backwards and in high heels

Queer dance: queer dancers, women dancing with women, lgbtq social dancing, men dancing with men, queer tango, humans dancing with humans, performances, all sorts of movement that questions the heteronormative matrix.

Also joy.
Jan 6 '12
“I’ve been dancing since 2001 and Jack and Jills don’t make me nervous anymore. But I had the butterflies this time around because I’d decided that in this safe little Jack and Jill I was going to step out and compete as a lead. I’ve been riding this intersection for awhile, this social lead and social follow balance beam and I’ve always felt very cozy playing that role among my familiar friends. But it’s kind of a controversial issue sometimes. I can’t help but understand that in leading I am committing a political act and gender-bending. What I want is to be watched and considered as any other lead up there, but no matter really what I do I am the ‘Woman Lead’ and my presence there has meaning that perhaps my dancing or intentions don’t.”
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  1. indigodel reblogged this from -frabjousday
  2. -frabjousday reblogged this from dancequeer and added:
    YES. I lead and it’s ALL THIS.
  3. dancequeer reblogged this from sarahsellaphix
  4. bristolswing reblogged this from sarahsellaphix and added:
    Some day maybe male follows and female leads will no longer be a novelty.
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