One of the conventions which makes contradance so exciting is eye contact . People look into the eyes of whomever they are dancing with. Many people find this discomforting at first. However, once newcomers become aware that it is dancefloor convention, a way to acknowledge and connect with your partner which reinforces the physical connection of joined hands, they usually begin to enjoy it. Besides being fun, there are those who claim that maintaining eye contact will also reduce the dizziness which some people experience as a result of the swinging and spinning which goes on.
Dizziness is a common complaint among beginning contradancers.
Within the contradance community, advice and remedies for dizziness abound. Here are a dozen moves that make up ninety percent of every contradance. It is next to impossible to give a simple explanation of dance figures using words. Verbal descriptions end up making them sound much more complicated than they really are. The best way to learn them is to observe and imitate.