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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!
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!
Winter Season Dances
Winter Season Dances
Contra 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!)
Saturday, Dec 13th - Calling by Carl Levine, Music by Raven & Goose. Masks required.
Saturday, Dec 27th - Calling by Hila Lenz and Alexandra Deis-Lauby, Band Contrapolitans.
New Years Twelfth Night Double Dance Saturday, Jan 10th 2026 - Contra dancing 3:00-6:00PM, ECD 6:00-11:00PM, Calling by Anna Rain, Music by the amazing Hijinks: Miranda Weinberg on violin, Carrie Rose on flute and Kathy Talvitie on keyboard.
Saturday, Jan 24th 2026 - Calling by Paul Morris, Music by Cozy Socks: Ben Graubart on fiddle, Alex Richey on piano, Rebecca Sohn on fiddle. Masks required.
Saturday, Jan 31st 2026 - Calling by Annie Kidwell, Music by Kaleidoscope.
English Country Dances
English Country Dances
English Country Dances are held every Tuesday evening 7 - 10pm.
Tuesday, Dec 2nd - Calling by Margaret Bary, Music: Cynthia Shaw (piano), Minda Cowen (violin), Danny Elias (clarinet).
Tuesday, Dec 9th - Calling by Orly Krasner, Music: Robin Russell on piano, Lisa Bueno on violin, Dominique Gagne on flute.
Tuesday, Dec 16th - Calling by Gene Murrow, Music: Jacqueline Schwab on piano, Minda Cowen on violin, Danny Elias on clarinet.
Tuesday, Jan 6th 2026 - Calling by Paul Ross and Alexandra Deis-Lauby, Music: Peter Roberts, Gene Murrow, and Sue Polansky.
New Years Twelfth Night Double Dance Saturday, Jan 10th 2026 - Contra dancing 3:00-6:00PM, ECD 6:00-11:00PM, Calling by Anna Rain, Music by the amazing Hijinks: Miranda Weinberg on violin, Carrie Rose on flute and Kathy Talvitie on keyboard.
Tuesday, Jan 13th 2026 - Calling by Helen White, Music: Dominique Gange (piano), Gene Murrow, and Zara Lawler.
Tuesday, Jan 20th 2026 - Calling by Daniel Popowich, Music: Robin Russell, Sarah Parker, and Helen White.
Tuesday, Jan 27th 2026 - Calling by Elizabeth Freedman and Alexandra Deis-Lauby, Music: Cynthia Shaw, Lydia Becker, and Tom Phillips.
Community Beyond the Dance Floor
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
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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