There’s been a bit of talk about gender and roles in swing on twitter today. As you might expect, there are some teachers who don’t approve of men following and women leading, and then there are some (fully sick) teachers who do approve.
I’m a bit iffy about some ‘girls routines’ and ‘boys routines’ getting about. But these have reminded me of their awesomeness.
Know Beyonce’s clip for ‘Single Ladies’?
Well, these lads really know it:
(They do it here too, bringing it a little more… bet it’s a queer crowd…)
all the single ladies!
Oh my god! Those guys rock, they are sooooo good. Thanks Sam for finding this and sharing it. I loves it.
As a former and hopefully future teacher, I’m all about men following and women leading. Mixing up standard gender roles in swing = win.
wahoo, the color purple broadway touring crew is coming through here sometime next year — that makes an AWESOME advertisement! (i didn’t realize it was a musical ’til that made me look.)
y’know, now that i think about it… i started in a scene where guys teaching with guys and girls with girls wasn’t frequent, but it happened. i can remember being a little resentful for a while because two of the guys were much better follows than me – the galling part wasn’t “guys who follow”, it was that they were also some of the best leads in town and it’s just not fair to have BOTH roles locked up!