IAP 2018 Activities by Sponsor : Folk Dance Club

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/14	Sun	08:00PM-09:00PM	W20 Sala or Lobdell
Jan/21	Sun	08:00PM-09:00PM	W20 Sala or Lobdell
Jan/28	Sun	08:00PM-09:00PM	W20 Sala or Lobdell
Feb/04	Sun	08:00PM-09:00PM	W20 Sala or Lobdell

Beginner teaching from 8 to 9 pm. Open dancing will follow until 10:30 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

Live folk music: Alex Cumming & Friends

	Jan/09	Tue	08:00PM-10:30PM	W20 SalaDePuertoRico

Live folk music: Ishmael the Fiddler &c

	Jan/23	Tue	08:00PM-10:30PM	Student Ctr 491

Israeli Folk Dancing

Prashant Vasudevan, Valarie Rosen

Jan/10	Wed	07:30PM-08:30PM	W20 SalaDePuertoRico
Jan/17	Wed	07:30PM-08:30PM	W20 Lobdell
Jan/24	Wed	07:30PM-08:30PM	W20 Lobdell
Jan/31	Wed	07:30PM-08:30PM	W20-491

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!