Are you a Dance Angel?

A Dance Angel is:

• Comfortable with and able to help a beginner with all of the basic and most of the advanced figures in our core repertoire
• Capable of retaining the sequence of figures, pattern or track of a dance
• Good at reassuring beginners about their progress
• Skilled at assisting and directing a beginner with eyes and gesture, preferably without words
• Acute in judging whether a newcomer is a beginner or an experienced dancer from other parts
• Able to get the set back on track after a meltdown/train wreck
• Willing to approach and welcome newcomers
• Accessible to acquaintance by wearing a name tag
• Happy to introduce newcomers to experienced dancers and hand them on to experienced partners
• A model of respect for the dance by attentive listening during teaching
• Unafraid to ask for repeated or expanded explanation if their partner hasn’t understood the teaching
• Not shy about speaking up and requesting a walk-through if needed
• Ready to change sets when that’s helpful, or even change partners
• Willing to gallantly partner our perennial beginners
• Someone who fosters a friendly atmosphere by making sure that everyone who needs one has an encouraging and reliable partner
• A host who looks for newcomers at the break and befriends them