Updated August 6, 2008
MIT students can earn PE credit for contra and folk dancing! Check back for PE schedules for future semesters. Everyone is welcome at all dances, whether taking the class or not. |
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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 Folk Dancing
meets every week from 8:00 to 11:00 pm, almost always on the 2nd or 4th floor of the Student Center:
Sunday Dates (8-11 pm) | Building/Floor | Room | Notes |
September 7, 2008 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Beginner's Night, 8 - 9 pm. Live music with the Cambridge Folk Orchestra! |
September 14, 2008 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Lobdell Dining Hall | Beginner's Night 8 - 9:30 pm. |
September 21, 2008 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | |
September 28, 2008 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Lobdell Dining Hall | Live music with Rakiya! |
October 5 & 12, 2008 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | |
October 19, 2008 | Kresge Auditorium basement | Kresge Rehearsal Room A | |
October 26, 2008 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | Live music with the Cambridge Folk Orchestra! |
November 2, 2008 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Lobdell Dining Hall | |
November 9, 2008 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | Live music with Pajdashi! |
November 16, 2008 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Lobdell Dining Hall | Live music with Divi Zheni! |
November 23, 2008 | Kresge Auditorium basement | Kresge Rehearsal Room B | |
November 30 - December 7, 2008 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | |
December 14, 2008 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Live music with Rakiya! |
December 21, 2008 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | DANCE CANCELED due to the weather. |
December 28, 2008 | NO DANCING. | Student Center is closed. See you next year! | |
January 4 & 11, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Live music January 4th with Rakiya! |
January 18 & 25, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | Live music January 25th with the Cambridge Folk Orchestra! |
Monday January 26, 2009 | Kresge Auditorium | mainstage | Macedonian dancing with live music by Goran and Adrijana Alachki. [more info] |
February 1, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | |
February 8, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | |
February 15, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Lobdell Dining Hall | Live music by Rakiya! |
February 22 & March 1, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Live music March 1 by Yaron and Friends: Yaron Shragai, Sandy Theodorou, Ben Pasamanick, Sonia Lipson, Ariel Weinberg, Stacey Cordeiro, Antonio Dominguez, and Dan Salomon |
March 8 & 15, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | |
March 22 - April 5, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Live music March 22 by the Cambridge Folk Orchestra, and April 5 by Rakiya! |
April 12, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | MIT FDC 50th Birthday Party! Live music by Barbara Pixton and Robert Penny, and Brian Wilson; and the All-Girl Band. Free! |
April 19, 2009 | Kresge Auditorium basement | Rehearsal Room A | |
April 26, 2009 | NO DANCING | See you at NEFFA! | |
May 3, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | |
May 10 - 31, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Klezmer dancing with KlezMITron May 17th! |
May 31, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 491 | [changed!] |
June 7, 2009 | NO DANCING due to Commencement | ||
Saturday June 13, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Greek Night, with live music by Ensemble Aperiskeptos! |
June 14, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Lobdell Dining Hall | Live music with the Cambridge Folk Orchestra! |
June 21, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Bulgarian dance workshop 4-6 pm with Ivan Dimitrov, and evening party with Ivan and Ivan Dimitrov and Rakiya! [more info] |
June 28, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Lobdell Dining Hall | |
July 5 - August 16, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Live music July 19 with Rakiya! International Oldies Night August 2! Another 50th anniversary event. Live music by members of Evo Nas! |
August 23 & 30, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Lobdell Dining Hall | Live music August 30 with Rakiya! |
September 6, 2009 | NO DANCING |
Wednesday Dates (8-11 pm) | Building/Floor | Room | Notes |
September 3, 2008 | NO DANCING | ||
September 10, 2008 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | |
September 17, 2008 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | "MIT" @ MIT -- dances by choreographers who have "M", "I", or "T" as an initial: Israel Yakovee, Moshe Eskayo, Tuvia Tischler, Moshiko, Meir Shem Tov, Shlomo Maman, Kobi Michaeli, and many others. |
September 24, 2008 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 491 | |
October 1, 2008 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | |
October 8, 2008 | No dancing. | Yom Kippur | |
October 15 - November 12, 2008 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 491 | |
November 19, 2008 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | |
November 26, 2008 | Building 13 1st Floor | Lobby 13 | |
December 3 & 10, 2008 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | |
December 17, 2008 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 491 | |
December 24, 2008 | Walker Memorial 3rd Floor | Walker Gym | All-Night Christmas Eve marathon -- 6 PM to 4 AM |
December 31, 2008 | No dancing. Happy New Year! | ||
January 7 - 21, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | |
January 28, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 491 | Dance cancelled due to the weather |
February 4 & 11, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | Beginner's classes 7:30 - 9 |
February 18 - March 4, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Ahava Night Feb 18; 90s Night Feb 25; Oldies Night Mar 4 |
March 11, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 491 | |
March 18, 2009 | Walker Memorial 1st Floor | Morss Dining Hall | [room change] |
March 25 & April 1, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | 80s Night April 1 |
April 8 & 15, 2009 | No dancing. Happy Passover! | ||
April 22, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 491 | |
April 29, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 407 | |
May 6 & 13, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 491 | |
May 20 & 27, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Yaron Night May 20. [updated!] |
June 3, 2009 | No dancing at MIT. | Dancing at JCDS, 57 Stanley Ave, Watertown. [driving, transit, and carpool info] | |
June 10, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 491 | |
June 17 & 24, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | |
July 1, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 491 | |
July 8, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | |
July 15, 2009 | Student Center 4th Floor | Room 491 | |
July 22, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | |
July 29, 2009 | NO DANCING (Tisha B'Av) | ||
August 5, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Sala de Puerto Rico | Israeli Oldies Night! |
August 12 - 26, 2009 | Student Center 2nd Floor | Lobdell Dining Hall | |
September 2, 2009 | No dancing at MIT. | Dancing at JCDS, 57 Stanley Ave, Watertown, 8:30 - 11 pm. [directions and carpool info] |
On two or three Tuesdays per month, the Contra Dance for
All meets in various locations from 8:00 to 10:30 pm (check the schedule for dates and locations). Live
music every time! Beginners are always
welcome and are encouraged to come early.
Congratulations to our officers for 2008-09!
President | Ira Winder | jiw [at] mit [dot] edu, fdc-president [at] mit [dot] edu |
Treasurer | Shaunalynn Duffy | infinite [at] mit [dot] edu, fdc-treasurer [at] mit [dot] edu |
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're considered to be one of the best places for International Folk Dance in the entire country. Come and check us out!
The MITFDC gives classes and workshops as part of IAP each January.
See our
IAP offerings for January, 2008.
Saturday June 14, 2008 Workshop 3-5 PM, concert 8 PM, dancing 9-11 PM In Lobdell Dining Hall (Student Center 2nd Floor). MetróFolk is a hot new band playing traditional Transylvanian folk music. For this event, MetróFolk will be joined by virtuoso Romani musicians Alexandru Ciurcui (violin) and Iuli Gheti (bass & accordion) from the village of Soporul de Cimpie, playing Romanian village Gypsy, Hungarian, and Transylvanian music. |
Acclaimed master accordionist and composer Goran Alachki has been designated a "National Living Treasure" by the Macedonian Ministry of Culture. His wife, Adrijana, an award-winning vocalist and recording artist, is one of the most renowned singers in Macedonia.
Please join us for this great evening of folk music and participatory dancing as we welcome Goran and Adrijana on their third visit to Boston from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia! See photos and video clips of the event. Goran and Adrijana were joined by Bajsa Arifovska (keyboard, clarinet, drum). |
Vinovana is our performing group. It is currently on hiatus.
If you are interested in performing in an international folk dancing, singing, or instrumental group, please contact the club officers at fdc-request[at]mit[dot]edu .
These are the locations where we usually meet. Click on a location to see it on a campus map.
Organizational club meetings usually take place once a year in late May or
early June.
Contact the club officers at fdc-request[at]mit[dot]edu to
find out about upcoming meetings.
Comments on this home page and other subjects are welcome.
Send mail to
fdc-request[at]mit[dot]edu .