Dancing and music with Dudley Laufman at Jalopy

Sun, 28 Sep, 2025 at 06:30 pm UTC-04:00

Jalopy Theatre and School of Music | Brooklyn

Dancing and music with Dudley Laufman at Jalopy
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Dudley Laufman is a dance caller, musician, poet, storyteller, and a National Heritage Fellow. Join him and the house band at Jalopy for an evening of music, story-telling, and traditional New Hampshire-style contra dances.
"Widely credited with helping spur the revival of contra in the 20th century," Dudley has spent a lifetime calling dances and playing music throughout New England. Influenced by the well-known dance caller, Ralph Page, and the fiddling style of Dick Richardson, Dudley taught himself to call dances and play the fiddle, melodeon, harmonica and concertina. Dudley's dances, held throughout New England, were so popular in the 70s and 80s that they became known as “Dudley Dances" and contributed to a national wave of interest in contra dancing. Dudley is also known for his ensemble, the Canterbury Country Dance Orchestra, which recorded the very first full-length LP of dance music in 1972, and for his poetry, compositions, and storytelling. Don't miss this rare stop in the Big Apple!
Dances will be called with 'ladies/gents.'
Tickets $20 advance/$25 DOS: https://www.viewcy.com/event/contra_dance_with_dud
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Jalopy Theatre and School of Music, 315 Columbia St, Brooklyn, NY 11231-1338, United States

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