Contra Dance for All: An Introduction
Arthur L. Anger - Retired Staff, Ann B. Cowan
Tue Jan 9, Tue Jan 23, 08-10:30pm, Student Center 491
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Join us for a Swing--and other figures--with partners in sets.
This is modernized American roots dance using easy walking steps to exciting, jazzy, LIVE New England folk music.
Dance with one partner (for each set) and other couples, then change. A caller teaches each dance, and prompts you during the dance, making it accessible to ALL.
Come alone or bring friends!
Website lists later Tuesdays in semester!
Web: http://mit.edu/fdc/contra.html
Contact: fdc-request@mit.ed
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International Folk Dancing for Everyone
Valarie Rosen
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Come dance to the World Music you listen to. Learn the dances--some in lines, some in circles, and a few couple turning dances--that inspired that great music! No partner needed and absolutely no experience necessary. Come by yourself or bring friends. Beginners are encouraged to arrive on time for introductory teaching in each session. These dances continue as a regular series on Sunday nights, so you can keep coming once you get hooked!
Web: http://mit.edu/fdc/international.html
Contact: (617) 253-FOLK, fdc-request@mit.ed
Valarie Rosen
Sun Jan 14, 08-11:00pm, Lobdell (W20 2nd Fl)
Valarie Rosen
Sun Jan 21, 08-11:00pm, Lobdell (W20 2nd Fl)
Valarie Rosen
Sun Jan 28, 08-11:00pm, Lobdell (W20 2nd Fl)
Bulgarian dance workshop with Iliana Bozhanova
Valarie Rosen
Tonight's session will feature a Bulgarian dance workshop with Iliana Bozhanova.
Iliana is known around the world for her teaching, choreography, and dancing. She is the choreographer of Ensemble Voivodintsi, a multigenerational dance and music group based in in the village of Voivodinovo, outside Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
Sun Feb 4, 08-11:00pm, Kresge Rehearsl Rm B
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Israeli Folk Dancing
Valarie Rosen
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Dance to music ranging from last week's Israeli pop hit to folk songs from the days of the pioneers. Come learn the newest, hottest dances in Israeli folk dancing. Lots of teaching! Lots of fun! Beginners are most welcome! No partner needed and absolutely no experience necessary. Come by yourself or bring friends. Beginner teaching until 9 pm, mixed-level dancing 9-11 pm. These dances continue as a regular series on Wednesday nights, so you can keep coming once you get hooked!
Web: http://mit.edu/fdc/
Contact: (617) 253-FOLK, fdc-request@mit.ed
Cosponsor: Hillel
Valarie Rosen
Wed Jan 10, 08-11:00pm, Student Center 407
Valarie Rosen
Wed Jan 17, 08-11:00pm, Student Center 407
Valarie Rosen
Wed Jan 24, 08-11:00pm, Student Center 407
Israeli Dance Beginner's Night
Valarie Rosen
Tonight's dance features a Beginner's Night from 8 to 9 pm, followed by a regular session until 11 pm.
Come learn the basic Israeli dance steps! By the end of the session, you'll be doing some easy circle dances.
No experience necessary!
Wed Jan 31, 08-11:00pm, Lobby 13
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Macedonian Dance and Song Workshops
Valarie Rosen
Sat Jan 20, 04-11:30pm, W20 2nd & 3rd floors
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Prereq: none
Learn circle dances and songs with the complex rhythms of FYR Macedonia!
No experience necessary!
4:00-5:30 Singing workshop with Adrijana Alacka
5:45-7:30 Dance workshop with Ljupco Manevski
8:30-11:30 Dance party. Music by Goran Alachki and the Gogofski Trio
Ljupco Manevski is the dance director of Tanec, the National Folkloric Ensemble of Macedonia.
Accordionist Goran Alachki is among the finest musicians in FYR Macedonia, and a teacher at the musical school in Skopje. He will be joined by his wife, Adrijana Alacka, a highly acclaimed folk singer.
The Gogofski Trio is a Boston-based group comprised of Dave Golber (clarinet), Henry Goldberg (drums), Colin Ferguson (accordion), and Heather Lee (vocals). They perform gutsy Macedonian music, sometimes straying across borders into other countries.
Web: http://mit.edu/fdc
Contact: MIT Folk Dance Club, (617) 484-3267, fdc-request@mit.ed
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