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LCFD's Other Dance Links
Dance Directories
Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) – Northeast US
- Our parent organization.
- DanceDB – US
- Ted Crane's national (mainly) contra dance database. A computerized multimedia database of dances, callers, musicians and dance halls.
- Downeast Friends of the Folk Arts – Northeast US
- The DEFFA Newsletter is the publication of the Downeast Friends of the Folk arts. It is a schedule of folk music and dance events, predominantly in the State of Maine and coastal New Hampshire. These events include concerts, contradances, international folk dance, jam sessions, music swaps, and festivals.
- Folk Dance Association – North America
- Publishers of the Folk Dance Directory since 1970, they now have a large database of dance clubs and dance events. Coverage includes the United States of America and Canada.
- Kiran Wagle's Contradance Pages – North America
- A listing of dances in Canada and the U.S., done in a conversational style.
- NEFFA – Northeast US
- The New England Folk Festival Association runs an annual folk festival as well as weekly dances at the Cambridge, Massachusetts, VFW.
- Square Dance Travel Guide – International
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- The Dance Gypsy – Northeast US
- Produces a large and detailed seasonal planner listing dance events. Site has many links. The focus is new England.
Dance Professionals
- Dean Allemang – Northeast US
- Contra Dance caller, Boston, Massachusetts.
"Gender-free country dancing without limits."
- Joseph Pimentel – Central US
- Independent caller, Ann Arbor, MI.
Traditional Dance and Ann Arbor Rainbow Contras
- OUTdancing – Northeast US
- Dance studio, Manhattan NY.
Teaching popular social partner dances in a fun and friendly atmosphere with people like yourself.
- OUT to Dance – Northeast US
- Dance studio, Boston, Massachusetts.
Liz Nania offers glbt-friendly instruction in Swing, Latin and Ballroom dancing.
- Spare Parts – Northeast US
- On piano and flute, Bill Matthiesen and Liz Stell play a variety of dance music, including romantic couples dances, contra, and English Country, as well as historically accurate programs for Regency, Victorian (mid-nineteenth century), Gilded Age (1890s) and ragtime dances. Argentine tangos are a special interest of theirs.
- Springstep Center – Northeast US
- The first permanent home for folk life in New England.
- Susan de Guardiola – Northeast US
- Susan de Guardiola is an independent dance historian, teacher, and
caller based in New Haven, Connecticut. She teaches historical social
dance from the Renaissance to the early 20th century as well as modern
folk forms such as cross-step waltz and social tango at workshops
and dance events across the United States.
Other Useful Links
- American Contra and Traditional Square Dance (Berlin, DE) – International
- Contras, Trad. Squares, Mixer.
- Folk Music of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales – Internet
- (MIDI) Tunes, Lyrics, Information, Historical Background and Tune Related Links.
- Mill City Contra Dance (Manchester, New Hampshire) – Northeast US
- Third Fridays Year 'Round in Manchester, NH. Caller is usually Chris Weiler in this brand new dance series.
- Second Unit Productions, contra dance movies – Internet
- A collection of Web movies to interest your friends.
- The Dancing Master – Internet
- Or, plain and easie Rules for the Dancing of Country Dances, with the Tune to each Dance, to be play'd on the Treble Violin. The second Edition, Enlarged and Corrected from many grosse Errors which were in the former Edition. London. Printed for John Playford at his shop in the Inner Temple near the Church Door. 1653.
- The Dancing Master, 1651-1728: An Illustrated Compendium – Internet
- Database of scans of John Playford’s The Dancing Master, compiled by Robert. M. Keller, copyright 2000, CDSS.
- The Lesbian and Gay Country Music Association – Western US
- We are an organization of openly gay singers, instrumentalists, songwriters, performers and dancers (and our supporters) who write, perform, sing or enjoy country music. LGCMA was formed in 1998 to organize and direct efforts to enlighten the mainstream culture by promoting and supporting openly Lesbian and Gay country performers. We also work to educate our own LGBT culture about the diversity in our own communities by presenting and promoting country culture/country music based events for gays and lesbians.