Members of Independence Squares are proud to have remixed the traditions of square dancing so they are more inclusive.
Members of the club are proud to have remixed the very traditional style in a way that makes square dancing more inclusive.
Independence Squares, an LGBTQ+ square dancing group, meets for their monthly open house for new dancers at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion.Did you know that in the 1920s, Henry Ford was so afraid of the rise of jazz that he did everything he could to popularize square dancing, which he saw as a tool he could use to uphold a more “, there’s a group in Philly that is here to reclaim what a square dance group can look like.
“It was barely disguised bigotry,” Dave Blatt, the communications coordinator for the Independence Squares, said of Ford’s ties to square dancing. “I’m kind of pleased that maybe he wouldn’t like what he’s seeing here right now.”Peg Wilsbach, an advanced/challenge rep with Independence Squares, agrees with him. “He could be do-si-doing in his grave, and that’s okay with us, because we are welcoming of everyone,” she said.
The club is proud to have created a more gender-neutral space, where they bend the rules of traditional square dancing by removing the need for moves specific to men and women. For example, traditionally, the man in the partnering would stand on the left, while the woman stands on the right. The Independence Squares still dance in couples and groups, but dancers can choose which side to stand on. Attendees also do not need to arrive with a partner.. The group meets throughout the year, and has open houses for new dancers once a month at 2111 Sansom St.
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