Andrea, how would you handle the following: 1. Lines of one role/position to the center to a wavy line, as in Trip to Lambertville, et all?
2. Indication of who walks forward / backs up in a gypsy star? 3. Indication of who-leads-who, such as in Ramsay Chase, Pedal Pushers, Jurassic Redheads, etc. 4. Indication of who is passing while calling a hey. 5. Indication of who crosses, who turns in a box circulate? 6. Indication any other role/position specific move that I haven't mentioned? Turn over right shoulder, as in Fairport Harbour? Rollaways? None of these fall under the "most unusual figures" as you stated. Ron On Jun 1, 2015 11:59 AM, "Andrea Nettleton via Callers" < [email protected]> wrote: > In previous discussions here, on FB, and privately with organizers at > Hampshire over the last two years, I have discussed the possible use of > global terminology for gender free contra. I would contend that if used, > everyone would become more aware of the structure of dances. Only the most > unusual figures/sequences would be unable to be called. The addition of > first and second corner positions to the arsenal makes it possible for same > role dancers to also be called upon to dance together without reference to > gender. Second corners chain, or first corners allemande L 1 1/2 for > example. It would have to be agreed that this refers to those standing in > those positions at that moment. In ECD we use first and second corners to > refer to the people, first and second diagonals for the positions. But > since we use diagonal to refer to those across and over one set, this seems > unhelpful. Simply corner positions works better. I'm glad some folks are > trying it out at last. I had hoped for an opportunity myself before now. > Cheers, > Andrea > > Sent from my iOnlypretendtomultitask > > On Jun 1, 2015, at 8:37 AM, Jim Hemphill via Callers < > [email protected]> wrote: > > The recent discussions on this topic inspired me to try an experiment in > gender free calling. Last night I called the contra dance in St. Louis > using gender free calling without telling anyone. The experiment was a > great success. I received lots of positive feedback on the evenings > dance. At the break and after the dance I made a point to ask several > dancers, some were callers as well, if they noticed anything different or > unusual about the dances or how I taught them. One person noticed that > there were more dances that included a swing in the center for couple 2 > than usual. No one I talked to noticed that the calls and teaching were > gender free. > > It took some extra time to construct a fun, diverse 3 hour program, but it > is certainly possible. Re-labeling the dancers is not the only way to call > gender free. > > If you are interested in the program I used or the larger collection of > gender free dances I chose the program from, send me an email, > [email protected]. > > Thanks, > Jim Hemphill > > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > > > _______________________________________________ > Callers mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.sharedweight.net/listinfo.cgi/callers-sharedweight.net > >
