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About The Club
The MIT Folk Dance Club sponsors three nights of dancing each week throughout
the year, all of which are open to the MIT community and the general public.
Sunday night International Dancing and Wednesday night Israeli
Dancing usually meet either in Sala de Puerto
Rico or in the Lobby of Building 13 (Check
the schedule), from 7:30 to 11:00PM. Both nights start with Early
Teaching at 7:30PM, followed by teaching and requests from 7:30-11PM.
Beginners are always welcome.
On the Second and Fourth Tuesday of each month, the
Contra Dance for All at MIT meets in
W20-407
from 7:30 to 10:30pm. Live music every time! Beginners are always
welcome and encouraged to come early. This series is a joint production
with the
Country Dance Society, Boston Centre.
The Club also sponsors ,
our very own performing group, which is always interested in getting new
members and performing opportunities.
All Club Meetings are open to the general public,
we're especially interested in hearing from MIT students!
We also have an information line at (617) 253-FOLK (253-3655). We're
considered to be one of the best places for International Dance in the
entire country: Come and check us out!
IAP '99 Special Events
The MITFDC gives gives classes and workshops as part of IAP each January.
Here are our offerings for IAP '99:
-
Folk Dance (Physical Education credit course) #05009
- Earn Phys-Ed credits by dancing! Marilyn
Richards will teach you the skills to get you going in the Folk Dancing
scene. Experience and appreciate the diverse cultures of faraway lands
-
International Folk Dancing for Everyone (non-credit)
-
Contra Dance for All, IAP edition (non-credit)
-
Israeli Folk Dancing for IAP (non-credit)
-
Morris Dancing, Sherborne Style (non-credit)
Club Mailing Lists
We maintain electronic mailing lists used to announce dances and
other events of interest. These lists are for announcements only and
have very low volume, so please sign up for the dance venues in which
you are interested:
- Fdc-International (Sunday nights)
- Fdc-Contras (Conta Dancing, Second & Fourth Tuesdays)
- Fdc-Israeli (Wednesdays)
To be added to or
removed from a list, please send your request (including your email address)
to <fdc-request(at)mit(dot)edu>.
You can also add yourself to the lists using the blanche program
on Athena.
You can also check the MITFDC Info Line (617-253-FOLK) for announcements.
Please contact the Folk Dance Club officers at the email address
<fdc-request(at)mit(dot)edu>.
Special Events
-
Annual Israeli Dance MarathonThe Christmas Eve Israeli Dance
Marathon takes place every year on or about Christmas Eve. We start at
6pm and dance until 6am in Walker Gym on the MIT
Campus. People come from all over the continent (and even from Amsterdam!) to
dance at MIT! We'll start with simpler dances and move progressively
to harder dances as the night goes on, so be sure to come earlier rather
than later...even beginners will have fun if you show up at six!
-
Beginners' Nights Beginners' nights are for people who haven't done
much dancing before and want to learn some and for more experienced dancers
who want to practice the basics. In other words, they are for everyone.
You need no prior experience and you don't need a partner. All Beginners'
Nights are in the Sala de Puerto Rico in the Student Center at 7PM. These
nights are usually scheduled in June and September.
This year, Israeli Folkdancing is having it's beginner's nights on
September 9th, 16th, and 23rd from 7-8:30 pm
-
The Boston Israeli Folk Dance Festival takes place each year in
March, in Kresge Auditorium on the MIT campus, next to the student center.
The show includes dance ensembles from all over the United States and Canada.
Tickets are $12, $10 if ordered before March 1. Call MIT Hillel at (617)
253-2982 for more information and to order tickets.
Vinovana
To be constructed...
Where We Meet
These are the locations where we usually meet (see map above):
- 1. The Student Center (Building W20). It is located at 84 Mass.
Ave., directly across the main entrance to MIT. Sala de Puerto Rico is
located on the second floor. Rooms W20-407, W20-491, and our club office
W20-437 are all located on the fourth floor.
- 2. Lobby 13. Can be accessed from either Vassar St. or The Infinite
Corridor. (just turn north at Lobby 10.)
- 3. Room 16-310. This room is very close to the soda machines
near the big auditorium 26-100 (where LSC movies are shown.) Just take
the stairs or the elevator to the 3rd floor.
- 4. Morss Hall and Walker Gym Morss Hall is the big hall on
the first floor of the Walker Memorial (Bldg. 50), normally used as a
dining hall. The gym is on the top floor
- Lobdell Dining Hall
Club Meeting
Club meeting usually take place in our club office (W20-437), located
at the fourth floor of the Stratton Student Center.
Links to other folk dance resources
- International and Other kinds:
-
The Folk Arts Center of New England
home page,
including their calendar
Folk Dancing 'Round Boston.
-
New England Folk Festival Association
(NEFFA)
-
Country Dance Society, Boston Centre
(American and Contra dancing.)
-
A comprehensive page of
links to other Contra Dances around the world.
-
Larry Denenberg's Beginner's Catechism page
- Israeli Folk Dancing:
-
Kesher Lamachol , the
premier site for israeli folkdancing
-
Ken Avner's Israeli Folkdance page
-
Israeli Dancing at Harvard Sunday nights
-
israelidance.com, which
includes a test to see if you are a true folk dance addict and a
session-finder, in case you're thinking of moving and want to see if
there's dancing there first.
-
edancing.com, another good site for
Israeli folkdancing, from Philadelphia.
Last Modified: March 24, 1999 by
Larry Stone, lcs[at]mit[dot]edu .
Comments on this home page and other subjects are welcome,
send mail to
<fdc-request(at)mit(dot)edu> .
Webpage maintained by Scott Ehrlich (scott[at]mit[dot]edu) and
Larry Stone.