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, through the end of May, 2019, and then back in the USA during the summer.
For Russian-language information and questions about my classes in Russia, please see my VK community.
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Tuesdays, February 5th, 12th, 19th ~ Moscow, Russia
Cross-Step Waltz for Beginners: Skater's Variations (VK post - in Russian)
7:00-8:15pm; practice time 8:15-8:45pm
Concentration on "skater's" variations done with matched feet and making smooth foot changes, plus a cross-step line dance! Pay by the week or for a full month including the waltz party on the 26th.
Tuesdays, February 5th, 12th, 19th ~ Moscow, Russia
Intermediate Cross-Step Waltz: Skater's Variatons (VK post - in Russian)
8:45-10:00pm; practice time 8:15-8:45pm
More complex figures and techniques for shifting between shadow, skater's, hammerlock, and cradle positions. Pay by the week or for a full month including the waltz party on the 26th.
Thursday, February 14th ~ Moscow, Russia
Late 19th Century Polka Mazurka Variations (VK post - in Russian)
7:00-9:00pm
Improvisation in polka mazurka using steps and sequences from American variations of the 1880s. Emphasis on musicality. Steps work with polka-mazurka, redowa, and mazurka music.
Saturday-Sunday, February 23rd-24th - Saratov, Russia
Master Classes in XIX and XX Century Dance (VK community - in Russian)
Weekend of classes in the dances of the late nineteenth to early twentieth century; emphasis on couple dance improvisation. Topic include: late nineteenth century waltz, polka, and polka-mazurka variations; 1840s polka figures and the Orientale; 1910s tango and foxtrot; and American-style called quadrilles (both dancing and calling).
Tuesday, February 26th ~ Moscow, Russia
Mardi Gras Waltz Party
7:00-10:00pm. Waltz, waltz, and more waltz! Light refreshments. Purple/green/gold clothing and masks encouraged (but not required)!
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Thursday-Sunday, May 9-12th ~ Odessa, Ukraine
Vintage Dance Exchange 2019 (Facebook event)
A weekend of classes, balls, and parties with multiple teachers and both historical and folk dance! Details TBA.
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!
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