IAP 2014 Activities by Sponsor - Folk Dance Club

Kristi Beck, Valarie Rosen

Jan/12	Sun	08:00PM-09:30PM	Student Center 491
Jan/19	Sun	08:00PM-09:30PM	Student Center 491
Jan/26	Sun	08:00PM-09:30PM	Student Center 491
Feb/02	Sun	08:00PM-09:30PM	Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Learn to dance in time signatures you've never heard of! 

By the end of the first hour, you'll be dancing in rhythms such as 7/8, 5/4, 15/8, and more!  Our repertoire includes circle dances, and a few couple dances, from Eastern Europe (Bulgaria, Greece, Romania, Serbia, Hungary) and around the world (Quebec, Sweden, China, South Africa, Scotland, and the U.S.)

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!

Sponsor(s): Folk Dance Club
Contact: MIT Folk Dance Club, fdc@mit.edu

Kristi Beck, Ann B. Cowan

Jan/07	Tue	08:00PM-10:30PM	Lobdell (W20 2nd fl), Live Irish music by J Cannon, C O'Shea, E Marshall
	Jan/21	Tue	08:00PM-10:30PM	(CANCELED)

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: none

Banjos + group theory + twirling your partner = FUN!

Contra dancing is a high-energy American folk dance, using easy walking steps, set to exciting, LIVE folk music from New England, Ireland, and Quebec. 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!

Free snacks will be provided. Come alone or bring friends! Website lists Tuesdays later in semester.

Sponsor(s): Folk Dance Club
Contact: MIT Folk Dance Club, fdc@mit.edu

David Goldfinger, Valarie Rosen

Jan/22	Wed	07:30PM-09:00PM	Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)
Jan/29	Wed	07:30PM-09:00PM	Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

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!

Sponsor(s): Folk Dance Club, Hillel
Contact: MIT Folk Dance Club, fdc@mit.edu

Kristi Beck, Ariel Weinberg

Jan/27

Mon

08:00PM-09:30PM

66-144

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

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!

Sponsor(s): Folk Dance Club
Contact: Kristi Beck, kbeck@mit.edu