<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-size: 16px;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I think you've already received some good advice about how to respond to the offended dancer. You might want to let him/her know that almost every night has a dance with that move, sometimes with the same gender, sometimes with a different gender. <div><br></div><div>A Facebook group about contra had a long, complex discussion about gypsy in the past year. As with discussions there about gender specific terms, there was no consensus and some hurt feelings. <div><br></div><div>For what it's worth, I don't emphasize the flirting aspect; I am often dancing wtih partners or neighbors >40 years younger than me (we are blessed with many high school and college students; lately middle school kids are also coming) so it's often uncomfortable when a caller does so. The phrase I use is: It's just like an allemande (right/left) only you don't touch; instead, look at the other person in a friendly way." </div><div><br></div><div>Bree Kalb</div><div>Carrboro, NC<br><br><blockquote style="padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 0px; border-left: #0000ff 2px solid; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;">-----Original Message-----
<br>From: Amy Wimmer via Callers <callers@lists.sharedweight.net>
<br>Sent: Oct 24, 2015 3:12 AM
<br>To: callers@sharedweight.net
<br>Subject: [Callers] Advice about "gypsy"
<br><br><zzzhtml><zzzhead><zzzmeta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></zzzmeta></zzzhead><zzzbody dir="auto"><div></div><div>Hello All,</div><div><br></div><div>I taught a dance this evening that included a ladies' gypsy. </div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></blockquote></zzzbody></zzzhtml></callers@lists.sharedweight.net></blockquote><div id="elnk_signature_1445703340974" style="font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: black;"><br></div><br><br></div></div></div></body></html>