[Callers] Another approach to Gender Free calling

[Kalia Kliban via Callers]

Jim, as I look at your set of dances the first question that occurs to 
me is how you dealt with the improper formation without reference to 
gender/dance-role.

Kalia

On 6/1/2015 8:14 AM, Jim Hemphill via Callers wrote:
> A friend told me about Brooke Friendly's style of calling ECD and that
> was part of the inspiration for this contra program.
> Jim
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 9:24 AM, Roger Hayes <roger.hayes at gmail.com
> <mailto:roger.hayes at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Check out Brooke Friendly and Chris Sackett's English Country dances
>     - they use "geographic" terms, and structure the dances without
>     gender roles. It's different, but the dance does keep changing, it's
>     a live art.
>
>     http://www.brookefriendlydance.com/
>
>     Aside from Mr. Hemphill's effort recently here described, I know of
>     no comparable endeavor in contra dance choreography - I suppose
>     we're more traditional than ECD. Does anyone have info to share?
>
>     Roger Hayes
>
>     Jim - I don't think I am alone in wondering how you managed this
>     without telling the dancers. I take that to mean you didn't make it
>     gender free by the terminology you used (jets or whatever) but by
>     the kinds of dances you chose.  I'd love to read more details about
>     what this entailed.
>
>     Please share more!
>
>     Amy
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>     Amy at calleramy.com <mailto:Amy at calleramy.com>
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>     On Jun 1, 2015, at 5:37 AM, Jim Hemphill via Callers
>     <callers at lists.sharedweight.net
>     <mailto:callers at lists.sharedweight.net>> wrote:
>
>>     The recent discussions on this topic inspired me to try an
>>     experiment in gender free calling.  Last night I called the
>>     contra dance in St. Louis using gender free calling without
>>     telling anyone.    The experiment was a great success.  I received
>>     lots of  positive feedback on the evenings dance.  At the break
>>     and after the dance I made a point to ask several dancers, some
>>     were callers as well, if they noticed anything different or
>>     unusual about the dances or how I taught them.   One person
>>     noticed that there were more dances that included a swing in the
>>     center for couple 2 than usual.  No one I talked to noticed that
>>     the calls and teaching were gender free.
>>     It took some extra time to construct a fun, diverse 3 hour
>>     program, but it is certainly possible.  Re-labeling the dancers is
>>     not the only way to call gender free.
>>     If you are interested in the program I used or the larger
>>     collection of gender free dances I chose the program from, send me
>>     an email, arcadian35 at gmail.com <mailto:arcadian35 at gmail.com>.
>>     Thanks,
>>     Jim Hemphill
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