I agree that the important point is balancing gender activity. It may
be regional differences, but as a male dancer, I often feel that there
is significantly more activity for the females - dos-si-dos-ing, 1 1/2,
allenamding 1 1/2, etc - than for the males. Every ladies chain, which
other posts have documented as far more frequent than gentlemen chains,
adds to the imbalance, not just with the ladies moving through the whole
figure and the men through only half, but through the twirls during the
courtesy turn.
Of course, it could just be my biased perception based on a limited
sample. My wife tells of looking around in her med school lab group and
seeing three times as many women as men. The guys in the group looked
around and saw a perfectly balance group. And, with a mix or three and
two they were all right.
David Harding
On 2/27/2012 10:06 PM, Liz and Bill wrote:
On 28/02/2012 4:41 p.m., Michael Fuerst wrote:
Ideally, a move done by one gender role should be balanced by some
move solely for the other gender role.
Hi Michael,
In my opinion, gender balance in each dance seems a bit extreme,
however it does seem worth balancing gender inactivity in the
evening's programming.
Cheers, Bill
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