Links
GLBT sites and events in Atlanta:
Hotlanta Squares
A modern country square dance group for the GLBT community
www.iagsdc.org/hotlanta/
Floor Play
This is the name for our dance team in Atlanta. See team rehearsals on the calendar - Wednesdays at Hoedowns 7pm.
Southern Line Atlanta
This is our line dance team in Atlanta. See team rehearsals on the calendar - Mondays at Hoedowns 7pm -9pm.
www.southernline.org
Hoedowns
A GLBT country-western dance bar (and restaurant) - but check the website - some evenings are no longer country western. Friendly for everyone. Allies always welcome.
www.hoedownsatlanta.com
GLBT sites and events in other US cities:
GLBT dance site in Washington, DC area
www.GayDanceSport.com or www.LambdaDanceSport.org
A big ole Saturday night romp with New York’s Queer Country Western dancers. Of course they west coast and east coast and waltz and line dance too. And you may see an Argentine Tango if you watch closely.
www.bigappleranch.com
The Sundance Stompede in San Francisco is a popular GLBT dance event in October of each year.
www.stompede.com
International Gay Lesbian Country Western Dance Groups
www.iaglcwdc.org
Outdancing – GLBT program for dancers in New York City’s Chelsea district
www.steppingoutstudios.com/2_curriculum/outdancing/index.htm
Sacramento DanceSport is the Largest Same-Sex Dance Program in the United States! It was founded by Kilee Cooper and Camille Wojtasiak in 2002 and have been teaching women and men to dance Latin and Standard Ballroom dancing ever since.
Kilee and Camille have been dancing together in the same-sex competition scene for five years. Under the direction of Danny Lerer for the last two years, Kilee and Camille have moved to the top of the World Same Sex Dance Scene. Their win at the London Open and at the World Federation Championship in 2005, solidifies their position as the top US Women’s Latin couple and challenges the field for the claim of top Women’s World couple. In 2004, they were joined by Jaime Cooper to instruct students the fine art of form, frame and not falling down.
www.sacdancesport.com
The GayGames were held in Chicago July 15 – 22, 2006 with dance competitions and performances. Photos on the site.
www.gaygameschicago.org
Seattle has an active GLBT Country Western Dance Community. Since the closing of “Timberline Spirits”, Seattle’s LGBT C&W dance crowd dances every Friday night at “The Cuff” on Capitol Hill hosted by the Rain Country Dance Association. For more information, check out www.raincountrydance.org.The Century Ballroom in Seattle also hosts “OutDancing” on the third and fourth Fridays of each month. Events are on the calendar for the Seattle Century Ballroom at www.CenturyBallroom.com
The Grand River Renegades is a Gay & Lesbian Country Western & Line Dancing group in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
www.GrandRiverRenegades.com
QueerDance.com is a cool one-stop-shop for all things Partner Dance related, and it is tailored especially for the queer community. It serves the Northern California area primarily but you can get info about competitions and events world-wide here.
www.queerdance.com
Out Dancing is a dance project in Portland, OR, which began in 1995. It provides dance instruction for the GLBT community and their friends. Same-sex partners as well as their ’straight’ friends can learn how to dance in a safe and friendly atmosphere. Along with group classes they have a monthly dance party and hold an annual Ball.
www.outdancing.info
This site includes a calendar of dance events around the world and has been created by Mark Lageveen and Arend Vandevelde .
http://www.mark-arend.com/index.html
The United State Alternative DanceSport Federation has been created to enhance the dancing community. It has three different divisions - amateur couples, same-sex couples, and differently able couples.
www.usadsf.com
GLBT sites and events in Europe:
The World Federation of Same-Sex Dancing supports and promotes the sport of same-sex dancing throughout the world. Their goals include sponsorship of dancers and events, as well as the development of a coordinated structure for promoting and supporting competitions throughout the world. They organized a world dance competition in Sacramento in 2005 and are planning a second world competition in 2006 in Budapest.
www.samesexdance.com
The Pink Jukebox: Hosts regular dances and lessons in and around London
www.pinkjukebox.co.uk
A creative group of serious and fun-loving dancers in Leeds, England. Their dances are sold-out one-of-a-kind costume balls. The photos are worth the visit to the site. And if you can arrange to go across the pond, buy your ticket early!
www.victorvictoria.co.uk
A women only dance venue in London
www.hildas.org.uk
The Kensington Dance Studio: Gay friendly mixed crowd (gay and straight)
www.kensingtondancestudio.com
Kensington Dance Studio First Floor @ The Polish Club
55 Exhibition Road London SW7 2PN
T: 020 7823 9949
E: info@kensingtondancestudio.com
The Gay Gordons are London’s GLBT Scottish country dancing club. Drop in to our weekly sessions, and we’ll have you spinning, reeling, and jigging before you know where you are. We meet weekly, and organize two to three ceilidhs (dances - pronounced kalees) a year. The group is constantly growing in popularity, and we have been described by Time Out magazine as “the reel thing”.
www.thegaygordons.org
Studio La Danza: Running several gay and lesbian classes in London.
www.studioladanza.co.uk
The World Federation of Same Sex Dancing has chosen Hungary’s first competition for Same Sex dancing, “The Csardas Cup” to be the 2006 World Championship. The date is 21 October 2006. Both the Federation and the organizers of the Csardas Cup invite all the same sex dancers to the beautiful town of Budapest in 2006.
csardascup.gay.hu
UNIque Dance is a same sex dance project in the Netherlands. Cor Besseling and Arno Doorn, have managed the dance project since 2000. Their yearly competition, The Zwolse IJsselcup
ijsselcup.uniquedance.nl, is the fastest growing same-sex competition in The Netherlands. The Fourth Zwolse IJsselcup ijsselcup.uniquedance.nl will be held on 10 March 2007. www.uniquedance.nl/english
Annual New Year’s Event in Copenhagen. This is where you register or get visitors tickets for the Ball. www.pandans.dk/NordicOpen.htm
The international Dance Competition for same-sex couples: Blue Danube Cup Vienna 2005 took place in Vienna, Austria on 24th of September, 2005. See info on winners from previous years.
www.blue-danube-cup.org/
The annual GLBT Ball in Paris in February, at the historic Salle Wagram, a turn of the century ballroom. It’s a wonderful setting. The ball runs from midnight till dawn.
GLBT sites and events in Canada:
Toronto same-sex dancers hosting dance lessons and events. Check out tangomujer dance company
www.queertango.com
The OutGames in Montreal featured great dancing: July 28 – Aug 5, 2006.Photos available onsite.
www.montreal2006.org
Mainstream sites in Atlanta (probably welcoming but primarily mixed gender dancing):
Argentine Tango at Tango Rio, Ronda & Manuel Patino (definitely GLBT friendly)
Waltz Play (progressive waltz lessons & dances at Knights of Columbus each Sunday)
Sid Heitzler’s dance camp
www.splittree.org/atlantawaltzsociety.htm
Salsa lessons & events
www.Salsaatlanta.com
Swing dancing in Atlanta
www.aseda.org
Zydeco
www.lostintherhythm.com/
Waltz in Asheville (monthly events)
www.mostlywaltz.byregion.ne
A very active studio in Chevy Chase, MD
www.PleaseDanceWithMe.com
Dance History:
History of the ballroom, swing and Latin dances
www.firststepdance.com/histories/
Products & Services:
Dance Shoes & costumes at Dance Fashion Warehouse on Roswell Road.
www.dfw.com
Dance Shoe specialists
www.supadance.com
Music selections for your favorite dances:
Stanford University’s Dance program lists favorite music for each dance:
www.dance.stanford.edu/discography.htm
University of Pennsylvania has collected a list of lists of music choices for each dance at:
www.dolphin.upenn.edu/%7Eballroom/music/dances.html
Swing Net updates their discography regularly by asking the best dance DJs what they like. This particular list (December 2004) is west coast music.
www.usaswingnet.com/top_dj_tunes.htm
George Lindholm lists music for every dance on this ballroom dance music site. Extensive inclusive lists. 5500 songs and over 900 cha cha’s.
www.ballroomdancemusic.info/
Lyrics:
Interested in Lyrics or can only remember the chorus and want to try to find the song? Try these sites:
www.azlyrics.com/
www.lyricsfreak.com/
Reading what Dancers Write about Dancing:
Richard Powers at Stanford has some ‘musings’ for you:
dance.stanford.edu/
Skippy Blair can teach anyone to dance better. Start with: All You Ever Need to Know about Relationships
Can Be Learned in a West Coast Swing Class:
www.swingworld.com/articles/relationships.htm
