strathspey@strathspey.org:47275

Anselm Lingnau

Re: Pilling diagrams

Dec. 4, 2006, 2:38 p.m. (Message 47275, in reply to message 47273)

Sophie Rickebusch wrote:

> Is it some cunning ploy to confuse those who are not "in the know"
> (keep the riff-raff out, as Basil Fawlty would say)? Or is it just random
> inconsistency?

Think of it as »equal opportunities«. If symbols such as »cast off behind own 
lines and back« are obviously drawn from the men's point of view, then some 
symbols need to be drawn from the ladies' point of view just to be fair (and 
fill the quota). Hence, leading and casting. In that respect F. L. Pilling 
was *way* ahead of his time :^)

I'm still hoping for the software that will convert dance descriptions into 
Pilling diagrams automatically. Once we have this, it will be an easy tweak 
to generate pink Pilling-style books for the ladies and light-blue ones for 
the men, so all diagrams can be correct-side-up. We can even make (a black?) 
one for teachers like Martin who prefer to view everything from the top of 
the set.

Anselm
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