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. 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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Saturday-Sunday, September 5-6th ~ ONLINE / Saint Petersburg-based
Historical Dance Festival Online (Facebook) (VK - in Russian)
for Международный фестиваль"Анно Домини"
10:00-18:00 (Moscow time) Saturday / 9:00-19:00 (Moscow time) Sunday. An online festival of classes and lectures with teachers from Russia, France, England, and the USA! There will be a total of eighteen hours of classes, lectures, and seminars offered in English (eight hours) and Russian (ten hours) with translation both ways. Material will range from the 16th century through the 1920s. I will be offering both a class and a lecture, unrelated to each other. The class will be on an 1896 American recital solo, "Cachucha", which is based on the famous ballet solo "La Cachucha" performed by Fanny Elssler in 1836. The class will be in some mixture of English and Russian, with translation as needed, and will be held from 16:00-17:00 Moscow time/9:00-10:00am NYC time on Saturday. The lecture (in English with Russian translation) will be "Hunt the Squirrel, Chase the Lady!" and will cover two centuries' worth of evolution of this country dance, from early 18th century England to late 19th century America. This will be from 14:00-15:00 Moscow time/7:00-8:00am NYC time on Sunday. Please adjust times for your own time zone! Registration: fifteen Euros or 1000 rubles for the entire weekend. Tickets: in English and in Russian.
Saturday, September 5th ~ ONLINE / California-based
Low-Impact Historical Footwork 101 (Facebook event)
for the Historical Tea and Dance Society (group Facebook page)
1:00pm-2:30pm. Class #3 of a four-part series. Continuing students only.
Saturday, September 5th ~ ONLINE / California-based
Low-Impact Historical Footwork 102b (Facebook event)
for the Historical Tea and Dance Society (group Facebook page)
3:00pm-4:30pm. Class #3 of a four-part series. Continuing students only.
Saturday, September 12th ~ ONLINE / California-based
Low-Impact Historical Footwork 101 (Facebook event)
for the Historical Tea and Dance Society (group Facebook page)
1:00pm-2:30pm. Class #4 of a four-part series. Continuing students only.
Saturday, September 12th ~ ONLINE / California-based
Low-Impact Historical Footwork 102b (Facebook event)
for the Historical Tea and Dance Society (group Facebook page)
3:00pm-4:30pm. Class #4 of a four-part series. Continuing students only.
Saturday, September 13th ~ ONLINE / Connecticut-based
Dance Historian Meetup
11:00am-1:00pm. Private event.
Saturday, September 26th ~ ONLINE / California-based
Lecture: "Hunt the Squirrel, Chase the Lady!"
for the Historical Tea and Dance Society (group Facebook page)
10:00-11:30am (California time). Zoom lecture. The lady flees and the man pursues her…and then when she turns to him he runs away! Is it a dance or the story of courtship? From the elegant weaving figures of early XVIII century England to the merry chases of early XX century America, we will look at how a single contredanse disappears, reappears, and evolves over two centuries and then place it in context with other chasing dances and figures from both Europe and America. Price and registration information coming soon!
Wednesday, September 30th ~ ONLINE / Massachusetts-based
Lecture: "A Ragtime Revolution: Vernon and Irene Castle and James Reese Europe"
for LIRA (Learning in Retirement Association - University of Massachusetts, Lowell)
10:00am-12:00pm (Massachusetts time). Zoom lecture. For a few brief years in the 1910s, an English vaudeville actor, a New York socialite, and the son of a former slave were some of the most famous entertainers in America. Join us to explore their intertwined stories, ranging from Harlem to Broadway, from New York to Paris, from World War I’s flying aces to the trenches of France, before this magical historical moment ended in tragedy. Social dance historian Susan de Guardiola will trace the parallel careers of James Reese Europe and the Castles, their complicated interracial collaboration, and their influence on music, dance, and entertainment.
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Saturday-Sunday, November 7-8th ~ ONLINE / UK-based
Playford Now and Then
for The Historical Dance Society (Facebook)
12:00-18:30 (UK time) Saturday / 12:00-18:00 (UK time) Sunday. Please adjust times for your own time zone! Online dance festival/conference centered around historical and modern English country dance. I will be giving a presentation at 14:10 (UK time = 9:10am Eastern) Sunday on songs attached - or not - to the country dance tune "Jamaica". Other presenters include Anne Daye, Charlotte Ewart, Jeremy Barlow, Colin Hume, Aaron Macks, and more. Details TBA.
Friday & Saturday, November 19th & 20th ~ Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
The 18th Annual Remembrance Day Dinner & Ball (Facebook community)
CANCELLED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS
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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2021
April 10-11th ~ Néthen, Belgium
Voyage Dansé
Tentative due to coronavirus
Two-day festival of nineteenth-century dance classes and ball.
Friday-Sunday, May 7th-9th ~ St Katharine’s, Parmoor, Frieth, England
Early Dance Circle Biennial Conference 2021: Retrieving & Reconstructing the Past through Dance (PDF info/registration form)
Tentative due to coronavirus (rescheduled from 2020)
I expect to attend, but my plans are not definite yet.
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.
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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