same sex competitive couples

Laura

Laura

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In another thread, Kitty asked:
Kitty said:
They are just not USA Dance sanctioned. Why wouldn't we want to keep it that way?
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I replied:

Why wouldn't we want to change it? In the US, at least, this becomes a question beyond just sport. (My personal feeling is that it should only be a question of sport, and that there are solutions that would allow for same-sex couples if people would only drop the non-sport implications and focus on doing something for the dancers.)

So, if you feel like it...discuss!
 
Ballroom dance is a sport of tradition and part of the appeal is preserving tradition. One of those traditions is of men and women competing, and that should be preserved for posterity if nothing else. At the same time there is nothing inherently wrong with same-sex dancing and a great deal wrong with exclusion. Keeping separate categories of competition accomplishes this, and as leary as I am of "separate but equal" I don't see another way to do it.
 
have to watch out for rolls though... the shapes can cause some "locking" in the upper body that I've heard can be quite uncomfortable
 
suburbaknght said:
Ballroom dance is a sport of tradition and part of the appeal is preserving tradition. One of those traditions is of men and women competing, and that should be preserved for posterity if nothing else. At the same time there is nothing inherently wrong with same-sex dancing and a great deal wrong with exclusion. Keeping separate categories of competition accomplishes this, and as leary as I am of "separate but equal" I don't see another way to do it.
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I'm in agreement with this. I've never understood the reasoning behind absolute prohibition of any kind of same sex events at any comp. I don't think organizers should ever be required to run same sex events, but I don't see why they should be prohibited from doing so if they wish.

I can see three possibilities for types of events being run:
traditional male leader/female follower
same sex leader/follower
female leader/male follower

Don't know how many people would be interested in dancing non-traditional events, but I've see some amazing same sex and role switching choreography which was beautiful to watch from a pure dance perspective. Seems a shame to ban any exploration of that.
 
Alskling said:
Don't know how many people would be interested in dancing non-traditional events, but I've see some amazing same sex and role switching choreography which was beautiful to watch from a pure dance perspective. Seems a shame to ban any exploration of that.
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well that's where it gets tricky. Role switching, physical advantages and disadvantages of same sex couples, difference in the look, certainly make it impossible to adjudicate an event with same sex couples and regular couples fairly.
So those events should certainly be separate.
 
Me said:
Oooh, double the scantily clad wigglin fun. I like it!
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haha

there was a same sex/ reverse role samba event couple years back.. it got documented in form of videos on the MIT site.. so you can check out the interlocking action right there...
 
Kitty said:
that also happens in standard...
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My instructor trying to lead me in contact is a hoot. Since her head is as high as my ample bosoms. (We won't even get into lower body problems with it!):D
Of course, she says she has a lot more trouble with girls the same height.:raisebro:
 
Kitty said:
haha

I think there are videos available on the MIT site..
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Oh really????

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Wait, what's that sound?

Oh, it's the collective sound of keyboards clicking as all the guys here Google for it. Yay Google! :google:
 
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