For This Local Contra Group, Taking Gender Out Of Partner Dance Is More Complicated Than It Sounds | DCist
In recent years, more groups have made efforts to promenade gender-free contra dancing into the mainstream. At Friday Night Dancers, everyone has their own opinion about how to do it.
For This Local Contra Group, Taking Gender Out Of Partner Dance Is More Complicated Than It Sounds | DCist Dec 30, 2019 For This Local Contra Group, Taking Gender Out Of Partner Dance Is More Complicated Than It Sounds Savanna Strott Dancers in line at Friday Night Dancers. Savanna Strott / DCist With periwinkle “new dancer” buttons pinned on their shirts, a little over a dozen people trickle into the grand Spanish ballroom at Glen Echo Park on a recent evening. In an hour, they’ll be swinging and do-si-do-ing up and down the contra lines, but for now, they stand still and wait for their lesso
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