I am a woman in my mid-twenties who found contra dancing this year and quickly fell in love. Language played a part in that. After our first dance, a friend and I talked about how cool it was that the…
Being small, dyslexic, and a dancer of many years, I feel quite awkward dancing the traditional role of male partner. I like “the man” to be the leader, so that I can carouse and play and horse around without having…
“The things one takes seriously are one’s weaknesses”, Charles Ludlam, Manifesto. Becoming Angela For over 70 years I have mostly been called Jim (or Jimmy originally); at least when people were being polite. Jim is a fairly common name. One…
