Members of Pegasus Square Dance Club dance during an organizing meeting in February. Weekly lessons at Resource Center begin March 9 at 2 p.m. and are open to the public. (David Taffet/Dallas Voice)
After a 12-year hiatus, LGBT square dancing is back.
Alan Josephson said several people from Dallas connected last summer at the International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs Convention.
“It took a few months to identify a caller and locate a place to meet,” he said.
He explained that in square dancing, there’s a boy’s part and a girl’s part, but in gay square dancing, everyone gets to choose which part they want to dance. He encouraged people who aren’t usually great dancers to participate because square dancing doesn’t require much foot work.
“It’s fun and social,” Josephson said, “with lots of gay flourishes.”
A 10-week series of dance lessons begins at Resource Center on March 9 at 2 p.m. The first two afternoons are open dances. The full series of lessons are $90, but no one will be turned away because of ability to pay.
Josephson said square dancing is great exercise and is good for partners or singles, and the trans community participates in big numbers.
“There are more trans people in square dancing than I’ve seen anywhere in community activities,” Josephson said.
So does Josephson usually dance the boy part or the girl part?
“I’m bidancial,” he said.
More information at Pegasus-Squares.com.
