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!

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!)

President's Day Weekend, Feb 13-15th - ❄️ FLURRY FESTIVAL ❄️
Saturday, Feb 21st - Calling by Carter North, Music by The 3-Body Problem
Saturday, March 7th - Day of Waltz Double Dance: Calling by Gaye Fifer, Music by TBD
Saturday, March 14th - Calling by Paul Morris, Music by TBD (Mask Required)
Saturday, March 28th - English/Scottish/Contra Blended Dance: Calling by Hila Lenz; Music by Torrent
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 - 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 - 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 - Calling by Carl Levine; Music by Contrapolitans

English Country Dances

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

Tuesday, Jan 27th - Calling by Elizabeth Freedman and Alexandra Deis-Lauby, Music: Cynthia Shaw, Lydia Becker, and Tom Phillips
Tuesday, Feb 3rd - Calling: Gene Murrow; Musicians: Peter Roberts, Dominik Landowne, Sue Polansky
Tuesday, Feb 10th - Calling: Orly Krasner; Musicians: Sara Banleigh, Jimmy Drancsak, Gene Murrow
Tuesday, Feb 17th - Calling: Dorothy Cummings; Music: Robin Russell, Dominik Landowne, Sue Polansky
Tuesday, Feb 24th - Calling: Alex Deis-Lauby; Music: Cynthia Shaw, Lydia Becker, Daphna Mor
Tuesday, March 3rd - Calling: Elizabeth Freedman; Music: Sara Banleigh, Sarah Parker, Danny Elias
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
Tuesday, March 24th - Calling: Margaret Bary; Music: Cynthia Shaw, Minda Cowen, Danny Elias
Tuesday, March 31st - Calling: Margaret Bary; Music: Robin Russell, Jimmy Drancsak, Zara Lawler
Tuesday, April 7th - Calling: Val Medve; Music: Cynthia Shaw, Sarah Parker, Lisa Terry
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
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
Tuesday, May 19th - Calling: Helen White; Music: Peter Roberts, Minda Cowen, Zara Lawler
Tuesday, May 26th - Calling: Daniel Popowich; Music: Robin Russell, Lydia Becker, Diane Fedora
Tuesday, June 2nd - Calling: Dan Blim; Music: Cynthia Shaw, Jimmy Drancsak, Gene Murrow
Tuesday, June 9th - Calling: Alex Deis-Lauby; Music: Peter Roberts, Sarah Parker, Danny Elias
Tuesday, June 16th - Calling: Orly Krasner; Music: Peter Roberts, Dominik Landowne, Diane Fedora

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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