THE 2024-25 SEASON IS HERE!

We are looking forward to a fantastic season with a Fall full of Ragtime and a Spring full of Regancy. At our balls we will celebrate the Castles and then the 200th anniversay of Lafayette’s visit to Cincinnati. See below Upcoming Events for more details. It all starts October 9th.

SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE 2023-24 SEASON

The Ragtime weekend with Joan Walton (Nov. 10-12, 2023) was fantastic. For a video from the weekend’s ball, visit Jeanette Watts’ Youtube channel ‘History is My Playground’ or click HERE. You can also find some videos and pictures to peruse on our site as well - click HERE. The weekend of Mar. 22-24, 2024, we were delighted to host our founder, Richard Powers, for a 19th Century dance weekend workshop and Victorian spring ball. We all enjoyed learning new variations on the classic dances we have come to love and the ball was spectacular. If you would like to see the schedule for the weekend click HERE.

Videos and Pictures from the 2023 Bridgerton Regency Ball

 
 

In the spring of 2023 we held a Bridgerton themed Regency Era ball. What a grand time it was. If you would like to revisit this event with some videos and pictures from that ball click HERE.

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

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Upcoming Events

FALL OF 2024:

Classes will start on October 9 and will run every Wednesday through November 13. The classes will focus on introducing and sharpening Ragtime couple dance skills in preparation for our ball on November 16 “Remembering the Castles”. Classes will be held at the Wyoming Fine Arts Center from 7:30-8:30 pm. For more class details, including a week-by-week schedule, see the Classes page and for all the ball details see the Balls page.

BEYOND THIS FALL:

We have not yet set the full schedule for Winter-Spring. There will be a Regency ball celebrating the 200th anniversary of Lafayette’s visit to Cincinnati on April 26th.