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ISDN homepage
Welcome to the Ithaca Swing Dance Network's home page. On this page you'll
find pointers to
The Ithaca Swing Dance Network (ISDN) is a voluntary
organization of swing dance fans who participate in and coordinate dance
events in the Ithaca, NY
area. The ISDN currently has about 200 members and is growing all the
time. The network's activities include:
- sponsoring dances with live or recorded music
- sponsoring classes, workshops and performances
- supporting the growth of local dance troupes
- publishing a newsletter
- providing scholarships to some of the many events available for swing
dance instruction
- creating and maintaining a lending library of dance videos
- networking with other regional and national swing dance organizations
The ISDN sponsors one dance per month with live music. It also holds record
hops every Wednesday night, and on the first Saturday of each month.
Ithaca has a number of excellent dance teachers
in all styles, and in addition the Network has attracted visits from many
nationally known teachers in the past years. These have included Frankie Manning of Whitey's fame (who will be
making a return visit in November), West Coast champions Debbie Ramsey, John Festa, and Maxwell Ho,
Texas Whip master Mario Robau, Jr, mambo
queen Debra Elkins, smooth-style Lindy
Hopper Teddy Kern, and Savoy-style Lindy Hoppers Simon Selmon and Louise Thwaite from London,
and Steven Mitchell from California. In
the winter we hosted a visit by three-times US Open Champion Robert Cordoba.
More information:
Ithaca area dance events:
Workshops
Other stuff about dancing:
- General:
- Dancer's Archive
- Dance newsgroup: rec.arts.dance
- Frequently
asked questions (FAQ) from rec.arts.dance
- Yahoo's
WWW dance page
- Henry's
Dance Hotlist
- Marv Vandehey's
Dance Directory
- Aria's Dance
Page
- Special Events:
- Spring Swing Fest Budapest-97
- Swing:
- Aswin's Swing Dance Page
- Rochester Swing Dance Network
- Boston Swing Dance
Network
- New England
Swing Dance Server
- New York Swing
Dance Society
- Philadelphia Swing Dance Society
- Washington DC
Swing Dance Server
- Charlottesville
Swing Dance Society
- Toronto
Swing Dance Society
- Lindy Hop in Seattle
- Sacramento Dancer's Information
Link
- Dancing
in Los Angeles
- Tease Inc (country and western)
- European Dance
Server
- Swing dancing in
the UK
- Lindy Hop
in Sweden
- Finnish dance server
- Flyers for national
swing dance events
-
National swing dance event listings
- List of swing dance clubs and societies in the
US
- Boogie Dance
Productions
- Living Traditions
- Who's Who
in Swing Dance
- Pictures of
some emminent swing dancers
- Archives of Early Lindy Hop
- Lists of dance music
- Dance tips
- Performers:
- The Rhythm Hot
Shots performance troupe
- Zoots and Spangles performance troupe
- The
ExtravaDancers performance troupe
- Other forms:
- Carolina Shag
- Judy's Salsa Page
- Tango server
- Tango in
Ithaca
- Cornell Ballroom Dance
Club
- All the ills of mankind,
- all the tragic misfortunes that fill the history books,
- all the political blunders,
- all the failures of the great leaders
- have arisen merely from a lack of skill at dancing.
- - Moliere
- Have fun! Look cool! Dance to the music!
- - the ISDN
(c) 1996, various people.
Last modified: July 28, 1996
Robbert van Renesse, rvr@cs.cornell.edu, and
Mark Newman, newmme@msc.cornell.edu