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Dance Dance Dance!!

Saturday – Jan. 21
Irish Ceili Dancing Workshop | 10:30 – 11:45 am • Wendy Williamson Main Stage| FREE
Learn several easy group dances from the Irish tradition. Ceili dancing (pronounced “kay-lee”) is a lively style similar to contra dance.
With Lisa Maloney and Red Cap and the Cyser Boys.

Youth Dance Workshop | 1 – 2:15 pm • UAA Professional Studies Bldg 166 | FREE
Beginners welcome! (Recommended for ages 10-20). Bring your dancing shoes and learn how to swing your partner!
With Lauralee Honkola.

Mile Twelve concert | 8 – 11 pm • Bear Tooth Theatrepub | $20 • 21+
7:30    Doors open | 8    Cold Country | 9    Mile Twelve
Todd Grebe and Cold Country will open.
Food and drink will be available in the restaurant. Music, drinks, & dancing in the theater!

Sunday – Jan. 22
Traditional folk dancing | 10:15 – 11:45 am • Wendy Williamson Main Stage | FREE
Anybody can learn how to swing a partner! Bring your dancing shoes and be prepared for a good time. All levels and ages welcome! 

With Lauralee Honkola.

Saturday – Jan. 28
Swing dance workshop | 11:30 – 12:15 pm • Wendy Williamson Main Stage | FREE

Learn the basics of swing dancing to the live music of Hot Club of Nunaka. All dancers welcome, no experience needed.
With Katie Cueva, Derek Christianson, and Hot Club of Nunaka.

The Bucking Mules barn dance with caller Brian DeMarcus | 7:30 – 10:30 pm • The Nave, 3502 Spenard Rd | $15 adults/ $5 kids 13 & under/UAA students are free with current ID
Join us at The Nave for an evening of dancing and toe-tapping music from guest artists The Bucking Mules. No experience is needed, just bring your sense of fun. Come early for instruction.

Sunday – Jan. 29
Intro to Cuban Son | 11:15 – 12:30 pm • Wendy Williamson Main Stage | FREE

Explore one of the most influential Latin genres of music/dance. Learn basic dance steps and body movement coordination.
With Anaya Dance, Zach Munoz, and musicians of the UNO Jazz Orchestra, an Anchorage-based Latin jazz orchestra.

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