This episode is all about gender roles in swing dance and society. Does the Lindy Hop accentuate the divide between men and women or mitigate it? And what effect has the feminist project had on swing culture? Also, what does it feel like for a woman to be a leader and a man a follower?

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Contributors to this episode:

Rebecka DecaVita, one half of the Swedish instructor/performer duo The DecaVitas

www.thedecavitas.com

Sam Carroll, swing dance instructor, organizer, DJ and feminist thinker based in Sydney, Australia

www.dogpossum.org

Jo Jae-kyeong, Lindy Hop dancer and translator living in Seoul, South Korea

Gregor Hofbauer, Vienna-based Lindy Hop dancer and photographer

www.photography.gregorhofbauer.com

Patrick Catuz, Austrian researcher on gender issues and art-house porn filmmaker

www.catuz.at

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Produced and presented by Alexei Korolyov

www.alexei-korolyov.com

From the Top theme song by Alexander Forstner, Nina Jukić and Alexei Korolyov