[SCA-Dance] I need a word

[Charlene Charette]

"Tszuj"? (Easy to say, wicked to spell.) Although, in your examples
Heralds in Love isn't an adjustment; it's how the dance is done. [More
on the word for the interested:
http://fag-hags.livejournal.com/1862.html ]

--Perronnelle

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 10:45 AM, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:
> 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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