MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2017 Activities by Sponsor - Folk Dance Club

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Folk dancing in time signatures you've never heard of, with live music!

Prashant Vasudevan

Jan/29 Sun 08:00PM-11:00PM Lobdell, W20 2nd fl

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

At the 8 pm teaching session, learn to dance in time signatures you've never heard of! Then practice your dancing to live music by the Cambridge Folk Orchestra at 9 pm!

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


Folk Dancing, in time signatures you've never heard of!

Prashant Vasudevan, 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


Folk dance beginner's class

Jan/15 Sun 08:00PM-09:00PM Sala de Puerto Rico
Jan/22 Sun 08:00PM-09:00PM Lobdell, W20 2nd fl
Feb/05 Sun 08:00PM-09:00PM W20-491 (4th floor)

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


Intro to Contra Dancing, with Live Folk Music

Prashant Vasudevan, Ann B. Cowan

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


Dancing with live Quebecois folk music!

Jan/10 Tue 08:00PM-10:30PM Lobdell, W20 2nd fl

Tonight's dance features live Quebecois folk music by science journalist and Montreal native Eric Boodman and Friends!


Dancing to live English/Scottish music!

Jan/24 Tue 08:00PM-10:30PM W20-491 (4th floor)

Tonight's dance features live folk music by Alex Cumming (accordion, from Somerset, England) & Friends!


Israeli Folk Dancing

Prashant Vasudevan, Valarie Rosen

Jan/11 Wed 08:00PM-09:00PM Sala de Puerto Rico
Jan/18 Wed 08:00PM-09:00PM Sala de Puerto Rico
Jan/25 Wed 08:00PM-09:00PM Lobdell, W20 2nd fl
Feb/01 Wed 08:00PM-09:00PM W20-491 (4th floor)

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