blues – Laney Barhaugh

2014 in Review

I just looked at my dance event log for this past year, and hot. damn. I went to a lot of stuff, folks! More than twice as many events as 2013, and that’s not even counting the ones I organized. Dang. It’s simultaneously gratifying and exhausting to look at that list. The more I think aboutContinue reading “2014 in Review”

Gender in Lindy Hop and Blues

**This is another Facebook note that I posted in March 2011** I recently attended the Heartland Swing Festival in Des Moines, Iowa. As part of this event, there was a team competition that raised some latent concerns of mine. Another part of this event was the Miss Heartland Swing competition. I want to make clearContinue reading “Gender in Lindy Hop and Blues”

Musings on Dance and Race

**This is actually a Facebook note that I posted in April 2013, and resulted in the group Blackness, Whiteness, and Blues, which I moderate.** Often when heading home from dance weekends I’ve had the sensation of returning to “the real world”. Lately, though, that sensation has weakened. Over the course of a couple of conversationsContinue reading “Musings on Dance and Race”