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Friday, February 01, 2013
Int'l Folk Dance (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Fridays, 7:30-9pm in Tapestry's large dance space 
Admission cost (at the door): $8 / $6 members/ $5 students (w/ student ID)
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)
International Folk Dance: Discover heritage and dance roots! Learn ethnic dances from around the world including dances from Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Armenia, Scandinavia, France and England. Dancers can try out most dances by following the leader. The dance instructors rotate every few weeks with a wide variety of talented and experienced teachers.
Request Dancing (Fridays, 9-11:30pm): After Int'l Folk Dance & Beginning Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!



Int'l Folk Dance With Jamie Berg (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Feb. 1 - Jamie Berg
Fridays, 7:30-9pm in Tapestry's large dance space 
Admission cost (at the door): $8 / $6 members/ $5 students (w/ student ID)
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)
International Folk Dance: Discover heritage and dance roots! Learn ethnic dances from around the world including dances from Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Armenia, Scandinavia, France and England. Dancers can try out most dances by following the leader. The dance instructors rotate every few weeks with a wide variety of talented and experienced teachers.
Request Dancing (Fridays, 9-11:30pm): After Int'l Folk Dance & Beginning Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!



Intro To Intl Folkdance (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Intro to Intl Folkdance
Fridays, 7:30-9pm in Tapestry's small dance space
Admission cost (at the door): $8 general/ $6 members/ $5 students
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)
Ed, Theresa and Fer will teach you the building blocks of dances from around the world. Whether you've never danced before or you want to brush up on the basics, this is the class for you.
Request Dancing (Fridays, 9-11:30pm): After Intro to Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!



Request Dancing (Int'l) (9:00 pm - 11:30 pm)

Request Dancing: After Int'l & Beg. Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!
Fridays, 9-11:30pm
Admission is $8 / $6 members/ $5 students (w/ student ID)
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)

Dancers can choose dances taught both recently, or any time since the beginning of Tapestry, since they are alphabetically listed in a notebook available to dancers - so what gets requested is a mix of old and new. There are dances from every continent, and the most-requested dances are from eastern European countries like Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece. We also do Israeli dances, and couple dances from (western) Europe and the Americas - but you don't need to bring a partner.




Saturday, February 02, 2013
Scottish Highland Dancers (10:00 am - 12:00 - noon)

Scottish Highland Dancers

10am - 12pm




Contra-Testostertunes And Tom Van Deusen (7:30 pm - 11:00 pm)

Music: Testostertunes (Ken Steffenson, Pat O'Loughlin, & Joel Petersen)    Caller: Tom Van Deusen

Tom van Deusen has learned from some of the best dance callers in the country, starting in California in 1998.  He is an avid dancer and has attended more than thirty dance camps across the country.  A filmmaker by trade, Tom also does sound mixer duty for some of Tapestry’s dances.

Ken Steffensen (fiddle) and Pat O’Loughlin (banjo, concertina, percussion) have played for umpteen contra dances together, and with Joel Petersen backing them up, are having a great time trotting out some new material and rhythms to entertain Tapestry’s dancers.

Saturday Contra Dances
Time: 7:30-11pm 
Beginner walk-through lesson 7:30-8pm. Live music from 8-11pm!

Admission: $10, $8 members, $7 students, free admission to kids 13 and under

In a contra dance, the dance figures are similar to those of Old-time square dancing except the figures are made up of lines of leaders and followers facing each other. Many of the regular Tapestry contra bands play Old-time music (similar to bluegrass), but the music on any given Saturday contra may reflect music traditions from New England, French Canadian, Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and modern compositions.




Sunday, February 03, 2013
English Country Dance (6:00 pm - 9:00 pm)

Sundays in February-All Sundays will preview dances for the Playford Ball

Playford Ball Musicians play live music this Sunday

Mary Kay/George teach


English Country Dance: Every Sunday! 
Time: 6-9pm First Sundays with live music,  7-9pm all other Sundays
Cost: $5 with recorded music,  $7 with live music
Beginners are welcome and no partner is necessary.
English Country Dances are co-sponsored by Woven Ring English Country Dance. Dances are taught by Mary Kay Schladwiler and/or George Ehrenberg

The first Sunday of the month includes a live music ensemble and a longer dance (a total of 3 hrs instead of 2 hrs), and a higher admission fee.
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: $7

English Country dances are elegant social dances from the 17th and 18th centuries, danced to Baroque and Early Music.




English Country Dance (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)

English Country Dance: Every Sunday! 
Time: 6-9pm First Sundays with live music,  7-9pm all other Sundays
Cost: $5 with recorded music,  $7 with live music
Beginners are welcome and no partner is necessary.
English Country Dances are co-sponsored by Woven Ring English Country Dance. Dances are taught by Mary Kay Schladwiler and/or George Ehrenberg

The first Sunday of the month includes a live music ensemble and a longer dance (a total of 3 hrs instead of 2 hrs), and a higher admission fee.
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: $7

English Country dances are elegant social dances from the 17th and 18th centuries, danced to Baroque and Early Music.




Monday, February 04, 2013
Tuesday, February 05, 2013
Wednesday, February 06, 2013
Thursday, February 07, 2013
BARN DANCE- Testostertunes With Robin Nelson (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)

Barn Dance

Testostertunes (Ken Steffensen, Pat O'Loughlin, Xander Nielsen) with caller Robin Nelson

7:00-9:00pm

$8 general, $6 members and students

Family rate: $17




Bollywood Dance (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)

Bollywood Dance is at Tapestry! Join us every Thursday from 7:00-8:30pm for these exciting classes. Bollywood dancing is a stylized freestyle dance form based on moves used in the Indian/Bollywood films. This dance is very energetic yet simple and is primarily modeled on classical and folk dance forms like Bhangra, Raas, Kathak, and Lavani. Also influenced by Western dance styles like hip hop, Bollywood dance is lyrical and attitude/expression oriented. In this class you will learn short choreography of about a minute or two each week (4 dances in a month)!! We will also email a video of the dance and the music, so you can dance anytime you are bored! In short, it's way too much FUN!

All ages and skill levels are welcome.

$8 general, $6 members, $5 students, free admission to kids 13 and under


Please pay at the door. 




Friday, February 08, 2013
Int'l Folk Dance (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Fridays, 7:30-9pm in Tapestry's large dance space 
Admission cost (at the door): $8 / $6 members/ $5 students (w/ student ID)
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)
International Folk Dance: Discover heritage and dance roots! Learn ethnic dances from around the world including dances from Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Armenia, Scandinavia, France and England. Dancers can try out most dances by following the leader. The dance instructors rotate every few weeks with a wide variety of talented and experienced teachers.
Request Dancing (Fridays, 9-11:30pm): After Int'l Folk Dance & Beginning Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!



Int'l Folk Dance With Jamie Berg (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Feb. 8 - Jamie Berg
Fridays, 7:30-9pm in Tapestry's large dance space 
Admission cost (at the door): $8 / $6 members/ $5 students (w/ student ID)
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)
International Folk Dance: Discover heritage and dance roots! Learn ethnic dances from around the world including dances from Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Armenia, Scandinavia, France and England. Dancers can try out most dances by following the leader. The dance instructors rotate every few weeks with a wide variety of talented and experienced teachers.
Request Dancing (Fridays, 9-11:30pm): After Int'l Folk Dance & Beginning Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!



Intro To Intl Folkdance (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Intro to Intl Folkdance
Fridays, 7:30-9pm in Tapestry's small dance space
Admission cost (at the door): $8 general/ $6 members/ $5 students
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)
Ed, Theresa and Fer will teach you the building blocks of dances from around the world. Whether you've never danced before or you want to brush up on the basics, this is the class for you.
Request Dancing (Fridays, 9-11:30pm): After Intro to Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!



Request Dancing (Int'l) (9:00 pm - 11:30 pm)

Request Dancing: After Int'l & Beg. Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!
Fridays, 9-11:30pm
Admission is $8 / $6 members/ $5 students (w/ student ID)
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)

Dancers can choose dances taught both recently, or any time since the beginning of Tapestry, since they are alphabetically listed in a notebook available to dancers - so what gets requested is a mix of old and new. There are dances from every continent, and the most-requested dances are from eastern European countries like Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece. We also do Israeli dances, and couple dances from (western) Europe and the Americas - but you don't need to bring a partner.




Saturday, February 09, 2013
Tapestry Gypsy Dance (9:30 am - 11:00 am)

Fire in Our Feet: Balkan Roma (Gypsy) Dance

Saturdays in January at Tapestry Folkdance Center
9:30am – 11am

Single sessions $8 regular, $6 members, $5 students

Explore the spirit of collective joy and rhythmic passion found in Roma (Gypsy) dance from the Balkans. Develop your ability to express yourself through dance.

This class will help you develop the three qualities that make anyone, regardless of ability or technique, a great dancer: musical sensitivity, a 100% commitment to each movement, and an ability to reveal feeling or your soul's passion.

Balkan Roma music and dance, like jazz, can be a container for the breadth of human experience. The rhythm and simple steps danced in a circle create a structure while also allowing for individual expression.

A typical class begins with a guided, improvised warm-up. You will then learn some basic traditional Balkan Roma dances. The dances are gentle yet generate a lot of heat; plan on sweating. With a party spirit we will then improvise within the form.

Come find freedom within the circle and burn up the dance floor.

Dress comfortably with clothes that allow you to do floor work. We will dance to music from many contemporary sources. A great album that can accompany nearly all the dances from this class is Fire in the Feet by Xenos, available on iTunes.

Emily Jarrett Hughes dances for the joy of it. The passion and rhythm of traditional village dances are the heartbeat of her life. Emily is particularly fond of the simplest of village dances which allow for the deepest enjoyment by the dancers. She teaches dance as a means for awakening people's creative power to consciously transform self, community and the world. Emily has choreographed and performed in both modern and folk dance styles and is a current member of Ethnic Dance Theatre.

www.wisdomdances.com




Scottish Highland Dancers (10:00 am - 12:00 - noon)

Scottish Highland Dancers

10am - 12pm




Contra-Contratopia And Ted Hodapp (7:30 pm - 11:00 pm)

Music: Contratopia    Caller: Ted Hodapp

Ted has been dancing and teaching New England Contras, traditional and country-dances from England, France, and Scandinavia for over thirty years. He is a co-author of several books of original contra dances, performs with a number of traditional folk-dance groups, and tells really bad jokes.

Contratopia: Two players from the Twin Cities (Patrice Pakiz, piano, oboe, percussion; Pat O'Loughlin, banjo, concertina, percussion) and two from Decorah, Iowa (Erik Sessions, fiddle; John Goodin, mandolin, guitar) comprise this hot contra dance band. They have several CD's of their music and will present many original tunes to warm up a February night.

Saturday Contra Dances
Time: 7:30-11pm 
Beginner walk-through lesson 7:30-8pm. Live music from 8-11pm!

Admission: $10, $8 members, $7 students, free admission to kids 13 and under


In a contra dance, the dance figures are similar to those of Old-time square dancing except the figures are made up of lines of leaders and followers facing each other. Many of the regular Tapestry contra bands play Old-time music (similar to bluegrass), but the music on any given Saturday contra may reflect music traditions from New England, French Canadian, Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and modern compositions.




Sunday, February 10, 2013
Scandinavian Dance (5:30 pm - 9:00 pm)

New! 2nd Sunday Scandinavian Dancing at Tapestry

Join the fun! The glorious dance and music of the Scandinavian countries will be celebrated each 2nd Sunday of the month. Dances will cost $5. We will dance the whole range of Scandinavian dances to include the vals, polka, schottis, hambo, snoa, mazurka, polska, springar, and more. The music is awesomely beautiful and the dances are both wonderful and accessible. Beginning lessons will enable all levels of dancers access to this beautiful and fun dance form. For more information please click on the link below.

Location: Tapestry
Date: 2nd Sunday of every month
Time: 5:30pm to 9:00pm
Beginning Lesson: 5:30 to 6:00pm
Advanced Lesson: 7:30 to 8:00pm

More Information

This event is being offered by Tapestry as a celebration of the music and dance traditions of the Scandinavian/Nordic countries. In order to make this event affordable and sustainable for the indefinite future Tapestry (a non-profit organization) will try to minimize its expenses by using recorded music and soliciting volunteer teachers. Any musicians desiring the opportunity to play for dancers should request playing time by contacting Chris, Tapestry's Scandinavian Dance Coordinator, at . Any dance teachers willing to donate their services are invited to do the same. Hopefully a collaborative effort will arise to keep the outstanding dance and music traditions of Scandinavia vibrant in the Twin Cities.

In the spirit of reviving the venerable Good Templar Scandinavian Dance event of years past we will provide exceptional music for a wide variety of dances. The dance evening will include both easy dances and more difficult dances and will be adapted to meet the dance wishes of the attending dancers. No one will be left out!

DANCE STRUCTURE

o Gammaldans Lesson <> 5:30pm – 6:00pm
o Dancing <> 6:00pm – 7:30pm
o Regional Dance Lesson <> 7:30pm – 8:00pm
o Dancing <> 8:00pm – 9:00pm




English Country Dance (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)

All Sundays in February will preview dances for the Playford Ball

Mary Kay Schladweiler teaches Feb. 10

English Country Dance: Every Sunday! 
Time: 6-9pm First Sundays with live music,  7-9pm all other Sundays
Cost: $5 with recorded music,  $7 with live music
Beginners are welcome and no partner is necessary.
English Country Dances are co-sponsored by Woven Ring English Country Dance. Dances are taught by Mary Kay Schladwiler and/or George Ehrenberg

The first Sunday of the month includes a live music ensemble and a longer dance (a total of 3 hrs instead of 2 hrs), and a higher admission fee.
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: $7

English Country dances are elegant social dances from the 17th and 18th centuries, danced to Baroque and Early Music.




English Country Dance (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)

English Country Dance: Every Sunday! 
Time: 6-9pm First Sundays with live music,  7-9pm all other Sundays
Cost: $5 with recorded music,  $7 with live music
Beginners are welcome and no partner is necessary.
English Country Dances are co-sponsored by Woven Ring English Country Dance. Dances are taught by Mary Kay Schladwiler and/or George Ehrenberg

The first Sunday of the month includes a live music ensemble and a longer dance (a total of 3 hrs instead of 2 hrs), and a higher admission fee.
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: $7

English Country dances are elegant social dances from the 17th and 18th centuries, danced to Baroque and Early Music.




Monday, February 11, 2013
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Advanced Intl Folkdance (7:30 pm - 10:30 pm)

Advanced International Folk Dance

from 7:30-10:30pm

Admission is $8 general admission / $6 Tapestry members/ $5 students

Discover heritage and dance roots! International folk dances teach ethnic dances from around the world including Eastern Europe, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Armenia, Scandinavia, Brittany, and a little English Country. We encourage dancers to try out most dances by following the leader.




Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Thursday, February 14, 2013
Bollywood Dance (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)

Bollywood Dance is at Tapestry! Join us every Thursday from 7:00-8:30pm for these exciting classes. Bollywood dancing is a stylized freestyle dance form based on moves used in the Indian/Bollywood films. This dance is very energetic yet simple and is primarily modeled on classical and folk dance forms like Bhangra, Raas, Kathak, and Lavani. Also influenced by Western dance styles like hip hop, Bollywood dance is lyrical and attitude/expression oriented. In this class you will learn short choreography of about a minute or two each week (4 dances in a month)!! We will also email a video of the dance and the music, so you can dance anytime you are bored! In short, it's way too much FUN!

All ages and skill levels are welcome.

$8 general, $6 members, $5 students, free admission to kids 13 and under


Please pay at the door. 




NO Bollywood Dance Tonight (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)

NO BOLLYWOOD DANCE CLASS THIS EVENING.




Friday, February 15, 2013
Country/Western Dance (7:00 pm - 11:30 pm)

New Country/Western Dancing at Tapestry on 3rd Fridays

Yeee Haaa! Both the country/western "Two-Step" (a couple dance that can include many intricate moves) and country/western "line-dancing" (a set of structured dances requiring no partner that are performed as individuals within a group) will be taught followed by open dancing to CD music. The lessons will be suitable for both beginning and intermediate dancers. Country/Western dancing is a joyous, all-American dance form, and a wonderful way to exercise and meet people. 3rd Friday of each month beginning January 18th.

Lesson-Two Step: Beginning/Intermediate 7-7:30pm

Lesson- Line Dance: Line dance at 8-8:30pm

Dance: 8-11:30pm (Interrupted by the 8-8:30pm line-dance lesson)

Cost: $5




Int'l Folk Dance (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Fridays, 7:30-9pm in Tapestry's large dance space 
Admission cost (at the door): $8 / $6 members/ $5 students (w/ student ID)
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)
International Folk Dance: Discover heritage and dance roots! Learn ethnic dances from around the world including dances from Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Armenia, Scandinavia, France and England. Dancers can try out most dances by following the leader. The dance instructors rotate every few weeks with a wide variety of talented and experienced teachers.
Request Dancing (Fridays, 9-11:30pm): After Int'l Folk Dance & Beginning Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!



Intro To Intl Folkdance (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Intro to Intl Folkdance
Fridays, 7:30-9pm in Tapestry's small dance space
Admission cost (at the door): $8 general/ $6 members/ $5 students
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)
Ed, Theresa and Fer will teach you the building blocks of dances from around the world. Whether you've never danced before or you want to brush up on the basics, this is the class for you.
Request Dancing (Fridays, 9-11:30pm): After Intro to Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!



Request Dancing (Int'l) (9:00 pm - 11:30 pm)

Request Dancing: After Int'l & Beg. Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!
Fridays, 9-11:30pm
Admission is $8 / $6 members/ $5 students (w/ student ID)
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)

Dancers can choose dances taught both recently, or any time since the beginning of Tapestry, since they are alphabetically listed in a notebook available to dancers - so what gets requested is a mix of old and new. There are dances from every continent, and the most-requested dances are from eastern European countries like Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece. We also do Israeli dances, and couple dances from (western) Europe and the Americas - but you don't need to bring a partner.




Saturday, February 16, 2013
Tapestry Gypsy Dance (9:30 am - 11:00 am)

Fire in Our Feet: Balkan Roma (Gypsy) Dance

Saturdays in January at Tapestry Folkdance Center
9:30am – 11am

Single sessions $8 regular, $6 members, $5 students

Explore the spirit of collective joy and rhythmic passion found in Roma (Gypsy) dance from the Balkans. Develop your ability to express yourself through dance.

This class will help you develop the three qualities that make anyone, regardless of ability or technique, a great dancer: musical sensitivity, a 100% commitment to each movement, and an ability to reveal feeling or your soul's passion.

Balkan Roma music and dance, like jazz, can be a container for the breadth of human experience. The rhythm and simple steps danced in a circle create a structure while also allowing for individual expression.

A typical class begins with a guided, improvised warm-up. You will then learn some basic traditional Balkan Roma dances. The dances are gentle yet generate a lot of heat; plan on sweating. With a party spirit we will then improvise within the form.

Come find freedom within the circle and burn up the dance floor.

Dress comfortably with clothes that allow you to do floor work. We will dance to music from many contemporary sources. A great album that can accompany nearly all the dances from this class is Fire in the Feet by Xenos, available on iTunes.

Emily Jarrett Hughes dances for the joy of it. The passion and rhythm of traditional village dances are the heartbeat of her life. Emily is particularly fond of the simplest of village dances which allow for the deepest enjoyment by the dancers. She teaches dance as a means for awakening people's creative power to consciously transform self, community and the world. Emily has choreographed and performed in both modern and folk dance styles and is a current member of Ethnic Dance Theatre.

www.wisdomdances.com




Scottish Highland Dancers (10:00 am - 12:00 - noon)

Scottish Highland Dancers

10am - 12pm




Valentine Contra- Possum Landing And David Kirchner (7:30 pm - 11:00 pm)

Music: Possum Landing   Caller: David Kirchner

Bring your Valentine, or just come with an open heart for all the Tapestry dancers!

David Kirchner has been calling contra and square dances for over 20 years as a mainstay of local dance communities in Washington DC, St. Louis, and the Twin Cities. He has also toured widely and been the featured caller at special events on the East Coast and in the Midwest.

Possum Landing is Laura Zisette, pianist for Toss the Possum, and Tim Reese, fiddler for Pigs Eye Landing. These two neighbors have lately been having fun getting together to exercise their mutual musical contra skills and develop some new sounds to tickle Tapestry's dancers.

Saturday Contra Dances
Time: 7:30-11pm 
Beginner walk-through lesson 7:30-8pm. Live music from 8-11pm!

Admission: $10, $8 members, $7 students, free admission to kids 13 and under

In a contra dance, the dance figures are similar to those of Old-time square dancing except the figures are made up of lines of leaders and followers facing each other. Many of the regular Tapestry contra bands play Old-time music (similar to bluegrass), but the music on any given Saturday contra may reflect music traditions from New England, French Canadian, Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and modern compositions.




Sunday, February 17, 2013
English Country Dance (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)

All Sundays in February will preview dances for the Playford Ball

George Ehrenberg teaches Feb. 17

English Country Dance: Every Sunday! 
Time: 6-9pm First Sundays with live music,  7-9pm all other Sundays
Cost: $5 with recorded music,  $7 with live music
Beginners are welcome and no partner is necessary.
English Country Dances are co-sponsored by Woven Ring English Country Dance. Dances are taught by Mary Kay Schladwiler and/or George Ehrenberg

The first Sunday of the month includes a live music ensemble and a longer dance (a total of 3 hrs instead of 2 hrs), and a higher admission fee.
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: $7

English Country dances are elegant social dances from the 17th and 18th centuries, danced to Baroque and Early Music.




English Country Dance (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)

English Country Dance: Every Sunday! 
Time: 6-9pm First Sundays with live music,  7-9pm all other Sundays
Cost: $5 with recorded music,  $7 with live music
Beginners are welcome and no partner is necessary.
English Country Dances are co-sponsored by Woven Ring English Country Dance. Dances are taught by Mary Kay Schladwiler and/or George Ehrenberg

The first Sunday of the month includes a live music ensemble and a longer dance (a total of 3 hrs instead of 2 hrs), and a higher admission fee.
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: $7

English Country dances are elegant social dances from the 17th and 18th centuries, danced to Baroque and Early Music.




Monday, February 18, 2013
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Bollywood Dance (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)

Bollywood Dance is at Tapestry! Join us every Thursday from 7:00-8:30pm for these exciting classes. Bollywood dancing is a stylized freestyle dance form based on moves used in the Indian/Bollywood films. This dance is very energetic yet simple and is primarily modeled on classical and folk dance forms like Bhangra, Raas, Kathak, and Lavani. Also influenced by Western dance styles like hip hop, Bollywood dance is lyrical and attitude/expression oriented. In this class you will learn short choreography of about a minute or two each week (4 dances in a month)!! We will also email a video of the dance and the music, so you can dance anytime you are bored! In short, it's way too much FUN!

All ages and skill levels are welcome.

$8 general, $6 members, $5 students, free admission to kids 13 and under


Please pay at the door. 




Friday, February 22, 2013
Int'l Folk Dance (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Fridays, 7:30-9pm in Tapestry's large dance space 
Admission cost (at the door): $8 / $6 members/ $5 students (w/ student ID)
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)
International Folk Dance: Discover heritage and dance roots! Learn ethnic dances from around the world including dances from Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Armenia, Scandinavia, France and England. Dancers can try out most dances by following the leader. The dance instructors rotate every few weeks with a wide variety of talented and experienced teachers.
Request Dancing (Fridays, 9-11:30pm): After Int'l Folk Dance & Beginning Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!



Int'l Folk Dance With Sandy Lipsky (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Feb. 22- Sandy Lipsky
Fridays, 7:30-9pm in Tapestry's large dance space 
Admission cost (at the door): $8 / $6 members/ $5 students (w/ student ID)
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)
International Folk Dance: Discover heritage and dance roots! Learn ethnic dances from around the world including dances from Poland, Bulgaria, Greece, Israel, Turkey, Armenia, Scandinavia, France and England. Dancers can try out most dances by following the leader. The dance instructors rotate every few weeks with a wide variety of talented and experienced teachers.
Request Dancing (Fridays, 9-11:30pm): After Int'l Folk Dance & Beginning Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!



Intro To Intl Folkdance (7:30 pm - 9:00 pm)
Intro to Intl Folkdance
Fridays, 7:30-9pm in Tapestry's small dance space
Admission cost (at the door): $8 general/ $6 members/ $5 students
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)
Ed, Theresa and Fer will teach you the building blocks of dances from around the world. Whether you've never danced before or you want to brush up on the basics, this is the class for you.
Request Dancing (Fridays, 9-11:30pm): After Intro to Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!



Request Dancing (Int'l) (9:00 pm - 11:30 pm)

Request Dancing: After Int'l & Beg. Int'l Folk Dance sessions, join us at 9pm for Request Dancing at no extra cost and practice your new skills along side other dancers!
Fridays, 9-11:30pm
Admission is $8 / $6 members/ $5 students (w/ student ID)
FREE admission to kids ages 13 & under (must be supervised by an adult)

Dancers can choose dances taught both recently, or any time since the beginning of Tapestry, since they are alphabetically listed in a notebook available to dancers - so what gets requested is a mix of old and new. There are dances from every continent, and the most-requested dances are from eastern European countries like Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece. We also do Israeli dances, and couple dances from (western) Europe and the Americas - but you don't need to bring a partner.




Saturday, February 23, 2013
Tapestry Gypsy Dance (9:30 am - 11:00 am)

Fire in Our Feet: Balkan Roma (Gypsy) Dance

Saturdays in January at Tapestry Folkdance Center
9:30am – 11am

Single sessions $8 regular, $6 members, $5 students

Explore the spirit of collective joy and rhythmic passion found in Roma (Gypsy) dance from the Balkans. Develop your ability to express yourself through dance.

This class will help you develop the three qualities that make anyone, regardless of ability or technique, a great dancer: musical sensitivity, a 100% commitment to each movement, and an ability to reveal feeling or your soul's passion.

Balkan Roma music and dance, like jazz, can be a container for the breadth of human experience. The rhythm and simple steps danced in a circle create a structure while also allowing for individual expression.

A typical class begins with a guided, improvised warm-up. You will then learn some basic traditional Balkan Roma dances. The dances are gentle yet generate a lot of heat; plan on sweating. With a party spirit we will then improvise within the form.

Come find freedom within the circle and burn up the dance floor.

Dress comfortably with clothes that allow you to do floor work. We will dance to music from many contemporary sources. A great album that can accompany nearly all the dances from this class is Fire in the Feet by Xenos, available on iTunes.

Emily Jarrett Hughes dances for the joy of it. The passion and rhythm of traditional village dances are the heartbeat of her life. Emily is particularly fond of the simplest of village dances which allow for the deepest enjoyment by the dancers. She teaches dance as a means for awakening people's creative power to consciously transform self, community and the world. Emily has choreographed and performed in both modern and folk dance styles and is a current member of Ethnic Dance Theatre.

www.wisdomdances.com




Scottish Highland Dancers (10:00 am - 12:00 - noon)

Scottish Highland Dancers

10am - 12pm




Contra-Light Of The Moon And Beau Farmer (7:30 pm - 11:00 pm)

Music: Light of the Moon    Caller: Beau Farmer

Beau retains some of his native southern accent, making his friendly and accessible calling even more charming for us northerners. He has many years of calling experience, working with diverse groups, and is a Tapestry favorite.

Light of the Moon are Robin Fox, fiddle and accordion; Nick Jordan, mandolin, flute & whistle; Mike Keyes, guitar and banjo; and Philip (Pierre) Rampi, bass and percussion. They excel at old time tunes and love to switch instruments, giving us lots of variety in sound.

Saturday Contra Dances
Time: 7:30-11pm 
Beginner walk-through lesson 7:30-8pm. Live music from 8-11pm!

Admission: $10, $8 members, $7 students, free admission to kids 13 and under

In a contra dance, the dance figures are similar to those of Old-time square dancing except the figures are made up of lines of leaders and followers facing each other. Many of the regular Tapestry contra bands play Old-time music (similar to bluegrass), but the music on any given Saturday contra may reflect music traditions from New England, French Canadian, Irish, Scottish, Cape Breton and modern compositions.




Sunday, February 24, 2013
Mostly Waltz Afternoons (3:30 pm - 6:00 pm)

4th Sunday Waltz Afternoons at Tapestry
           
Dance one of the world’s most popular dances. Learn one of the world’s most accessible couple dances. Move with grace to some astonishingly beautiful music.
Enjoy the subtle but blissful pleasures that the waltz has to offer. Indulge your inner romantic. Embrace both elegance and edginess. Socialize with like-minded people. Eschew Lethargy. Have fun. Get down and dirty … if you must!
 
If any of the above appeal to you then get dressed up (or not) and join us for an afternoon of waltz dancing to some of the best waltz music ever recorded. Additional couples dancing music may also be played for variety.
 
Dates: 4th Sundays of the month
Time of Lesson: Beginning waltz lesson offered from 3:30 to 4:00pm
Time of Dance: 4:00-6:00pm 

Cost: $5




Waltz Afternoons (3:30 pm - 6:00 pm)

4th Sunday Waltz Afternoons at Tapestry
           
Dance one of the world’s most popular dances. Learn one of the world’s most accessible couple dances. Move with grace to some astonishingly beautiful music.
Enjoy the subtle but blissful pleasures that the waltz has to offer. Indulge your inner romantic. Embrace both elegance and edginess. Socialize with like-minded people. Eschew Lethargy. Have fun. Get down and dirty … if you must!
 
If any of the above appeal to you then get dressed up (or not) and join us for an afternoon of waltz dancing to some of the best waltz music ever recorded. Additional couples dancing music may also be played for variety.
 
Dates: 4th Sundays of the month
Time of Lesson: Beginning waltz lesson offered from 3:30 to 4:00pm
Time of Dance: 4:00-6:00pm 

Cost: $5




English Country Dance (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)

All Sundays in February will preview dances for the Playford Ball

George Ehrenberg teaches Feb. 24

English Country Dance: Every Sunday! 
Time: 6-9pm First Sundays with live music,  7-9pm all other Sundays
Cost: $5 with recorded music,  $7 with live music
Beginners are welcome and no partner is necessary.
English Country Dances are co-sponsored by Woven Ring English Country Dance. Dances are taught by Mary Kay Schladwiler and/or George Ehrenberg

The first Sunday of the month includes a live music ensemble and a longer dance (a total of 3 hrs instead of 2 hrs), and a higher admission fee. 
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: $7

English Country dances are elegant social dances from the 17th and 18th centuries, danced to Baroque and Early Music.




English Country Dance (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)

English Country Dance: Every Sunday! 
Time: 6-9pm First Sundays with live music,  7-9pm all other Sundays
Cost: $5 with recorded music,  $7 with live music
Beginners are welcome and no partner is necessary.
English Country Dances are co-sponsored by Woven Ring English Country Dance. Dances are taught by Mary Kay Schladwiler and/or George Ehrenberg

The first Sunday of the month includes a live music ensemble and a longer dance (a total of 3 hrs instead of 2 hrs), and a higher admission fee.
Time: 6-9pm
Cost: $7

English Country dances are elegant social dances from the 17th and 18th centuries, danced to Baroque and Early Music.




Monday, February 25, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Bollywood Dance (7:00 pm - 8:30 pm)

Bollywood Dance is at Tapestry! Join us every Thursday from 7:00-8:30pm for these exciting classes. Bollywood dancing is a stylized freestyle dance form based on moves used in the Indian/Bollywood films. This dance is very energetic yet simple and is primarily modeled on classical and folk dance forms like Bhangra, Raas, Kathak, and Lavani. Also influenced by Western dance styles like hip hop, Bollywood dance is lyrical and attitude/expression oriented. In this class you will learn short choreography of about a minute or two each week (4 dances in a month)!! We will also email a video of the dance and the music, so you can dance anytime you are bored! In short, it's way too much FUN!

All ages and skill levels are welcome.

$8 general, $6 members, $5 students, free admission to kids 13 and under


Please pay at the door. 




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