Augusta's open-air Dance Pavilion will be hopping to the beat of Dance Week in 2009. Dance Week Coordinator Cis Hinkle has enlisted world-class musicians and dance instructors to keep everyone happy and on their toes! With several dance floors on campus, many options are open to all. Cis Hinkle [photo, top left], Adina Gordon and Tom Hinds will get everyone moving with contras and squares. Edwin Roa & Amberlyn Sasser [photo, top right] will teach couples Argentine tango and nightclub salsa. Contemporary step dancing and body percussion will be taught by Matthew Olwell. Try out Emily Oleson’s [photo bottom left] hip hop class!  This year we also have Marie-Soleil Pilette teaching Quebecois dance.

For a break from dancing, there’ll be workshops in dance calling, playing music for dancing, running your group’s soundboard, and even t'ai chi [photo, bottom right].” This year there will be powerful, high-energy dance music provided by Tidal Wave (Raz de Marée)*, from New England and Quebec, and by Alexander Mitchell, John Devine, and Ralph Gordon, from the eastern seaboard.  You can also try out new skills learned each day at evening dances or attend the concerts, films, and other special presentations each evening.

Participants may select optional classes and workshops listed under Vocal Week and the afternoon instrumental and folklore offerings of Old-Time Week. Dance Week extends through the Augusta Festival.