BIDA (Boston Intergenerational Dance Advocates)
Formed fall 2008 to bridge generations in New England contra dance; pioneered the now-standard Larks/Robins (gender-free) calling. Runs Sunday dances at the Cambridge Masonic Temple.
One of the first major gender-free contra dance series in the US
External page. Check current meetings, membership, and joining details directly with the group.
Other contra & english country dance communities
The volunteer-run Friday Night Dancers host the largest weekly contra dance in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area at Glen Echo Park's historic Spanish Ballroom and Bumper Car Pavilion.
Founded in 1919 by Helen Osborne Storrow as 'Pine Tree Camp', converted to a dance camp in 1933 when she offered the 25-acre site to the EFDS as a permanent home for summer school. The spiritual home of American contra and English country dance.
Volunteer-run CDSS affiliate organizing weekly contra, English country, and waltz dances around Portland, OR since the late 1970s. The backbone of the Pacific Northwest traditional dance scene.
Volunteer-run non-profit promoting American and English traditional dance in central New Jersey since the late 1970s. Long-running Wednesday-night contra dance series in Princeton.
Conceived in 1987 by Nancy Gretta and Paul Rosenberg car-pooling to a Brattleboro dawn dance, the Flurry first ran in February 1988. The nonprofit DanceFlurry Organization now draws 5,000+ dancers and 400 performers every February to one of the largest contra dance festivals in the US.
Pittsburgh's CDSS-affiliate contra and English country dance group, running weekly contra dances and English country dances plus the annual Pittsburgh Contra Dance Weekend.