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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Four Saturdays, March 6th-27th ~ ONLINE / California-based
Low-Impact Historical Footwork 101 (Facebook event)
for the Historical Tea and Dance Society (group Facebook page)
1:00pm-2:30pm. Four-part Zoom series covering absolute basic steps for Regency and Colonial era dance. One-hour lesson including warm-up/cool-down plus after-class discussion. No previous experience needed! This is the first in the HT&DS footwork classes, a revised version of last year's 101, and is the prerequisite for the 102 and 103 level classes. The class is intended for absolute beginners and moves very slowly. Steps include the chassé-jeté-assemblé sequence, the kemshoole and kemkossy for Scotch reels, and the rigadaun step. $20 for the series; see event page for registration link.
Four Saturdays, March 6th-27th ~ ONLINE / California-based
Low-Impact Historical Footwork 102b (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 second in the HT&DS rotation of 102-level footwork classes, a revised version of last year's 102b. 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, March 21st ~ ONLINE / Connecticut-based
Dance Historian Meetup
11:00am-2:00pm. Private event.
Tuesday, April 13th ~ ONLINE / Boston & Philadelphia-based
Social Time & Blues DJing
for Bluesy Tuesy (Facebook group) & Powerhouse Blues (Facebook group)
8:00-9:00pm Social Time; 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 TBA. Suggested donation $5.00.
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Friday-Sunday, June 18-21, 2021 ~ Kyiv, Ukraine
Vintage Dance Exchange-2021 (Facebook event)
Tentative due to coronavirus (rescheduled from 2020)
Three-day dance festival with balls and classes. Dates are tentative, my attendance is tentative, everything is tentative. Join the Facebook event for updates!
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.
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