Contra Dance Calling: A Basic Text
Contra Dance Calling: A Basic Text The comprehensive entry-level book on contra dance calling by Tony Parkes. Every aspect of the caller’s work is dealt with clearly and thoroughly, including…
Contra Dance Calling: A Basic Text The comprehensive entry-level book on contra dance calling by Tony Parkes. Every aspect of the caller’s work is dealt with clearly and thoroughly, including…
…how dances are composed, what aesthetic principles underlie their composition, and how the evolution of the choreography reflects changes in the preferences and priorities of the people who dance them….
…that are not formalized as incorporated non-profits who are thinking about taking these steps, or for members of formalized committees who want to better understand governance systems. We’ll share some…
Working and Communicating with the Band A list of nine tips by Nan Evans and Fred Nussbaum for working with bands for English country dance. From the CDSS News…
Nontraditional Funding and Focused Mentorship: How We’re Growing a New (Awesome) Contra Dance Community Dela Murphy describes Portland, Maine’s approach to training and mentoring new callers, including how they source…
Playford’s Dancing Master: The Compleat Dance Guide This is an exhaustive collection, catalogue, and index of all dances published in editions of the Dancing Master, 1651-1728 From Scott Pfitzinger…
Trycontra.com A website of contra dances where you can enter your zip code and it will list dances close by. You can also look at the full list of dances.]…
Addressing Racism as a Dance Community In this short overview, the organizers of Portland Intown Contra Dance acknowledge and explain some of the various Black and African influences on American…
Sharing the Vision: Themes and Practical Ideas for Vibrant Dance Communities A pithy article from Max Newman on the importance of a vision, how to create one and how to…
…Chicago, IL; English country dance Olympia Contra Dance Olympia, WA; contra dance (links in the “Community” paragraph under “The Details”) DanceFlurry Organization Albany/Saratoga Springs, NY (and surrounding areas); several types…