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 <[email protected]>wrote: > I could not agree more. Very well stated. > Thanks Chrissy, > > Joyce Miller > > On Jan 1, 2013, at 2:52 PM, Chrissy Fowler <[email protected]> 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 > > > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Callers mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.sharedweight.net/mailman/listinfo/callers >
