Schedule for Auckland dance classes

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SCHEDULE FOR DANCE PRACTICES

Classes are weekly, but in alternating locations - Birkdale and central Auckland. You are welcome to come to one or both, though of course you will learn new material far more quickly if you come to both.

REGULAR CLASSES - THE DETAILS

	Birkdale	City
Time	Alternate Thursday evenings 7:30-10 pm.	Alternate Thursday evenings 7:30-9:30 pm.
Dates - 2009	February 19, March 5, 19, April 2, 16, 30, May 14, 28, June 11, 25, July 9, 23, August 6, 20, September 3, 17, October 1, 15, 29, November 12, 26, December 10	February 26, March 12, 26, April 9, 23, May 7, 21, June 4, 18, July 2, 16, 30, August 13, 27, September 10, 24, October 8, 22, November 5, 19, December 3, 17
Place	Birkdale Community House 134 Birkdale Rd, Birkdale Park in front of the church next door; practices are at the back of the house. All are invited back to my house afterwards for tea, coffee, and talking about dancing.	Studio 3, Inner City Dance Studios Queen St, above MacDonalds, 1/2 block South of intersection with Victoria St. We usually repair to a cafe afterwards to talk about dancing.
Cost	Gold-coin donation to Birkdale Community House (I suggest ~ $3/class)	$5 per class.

Content: Renaissance dances from Italy, France and England. The SCA, and the renaissance, fizzle out somewhere around 1600, so I stick to sources written by people who were dancing before then (i.e. Negri, whose manual was published in 1602, is in; Playford, who was born in 1623, and published his first collection of dances in 1651, is out - unless you come up with a good argument to persuade me otherwise). On any given evening I try to stick to one time and place.

Suitable for: Anyone with an interest in renaissance dancing. Neither experience nor a partner is required, but even seasoned dancers should find something to interest them.

What to wear: Comfortable modern clothes, and soft, flexible, flat shoes (or dance in bare feet or socks). You can wear renaissance costume if you like, but it's not necessary.

Requests: Just ask! Here's a list of the dance music I have on CDs. If I don't know a dance well, or don't have the music yet, you might have to wait a few weeks.

Contact me at: katherine.may.davies@gmail.com

Notes for (almost) all the dances we've tried, and a few more.

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What we've danced at past practices.

Dance classes at events.

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