English Country Dancing in Minneapolis | Tapestry Folkdance Center

Step into the charm of English Country Dancing. A graceful, social dance tradition with centuries of history, featuring flowing patterns in longways sets and danced to beautiful live music. With simple steps and every dance taught and called, it’s welcoming, elegant, and accessible for all.

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English Country Dance Every Sunday

SMALL STUDIO 
6:30-9pm

2ND SUNDAY OF THE MONTHLARGE STUDIOLive Music | 6:30-9pm

Studio

​Recorded Music: 

$12 General Admission $9 Tapestry Member $8 Young Adult (Ages 18-30) $4 Youth (Ages 10-17) Under 10 - Free

Live Music: $15 General Admission $12 Tapestry Member $8 Young Adult (Ages 18-30) $4 Youth (Ages 10-17) Under 10 - Free

Pricing

First seven days of every month (1st through the 7th) - Newcomers and beginners especially welcome!

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • English country dancing is an accessible social dance form with a history going back several centuries. Perhaps you’ve seen a Jane Austen movie with longways sets, partners facing and dancing down the line. This tradition has moved into our own times with old and new choreographies—some serene, others lively—danced to lovely small-ensemble music. It is danced with simple walking or skipping steps in time to the music. All dances are taught and the figures are called to prompt the dancers.

  • Dress is casual, most people come in loose-fitting or moveable clothing and wear non-marking, smooth soled shoes.

  • English country dancing is an accessible social dance form with a history going back several centuries. Perhaps you’ve seen a Jane Austen movie with longways sets, partners facing and dancing down the line. This tradition has moved into our own times with old and new choreographies—some serene, others lively—danced to lovely small-ensemble music. It is danced with simple walking or skipping steps in time to the music. All dances are taught and the figures are called to prompt the dancers.

  • If you have any accessibility needs you'd like addressed by Tapestry Folkdance Center, please let us know by emailing staff@tapestryfolkdance.org.

Intro to English Country Dance

This 40-minute video introduces English Country Dancing. It teaches some of the basic moves found in many English Country dances; explains the structure of the dance; and entertains you with information about the history and practice of English country dancing from Country Dance & Song Society.

People dancing in a lively social dance event in a spacious hall with wooden floors.

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  • Caller: Daniel Beal with Margaret and Midge

    Band: Coleraine

    Notes: Playford Ball Practice

  • Playford callers : Daniel, Margaret, Midge

    Notes: Playford Ball Practice