[Callers] What dance series are using what gender-free terms?

Jeff Kaufman via Callers callers at lists.sharedweight.net
Fri Jan 27 04:17:50 PST 2017


Thanks everyone!  The data I collected is in:

   https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UXXbER6N07iiA6Wjc2O6LzZ2i53kDhvJLtzoA-7Oj3g/edit#gid=0

And I wrote this up as:

   http://www.jefftk.com/p/gender-free-role-term-usage

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Jeremy Gmail <jeremy.m.child at gmail.com> wrote:
> It’s a one off so far, but a 2nd dance is in the diary and it will hopefully
> become a regular series.
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> From: Jeff Kaufman [mailto:jeff.t.kaufman at gmail.com]
> Sent: 25 January 2017 22:49
> To: Jeremy Gmail
> Cc: Caller's discussion list
> Subject: Re: [Callers] What dance series are using what gender-free terms?
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> Is this for a regular series, or one-off  (ONS) dances?
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> On Jan 25, 2017 5:46 PM, "Jeremy Gmail via Callers"
> <callers at lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> I use Mods and Rockers, which meets pretty much all of the various criteria
> suggested for role identifiers.   That's in the UK though - I'm not sure if
> the word pairing is recognised across the pond.
>
> Jeremy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Callers [mailto:callers-bounces at lists.sharedweight.net] On Behalf Of
> Jeff Kaufman via Callers
> Sent: 25 January 2017 19:25
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> Subject: [Callers] What dance series are using what gender-free terms?
>
> I know several dance series use gender-free terms:
>
>   Jets/Rubies: Portland ME
>   Lead/Follow: Hampshire College, Contradelphia [defunct?]
>   Bands/Bare-arms: JP, Western MA
>   Larks/ Ravens: Circle Left, South Bay
>
> Does anyone know of other dances that are gender free, and what terms they
> use?
>
> Jeff
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