CDNY - Calendar & Events

Calendar

Please feel free to add our CDNY Google calendar to your own in order to keep up with the latest Contra and English dances and special events!

Upcoming Fall Season Dances

Contra Dances

Contra Dances are held on most Saturday evenings from 7 – 10pm, with a beginner session at 6:30pm. (Note: Special timing for double dances!)

Welcome Back Dance Saturday, Sept 13 - 7-10pm (lesson at 6:30), Contra, Calling by Chloe Levine, Music by Grand Picnic: Sam Zygmuntowicz (fiddle), Marco Brehm (bass), Michael Gorin (fiddle), Bill Peek (piano), and Jody Kruskal (concertina).

SWING and SET Double English and Contra/Ceilidh Dance Saturday, Sept 27 - special timing 3:15-10:30pm (see calendar for detailed schedule), Calling by Alexandra Deis-Lauby and Alex Cumming, Music by Alex Cumming and Clara Stickney.
Saturday, Oct 4 - Calling by Julian Blechner, Music by Cojiro: Mark Price, Jess Newman, Ben Braubart. Masks required.

Pay What You Wish Dance! Saturday, Oct 11 - Calling by Alexandra Deis-Lauby , Music by Brooklyn Swing Ensemble: Danny Elias, Marco Brehm, Norman Plankly, and Sam Zygmuntowicz.
Saturday, Nov 8 - Calling by Harris Lapiroff, Music by Here on The Hill: Tory Horner, Annie McDougal, and Rosemary Powell. Masks required.

FALL FLING Double Contra Dance Saturday, Nov 22 - special timing 3:15-10:30pm (see calendar for detailed schedule), Calling by Alyssa Adkins, Music by Spintuition: Silas Hamilton, Willy Clemetson, and Samuel Foucher.

English Country Dances

English Country Dances are held every Tuesday evening 7 - 10pm.

Welcome Back Dance Tuesday, Sept 9 - 7-10pm - Calling by Gene Murrow, Music: Cynthia Shaw (piano), Lydia Becker (violin), Tom Phillips (mandolin).
Tuesday, Sept 16 - 7-10pm - Calling by Margaret Bary, Music: Cynthia Shaw (piano), Lydia Becker (violin), Lydia Ievins (guest violinist).
SWING and SET Double English and Contra/Ceilidh Dance Saturday, Sept 27 - special timing 3:15-10:30pm (see calendar for detailed schedule), Calling by Alexandra Deis-Lauby and Alex Cumming, Music by Alex Cumming and Clara Stickney.

Tuesday, Sept 30 - 7-10pm - Calling by Orly Krasner, Music: Robin Russell (piano), Sarah Parker (violin), Sue Polansky (clarinet).
Jane Austen Dance Tuesday, Oct 7 - 7-10pm - Calling by Elizabeth Freedman and Alexandra Deis-Lauby, Music: Dominique Gagné (piano), Minda Cowen (violin), Lisa Terry (viola da gamba).

Tuesday, Oct 14 - 7-10pm - Calling by Dorothy Cummings, Music: Robin Russel (piano), Matthew Christian (violin), Lisa Terry (viola da gamba).
Celebrating Gene Murrow’s 60th Saturday, Oct 18 - 7:30-10:30pm - Calling by a cavalcade of CDNY callers, Music: Guest band - Jonathan Jensen (piano), Kate Barnes (winds and strings), Barbara Greenberg (violin), Paul Oorts (accordion and plucked strings).

Tuesday, Oct 21 - 7-10pm - Calling by Gene Murrow, Music: Cynthia Shaw (piano), Lydia Becker (violin), Dominique Gagné (flute).
Halloween Dance 👻Tuesday, Oct 28 - 7-10pm - Calling by Helen White, Music: Sara Banleigh (piano), Sarah Parker (violin), Gene Murrow (recorders and concertina).

Community Beyond the Dance Floor

A core tenet of CDNY is to share the love we have for Contra and English Country Dancing with the community, creating spaces where everyone feels safe and appreciated for their unique identities as they come to share in that joy with us. We wouldn't be who we are without the wonderful members, bands, and various sponsors who make up our diverse community. An important thing about community: It doesn't end on the dance floor.

From board-game nights, picnics, and live concerts to dancer group chats and community events/walks, our community members look for new ways to make memorable experiences to give back to our larger communities in hopes of making the world a better place one connection at a time. In this section, you'll find events that are being planned that you can get involved in, helping to further strengthen our connections as a community both on and beyond the dance floor.

Sunday, October 19th, 2025
Rolling Start: 8:00AM-12:00PM
Walk Team Starting to Gather as of 9:00AM
Team Commencing the Walk at 10:00AM
Naumburg Bandshell - Central Park
Terrace Drive Near W 72nd Street
New York, NY 10019
United States (map)

American Cancer Society - Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Central Park

For those who are not familiar, The ACS Making Strides movement raises lifesaving funds that support breast cancer patients, survivors, thrivers, and caregivers through every step of the journey. It’s a celebration of courage and hope, a movement uniting communities to end breast cancer as we know it, for everyone.

They also go above and beyond in the ways that they support the patients and their families such as through the Hope Lodges Program - providing a free home away from home for cancer patients and their caregivers to make the challenges that come with treatments a little lighter. For more about the American Cancer Society, please visit their website and find out more about how you can get involved with their causes.

One of our members has regularly helped to organize teams across the Americas for this walk through the company they worked at for the last four years. This year, we're looking to partner with them in raising awareness for a cause that affects thousands each year. Whether you choose to participate, spread the word about the walk or donate to the ACS foundation, you are aiding in reaching a future where cancer isn't something to live in fear of as we will have even better means to treat it. Where a potential friend, family member, love interest, co-worker or fellow dancer can breathe a little easier as we have the means to support them if they end up being diagnosed with it.

Please feel free to join Dexter Raphael's JLL Team; he and others will be representing CDNY at the walks. We may all attend for our own individual reasons, but we will be joined in our shared desire to celebrate life and hope for a future where cancer is a disease relegated to the annals of history. We hope to see you there with us!

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