6 Jul
2017
6 Jul
'17
3:31 p.m.
[EDITED TO ADD] Just want to add some transparency that I'm not affiliated
with LCFD nor have I yet been to one of their dance (though I hope to at
some point). I found their site and this link when I was doing some
research a couple of years ago around setting up a gender-free dance in MI.
Hi, Jeremy,
The Lavender Country and Folk Dancers (LCFD) use some positional references
in their gender-free English Country Dances. Might want to check it out:
http://lcfd.org/gf-ecd-calling-conventions.html
Looking forward to hearing more about this as others respond.
On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 11:27 AM, Mark Hillegonds <mark.hillegonds(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi, Jeremy,
The Lavender Country and Folk Dancers (LCFD) use some positional
references in their gender-free English Country Dances. Might want to check
it out: http://lcfd.org/gf-ecd-calling-conventions.html
Looking forward to hearing more about this as others respond.
On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 10:30 AM, Jeremy Child via Callers <
callers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
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Hi Everyone
In the past there has been a lot of discussion on this group about gender
free calling, and in particular about the terms used for the two roles.
This got me thinking as to whether it would be possible to eliminate the
use of role names and call using just positional references.
Some significant thought later, I came up with a system that I believe
could, in theory, work. This is largely an intellectual exercise rather
than a serious suggestion, but I would appreciate any comments / feedback /
thoughts / ideas you have.
The details are at: http://barndancecaller.net/PositionalCalling.html
(There is a link to another document I have written about gender free
calling - this is primarily aimed at English Barn Dance / Ceilidh calling.)
Jeremy
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