4 Apr
2016
4 Apr
'16
10:18 p.m.
Whoops, didn't see the "please move on" request. Please disregard.
-- Alan
On 4/4/2016 3:13 PM, Winston, Alan P. via Callers wrote:
On 4/4/2016 9:10 AM, Darwin Gregory via Callers wrote:
While I am relatively new to contra, and just called my first dance
this weekend, The Baby Rose... I'll have never considered gypsy a
term related to a race of people, nor did I know it was applied today
to a group of people called Romas.
However, my general position on terms that have both discriminatory
and non-discriminatory meanings is that the meaning needs to be
derived by context.
Before reading the discussions here, I had only considered the
meaning of gypsy as related to wandering dancers... Not a particular
ethnic group. Perhaps my view has been naive.
Ok, cool.
While I am sensitive to cultural issues, until someone comes up with
a term that captures not only the physics of the move, but also the
flirtatious nature of it, I will probably grimace any time someone
uses a different term. Orbit, no handed swing, whatever... Until
something emphasizes the flirtatious eye contact it will fall short
in my mind. It is more than a figure, it is a figure with an
attitude. :)
Wait. Why does the word "gypsy" imply flirtatious eye contact?
(I'm not trying to police what words you use or what you do when
calling, but I don't understand your logic here, which seems to be:
"gypsy in dance context harmlessly refers to dance gypsies, not
ethnic Gypsies"
"'gypsy' is the only satisfying term for the figure I've heard
because it implies flirtatious eye contact".
I'm kinda suspecting that the implication of flirtatious eye contact
is because of ideas of ethnic gypsies, gypsy dance, etc, but maybe you
have another reason and I'd like to hear it.
-- Alan
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