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Private Lessons
Can't get enough of dancing with our community events? Want to master a new type of dance with others? Want to bond with friends and family? Consider hiring an instructor to teach private lessons!
*Note* For most of our historical dances, we recommend at least 6 dancers for a fun time!
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Why Folk Dancing?
It connects us to a cultural heritage, it nurtures healthy community, and it is just plain fun! Below are a list of the dance styles we teach.
English Country Dancing
1600s - early 1800s, England
If you enjoy Pride and Prejudice or any other good old Regency drama, you've seen these dances in action! Couples perform a series of steps that allow them to greet, turn, and dance with each other and every other couple on the dance floor.
Square Dancing
1700s - 1900s, European settlers of North America
In the post-revolutionary war era in America, square dancing became all the rage, and it still hasn't gone out of style! With roots in English country dances and French quadrilles, it is now inseparable with the American West, cowboys and the singsong, "Swing your part-ner, do-si-do!"
Contra Dancing
1700s & late 1900s
The livelier child of the European folk dance tradition in America, contra combines classic English country dance formations with the prowess of New England fiddlers. With a faster beat and less formal moves, this is truly a picture of the down-home democratic ethos of the United States.
Line Dances
late 1900s - present
The most eclectic collection we teach, these dances represent many cultural trends and traditions, unified by the fact that each individual dances alone, facing the same direction as all the other dancers on the floor. The Cotton Eyed Joe, Cupid Shuffle, Electric Slide and Macarena are popular line dances still played at social events today!
Partner Dances
mid-1800s - present
Although we specialize in more choreographed, group dances, we love to add a bit of basic ballroom instruction at our events. For example, swing dancing (East or West coast) is a great addition to a social event and a wonderfully-immersive way to enrich the study of the American twentieth century (WWI or WWII era). Waltzes (box-step or Texas-style, respectively) provide nice variety to formal or a country-themed events. Our goal? That you are confident to move with any music you hear at your next social event!
