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.
I am currently based in the USA (Connecticut), presumably for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic, and am teaching exclusively online. Time zones for online events are given for wherever the event is based - please check carefully and adjust to match your own time zone.
Please email me directly if you are interested in private videoconference lessons or lectures for yourself or a group. For more about Russia-based events classes, please see my VK community or contact me on VK.
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Friday, July 23rd - Sunday, August 1st ~ ONLINE / California-based
Workshops: Hand Jive (two)
for Stockton Folk Dance Camp
I will be teaching two session of 1950s hand jive as part of this huge online folk dance event with teachers and musicians from all over the world. My workshops will be Thursday the 29th at 3:00pm (Pacific time) and Friday the 30th at 4:00pm (Pacific time). The first will be typical hand jive moves and clapping rhythms. The second will be something new (for "1958" values of new) and unusual as hand jive goes. The event (the whole camp, not just my workshops) is free to all, though donations are encouraged. Register to attend here.
Sunday, August [date TBA] ~ ONLINE / Connecticut-based
Dance Historian Meetup
11:00am-2:00pm. Private event.
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Friday & Saturday, November 19th & 20th ~ Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The 18th Annual Remembrance Day Dinner & Ball (Facebook community)
Tentative due to coronavirus (rescheduled from 2020)
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! Themes to be announced. I will be calling with live music both evenings (band TBA) and different beginner-friendly dance programs!
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2022
April 9th-10th ~ Néthen, Belgium
Voyage Dansé (Facebook event)
Tentative due to coronavirus (rescheduled from 2021)
A festival focusing on American dances of the second half of the nineteenth century with dance classes, a banquet, and a grand ball! I will be teaching classes and conducting the ball. Language will probably be a mix of English and French.
Friday-Sunday, May 6th-8th ~ St Katharine’s, Parmoor, Frieth, England
Early Dance Circle Biennial Conference 2022: Retrieving & Reconstructing the Past through Dance (PDF info/registration form)
Tentative due to coronavirus (rescheduled from 2020 & 2021)
This conference will feature an international set of speakers on historical dance topics spanning the 15th century to the 20th, plus five workshops, three performances, and an evening of participatory dance. I will be presenting a paper on the history of the nineteenth-century Varsovienne and teaching a workshop on performance of the Varsovienne from the mid- to late nineteenth century. A full list of contributors and paper/workshop topics is included on the form linked above. NOTE: if any English groups are interested in workshops, I will probably stay in the UK for a few days before and/or after this conference.
June dates TBA ~ Kyiv, Ukraine
Vintage Dance Exchange-2022 (Facebook event)
Tentative due to coronavirus (rescheduled from 2020 & 2021)
Three-day dance festival with balls and classes. Dates are tentative, my attendance is tentative, everything is tentative. Join the Facebook event for updates!
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