IAP 2016 Activities by Sponsor - Folk Dance Club

Kristi Beck

Jan/10

Sun

08:00PM-11:00PM

Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Learn to dance in time signatures you've never heard of! Then practice your dancing to live electric Balkan music by the band Rakiya!

Beginner teaching at 8 pm, live music at 9.

Rakiya performs a rich mix of modern and traditional Balkan music, including music of the Roma (Gypsies), with jazz and rock influences, electric and ethnic instruments, passionate singing, exotic harmonies, and driving, offbeat, irresistibly danceable rhythm.

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 throughout IAP and 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, Valarie Rosen

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

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Folk dance beginner's class

Jan/17	Sun	08:00PM-09:00PM	Student Ctr 407
Jan/24	Sun	08:00PM-09:00PM	Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)
Jan/31	Sun	08:00PM-09:00PM	Lobdell (W20 2nd fl), Live music at 9 pm by the Cambridge Folk Orchestra

Beginner teaching from 8 to 9 pm. Open dancing will follow until 11 pm.

Ann B. Cowan, Kristi Beck

Jan/12	Tue	08:00PM-10:30PM	Student Ctr 407
Jan/26	Tue	08:00PM-10:30PM	Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)

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/06	Wed	07:30PM-08:30PM	Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)
Jan/13	Wed	07:30PM-08:30PM	Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)
Jan/20	Wed	07:30PM-08:30PM	Lobdell (W20 2nd fl)
Jan/27	Wed	07:30PM-08:30PM	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 8:30 pm, followed by mixed-level dancing until 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