Gender Role Free Dance Event

Gender-Role-Free Contra is a popular form of dancing with GLBT groups in Atlanta, Boston and San Francisco and now we want to bring it to Albuquerque. Come see for yourself how much fun it is by joining us for a social on Saturday, January 24, 2009 from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at the Emotions in Motion dance studio.

Contra is a form of American folk dance in which dancers form sets of parallel lines running the length of the hall. A caller, working with live musicians, guides dancers through a sequence of moves that ends with couples having progressed up or down the set. As the sequence is repeated, each couple will eventually dance with every other couple in the set. There is neither “gyrating hip action” nor any fancy footwork in contra.

Traditional contra dances are called with distinct gender roles and opposite-sex couples are normal. In gender-role-free contra, however, dancers come together in a friendly, non-gender-oriented environment. Dancers may choose to dance the male role or the female role, regardless of the dancer’s gender. The caller tries to use non-gender-specific terms rather than “ladies” and “gents.”

Tickets for this event are $10 per person and include beverages and food. Please browse our web site at http://www.contrasocial.com for more information. Of course, do not hesitate to contact us by email at info@contrasocial.com if you have any questions or comments.