Introduction to Contra Dancing

Contra dancing is a wonderfully vigorous, community-building activity. This class will accustom people to the fundamentals of hearing and stepping to the beat of the music and the musical phrase, as well as the basic moves of contra dancing. There is nothing so necessary to human beings as the dance…without the dance, a man would not be able to do anything….All the misfortunes of man, all the baleful reverses with which histories are filled, the blunders of politicians and the failures of great leaders, all of this is the result of not knowing how to dance. —The Dancing Master in Moliere’s Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme (1670) This class will take place on Saturday, November 15, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.