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!

You can also download a doc version of the calendar through the following link.

Spring 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!)

Saturday, March 14th - Pi Day Contra Dance: Calling by Paul Morris, Music by 10 Gallon Cat (Mask Required)
Saturday, March 28th - Triple Triad Dannce Day - English/Scottish/Contra Blended Dance: Calling by Alex Deis-Lauby and Hila Lenz; Music by Chloe Mohr, Michael Gorin, Kristen Erwin
Saturday, April 11th - Contra dance during day of The Playford Ball: Calling by Maia McCormick; Music by Larry Unger and Tory Horner
Saturday, April 18th - Pay What You Wish* - Calling by Alexandra Deis-Lauby; Music by Threading Heddles (Mask Required)
Saturday May 9th - Double Contra Dance: Calling by Julian Blechner; Music by Pegasus Collective
Saturday May 23rd - Contra Dance @ The Church of The Village - Calling by Sunny Lawrence; Music by Riverside (Mask Required)
Saturday May 30th - Swing and Set DOUBLE DANCE, Lynn and Max's 20th Anniversary: Evening Contra Calling by TBD; Music by Turning Stile
Saturday June 13th - *Pay What You Wish* Graduation Contra Dance w/ The Contrapolitans - Calling by Carl Levine; Music by Contrapolitans

English Country Dances

English Country Dances are held every Tuesday evening 7 - 10pm. You can purchase tickets in advance to the Tuesday dance(s) of your choice through the recurring Eventbrite link.

Tuesday, March 10th - Calling: Paul Ross; Music: The Mixolydians - Cynthia Shaw, Lydia Becker, Tom Phillips
Tuesday, March 17th - Calling: Val Medve; Music: Dominque Landowne, Gene Murrow, Lisa Terry; gender-free calling
Tuesday, March 24th - Calling: Margaret Bary; Music: Cynthia Shaw, Minda Cowen, Danny Elias; gender-free calling
Saturday, March 28th - Evening of English, Scottish, and Contra, Calling by Alex Deis-Lauby and Hila Lenz; Music by Chloe Mohr, Michael Gorin, Kristen Erwin
Tuesday, March 31st - Calling: Margaret Bary; Music: Robin Russell, Jimmy Drancsak, Zara Lawler; gender-free calling
Tuesday, April 7th - Calling: Val Medve; Music: Cynthia Shaw, Sarah Parker, Lisa Terry; gender-free calling
Saturday, April 11th - Evening of The Playford Ball: Calling: Margaret Bary & Val Medve; Music: Snapdragon
Tuesday, April 14th - Calling: Gene Murrow; Music: Sara Banleigh, Lisa Bueno, Helen White
Tuesday, April 21st - Calling: Helen White; Music: Robin Russell, Matthew Christian, Zara Lawler; gender-free calling
Tuesday, April 28th - Calling: Daniel Popowich; Music: Sara Banleigh, Lisa Bueno, Helen White
Tuesday, May 5th - Calling: Dorothy Cummings; Music: Cynthia & The Anglopolitans
Tuesday, May 12th - Calling: Jenna Simpson; Music: The Mixolydians - Cynthia Shaw, Lydia Becker, Tom Phillips; gender-free calling
Tuesday, May 19th - Calling: Helen White; Music: Peter Roberts, Minda Cowen, Zara Lawler; gender-free calling

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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