This is a list of upcoming events at which I will be teaching, calling, or DJing. Links and details are updated as they get closer, and I regularly add new events and classes. The current month's gigs can always be found at the top of the blog.
Events and classes marked private are just that. They are included to head off inquiries about availability on those dates. Please contact me directly if you are interested in private lessons or classes in waltz or historical social dance.
I will be based in the Moscow, Russia, from mid-September 2019 through May 2020 with occasional trips elsewhere, including to the USA in November. I will be back in the USA during the summer of 2020.
For Russian-language information and questions about my classes in Russia, please see my VK community.
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Saturday, October 12th ~ Moscow
17:15-19:15. Private lesson
Friday, October 18th ~ Moscow
Masterclass: 19th Century American Social Dances
for the American Center in Moscow (VK post) (Facebook post)
6:30-8:00pm. Free, beginner-friendly class on mid- to late nineteenth century contra dances and quadrilles. No experience necessary, no partner needed. Note that (1) we will be dancing on lightweight carpet, so the slipperiest possible shoes are encouraged (but dance-floor-restricted shoes are not necessary), and (2) embassy security procedures are in effect, so pre-registration is required; see the form here (in Russian). If all goes well, this will be the first class in a regular series in November and December.
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Saturday & Sunday, November 9th & 10th ~ Kyiv, Ukraine
Gala Vampiria Ball & Master Classes (Facebook events, in Ukrainian: ball and classes)
Attending the ball on Saturday and teaching classes on Sunday. Details TBA, but the classes will definitely include advanced nineteenth-century improvisation and cross-step waltz. (Yes, that's an odd mixture...)
Friday & Saturday, November 22nd & 23rd ~ Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The 17th Annual Remembrance Day Dinner & Ball (Facebook community)
5:30pm-midnight each day. TWO nights! TWO formal dinners! TWO balls! Both evenings are formal Civil War-era events with pre-1865 costume (civilian or military) required. Advance reservations (dinner and ball or ball-only) are needed, and this event generally sells out well in advance! Friday night's ball is Fancy Dress/Masquerade with a Scottish/Tartan theme, complete with a piper to lead the Grand March. Saturday will feature a Patriotic theme. I will be calling both evenings this year, with live music both nights by the Fleeting Moments Waltz & Quickstep Orchestra and different beginner-friendly dance programs!
Monday, November 25th ~ Oak Park, Illinois (Chicago area)
From Jane Austen to Queen Victoria and Beyond!
for Chicagoland English Country Dance
7:00-10:00pm. An evening of country dances and quadrille figures tracing the evolution of group dances from the late eighteenth century to the early nineteenth century. Beginner-friendly; no experience or partner needed. This is a modern English country dance group, so only basic steps will be used; the emphasis will be on interesting figures.
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2020
Friday-Monday, March 7-9th
(tentatively reserved)
Friday-Sunday, May 1st-3rd
(tentatively reserved)
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