International Folk Dancing for Everyone
Valarie Rosen
Sun Jan 10, 08-11:00pm, Sala de Puerto Rico
Sun Jan 17, 24, 08-11:00pm, Lobdell Dining Hall
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 -- most in circles or lines, 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.
Our repertoire includes dances from Eastern Europe and around the world, in rhythms you've never heard of (plus some you have).
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
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Intro to Contra Dancing, with Live Folk Music
Arthur L. Anger, Ann B. Cowan
Tue Jan 12, Tue Jan 26, 08-10:30pm, Student Center 491
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: none
Banjos + group theory + twirling your partner = FUN!
Contra dancing is a modernized American folk dance, using easy walking steps, set to exciting, LIVE New England and Quebecois folk music.
Dance with a partner and other couples, then change partners. A caller teaches the sequence of moves and prompts you during the dance, making it accessible to all. No experience necessary!
Jan 12: Celtic/New England folk music by Nor'easter
Jan 26: Quebecois folk music by La Banane Enchantée
Come alone or bring friends!
Website lists Tuesdays later in semester.
Web: http://mit.edu/fdc/contra.html
Contact: fdc-request@mit.ed
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Israeli Folk Dancing
Valarie Rosen
Wed Jan 6, 13, 20, 27, 08-11:00pm, Student Center 491
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
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