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Dance Studios & Instruction in Boulder County, Colorado
Frequent Flyers Productions hosts this thrilling, mystifying celebration of aerial dance, featuring fixed and flying trapeze, bungee dancing, aerial yoga, stilts and much more. The festival runs runs annually in summer and includes performances, lectures, demonstrations, informal discussions and classes. Events take place at the Dairy Center, CU and other Boulder locations; see website for 2009 festival schedule. For registration and more information: 303-245-8272. BOULDER COMMUNITY DANCE AT THE AVALON BALLROOM The Avalon Ballroom hosts social dances all year long on its large, cushioned dance floor, and all events include a lesson. American contradances are on the first and third Fridays of the month (303-592-3972; www.cfootmad.org). Swing dances: second Saturday of every month. Waltzing: second and fourth Wednesdays of the month. Tango milonga: second and fourth Sundays of the month. All dances are at the Avalon Ballroom, 6185 Arapahoe Ave. For information, contact Jim Borzym avd @ columbine.net or visit the Avalon website. BOULDER INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCERS Everyone is welcome at BIFD’s weekly Friday night sessions, featuring a variety of dances from around the world. Learn the dances from 7:30-8:30pm; then show what you learned at the open dancing that goes until 11pm. The first session is free, other sessions are only $4, and no partner is needed. At the Pearl Street Studio, 2126 Pearl St. 303-449-2381 BOULDER JAZZ DANCE WORKSHOP, annually in summer This two-week dance intensive is in its 30th year, drawing students from across the country for classes in jazz dance, hip-hop, jazz funk, and modern dance, as well as ballet barre, approaches to turns, yoga and core strength. The workshop is held annually in summer at the University of Colorado’s Charlotte York Irey Dance Building. Visit the website for 2009 dates. 303-449-0399. BOULDER PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT Dance studios at city recreation centers offer classes for all ages in ballet, jazz, tap, modern, social dance, dance fitness and performance. Classes are at East Boulder Community Center, 5660 Sioux Drive, South Boulder Recreation Center, 1360 Gillaspie Drive, and North Boulder Recreation Center, 3170 Broadway. For information on classes and children’s courses, call 303-413-7256. To register, call 303-413-7270. BreakThrough Arts offers free classes for teens after school, including hip-hop and break dancing. For more information, call 303-443-4474 x4650; or visit the website. This multicultural Denver performing-arts institution offers year-round performances as well as classes geared toward underserved communities and children. The International Summer Dance Institute runs June through July and features guest instructors from around the world. The theater is located at the historic Shorter AME Church in Denver’s Five Points neighborhood. 303-295-1759. The Dairy Center, at 2590 Walnut St., is a 40,000-square-foot multidisciplinary arts center where 16 of Boulder’s liveliest arts organizations hold classes, exhibitions and performances. Several dance groups, including Frequent Flyers Productions, Helander Dance Theater, International Tap Association, Lemon Sponge Cake Contemporary Ballet and 3rd Law Dance/ Theatre, perform in the Dairy’s intimate dance theater. 303-440-7826. DANCE BRIDGE, annually in fall Join dance teachers, schools, studios and artists for the annual “Dance Is for Every Body” to learn about the area’s myriad dance opportunities. This free family event includes performances, demonstrations and mini-classes. The showcase is at the Boulder Public Library, 1000 Canyon Blvd. Call for 2009 dates. 303-441-4391. Learn Gypsy flamenco dance from master instructor and choreographer René Heredia, who also teaches classical guitar and directs Flamenco Fantasy Dance Theatre. 303-722-0054. HALAU HULA O NA MAUNA KOMOHANA The Hula School of the Western Mountains is dedicated to preserving the art of ancient and modern Hawaiian dance, along with chanting, history, culture, some language and some current politics, such as the Sovereignty Movement. For information about upcoming events: 303-447-9772. Hamsa Arts offers classes, workshops and performances in Middle Eastern dance. On Sept. 20 at 7pm, Hamsa Arts presents an Indian classical dance and music concert at the Boulder Public Library’s Canyon Theater. 303-449-5030. INSTRUCTIONAL DANCE STUDIOS AND CLASSES In Boulder and surrounding towns, students of all ages can learn almost any kind of dance—jazz, lyrical, folk, capoeira, salsa, African, swing, hip-hop, ballroom, Middle Eastern, hula and more. Groups marked with a star (*) offer weekly recreational dances.
LYONS OLD-TIME COMMUNITY DANCES Old-time stringbands and callers lead circles, squares and reels at these local dances. Beginning clogging workshops are offered an hour before each dance. Check the website for upcoming dances at Odd Fellows Hall, just north of 4th and Main streets in Lyons. 303-823-0816. Motion Underground offers frequent performances of hip-hop, jazz and break dance in the Boulder area. Check the website for a current schedule. The studio at 2691 30th St. offers classes in these “underground” dance styles to children, teens and adults. 303-786-7660. Learn folk dances from around the world on summer Tuesday evenings through Sept. 9. These outdoor events feature guests artists from the Ukraine, Israeli Dancers, Scandinavian Dancers and more. Teaching runs 7-8pm, and dancing until 10pm, on the Boulder Municipal Plaza, 13th Street between Canyon and Arapahoe. Special folk dance instruction for children is also offered. 303-449-6363. RED ROCK RAMBLERS SUMMER SQUARE DANCES Every Saturday night throughout the summer, swing your partner around the Lyons Elementary School gym (Fourth and Stickney streets) to the best callers and cuers. Now in its 50th year, this dance series welcomes you for rounds at 7:45pm; squares run from 8:15-10:45pm. 303-823-6692. VAC is the umbrella organization for dozens of local folk arts groups and publisher of Stomp!, a bimonthly newsletter. Check the websitefor Boulder County dance opportunities. 303-440-8303.
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