4 Oct
2017
4 Oct
'17
2 p.m.
Up through plus level, "boys and girls" and "ladies and gents" are
used.
This terminology is standardized worldwide.
At advanced level, "beau and belle" are introduced. They are positional
(beau = left, belle = right), but also refer to the common position for
that gender in typical square dance choreography.
On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Jeremy Child via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
Hi
I have a question for anyone who calls or dances Gender Free MWSD (by
Gender Free I mean where no assumptions are made about what role a dancer
will take based on their gender).
I've been told that GF MWSD dances still use the terms "Boys" and
"Girls",
but please correct me if I'm wrong.
MWSD is unique amongst folk dancing in that dancers need to know the role
being danced by others in the square (if I'm a "boy" and the call is
"boys
trade", I need to know who the other boy in my line / wave is in order to
do the call).
So to my question: How do the dancers identify which roles the other
people are dancing? Traditionally this is done with dancers taking the
opposite role to their gender wearing bands, but that is surely
inappropriate if the dance is GF.
Also, if any MWSD clubs are using truly non-gendered terms, please let me
know.
Thanks in Advance
Jeremy
www.barndancecaller.net
www.genderfreedance.net
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