[Callers] Another approach to Gender Free calling

Aahz Maruch via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Tue Jun 2 08:43:39 PDT 2015


On Tue, Jun 02, 2015, Maia McCormick via Callers wrote:
>
> I think Ron's point is that with this set of terms (i.e. 1st/2nd corner
> refers to the person rather than the position), if we're in an improper
> context, we've basically circled back around to labeling the roles, only
> these role labels seem unideal because they have lots of syllables and
> sound relatively similar. At the point at which we're talking about "first
> corner" and "second corner", isn't it less of a mouthful, easier to
> understand, and easier for experienced dancers to convert into terms they
> understand to have a set of terms like jets[gems]/rubies or larks/ravens?

Also, if people really want contextless terms, I reiterate my suggestion:

PURPLE! GREEN! PURPLE! GREEN!
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