English Country Dancing - Oak Park 19th Century Club Tues Feb 8 + Apr 12

English Country Dancing - The Nineteenth Century Club - Event Details
Tuesday, February 8, and Tuesday, April 12, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m., The Nineteenth Century Charitable Association will sponsor English Country Dances. Admission will be $8 per person, with all proceeds going to the Scholarship Fund.

Marchfest: Traditional Dance & Music Weekend - Urbana, IL Mar 18-20

Marchfest: Traditional Dance & Music Weekend


CONTRA-ENGLISH-INTERNATIONAL March 18-20, 2011
UIUC ILLINI UNION, 1401 W Green St, Urbana, IL
Featuring the talents of
Tom Senior
Jo Mortland
Chicory/Ragged Robin

Including these workshops, as well as many others:
Dances from French-speaking Countries Leader: Mady Newfield
Klezmer Music, Yiddish Dancing Leader: Mitch Harris  Band: Don't Ask

Click here for flyer 

Chicago Winter Dance: Pritzker Pavilion, February weekends

Chicago Winter Dance: Dancing

February 5 - 27: Saturdays & Sundays
Session I: Lessons 1 - 2 pm; Open dancing 2 - 3:30 pm
Session II: Lessons 5 - 6 pm; Open dancing 6 - 7:30 pm

Location: Millennium Park, Jay Pritzker Pavilion 201 E. Randolph St. Chicago, IL 60602

Admission: FREE

University of Chicago Folk Festival - Feb 11-13

http://www.uofcfolk.org/

The schedule includes a number of dance workshops, including Scandinavian, Irish, English, Welsh, Cajun, Klezmer, and barn dancing.

IFDA Macedonian Dance Workshop - St. Louis Feb. 18-20

IFDA Macedonian Dance Workshop

International Folk Dance Association of University City, MO
Macedonian Folk Dance Workshop
with Michael Ginsburg
Feb. 18-20, 2011
University UMC, 6901 Washington Ave., University City

A hot dance scene

From Eric Zorn's "Change of Subject" Tribune blog:

A hot dance scene: "
I was writing to a friend this morning trying to persuade her of the charms of English country dancing and I found this illustrative clip from the 2009 adaptation of Jane Austen's 'Emma.' You may not find this as enticing as I do, but check it out:

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Columbus Folk Dancers - Lee Otterholt workshop Feb 25-27

Columbus Folk Dancers End-of-February workshop

Received from Leslie in Columbus:

Please spread the word to your folk dance group about the Columbus
(Ohio) Folk Dancers' end-of-February workshop. I don't reallly expect
anyone to come from that far away, but I figure it can't hurt to let
people know -- e-mail's cheap!


Dates: February 25-27, 2011. Teacher: Lee Otterholt. Theme: "Balkan
and Beyond" (mostly Balkan, probably including Greek, Romanian and
Albanian).


http://www.columbusfolkdancers.webs.com/Special_Events.html


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Lee will also teach a "preview" workshop at CFD on Wednesday,
February 23, 7-10 p.m., admission (pay at the door) is $5 for CFD
members, $10 for non-members.


He'll be teaching at the Miami Valley Folk Dancers' regular dance
night in Dayton on February 24 as well. Information should be
available soon on MVFD's website, http://www.daytonfolkdance.com/mvfd.