[Callers] Dance title, author and choreography

Hi, Saw this dance on-line (it’s the video that is on the GoFundMe page for the Dayton, VA dance) and I like the dance. Does anyone know the title, author and author's choreography of the dance? I can work out the choreography but would like to see how the author describes the B1 and B2 of

Re: [Callers] Contras which feature a "Dublin Bay" figure

Here's another contribution to the Dublin Bay collection, hopefully fulfilling the criteria below: Liffey Outflow Formation: Becket formation Music: 32 bar reels Source: Keith Wood Jan 2017 Notes: Following online discussions about the Dublin Bay movement I decided to create a dance

Re: [Callers] Another vote for "jets" and "rubies"

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Ron Blechner wrote: > > If that's the case, one would assume there are also plenty of traditional > venue dancers who don't care either way. To that effect, genderfree roles > are not as scary as some have claimed. Sure, I think that's

Re: [Callers] Another vote for "jets" and "rubies"

Hi Jeff, Some points: "You're classifying everyone who attends a dance with gender-free calling as having wanting it to be gender free, but I'm sure some are attending in spite of it being gender free, and many more don't care either way." If that's the case, one would assume there are also

Re: [Callers] Another vote for "jets" and "rubies"

Hey Ron et al, I did not say anything about communities' right to use whatever terms they want. Every community should of course do as it wishes, as long as the whole community actually discusses it and has a say. I have called gender free, and would again. I was booked to call Hampshire

Re: [Callers] Another vote for "jets" and "rubies"

On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 11:40 AM, Ron Blechner via Callers wrote: > To answer your question, though, about how many dancers want genderfree > terms, at least ten dances are genderfree, and I bet we can poll those > dances and find out how many active dancers they

Re: [Callers] Another vote for "jets" and "rubies"

Typos: 30, not 39. Calls, not callers (paragraph 3) On Jan 27, 2017 11:37 AM, "Ron Blechner" wrote: Hi Andrea, I think Angela was well-spoken and polite. This discussion, like ones before it, was started not about endorsing new terms for all contras. It started

Re: [Callers] Another vote for "jets" and "rubies"

Hi Andrea, I think Angela was well-spoken and polite. This discussion, like ones before it, was started not about endorsing new terms for all contras. It started discussing terms for communities who *do* want alternative role terms. Who are we to tell a community that their need for their

Re: [Callers] Another vote for "jets" and "rubies"

Really Angela? Huge numbers are offended by "gents/ladies"? I'll happily call with whatever the community uses, though I may avoid a community using lead/follow as I think it perniciously encourages passivity in half the dancers, which I object to. And I was vocal in earlier discussions

Re: [Callers] Another vote for "jets" and "rubies"

For what it's worth, "Larks" and "Ravens" were terms designed to correlate with "Left" and "Right". There are plenty of moves we do in contra with names that have nothing to do with anything. Like "Swat the Flea," or even "Chain". Head over to Square Dancing, and the vernacular is so huge that

Re: [Callers] What dance series are using what gender-free terms?

I've been meaning to answer but since it doesn't quite fit your spreadsheet I'll just write it here. ContraMontreal has two dance series. Our "Big Dances" rely on guest callers and since the contract (I believe) doesn't say anything about role names they default to Gents/Ladies. But we also have a

Re: [Callers] What dance series are using what gender-free terms?

Thanks everyone! The data I collected is in: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1UXXbER6N07iiA6Wjc2O6LzZ2i53kDhvJLtzoA-7Oj3g/edit#gid=0 And I wrote this up as: http://www.jefftk.com/p/gender-free-role-term-usage On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Jeremy Gmail

Re: [Callers] Another vote for "jets" and "rubies"

You can teach and call contra dances positionally without hurting anyones feelings. We are all human beings, I find it objectionable to be referred to as some form of rock or bird or whatever. The role a dancer chooses is really defined by which side of their partnership they choose to start the