Come dance!
Every Monday!
7:00 - 8:30 pm Pacific time
No partner is needed. We have fun dancing folk dance, ballroom, country & western, even partner dances (for 1 or 2 is fine). You will enjoy dances from the USA and all over the world including International Folk Dance and Balkan. Always FREE. This virtual class is held via Zoom. Email us to RSVP and we'll send you the link.
dancingwithfriendsonline@gmail.com
If you want to see what dances we teach & lead, visit our all-dances spreadsheet - click here!
Come dance with us!
Dancing w/ Friends Team: Gigi Jensen, Stacy Rose, Adony Beniares, Roo Lester, Catherine Rudin
Photo by Elliot Kuhner
Gigi Jensen began formal dance studies while in her 30s. She specializes in Argentine dances, including tango, vals cruzado, milonga, and folkloric. Gigi also teaches International Folk Dance. She founded Dancing with Friends during the pandemic as well as The Mentoring Project for the National Folk Organization, and writes a regular column in Let's Dance! magazine. She has performed and taught in various countries.
Stacy Rose shares dance & music with the Oregon coastal folk community which she helped found. She's a contra dance caller with some 2 decades of experience, as well as a community college folk dance teacher. Her website is: stacyrosedance.com
Adony Beniares is a tech geek who came to folk dance in his 40s. He is on the board of directors for Stockton Folk Dance Camp, as well as the Peninsula Folk Dance Council, and the Folk dance Federation of California. He typically wears out several pairs of dance shoes each year.
Photo by Tom Musch
Roo Lester is a California native who began folk dancing in a rainy day PE class in school. A college folk dance class led her to UCLA for a Masters in Dance, with a focus in Dance Ethnology.
Roo has taught dance in the US and internationally; at colleges; for teacher development; is a dance consultant, directs workshops, seminars and camps; and is a published author. Roo serves on the board of directors of the National Folk Organization. In between all of that, she continues to attend dance parties and classes!
Catherine Rudin has danced for more than 5 decades, enjoying a wide variety of styles and traditions, including Balkan & iFD. She is based in the Mid-West, teaches, and runs the Omaha IFD weekly hybrid sessions. She serves on the NFO board. Catherine is also a Professor emerita of linguistics at Wayne State College.
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