I’ve put together this page to bring together resources for gender-free dance teaching from a range of styles. I hope you find it useful, please feel free to get in touch if you know of a resource I’ve missed!
Contents
Dance instructions
- Gender-free English Ceilidh dance instructions (blog series – Lisa Heywood)
- Gender-free English Ceilidh dance instructions (YouTube playlist – a variety of callers)
- Gender-free instructions for individual figures (YouTube playlist – a variety of callers)
- A couple of gender-free original ceilidh-style dances (web page – Heather McAslan)
- EFDSS resource bank, dance section (collection -EFDSS)
Calling techniques
- Positional calling for English Country Dancing (workshop recording on YouTube – Louise Siddons)
- Positional calling for contra (workshop recording on YouTube – Louise Siddons)
- CDSS gender-free and positional calling resource bank (collection – CDSS)
- Dancing the whole dance – ECD (booklet on positional/global calling [requires payment] – Brooke Friendly/CDSS)
Explainers
- Article about gender neutral partner dance (web page – Alan Rosenthal)
- Toronto Contra Dance Larks and Ravens explainer (web page – Toronto Contra Dance)
- Gender-free calling: why does it matter? (article from EDS magazine – Lisa Heywood)
- Annoncer les danses de manière dégenrée: pourqui c’est important? (French translation of article from EDS magazine – Lisa Heywood/As Queer As Folk Nantes)
Support & communities
- Double-progress Facebook group (a group for discussing inclusivity in contra, ceilidh, English social folk dancing, balfolk, and related dance forms.)
- Caller’s Forum Facebook group (a group for callers (predominantly UK based) of all folk dance styles to discuss issues, developments and ideas. )
- Gender free contra Facebook group (Advocates for/enthusiasts of Larks and Ravens as a form of gender free contra is the focus is the group, but other ways of welcoming LGBTQIA dancers into contra and other folk dances are on topic. )
- Positional calling email list (Administrated by Seth Tepfer & Emily Addison via Shared Weight)