International Folk Dancing at Cornell No partner or dance experience is required. The general public is invited to all activities. Beginners are always welcome. There is no admission charge to regular meetings, but we do ask a small voluntary donation to cover expenses (Cornell students excepted). For more information, call (607) 257-7711. For regular announcements of IFD events, join our listserve.

Weekly Schedule

IFD@C is a club open to all. You can come at any time, but we start with an hour or so of teaching followed by request dancing.

Unless otherwise indicated below, we dance from 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. The first 90 minutes is used to teach dances from a specific region; this is followed by request dancing (with review as needed) from all regions.

How to find: Robert Purcell Community Center (RPCC), Big Red Barn (BRB), Lifelong Center (LLC), Appel Commons (AC), Helen Newman Hall (HNH), Willard Straight Hall (WSH), Henry St. John School (HSJ), Stewart Park, DeWitt Park, Tiamat Studios, Risley Hall (RH), Bethel Grove Community Center (BG), Townhouse Community Center (TCC), or all Cornell maps here.

Special Events

Local Dance

• Ithaca Scandinavian Dance - Usually one Saturday per month
• Syracuse IFD - Weekly 8-10 pm Thursdays
• Rochester IFD - Weekly 8-10:30 pm Mondays and occasional Fridays
• Folkstuff - newsletter for Ithaca area folk music & dance events
• IthacaMusic - Calendar of Ithaca area music events (mostly rock and jazz)
• DAWNY - Dance around Western New York
• Laurie Hart - Ithaca area Scandinavian and folk fiddler
• Contra dancing in Ithaca - lively American folk dance, Fridays 8-11 pm
• Cornell Ballroom Dance Club - teaching, monthly social dances
• Ithaca Swing Dance Network - weekly dances and special events
• Ithaca Tangueros - Argentine Tango; classes and weekly dances

Regional Events

• Scandinavian Folk Festival - Late July in Jamestown New York
• Dance Flurry - Mid-February in Saratoga Springs NY, some international dance
• NEFFA - April in Natick MA, much international dance with live music
• Golden Fest - January 16-17, 2009 in New York City; great party with many bands, sponsored by Zlatne Uste
• Buffalo on the Danube - Balkan and Scandinavian music and dance workshops, Labor Day weekend

General Links

• Folk Dancing Association - General listing of groups and web sites
• Society of Folk Dance Historians - Just what it says it is

History

Dances taught Spring 2002; Dances taught Summer 2002; Dances taught Fall 2002
Dances taught Spring 2003; Dances taught Summer 2003; Dances taught Fall 2003
Dances taught Spring 2004; Dances taught Summer 2004; Dances taught Fall 2004