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Extra Points: Queer Contra Dancing Isn't Exactly Competitive
LGBTQ Sports Podcast
English - January 29, 2020 22:46 - 30 minutes - 42.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 27 ratingsSports News Sports News Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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You can find queer contra dancing events in many major U.S. cities, but unlike Voguing and formal ballroom dancing, it has never really been taken up as a sport. Longtime queer contra dance organizers Chris Ricciotti and Stephen Ulrich, discuss the dance form's historic roots, how it reached the queer community and why it's never taken off as a sport. We also discuss why we don't often see similar participatory cultural dance events from non-European cultures.
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