mehl@cs.iastate.edu (Mark M Mehl) (02/10/90)
About in October, someone posted a query to news.groups asking if there was interest in starting a modern-dance news group. Then, in December, another posting by someone else suggested starting a ballroom-dance news group. Afterwards, the idea got kicked about in e-mail, then in the rec.folk-dancing news group in late December and early January. Suggestions to expand the charter of rec.folk-dancing to include a broader forum were met with "very" mixed feelings. More discussions followed in e-mail, which produced the following new group proposal. The rec.arts.dance Charter -------------------------- This is to be an unmoderated discussion forum on all dance forms and issues not already represented on Usenet. Currently, the only dance-oriented news group on Usenet is rec.folk-dancing. This group is devoted to any folk-dancing form or issue. This includes international folk, contra, square, round, cajun (including two-step), western square, morris, and country-type dancing (clogging). Currently, this means rec.arts.dance will include discussions on modern, ballet, tap, jazz, ballroom (all swing variants, waltz variants, fox trot, quickstep, cha cha, rumba, samba, tango, mambo, salsa, lambada), polka, disco, hustle, nightclub freestyle, slam (I suppose), and whatever else comes along. The rec.arts.dance news group will also include discussions about dance troops, specific dancers, camps and workshops, competitions, styling, and equipment. Moreover, this group welcomes queries concerning what dance clubs or organizations are in your area (please use restricted distribution) and how to get started dancing. Music issues may be cross-posted to this group provided that the already established rec.music.* groups on Usenet lack the proper audience focus for the discussion. For example, the question: "Where can I get good tango music on CD?" is targeted at dance people rather than music listeners; therefore, cross-posting to rec.arts.dance and rec.music.cd (or rec.music.misc) with followups to rec.music.cd would be appropriate. Another example question might be "Where can we get latin-style dance music for a standard jazz ensemble?", which could be cross-posted to rec.music.makers and rec.arts.dance with followups to rec.music.makers. Again, the dance people will often know bands--which may not read Usenet--that would be willing to share/sell arrangements. Although some forms of dance maybe inappropriate under the "arts" classification (e.g. freestyle, slam), dancing--in general--is considered an art form like music; therefore, we strongly believe dance groups belong in the rec.arts.* hierarchy along with the 15 other established rec.arts groups. rec.arts.anime rec.arts.books rec.arts.comics rec.arts.drwho rec.arts.int-fiction rec.arts.misc rec.arts.movies rec.arts.movies.reviews rec.arts.poems rec.arts.sf-lovers rec.arts.startrek rec.arts.tv rec.arts.tv.soaps rec.arts.tv.uk rec.arts.wobegon ================ We wish to open discussions for the creation of rec.arts.dance for approximately 3 weeks. If the prospects look favorable, then a call for votes will follow this discussion period. Please fell free to post any constructive suggestions concerning the group name or charter during this discussion period. We appreciate your input and support. -- /\ Mark M Mehl, alias Superticker (Supertickler to some) <><> Internet: mehl@atanasoff.cs.IAstate.edu \/ UUCP: {{mailrus,umix}!sharkey,hplabs!hp-lsd,uunet}!atanasoff!mehl Disclaimer: You got to be kidding; who would want to claim anything I said?
gall@yunexus.UUCP (Norm Gall) (02/11/90)
Sounds great.... start it up next week :-) nrg -- "The mythology of the language machine is the mythology of a technologically advanced society which has not yet come to terms with its own linguistic self-awareness." -- R. Harris
klong@umd5.umd.edu (Kim Long) (02/13/90)
I would be most interested in a more general group for dance. I am a dance major here at UMD and a group like this could be very useful. Kim
david@bdt.UUCP (David Beckemeyer) (02/15/90)
I know some users here at bdt are very much in favor of rec.arts.dance. I hope it happens. -- David Beckemeyer (david@bdt.UUCP) | "I'll forgive you Dad... If you have Beckemeyer Development Tools | a breath mint." P.O. Box 21575, Oakland, CA 94620 | Bart - "The Simpsons" UUCP: {uunet,ucbvax}!unisoft!bdt!david |
rwg@abbeyroad.Solbourne.COM (Rick Gillespie) (02/16/90)
In article <561@dino.cs.iastate.edu> mehl@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu writes: >The rec.arts.dance Charter >-------------------------- >This is to be an unmoderated discussion forum on all dance forms >and issues not already represented on Usenet. Currently, the only >dance-oriented news group on Usenet is rec.folk-dancing. This >group is devoted to any folk-dancing form or issue. This includes >international folk, contra, square, round, cajun (including two-step), >western square, morris, and country-type dancing (clogging). Is there a way to discuss actual dance *steps*? That is, a notation that is widely accepted in "dance circles" (sic). Otherwise, how do you/we "discuss" dancing? Rick Gillespie | Solbourne Computer, Inc. UUCP: ...![uunet,boulder]!stan!rwg | 1900 Pike Rd. Internet: rwg@solbourne.com | Longmont, CO 80501 "If you want to BE the man, you've got | (303) 678-4723 to BEAT the man!" |
tjw@unix.cis.pitt.edu (TJ Wood WA3VQJ) (02/16/90)
In article <1990Feb15.165934.12995@Solbourne.COM> rwg@abbeyroad.UUCP (Rick Gillespie) writes: >Is there a way to discuss actual dance *steps*? That is, a notation >that is widely accepted in "dance circles" (sic). Otherwise, how >do you/we "discuss" dancing? >Rick Gillespie | Solbourne Computer, Inc. Rick (and others), Ask that question in Rec.folk-dancing! Terry -- INTERNET: tjw@unix.cis.pitt.edu BITNET: TJW@PITTVMS CC-NET: 33802::tjw UUCP: {decwrl!decvax!idis, allegra, bellcore}!pitt!unix.cis.pitt.edu!tjw And if dreams could come true, I'd still be there with you, On the banks of cold waters at the close of the day. - Craig Johnson