Thanks Donna.
How do the dancers know who's dancing boy and who girl? Sometimes they
need to, or do the callers avoid any calls requiring this knowledge
(e.g. boys trade from a wave)?
Jeremy
On 28 September 2016 at 01:58, Donna Hunt wrote:
> Here in Philadelphia the MSW group (Independence Squ
Here in Philadelphia the MSW group (Independence Squares) is an LGBT and
straight group and we dance to the calls of girl/boy and are free to dance
whichever role we wish without any identifying "sashes". Our callers are
fantastic at remembering who the couples/boys/girls are during any square.
Thanks Rich.
Agreed, in the MSWD Community the terms are generally not a problem, but in
the same way that in the contra dance community they weren't a problem 20
years ago.
What is a problem is that whilst women can dance the boys role, for men to
dance the girls role is frowned upon unless the
Jeremy,
Perhaps this is a partially generational concern.
In the MWSD community today, there is much role swapping among dancers.
Most often ladies are dancing the gents' role. The terms boys and girls,
are roles much like ladies and gents in the contra scene. Although I call
fewer MWSD events
