word

[Mary Railing]

The term is "Misura di terra", one of the cardinal virtues of renaissance dance.

--Urraca


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 From: Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com>
To: SCA Dance <sca-dance at sca-dance.org> 
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 11:45 AM
Subject: [SCA-Dance]  I need a word
 
Is there a word for "the little adjustments that people experienced in
a dance will make for functional reasons to make it flow better"?  For
example,

- Parson's Farewell, verse 1: small double back and slant the last
   slipping towards the other couple so you're close enough to turn
   your contrary in chorus 1
- Heralds in Love, chorus: go all the way to the other person's place
   and on the beat or chorus 3 will end in tears
- Hole in the Wall in a hallway: balance in and out while the other
   couple is casting and progressing

I'm thinking "dancecraft" or maybe "floorcraft" but I'm not at all
sure.  Googling is almost useless, except I did get a hit for "tango
floorcraft" in this sense.

(I use "flourishes" or such for little embellishments that people
make, not for functional reasons, but just for fun or panache.)

Danett Lincoln
-- 
Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
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