The Flying Cloud Academy Presents:

A Victorian Spring Dance Weekend

with Richard Powers!

Friday, March 22 to Sunday, March 24, 2024

Cincinnati, Ohio

Come join us as we dance out of the grays of winter and into the light and color of spring. We are delighted to host our founder, the celebrated Richard Powers, who will bring us a selection of 19th century dances that are especially playful, and even rowdy. No prior vintage dance experience is necessary, but some couple dance experience is recommended as basics will be reinforced but not necessarialy taught. On Saturday night, we will transform the Fine Arts Center ballroom into a Victorian garden and dance the night away to the music of Joyous Occations with precepting by Richard Powers.

Weekend Schedule

Friday Evening
 6:30 - 7:00 Registration
7:00 - 8:00 Ramping up on waltz and polka
8:10 - 9:00 Useful waltz and polka variations
9:15 - 10:00 Open dance to recorded music
Saturday Morning & Afternoon
9:00 - 9:50 Coffee and Tea and warm-ups
10:00 - 10:50 The 1864 Polka Country Dance and Hillgrove's "rude" Sicilian Circle
11:00 - 12:00 Tommy Polka (a world premiere)
12:10 - 12:50 Allen Dodworth's 1860 Bolero Schottische
1:00 - 2:00 Lunch (optional box lunch is available)
2:00 - 2:50 The Kitchen ("Rowdy") Lancers
3:00 - 4:00 Three Easy Mixers
Saturday Night
 8:00 - 11:00 Victorian Spring Ball with Joyous Occasions
Sunday Morning
9:00 - 9:50 Coffee, tea, and warm-ups
10:00 - 11:15 More useful waltz and polka variations
11:30 - 12:30 1886 Le Carillon, 1892 Circle Two-Step AND review

All events will be held in the ballroom of the Wyoming Fine Arts Center, 322 Wyoming Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45215

Registration Information

Pre-registration is required. Space is limited and lead/follow role balanced.  Please fill out one form per person (below).

To be confirmed, we must receive your payment via PayPal, debit or credit card. We must be able to match you with another person dancing the opposite lead/follow role, so we encourage you to specify a partner on your registration form. If you do not specify a partner, we will put you on a wait list and match you with a dancer of the opposite dance role in order of registration. We will notify you when we confirm your registration.

The cost for the weekend will be $95 ($80 for students and academy members) and will include all the events listed in the schedule above, including the ball. The optional box lunch is an additional $12.

Registrations may be cancelled up to Fedruary 22, 2024 for a full refund.  After that, the payment is non-refundable unless there is an applicant on the wait list who is able to take your spot.  We will accept registrations until March 15, 2024.

Note: In the event that we need to cancel the weekend for public health or logistical reasons, all payments will be refunded.

Our Instructor and Band

 

Richard Powers

Richard Powers has been teaching historic and contemporary social dance for 45 years. He leads workshops around the world and is currently a full-time instructor in dance history and contemporary social dance forms at the Stanford University Dance Division, Department of Theater and Performance Studies.

His principal focus since 1975 has been social dance forms, from the Renaissance to today. Specializations include 19th century American and European social dance, dances of the Ragtime Era and Jazz Ages, and currently evolving vernacular dance forms.

His research is drawn from a personal collection of over 2,500 historic dance manuals, the largest personal collection in the world, supplemented with a twelve thousand-title collection of period dance music. Other resources include ongoing exchanges of information with dance historians in the U.S and Europe.

Joyous Occasions

The musicians of Joyous Occasions have played a wide variety of dance music for over twenty years. Based in Cincinnati, the quartet includes JoAnne DeGreg on piano, Kathy Woods on violin, Astrid Mast on flute, and Doug Mast on accordion and mandolin. Our repertoire of period-appropriate tunes ranges from the late 18 th to early 20 th century, adding to the atmosphere of period balls, dances, and other events.

Registration

Please fill out and submit the registration form below before making payment (at the bottom of the page)


Victorian Spring Weekend Payment

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Please pay the total amount owed using the Buy Now button below. The cost is $95 for the weekend, $80 if you are a student or academy member. There is an additional $12 if you opt for the box lunch. Please select from the pulldown menu and then click Buy Now.

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