On 4/3/2013 3:18 AM, I wrote:
I'm supposed to do an hour of flirty contra dances at Queer Contra Dance
Camp next weekend.
Of course they all are, to some degree, but I wonder what comes to mind
for you when you think of a flirtatious contra. (And what would be the
characteristics of a flirty dance for you. As someone with long
experience in English dance I think there can be exciting flirtatious
connection without a lot of touching.)
And then we had a very interesting digression on mandatory same-sex
flirting, homophobia, etc, etc.
Queer Camp was great, by the way - a boatload of really happy campers,
fabulous music by
the Retrospectacles (and Bonnie Insull playing flute for my English
sessions), great calling by
Susan Michaels, samples of swing and Irish dance.
I didn't think same-sex flirting moves were particularly called for,
given that any gender
(or no acknowledged gender) might be in any role.
I didn't call "Janet's Gypsy" in my session but Susan Michaels called it
as part of the final dance party
and it went over very well.
For my silly and flirty session I called:
Peek Experience (Ridge Kennedy) - didn't get as much silliness out of it
as I wanted but it got flirty
Stolen Kisses (Melanie Axel-Lute) [run off and mess around with a
neighbor at length, come back to partner]
Playground (Mark Goodwin) Sliding doors, Richochet Hey - very satisfying
dance
Cupid's Hey (Jim Hemphill) (we did a variation with a _draw_
poussette, since there'd actually been several poussettes called that
weekend)
I'd meant to do a fifth dance but people came back from break late so we
got started late; it would have been "Travels with Rick and Kim". The
band was cooking
plenty on Cupid's Hey so I was okay running it a little longer and then
having time for a waltz before lunch.
Thanks all, for suggestions and choreographies!
-- Alan
