I’m really bored of seeing the same thing over and over in Lindy Hop routines.

- Follow does something that’s meant to be “sexy”, emphasising bum/boobs (e.g. shimmy, tabby the cat) - whooping

- Lead imitates it (without really trying) - for laughs

or alternatively (mostly group routines):

- Follows get to do something ‘sexy’/twee

- Leads get to do something impressive/skillful

EVERY DAMN TIME. Yaaaaawn.

Come on people, Lindy Hop can say more interesting things than this.

ETA: On an afterthought, I think it’s pretty hard to break out of this, though - because gender stereotypes might cause us to read the same movement in different ways.

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   I’m late on this, but THANK you....feel like performances are too focused on one type

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