Dance Groups

Indiana University Redsteppers

URL	http://www.indiana.edu/~bands/redsteppers.php
Contact	Stephen Pratt (Department of Bands - IU Jacobs School of Music)
Phone	855-1372
Email	pratts [at] indiana [dot] edu
Address	Simon Music Building, Suite 153 Bloomington, IN 47405
Description	Indiana University dance unit.
Subjects	Dance Groups Indiana University Clubs/Organizations

Indiana University Dance Theatre

URL	http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2201501234
Contact	Virginia Cesbron (Chair of Ballet Department)
Phone	855-6787
Email	ballet [at] indiana [dot] edu
Description	The Indiana University Ballet Department provides the highest level of professional ballet training within an academic, intellectual, and artistic university environment. The department trains dancers of a technical and artistic level who succeed as performers, choreographers, teachers, and administrators. The faculty is comprised of experienced ballet teachers, each with major professional company experience.
Subjects	Ballet Dance Groups Indiana University Clubs/Organizations

Indiana University Ballroom Dance Club

URL	http://www.indiana.edu/~dance/
Contact	Ashland Denison (President)
Email	dance [at] indiana [dot] edu
Description	IU Ballroom Dance Club is a student-run organization designed to help people learn and develop ballroom dance skills and to promote ballroom dance within our campus and community. Although affiliated with Indiana University Recreational Sports, the club is open to all members of the community; any interested people over age 18 are invited and encouraged to join us. No experience is necessary.
Subjects	Cultural Organizations Dance Groups Indiana University Clubs/Organizations

Fiddle 'n Feet

URL	http://www.fiddlenfeet.com/
Contact	Tamara Loewenthal
Phone	812-333-3180
Email	contact [at] fiddlenfeet [dot] com
Address	922 1/2 W. 7th St. Bloomington, IN 47404
Description	Fiddle 'n' Feet is Jamie Gans on fiddle and Tamara Loewenthal on feet. We are committed to presenting the very best in percussive dance and traditional music from North America and the Celtic countries. We dance, we sing, we play fiddle, mandolin, banjo, guitar, jaw harps and more! Our songs and music range from Old Time Appalachian to Irish to French Canadian. In performance, we showcase a variety of step dance styles, from American clogging to English wooden shoe clogging to French Canadian reels and waltzes. We also teach percussive and traditional styles of dance, including calling and playing for square and contra dances. Rhythm is an important component of our work, whether drumming with feet or with our hands against our bodies. We engage our audiences and our students in the joy of movement and sound.
Subjects	Clog-Dancing Dance Groups Hobbies

Indiana University International Folkdancers

URL	http://www.indiana.edu/~folkdanc/home.html
Contact	Al and Kathy Ruesink (Faculty Advisors)
Phone	(812) 336-8366
Email	ruesink [at] indiana [dot] edu
Hours	meets every Friday, 7 - 9:30; dancing loctions change often
Description	The IU International Folkdancers performance group performs for IU and for the community at large.
Subjects	Dance Groups Indiana University Clubs/Organizations

Windfall Dancers

URL	http://www.windfalldancers.org/index.php
Contact	Matthew Wisley (School Director)
Phone	(812) 334-0506
Email	school [at] windfalldancers [dot] org
Address	Windfall Studio 1101 N. Dunn St. Bloomington, IN 47408
Description	Windfall Dancers is Bloomington's oldest community modern dance collective. We are a fully qualified 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization governed by a board of directors. Windfall is comprised of a community of people who love to dance. Windfall Dancers is always working to make sure that Bloomington has a space where the community can come together to create, learn, and enjoy dance!
Email	windfall [at] windfalldancers [dot] org
Subjects	Dance Groups Entertainment Nonprofit Support

Indiana University African-American Dance Company

URL	http://www.indiana.edu/~aaai/index.shtml
Contact	Iris Rosa (Director and Choreographer)
Phone	812-855-8079
Email	rosa [at] indiana [dot] edu
Description	The African American Dance Company captures and delivers the spirit of dance styles of the African Diaspora. The company's repertoire consists of original choreography based on a fusion of modern, jazz, African American, Latin American and African Diaspora dance styles.
Subjects	Dance Groups Indiana University Clubs/Organizations

Bloomington Quarry Morris Dancers

Contact	Jim Morgan (Squire)
Phone	812-322-7172
Address	1243 E. Matlock Rd. Bloomington, IN 47408
Hours	Practices Sunday 4-6 at Harmony School, 909 E. 2nd St., Bloomington.
Description	Morris dancing is a traditional village festival dance from England. The dances Bloomington Quarry Morris performs are from the Cotswold area of England, as well as some Midwest American dances. Bloomington Quarry has performed at dawn on Mayday at the Courthouse over 25 years, the Shipshewana May festival and ethnic and renaissance festivals in Terre Haute, Indianapolis and South Bend. Will perform for groups. Looking for new dancers and musicians. Requires once a week commitment October through Memorial Day.
Subjects	Dance Groups Entertainment

Bloomington Old-Time Music and Dance Group (BOTMDG)

URL	http://bloomingtoncontra.org/
Contact	David Ernst
Email	david [dot] ernst [at] davidernst [dot] net
Hours	Dance every Wednesday evening at Harmony School, 8:30 - 10:30 PM. Dances on the fifth Saturday of the month
Description	Open to the public. Features live old time music. Contra dancing, square dancing and reels. No experience necessary.
Additional Contact	Bill Baus
Email	Baus [at] alumni [dot] indiana [dot] edu
Subjects	Cultural Organizations Dance Groups Entertainment Music

Indiana State Association of Middle Eastern Teachers and Dancers (ISAMETD)

Contact	Donna Barbrick (Bloomington Contact)
Phone	812-330-1831
Email	donna [at] allaboutbellydance [dot] com
Description	Non-profit association for persons interested in Middle Eastern dance or belly-dance instruction. From website: "The Indiana State Association of Middle Eastern Teachers and Dancers (ISAMETD)...works to promote shows which will display the talents of the members, creates and supervises classes which educate and train those persons interested in Middle Eastern Dance as an art form, and organizes and promotes educational seminars devoted to gaining historical perspective of Middle Eastern Dance."
Subjects	Belly Dancing Dance Groups