I am now half-vaccinated and anticipate being fully so around the end of the month! Lessons and events continue to be online-only for me for now, with a return to limited in-person teaching possible as early as June. This month's highlight for me: after many years, a return to NEFFA (online version) to teach, of all things, 1950s hand jive! Details below!
Please note: the events listed below are hosted in different cities/countries in different time zones. Please adjust for your own time zone before planning online attendance!
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Four Saturdays, April 3rd-24th ~ ONLINE / California-based
Low-Impact Historical Footwork 102c (Facebook event)
for the Historical Tea and Dance Society (group Facebook page)
3:00pm-4:30pm. Four-part Zoom series covering basic steps for Regency and Colonial era dance. One-hour lesson including warm-up/cool-down plus after-class discussion. Prerequisite: 101 class or permission. This is the third in the HT&DS rotation of 102-level footwork classes, a revised version of last year's 102c. The class assumes that you have an understanding of the basic steps for Regency and Colonial footwork, including the chassé-jeté-assemblé sequence, the kemshoole and kemkossy for Scotch reels, and the rigadaun step, and moves on from there to more complicated steps and sequences for quadrilles and reels. This is a friendly, gently-paced class for footwork beyond the absolute basics. $20 for the series; see event page for registration link.
Sunday, April 11th ~ ONLINE / Connecticut-based
Dance Historian Meetup
11:00am-2:00pm. Private event.
Tuesday, April 13th ~ ONLINE / Boston & Philadelphia-based
Social Time & Blues DJing (Facebook event)
for Bluesy Tuesy (Facebook group) & Powerhouse Blues (Facebook group)
8:00-8:15pm Social Time; 8:15-9:00 Dance lesson with Kerian Pearson. 9:00-10:00pm DJed dance music. I'll be hanging out during the first half of the evening and spinning the tunes for at-home dancing for the second half! Zoom link at Facebook event. Suggested donation $5.00.
Sunday, April 25th ~ ONLINE / Massachusetts-based
Hand Jive!
at the Online New England Folk Festival (NEFFA) (Facebook event)
11:00am-12:00pm. 1950s hand jive was much more than shown in "Grease," with many different movements, patterns, and musical rhythms. Learn different arm and hand motions for grooving to the music even when there's no space to dance. No partner needed, family-friendly, and accessible to those with lower-body disabilities. Attendance only through the full Online NEFFA, which runs from 4:00pm on April 23rd to 7:00pm on April 25th and includes many online music, dance, and discussion lessons plus social spaces. Pay what you can (suggested donation $40) for the festival as a whole; register here.
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I am available for private online lessons and talks via Skype or Zoom (or your videoconferencing software of choice) during the pandemic; please email me directly if you would like to schedule a private lesson or talk.
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