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Ladies first: sometimes we are triumphantly cycling to victory in our sports bras
By dogpossum On 8th February, 2013 · 9 Comments · In learning, lindy hop and other dances, menz, teaching, wimminz
I’ve had a couple of emails about what was a fairly glib throwaway line about Nathan Bugh’s piece ‘Ladies First’ in my last blog post Gendering Dance Talk. This kind of surprised me, because I didn’t really think a lot about Bugh’s article in the first place, and I don’t have any sort of [...]
Dealing with Problem Guys in dance classes
By dogpossum On 27th December, 2012 · 6 Comments · In learning, learning, lindy hop and other dances, menz, teaching, wimminz
If you’ve ever done a lindy hop class ever, chances are you’ve come across a Problem Guy. Problem Guys are just that – problems. They interrupt the teachers. They talk while the teachers are talking. They instruct the follows in class (usually incorrectly) and they just. won’t. shut. up. They often move themselves up class [...]
Learning
By dogpossum On 23rd December, 2012 · 2 Comments · In learning, learning, lindy hop and other dances, menz, teaching, wimminz
God I write long posts. I just sit down, write ‘em, then give them a quick edit. Sorry about that. It’s how I wrote my thesis. But with my thesis, I edited the thing. I don’t edit blog posts because WHO CARES. So, brace for impact, yo.
Some friends of mine have started getting together [...]
a bit of dance nerdery
By dogpossum On 19th December, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In learning, lindy hop and other dances, teaching
One of the most useful concepts I’ve been working on this year in dancing is the idea of layers or different types of connection.
It’s something I’ve been working on for, oh, I don’t know MY ENTIRE DANCING CAREER, but this year it’s been extra fascinating.
Basically, you assume that connection has to have [...]
Learnz!
By dogpossum On 12th October, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In learning, lindy hop and other dances, speakeasy
Little Big Weekend with Ramona, originally uploaded by dogpossum.
I’m putting together The Little Big Weekend with Ramona for the 1st/2nd of December here in Sydney. We’ll be hosting the lovely and badass Ramona Staffeld, who’ll be teaching a day of workshops on the Saturday.
The ordinaryness of the everyday and blues dance
By dogpossum On 2nd June, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In academia, learning, learning, lindy hop and other dances, research, same sex dancing, teaching, thesis
In a post on FB, Chris asks
Charm’s Question of the 1st of June:
Blues dance draws from a rich cultural well, a constant evolution of the dance and rapid socio-economic changes.
What elements of vintage Blues dance culture (sordid and scandalous though they may be) need to be incorporated into the [...]
Things I don’t have time to write about, but want to:
1. Creating your own personal flava flave as a dancer. Not in the sense of ‘finding your own style’, but in the sense of finding your unique body part/shape/movement/whatever, refining and exaggerating it. I want to talk about this in terms of gender and [...]
Women’s History Month: some thoughts at day 6
By dogpossum On 6th March, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In djing, learning, lindy hop and other dances, lolfrankie, melbourne, menz, music, people i know, research, same sex dancing, wimminz, Women in History 2012
It’s women’s history month again, and I’m listing a different woman musician from the first half of the century every day (as I explain here). Last year I did a different woman dancer every day, and that was super great fun. I’m enjoying the women musicians, but I haven’t really had [...]
Women’s History Month 2012
By dogpossum On 29th February, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In cat blogging, learning, lindy hop and other dances, music, research, Women in History 2012
Women’s History Month is just about here again. Ah, March, season of Power Vag and Orsm Ovary. Time of Menopausal Might and Menarchal Majesty. Moonth of Fuck All That Biological Determinism, Let’s Get On With Doing Mad Shit.
This year’s theme is Women With a Plan: [...]
Oh! Exciting! Last night Alice and I launched our new weekly class in Petersham… I say that as though it was just us two there working the door, making up lead numbers (we only needed one more lead!), buying drinks, laughing and talking and filling the room, bringing our friends along just to see [...]
