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Santa Fe Live Techno Contra Dance

A Live Techno contra dance! What exactly is “live techno?” It’s part live (fiddle, piano, etc) and part electronic!

Julie Vallimont from Nor’easter (the same from our last FolkMADness camp in May) and Noah VanNorstrand (from Great Bear Trio) combine musical forces, blending and crossing music from multiple genres to create a unique contra dancing atmosphere. Come check them out at the next Santa Fe dance on Saturday, November 14!

Contra At Odd Fellows 11-14-15

SF Events

Santa Fe Contra 10-24-15

CONTRA DANCE
Saturday October 24, 2015

Sherilyn Urben– Caller
Santa Fe Megaband – Music

Odd Fellows Hall 1125 Cerritos Road

7:00 pm new dancers
7:30-10:30 Dance
$8 members / $9 non-members, students half price

Santa Fe Dance Committee, NM FolkMADS

ABQ Events

NMCC – Fri 10/16 6-9pm, Dutch Crossing and calling recovery skills

New Mexico Callers Collective meeting

Callers, Dancers, and Musicians, join us for supportive teaching, dancing, and fun.
1. Recovery skills: see the NMCC Handbook
We’ll start by discussing recovery for when a dance breaks down, how to recover, and how to train your dancers to recover.  It may not have been your fault, but it’s up to you to pull things together again.
 Erik to practice teaching that fiendishly challenging yet ultimately satisfying dance “Yankee Dutch Crossing”, the contra-fied version by Joseph Pimentel (2004) of the Ernst van Brakel “Dutch Crossing” (1990). The four-part dance for sixteen dancers with the characteristic “Xs and Os” clockwork right-and-left stars.