Three Ways to Celebrate America’s 250th Anniversary
For the history buffs it is our Semiquincentennial
One: We are extremely pleased to be hosting a Colonial Dance Workshop Weekend with Joan Walton, an internationally known vintage dance teacher, historian, and choreographer! February 28 - March 1, at the Wyoming Fine Arts Center in Cincinnati, OH. We will learn Minuet, English country dances, allemande and other dances of the late 1770’s ballroom. More details can be found HERE.
Registration will open at noon on Jan. 5, 2026.
Two: We will begin a sequence of 7 weekly classes on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. starting on March 4th and ending on April 15th. Cost is $5 per class ($3 for academy members). All classes will be held at the WFAC.
Three: Please join us for our Liberty Ball on Saturday, April 18, from 8:00 - 11:00 pm. We will host the ball at the Wyoming Fine Arts Center. Live music with Joyous Occasions with Preceptor Tom Tumbusch. Cost is $25; $20 for academy members and students (appetizers included). Colonial/Regency attire is admired but certainly not required! No partner necessary.
100 Year Anniversary Great Gatsby Ball
On Nov. 15, 2025, we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the The Great Gatsby with a Jazz Age blowout. For pictures from the Ball click HERE.
We Ended The 2024-25 Season ‘Avec Un Grand Salut’
At the conclusion of our 2024-25 season, we celebrated the 200th anniversay of General Lafayette’s visit to Cincinnati in grand style. Our ball featured new dance reconstructions and music from the early 1800’s, lovely costuming, great food and attendance by the revolutionary war hero himself. View pictures from the ball HERE; for history on Lafayette’s visit to Cincinnati click HERE.
Video Compilation of Our 2022 Vintage Dance Week
See you in 2027 for the 45th, June 13-19! Mark Your Calendars.
In June of 2022, we held the 40th anniversary Flying Cloud Academy Vintage Dance week. This event included classes and balls in dance styles from the Regency, Victorian, Gilded Age, Ragtime and Jazz eras. Classes were held at Northern Kentucky University and the balls were held at The Drees Pavilion, The Phoenix, Peterloon, Union Terminal and the Netherland Plaza Hall of Mirrors. For a glimpse, click on the video.
The Flying Cloud Academy is dedicated to the preservation, performance, and teaching of historic ballroom dance and music. The FCA creates and maintains a thriving vintage dance community which provides opportunities for dancers at all levels to enjoy the magic of authentic historic dance and other related traditions. We share our love of dance through classes, performances, and the recreation of elegant evenings of dancing in period settings.
"The Flying Cloud dancers were wonderful! They were professional, considerate, and always drew a large crowd to watch them dance."
- Mally Lindsay, Special Project Programming Coordinator, Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina
