The New Mexico Callers Collective (NMCC) presents…

The national caller and dance organizer Diane Silver will be providing two afternoon workshops before her evening Albuquerque contra dance.  These workshops will be of interest to dance organizers, musicians, callers, and others who want to develop their skills on making great dance events.

Date: Saturday 3/3/2018

Workshops
Location:  Erik & Emily’s, 900 Ridgecrest Drive SE, 87108
3:00 – 4:30 (FREE) Conflict management workshop

Conflict management – interventions and resolutions for disagreements, factions, and difficult or offensive individuals. How to have that difficult conversation.

5:00 – 6:30 (donation) Caller and musician workshop

Puttin’ it Together – The Band-Caller Collaboration: Understanding each other’s roles, with a focus on matching moods of tunes and dances, to achieve greater variety and nirvana for the dancers.

Evening contradance
Location: ASDC
7:00 – 7:30 Lesson
7:30 – 10:00 Contra dance

Based in Asheville, NC, for 15 years Diane Silver has been calling for contra, square, and other set dancing, couples dance, and other social dances.  In addition to calling dances, she offers a variety of dance workshops, including contra, squares, couple dances, and flatfooting.  Furthermore, she is a mentor in calling and dance leadership.  Her essays and workshop materials are a great resource for dance etiquette, solving problems with talent or conflicts, and dance calling.