1 Jan
2013
1 Jan
'13
11:54 p.m.
The other possibility is to give up your hang ups about gender-identified
names, and redefine them for your own purposes. It then breaks down to a
simple question, "Do you want to dance girl or boy?" (from my MWSD group)
or " I dance girl, would you like to dance?".
On Tue, Jan 1, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Joyce Miller <joyceling(a)sbcglobal.net>wrote;wrote:
I could not agree more. Very well stated.
Thanks Chrissy,
Joyce Miller
On Jan 1, 2013, at 2:52 PM, Chrissy Fowler <ktaadn_me(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
I disagree re. lead and follow being the most accurate. I don't think
of it
as residual baggage, but merely inaccuracy. In my experience, there
just isn't a leader and follower dynamic in contradancing. Not the way
that there is in other forms of partnered dance. Or that there
historically may have been in contra or its related genres.
It does seem that some women dancers depend on leadership from the gent
role, and
some men dancers feel pressure to direct the non-gent role
dancers. But I don't think there's any lead/follow component inherent in
the contra dance form.
All my opinion,
Chrissy Fowler
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