Up through plus level, "boys and girls" and "ladies and gents" are used. This terminology is standardized worldwide.
At advanced level, "beau and belle" are introduced. They are positional (beau = left, belle = right), but also refer to the common position for that gender in typical square dance choreography. On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 1:54 PM, Jeremy Child via Callers < callers@lists.sharedweight.net> wrote: > Hi > > I have a question for anyone who calls or dances Gender Free MWSD (by > Gender Free I mean where no assumptions are made about what role a dancer > will take based on their gender). > > I've been told that GF MWSD dances still use the terms "Boys" and "Girls", > but please correct me if I'm wrong. > > MWSD is unique amongst folk dancing in that dancers need to know the role > being danced by others in the square (if I'm a "boy" and the call is "boys > trade", I need to know who the other boy in my line / wave is in order to > do the call). > > So to my question: How do the dancers identify which roles the other > people are dancing? Traditionally this is done with dancers taking the > opposite role to their gender wearing bands, but that is surely > inappropriate if the dance is GF. > > Also, if any MWSD clubs are using truly non-gendered terms, please let me > know. > > Thanks in Advance > > Jeremy > www.barndancecaller.net > www.genderfreedance.net > > _______________________________________________ > List Name: Callers mailing list > List Address: Callers@lists.sharedweight.net > Archives: https://www.mail-archive.com/callers@lists.sharedweight.net/ > >
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