Friday Night, April 29

8:00-11:00 — Evening Dance: Nan Evans - with a dance or two by Sue Dupre

Everyone is welcome; no charge for Cascadia registrants; $10 for others.

Saturday, April 30

9:30-10:45 — 1st Morning Workshop
A Hey’s In My Way — Sue Dupre

A hey is a choreographic device allowing 3 or 4 or 5 or 6 or more dancers to simultaneously meander around the space of a set without running into each other. This workshop features a look at many ways of incorporating heys into dances.

11:00-12:30 — 2nd Morning Workshop
The Dances and Music of Maggot Pie — Sue Dupre

Maggot Pie, published in 1932, was the first new collection of English country dances devised in over 100 years. Many of the dances, which are primarily Playford-style set dances, present challenging choreographic interest. In our own time, when new dances appear constantly, the dances and music of Maggot Pie continue to offer rewards to the modern dancer.

12:30-1:30 — Lunch

1:30-3:00 — 1st Afternoon Workshop
Sweet, Sexy, Sentimental, and Schmaltzy - Waltz and Triple Time Dances — Sue Dupre

A workshop of guilty pleasures danced to waltz-time, triple-time and slip jigs.

3:15-4:30 — 2nd Afternoon Workshop
Early Music in the Late Afternoon — Nan Evans

The musicians will be playing on Baroque style instruments tuned in low pitch and in the style of the early 1600's through the mid 1700’s. This workshop will mix old dances with modern ones all written to Renaissance or Baroque music.

Dinner

8:00-11:00 - Dance Party: Sue Dupre


Sunday, May 3

10:15-11:45 — Morning Workshop
Choreographic Delights — Sue Dupre

Choreography can delight when new figures are devised that surprise dancers, when the music and figures match in perfect harmony, when beautiful figures turn a whole set into a work of art, or when the figures of a dance flow elegantly from one figure to another. Come to sample Sue's nominations for modern and historic choreographic delights (with a special focus on dances by East coast choreographers).

12:00-1:30 - Dance Party: Sue Dupre