At my local dance, some callers have begun using positional calling and some still use the role terms men and women. There is also often talk of attracting more young dancers. One evening there was a young dancer and the…
I was still fairly new to contra, I (a woman) was dancing with my friend (also a woman) and two men who were sitting out came up to us and told us we should split up and dance with them….
I am a non-binary dancer who dances both roles. Especially since the pandemic started, I have mainly been attending dances that use gender-free calling (whether positional or larks/robins). Recently, I traveled to attend an ECD event where they called dances…
