19 Apr
2013
19 Apr
'13
4:36 a.m.
I quite disagree, and this brings back the who-does-what question. Dance the role, not the
genitals. It's a different issue from a 2-gents-swing or 2-ladies-swing dance, where a
symmetrical hold may indeed make sense. But I expect to dance the role I'm dancing,
whatever the apparent sex of the person I come across.
--Read Weaver
Jamaica Plain, MA
http://lcfd.org
On Apr 18, 2013, at 7:13 PM, Kalia Kliban wrote:
On 4/11/2013 5:18 AM, Richard Mckeever wrote:
I think we are making a bigger deal out of this
than needs to be. You go to any other type of dancing and you will have some difficulty
finding 2 men dancing together. It is not the social norm and so it makes people
uncomfortable. It has nothing to do with homophobia. I will admit - I prefer opposite
gender swings - Am I homophobic and just don't know it?
I worry most about new dancers - we try very hard to make them comfortable and same
gender swings don't help with that objective.
This sounds like something that deserves a few words at the beginners' session.
"Some folks like to switch roles as they're dancing, so you may find yourself
swinging another man, or another woman. No big deal. Here's a symmetrical hold you
can use if you're not sure how else to swing. It'll help you enjoy _all_ your
partners..."
If you can make it less of a surprise and thus defuse a little of the awkwardness for
someone who's never danced with another man/woman before, seems like that might smooth
out a bump or two.
Kalia
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