Dance whichever role you want with whomever you want! Our monthly dances are open to everyone, regardless of sexual orientation, gender expression, dance experience, or number of left feet.
Dances generally take place the 2nd Friday of every month. Check the schedule and join our Facebook page and mailing list for updates.
Dances generally take place the 2nd Friday of every month. Check the schedule and join our Facebook page and mailing list for updates.
About Us
The New York LGBT Contra dance Series was started in 1999 as a way to bring the festive, friendly and fun American contra dance scene to the New York gay and lesbian community. Our style of contra dance is called "gender role-free" or "gender neutral", where anyone can lead or follow and there is no reference to gender in the calling. Gender role-free dance is catching on with our straight friends too, and this dance has truly become a place where people dance together regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or the myriad ways we humans are sometimes divided.
Sponsorship
We are a not-for-profit dance but cannot rely entirely on door proceeds to cover the cost of our live music, callers, the dance hall, and publicity. Different forms of sponsorship are available for dancers or organizations interested in helping out with costs. Sponsors can choose to completely sponsor a dance, that is, pay for the entire evening, or they may choose to sponsor the band, the refreshments, etc. Another form of sponsorship is to offer to make up any deficit between operating expense and door proceeds for a given evening. For more information, please email us villagecontra@gmail.com.
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