The Butch Femme Dance (literally)

deedarino · 02-15-2012, 07:54 AM

It has been WAY too long since I danced...

Leigh · 02-15-2012, 09:08 AM

I would love to learn to dance someday with a partner

Medusa · 02-15-2012, 09:35 AM

Love this!!

Rockinonahigh · 02-15-2012, 09:49 AM

This is great,I wish I could still dance like that but for some reason my brain knows the steps but my feet forgot,somhow I need to change that before the reunion if possable.

tiggs · 02-15-2012, 12:02 PM

The feeling of being guided around the floor is so amazing, I love the feeling of a strong butch hand at the small of my back. It seems though that there are never enough opportunities to go out dancing.

clay · 02-15-2012, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

This is great,I wish I could still dance like that but for some reason my brain knows the steps but my feet forgot,somhow I need to change that before the reunion if possable.

yep u better buddy...Mys Hawtness is going to be expecting that dance...so get moving buddy..lol

Toughy · 02-15-2012, 06:06 PM

I'm surprised AtLast has not been in here as she is a dancing fool.

The Bay Area has tons and tons of partner dancing (including lessons for free) opportunities.......everything from ballroom to jitterbug to tango to salsa to cheek/cheek slow dancing to pick a genre.

When ButchFemme Socials does our annual big dance (in May this year) we always have a variety of music that includes most of what I listed above plus house & hipho & country western. The local DJs consider us a HUGE challenge. Lucky for us DJ Luna loves spinning for us.

DapperButch · 02-15-2012, 06:24 PM

I would love to take ballroom dance classes with TF, but around here there are no lesbian classes (not surprisingly). I am not too sure that all of the women in a hetero class would want me to lead (and probably not too many of their husbands/boyfriends). Maybe they have some "couple only" classes around here where you don't have to switch partners, but I haven't heard of any.

Private classes would just be too costly.

lusciouskiwi · 10-06-2012, 08:09 AM

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Originally Posted by deedarino

It has been WAY too long since I danced...

The last time I danced was with my ex's mum at a YMCA senior citizens celebration

-Red-Flag- · 10-06-2012, 08:36 AM

Sign me up .. I'd love to learn a few steps to get around the dance floor..

*Anya* · 10-06-2012, 08:41 AM

I absolutely love to dance and slow dancing is my favorite. I think it can be so hot.

I can pretty much follow anyone but have to watch my tendency to lead.

I find butches don't like that much...

Scuba · 10-06-2012, 08:48 AM

I, like others, would love to learn. Also like others, not much is offered around here. There's also the dilemma of finding someone to learn with....even if it's just a friend.

gaea · 10-06-2012, 09:17 AM

several years ago there was a class being taught in my community...it was held every friday and offered up something for those of us that do not enjoy the bar scene. I took this class so i could dance at my daughter's wedding, suffice it to say, i had no one to dance with at her wedding so the classes i think were more for me ...i learned a lot.

just dance

partner dancing is beautiful

Dance-with-me · 10-06-2012, 09:22 AM

Needless to say, I LOVE dancing, couples dancing with a strong lead in particular. Once my life settles just a bit I'm going to start taking lessons even if I don't have a regular partner - Dancing has saved my life more than once and it still nourishes my soul in ways that nothing else can, even if I'm just dancing by myself.

There is a dance festival in NY every year that is very gay-friendly that I've wanted to go to for years. One of these days I'll make it there!

easygoingfemme · 10-06-2012, 09:29 AM

DWM. Which festival are you thinking of?
The one I've talked to you about before?

We have a large traditional dance community here and one of the cool parts of it is a lot of gender bending. Not necessarily about being attracted to the same sex, but that it's a place where the even some of the most traditional men bust out their skirts and dresses and dance with each other and the women dance with each other wearing whatever they want and taking turns leading how they please.

One of my closest friends and I were both partnered for years to soft butches who would not go dancing with us. We both loved the OFOS atmosphere at the traditional dances here, and would leave our partners at home and go dance with the men, snickering about it a lot, but having fun with the dancing part of it all. Too bad we never had any of the OFOS butches come to the dances but maybe someday there will be an infusion!

Dance-with-me · 10-06-2012, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by easygoingfemme

DWM. Which festival are you thinking of?
The one I've talked to you about before?

Yes that one! Though I think it's always just as my classes are starting in August?

easygoingfemme · 10-06-2012, 04:25 PM

It's mid-February. Come!

Chancie · 10-06-2012, 09:56 AM

I love to lead my beautiful handsome Pete around the dance floor.

The_Lady_Snow · 10-06-2012, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Chancie

I love to lead my beautiful handsome Pete around the dance floor.

I'm so GLAD you said this, I tend to lead rather well in dance, I can follow but it's rare to find anyone who can dance salsa who can lead. Boy of beer takes great mental, vocal, and beat direction so we flow quite nice onna dance floor, if needed during a cumbia hy's secure enough to let me lead till he gets it.

stargazingboi · 10-06-2012, 10:27 AM

Believe it or not there are allot of dance studios that teach same sex couples:

Locations: New York, Ohio, Mass, Many along the coast of California, Dallas, Chicago, Baltimore, DC, FL, CT, RI, PA, KS and many more.

some don't even require you to bring a partner*shrugs* seems its a growing thing here in the states...and more and more competitions are popping up every year.

of course for me it's just about dancing and having fun

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Toughy Senior Member How Do You Identify?: pervert butch feminist woman Preferred Pronoun?: see above Relationship Status: independent entity Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Oakland Posts: 1,826 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,068 Thanked 7,653 Times in 1,522 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	I'm surprised AtLast has not been in here as she is a dancing fool. The Bay Area has tons and tons of partner dancing (including lessons for free) opportunities.......everything from ballroom to jitterbug to tango to salsa to cheek/cheek slow dancing to pick a genre. When ButchFemme Socials does our annual big dance (in May this year) we always have a variety of music that includes most of what I listed above plus house & hipho & country western. The local DJs consider us a HUGE challenge. Lucky for us DJ Luna loves spinning for us. __________________ We are everywhere We are different I do not care if resistance is futile I will not assimilate www.butchfemmesocials.com/

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02-15-2012, 07:54 AM	#1
deedarino Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: Woman Relationship Status: In recovery. Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Oregon Posts: 632 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 3,518 Thanked 1,955 Times in 496 Posts Rep Power: 21474850	It has been WAY too long since I danced...

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Rockinonahigh Senior Member How Do You Identify?: stone butch Preferred Pronoun?: makes no diffrence,I know who I am. Relationship Status: single,maybe looking if the right person comes along. Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: shreveport,Louisiana Posts: 4,907 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,682 Thanked 14,933 Times in 3,938 Posts Rep Power: 21474856	This is great,I wish I could still dance like that but for some reason my brain knows the steps but my feet forgot,somhow I need to change that before the reunion if possable.

10-06-2012, 08:41 AM	#11
Anya Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Lesbian non-stone femme Preferred Pronoun?: She, her Relationship Status: Committed to being good to myself Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: West Coast Posts: 8,258 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 39,306 Thanked 40,459 Times in 7,283 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	I absolutely love to dance and slow dancing is my favorite. I think it can be so hot. I can pretty much follow anyone but have to watch my tendency to lead. I find butches don't like that much... __________________ ~Anya~ Democracy Dies in Darkness ~Washington Post "...I'm deeply concerned by recently adopted policies which punish children for their parents’ actions ... The thought that any State would seek to deter parents by inflicting such abuse on children is unconscionable." UN Human Rights commissioner

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10-06-2012, 09:17 AM	#13
gaea Senior Member How Do You Identify?: femme Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: west coast Posts: 3,910 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 18,630 Thanked 14,363 Times in 3,381 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	several years ago there was a class being taught in my community...it was held every friday and offered up something for those of us that do not enjoy the bar scene. I took this class so i could dance at my daughter's wedding, suffice it to say, i had no one to dance with at her wedding so the classes i think were more for me ...i learned a lot. just dance partner dancing is beautiful __________________ Gaea "Building a lifetime together one day at a time" Courage: the willingness to risk who you are for who you want to be and what you have for what you want You're not who your past says you are, you are who you choose to be today moving forward.

10-06-2012, 09:22 AM	#14
Dance-with-me Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: earth Posts: 419 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 264 Thanked 1,926 Times in 378 Posts Rep Power: 21474849	Needless to say, I LOVE dancing, couples dancing with a strong lead in particular. Once my life settles just a bit I'm going to start taking lessons even if I don't have a regular partner - Dancing has saved my life more than once and it still nourishes my soul in ways that nothing else can, even if I'm just dancing by myself. There is a dance festival in NY every year that is very gay-friendly that I've wanted to go to for years. One of these days I'll make it there!

10-06-2012, 09:29 AM	#15
easygoingfemme Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Lil' Miss Sassy Pants Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: My place by the river Posts: 3,683 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,014 Thanked 14,953 Times in 3,308 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	DWM. Which festival are you thinking of? The one I've talked to you about before? We have a large traditional dance community here and one of the cool parts of it is a lot of gender bending. Not necessarily about being attracted to the same sex, but that it's a place where the even some of the most traditional men bust out their skirts and dresses and dance with each other and the women dance with each other wearing whatever they want and taking turns leading how they please. One of my closest friends and I were both partnered for years to soft butches who would not go dancing with us. We both loved the OFOS atmosphere at the traditional dances here, and would leave our partners at home and go dance with the men, snickering about it a lot, but having fun with the dancing part of it all. Too bad we never had any of the OFOS butches come to the dances but maybe someday there will be an infusion!

10-06-2012, 04:25 PM	#17
easygoingfemme Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Lil' Miss Sassy Pants Preferred Pronoun?: She/her Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: My place by the river Posts: 3,683 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,014 Thanked 14,953 Times in 3,308 Posts Rep Power: 21474852	It's mid-February. Come!

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Chancie Senior Member How Do You Identify?: queer femme-inist Relationship Status: I'm lucky. Join Date: May 2010 Location: Western Mass Posts: 3,774 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,518 Thanked 14,541 Times in 2,744 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I love to lead my beautiful handsome Pete around the dance floor.

10-06-2012, 10:27 AM	#20
stargazingboi Senior Member How Do You Identify?: ~ Preferred Pronoun?: ~ Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: ~ Posts: 1,954 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 10,392 Thanked 8,318 Times in 1,626 Posts Rep Power: 21474853	Believe it or not there are allot of dance studios that teach same sex couples: Locations: New York, Ohio, Mass, Many along the coast of California, Dallas, Chicago, Baltimore, DC, FL, CT, RI, PA, KS and many more. some don't even require you to bring a partnershrugs seems its a growing thing here in the states...and more and more competitions are popping up every year. of course for me it's just about dancing and having fun