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 -- 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
Valarie Rosen
Sun Jan 9, 08-11:00pm, Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)
Valarie Rosen
Sun Jan 16, 08-11:00pm, Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)
International Folk Dancing with live music
Valarie Rosen
Live music by Skorosmrtnica.
Beginner teaching at 8 pm, live music around 9.
Sun Jan 23, 08-11:00pm, Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)
Live electric Balkan gypsy music
Valarie Rosen
Folk dancing, with live music by Rakiya, an electric Balkan gypsy band.
Beginner teaching at 8 pm, live music around 9.
Sun Jan 30, 08-11:00pm, Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)
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Intro to Contra Dancing, with Live Folk Music
Arthur L. Anger, Ann B. Cowan
Tue Jan 11, Tue Jan 25, 08-11:00pm, Student Ctr 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, Celtic, 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!
Do you play an instrument? Bring it, and sit in with the band!
Free snacks will be provided.
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 5, 12, 08-11:00pm, W20 SalaDePuertoRico
Wed Jan 19, 26, 08-11:00pm, W20-491
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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World Folk Music Jam Session
Ariel Weinberg, Yaron Shragai
Thu Jan 20, 07:30-09:30pm, 20 Chimneys-W20 3 fl
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Single session event
Learn to play in time signatures you've never heard of!
An open jam session featuring traditional folk dance music from a variety of countries, led by Skorosmrtnica, a local folk dance band with its roots at MIT.
Tunes will be from the Balkans (Bulgarian, Serbian, Croatian, Greek, and others) and a variety of other genres (klezmer, Romanian, Armenian, Israeli, Breton (the Celtic part of France), Russian, German, Scottish, Swedish, Quebecois, English, and American old time).
Sheet music will be provided. Bring an instrument, or come to listen. No folk music experience necessary!
Web: http://mit.edu/fdc
Contact: Ariel Weinberg, N51-210, 253-3378, asweinbe@mit.edu
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