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Reference Documents

For easy reference, here are links to teaching related documents on the CALLERLAB Website:

These documents and all translated versions can be found at www.callerlab.org/Dance-Programs

  • Formations Pictograms Chart
  • Formation & Arrangement Charts
  • Basic Program Documents
  • Mainstream Program Documents
  • Plus Program Documents
  • ARC History Document
  • Dance Time – All Programs
  • Teaching Order Design Principles

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Define links to the Definition of the call with Command examples, Timing, Styling, and Comments (quoted from the Definitions Document). This page also has some background information about the call and a link to the animated diagrams of the call on Taminations.

Standard links to descriptions of the formation and arrangements considered to be Standard Applications of the call.

Analyze links to Call Analysis comments about hand usage, body flow, good preceding and following calls, and ending formations for standard applications and a few extended applications. Also any ARC Rulings on the call are listed here.

Module links to Equivalents, Zeros, Get-Ins, and Get-Outs that use the call.

Teach links to Teaching Tips and sample choreography for patter and singing calls. This choreography is designed to fit into the CALLERLAB suggested teaching order and focuses on the Standard Applications.

Other links to Traditional Squares, Mixers, Sicilian Circles, or Contra dances that use the call.

Extend links to choreography for workshops on Extended Applications. This choreography begins with applications that could be taught as part of the teaching order. In some cases it also includes applications that assume the dancers have learned the Standard Applications of the calls in the Basic Part 1, Basic Part 2, or Mainstream programs.

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