That is what I have observed too, plus that some women like to lead, plus that some like doing triples. I think a dance session works best if there is a small excess of women.
The problem with weekenders is, as has been pointed out by several people, that a balanced weekender does not mean balanced dance sessions. The only way I can think of to solve that would be to have Taxi dancers who would get a better price for being willing to dance where/when commanded.
Yep, especially when the event is specifically advertised as being gender-balanced.
That said, even if the event were exactly 50-50 balanced, there's no guarantee that any freestyle or class would have even numbers either. The men might be, I dunno, watching football, or asleep, or something.
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Yes, I think that both men and women have adjusted to "the way it is", to a degree at least.
But there's definitely a tipping point, beyond which the hassle is simply not worth it.
I think it works best when there's an even
Yep. But I don't think it's remotely feasible to micro-manage the numbers for each class, without introducing a admin-heavy booking system. Maybe a booking system for a selection of classes is the way to go? They could advertise those classes as being "gender-balanced", but of course there's no guarantee that the actual people booking a free class would actually turn up. It works for masterclasses, but these are low numbers and people actually pay for them.
Given the numbers involved, I don't think that's realistic.
as opposed to "she's a woman and obliged to accept"? I really don't like that feeling. My idea has unidentifiable Taxi dancers that are only obliged to respond to messages that say things like "Taxis to blues room" It would also be a part of my idea to encode such messages .eg DJ plays "Its raining men" and the Taxi men know to go and dance somewhere else. That sort of thing. No men in uniforms with loudhailers barking orders.
One of the first lessons Ceroc beginners learn is to dance with people that "have to", only, of course, they are there because they want to be.
They started 'admitting it' after this event (and haven't stopped since).
http://www.southernjive.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=509.
But while Breeze 2009 clearly had a significant imbalance, this wasn't true of the Southport / Camber events.
So I don't think Ceroc's brochure means much.
I don't know why it was extended to the other events.
Perhaps it is just the habit they have of copying and pasting.
There are a few reasons to be sceptical of the original explanation for the imbalance at the Breeze event.
Perhaps the opportunity was taken to emphasise one factor which reflected better on Ceroc.
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