Cara, Further reading:
http://contradances.tumblr.com/post/132380206885/lead-and-follow-as-styles-not-roles-in-contra Best, Ron Blechner On Jan 18, 2017 11:03 PM, "Cara Sawyer via Callers" < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi everyone again, > Angela, Jeff thank you. > I appreciate knowing the emotional attachment many had to the history of > these calling terms. I had no clue. From where I was coming from, it was > more of a logistical question for my calling aspirations, trying to figure > out what is easiest for the dancers to understand. I have had personal > experience with it being difficult to remember if I was a Band or Bare, it > seems arbitrary and now I see that this is intentional. It is good to hear > some of the rationale and what others have experienced. > > Best, > Cara > > Sent to you using thumbs. > > On Jan 18, 2017, at 18:59, Jeff Kaufman <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Cara! > > There is definitely a history! Many dancers don't like lead/follow as > terms because they either don't think contra has a lead/follow dynamic or > they don't want to encourage lead/follow dancing. > > Some dance series, primarily ones with younger dancers, do use those > terms, but there are enough dancers opposed to them that I don't see them > as a potential community-wide replacement the way rubies/jets could be. > > Jeff > > On Jan 18, 2017 7:53 PM, "Cara Sawyer via Callers" < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello all, >> I am quite new to the list and am only now embarking on learning to call, >> but I have to ask a question I have had for awhile as a dancer that I now >> need to understand as a caller: is there something wrong with Lead and >> Follow? >> >> When I first encountered the creative alternatives in contra, I wasn't >> sure what to think. I came to contra from a swing background and that is >> what is used in workshops (and sort or in general now), since many people >> switch in that dance style as well. >> >> Besides being an obvious description for the dancer role, it had the same >> 1/2 syllables rhythm as Gent/Lady. And it seems to me to have the advantage >> of being intuitively linked to how the dancer is thinking about >> his/her/their role. >> >> Just curious if there is a history, I'm sure I am not the first person to >> think of this. >> >> Thanks! >> Cara >> >> Sent to you using thumbs. >> >> On Jan 18, 2017, at 10:40, Angela DeCarlis via Callers < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> When I called at PICD (the Portland ME dance), I really enjoyed using >> Jets and Rubies. One silly thing I enjoyed any the terms during the >> beginners' lesson was coaching palm direction based on the terms: "Jets' >> palms face up, towards the sky; Rubies' palms face down, towards the >> ground." >> >> And yes, I realize that *both* are gemstones and that some feel strongly >> that we should steer away from the "airplane" association, but it did make >> for easy teaching. >> >> Jets and Rubies is also more forgiving for callers new to gender-neutral >> language, since the terms are so linguistically comparable to Gents and >> Ladies. >> >> That all said, I also like Larks and Ravens fine. >> >> Happy calling, everyone! >> >> Angela >> >> On Jan 18, 2017 11:30 AM, "Aahz via Callers" < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Not that Portland, the other Portland. ;-) >>> >>> http://bangordailynews.com/2017/01/09/news/portland/contra-d >>> ancing-takes-a-gender-neutral-spin-in-portland/ >>> >>> I personally would prefer to settle on "larks" and "ravens" because that >>> seems to have more traction -- but it doesn't matter as long as we get >>> away from "bands" and "bares". >>> -- >>> Hugs and backrubs -- I break Rule 6 >>> http://rule6.info/ >>> <*> <*> <*> >>> Help a hearing-impaired person: http://rule6.info/hearing.html >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > >
