October is when life gets crazy again, with a weekend in New York City, several days in Boston, the tenth Regency Assembly mid-month, and heading off to beautiful Санкт-Петербург at the end!

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I’m on the road through early September, and then after a little flurry of gigs in the middle of the month, spending a couple of quiet weeks catching up after five weeks of near-constant travel.  Here are the gigs open to the public:

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I'm going to be on the road for the last half of August and part of September, so no blues DJing this month and no extra time in Boston or New York City, but lots of chances for private lessons in places I'm not usually in!

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July is my last quiet month before everything goes crazy again in August!  Here's the current schedule:

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June and July are my relatively quiet months this year, at least for public events, though I'm still adding things to my calender.  Here's the current status, with more TBA:

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I started out May in the wonderful city of Moscow, teaching nineteenth century dance at Anno Domini, and have a burst of events in the first half of the month before things quiet down substantially.  I may add a few more events later this month, but for now, here's the calendar:

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April is a relatively quiet month as I prepare for my trip to Russia at the end of it, but I have a few things going on, with four consecutive trips to Massachusetts!

Here's a quick list with links for more information:

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I have a wide variety of gigs this month; everything from Regency dancing to hoopdance, plus another fabulous Victorian Ball, this time an 1880s-style Fancy Dress event!

I am also available for private lessons in Connecticut (New Haven or Middletown) generally, and occasionally in New York City and elsewhere.

Here's a quick list with links for more information:

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A quick note to let people in the New York City area know about a new exhibition at the Frick Collection:

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Most of my major gigs are concentrated the first and last weekend of February, but I have a few Connecticut ones in between!

I am also available for private lessons in Connecticut (New Haven or Middletown) generally, and in New York City and the Boston area on specific dates.

Here's a quick list with links for more information:

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I have lots of dance workshops and events scheduled this month to start the new year off right — see the list below.

I am also available for private lessons in Connecticut (New Haven or Middletown) generally, and in New York City and the Boston area on specific dates.

Here's a quick list with links for more information:

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I have a bunch of small events and workshops this month before I take my brief winter break.  This is a particularly good month if you want to enjoy some waltzing — I have waltz events in New York, Connecticut, and Boston!

I am also available for private lessons in Connecticut (New Haven or Middletown) generally, and in New York and the Boston area on specific dates.

Here's a quick list with links for more information:

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I’m going to be teaching five workshops in August at Vinnie’s Jump & Jive covering an interesting mix of early nineteenth century dance and twentieth century line dancing, as well as cross-step waltz.  Details are below.  No advance registration is necessary for any of these — just show up at Vinnie’s.

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A quick reminder that I will be teaching a mid-19th century dance workshop in New York City on Sunday, May 23rd, for a new group, Vintage Dance Northeast.  The quadrilles for the workshop will include selections from the First Set followed by the unusual Double Quadrille composed by London dance teacher Mrs.Nicholas Henderson in the 1850s and rarely taught today.  Couple dances will include waltz and polka with galop as needed for Mrs. Henderson’s Quadrille.

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I'm going to be traveling to two dance events in the next week, one as a student and one as a teacher. 

On Saturday, July 25th, I will be attending a one-day historical dance workshop held by the New York Baroque Dance Company at Goucher College, near Baltimore, Maryland.  The teachers are Catherine Turocy and Richard Powers.  There will also be a country dance party in the evening, called by Catherine Turocy and Charles Garth.  This event precedes a full-week workshop at Goucher which I am unable to attend because…

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I'm off this weekend to a Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) event, Known World Dance Symposium VII, in Hamilton, Ontario (near Toronto).  I'm not an active SCA member, but I have very pleasant memories of the last one of these I went to, in Boston back in 2001.  I'll be there Friday through Sunday, off and on.  I'm not teaching anything, so I'm just planning to hang out with other dance geeks and do some relaxing dancing.

I'd be happy to say hi to any Kickery readers attending this event.

I will be attending the International Congress on Medieval Studies this Thursday and Friday and presenting a paper on step variation in the 15th-century saltarello at 1:30 Friday afternoon, session 301, “Riverenze e Spezzati: Challenges in Early Dance Research and Reconstruction.”

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I will be teaching two dance workshops for The Elegant Arts Society in New York City this Sunday, May 3rd.  Logistical details are below.

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I will be teaching two dance workshops for The Elegant Arts Society in New York City this Sunday, April 5th.  Logistical details are below.

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I will be teaching two dance workshops for The Elegant Arts Society in New York City this Sunday, March 8th.  Logistical details are below.

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I will be teaching two dance workshops for The Elegant Arts Society in New York City this Sunday, January 4th.  Logistical details are below.

The first (1:00-3:45pm) will focus on the dances of the Regency era (1810-1820), including steps and figures for country dances, French quadrilles, and the nine-person reel known as The Country Bumpkin.  Specifically, we will dance and look at a step-sequences to use in L’Été and La Finale (second and fifth figures of the French quadrille) and will enjoy a Spanish Dance and an 1816 version of the classic Money Musk.

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I will be teaching two dance workshops for The Elegant Arts Society in New York City this Sunday, December 7th.  Logistical details are here.

The first (1:00-3:45pm) will focus on the dances of the Regency era (1810-1820), including steps and figures for country dances, French quadrilles, and the nine-person reel known as The Country Bumpkin.  Specifically, we will look at a variety of step-sequences to use for L’Été (second figure of the French quadrille) and will enjoy a new Spanish Dance and the 1816 version of the classic Money Musk.

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I will be teaching a workshop on 19th-century quadrilles in Setauket, New York (Long Island) this weekend for The Long Island Traditional Music Association.  I plan to cover two full quadrilles (the mid-century version of The Caledonians and the 1880s Polo) as well as two or three promiscuous figures — the Star and either the Gavotte or Minuet or both.

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I will be teaching three dance workshops in New York City this weekend, August 2nd and 3rd.  You can get a double dose of Regency-era dance on both Saturday and Sunday!

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Along with this Saturday’s Regency Assembly at the 92nd Street Y, I will be teaching two dance workshops for The Elegant Arts Society in New York City on Sunday, June 29th.  Logistical details are here.

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