Switching between lead and follow: Disrupting the heteronormative gender binary in DanceSport

By advocating for role-switching and decoupling dance roles from gender, we highlight how such changes can enhance creativity, inclusivity, and freedom of expression in competitive Latin dance.

Desexualising Latin DanceSport

Latin DanceSport is hypersexualised due to competitive pressure and the expectation of performing a cisheteronormative romantic / sexual relationship. We advocate for shifting the focus from sexuality to intimacy to initiate a cultural change in DanceSport.

Embodying / Moving

In the DanceSport world, there is a common misconception that our dance represents who we are intrinsically, and that this extends to our gender performances. This misconception argues that who we are outside of dance shapes our dance, and that dance is gendered because we are gendered. From this standpoint, the dance itself is neutral and only becomes gendered through our interaction with it.