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• Seeking connection and community through dance? 
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• ​Interested in opening a conversation about shifting dance role terminology in your dance community? 

Join us in the now global movement to foster equality and unity through gender-role free traditional dancing. Below you will find resources related to our 30+ years of work in this arena.

Education

• Contra Dancing 101
• Trans Ally 101
• Fragrance-Free Dancing
• Purchase "I dance both roles" buttons
• Gender-free Dancing: A Historical Perspective
• Gender-free English Country Dancing Calling Conventions

Opinion Articles

• Can't We All Just Dance Together?
• Contra Dancing at Boston Pride March
• Contra Dancing from a Modern Western Square Dancer

International Dance Links​

• The Gay Gordons (UK)
  London's LGBT Scottish country dance club. Members dance twice weekly at Unity Church Hall in Islington. The Gay Gordons is a straight-friendly group.
• The International Association of Gay/Lesbian Country Western Dance Clubs
  The International Association of Gay/Lesbian Country Western Dance Clubs coordinates the activities of its member clubs and serves as a central source of information about the Gay & Lesbian Country Western dance scene.
• A.C.T.S. American Contra and Traditional Square Dance
  Contras, Trad. Squares, Mixer. (Berlin, Germany)
• Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales and America
  (MIDI) Tunes, Lyrics, Information, Historical Background and Tune Related Links.

Dance Resources

• OUT to Dance Studio: Dance Classes, Private Dance Lessons, Boston Area: Salsa, Ballroom, Wedding Dance, Hip Hop, Belly Dance
  Dance studio, Boston, Massachusetts. Liz Nania offers glbt-friendly instruction in Swing, Latin and Ballroom dancing.
• Julie Kaufmann Dancin!
  Group and private lessons in two-step, swing, waltz, line dance and wedding prep.
• Susan de Guardiola
  Susan de Guardiola is an independent dance historian, teacher, and caller based in New Haven, Connecticut. She teaches historical social dance from the Renaissance to the early 20th century as well as modern folk forms such as cross-step waltz and social tango at workshops and dance events across the United States.
• CDSS—Country Dance and Song Society
  LCFD's parent organization.
• The Dance Database: DanceDB.tedcrane.com
  Ted Crane's national (mainly) contra dance database. A computerized multimedia database of dances, callers, musicians and dance halls.
• DEFFA - The Down East Friends of the Folk Arts
  he DEFFA Newsletter is the publication of the Downeast Friends of the Folk arts. It is a schedule of folk music and dance events, predominantly in the State of Maine and coastal New Hampshire. These events include concerts, contradances, international folk dance, jam sessions, music swaps, and festivals.
• NEFFA: New England Folk Festival Association
  The New England Folk Festival Association runs an annual folk festival as well as weekly dances at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, VFW.
• Joseph's Dance Homepage
  Independent caller, Dallas, Texas. Traditional dance and contras.
• Spare Parts
  On piano and flute, Bill Matthiesen and Liz Stell play a variety of dance music, including romantic couples dances, contra, and English Country, as well as historically accurate programs for Regency, Victorian (mid-nineteenth century), Gilded Age (1890s) and ragtime dances. Argentine tangos are a special interest of theirs.

Contact LCFD

Lavender Country and Folk Dancers
9 West Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

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