Hello Reader,Thank you for following this blog. Ostensibly, this blog was designed to be primarily for my medical related life, a window into what it's like to be a medical student. Most of the blogs have that intent: describe a day or discuss a patient interaction or opine on a medical issue. But of course, I have lots of interests outside of medicine (blogging being one of them). In at least one blog in the past, I alluded to one of my other passions, social dancing. I first started dancing swing, waltz, hustle, polka, tango, etc. as an undergraduate and I quickly fell in love, joining a group that performs a waltz and polka at the annual Stanford Viennese Ball.
This past year, I joined Danse Libre, a vintage performance dance group that recreates dances from the 19th and early 20th centuries. It has been an amazingly fun experience. We are putting on a big show which happens every 2-3 years in Palo Alto on June 4 and 5. We will be performing 16 dances in period attire including Victorian waltzes, polkas, and parlor games of the 19th century, American hesitation waltzes and one-steps from the roaring 20s, and the elegant foxtrot and early swing of the 1930s. It ought to be a really fun show. Since it's a huge part of my life, I decided to write a blog about it in the off chance that this is someone's cup of tea; we would love to see you there.
The Academy of Danse Libre presents "M is for Mazurka", a Dancing Whodunnit!Experience dances from the Victorian era through the 1930s in this murder mystery of intrigue and dance. Also featuring performances by the Swing Cats Rhythm Revue.
TICKETS: http://danselibre.org/show.
Friday and Saturday, June 4th and 5th.
Doors at 7:30pm; show starts at 8pm.
Cubberley Theatre
4000 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, CA 94303
Tickets available from members of Danse Libre in person, online ($13), or at the door, day of the show ($15 / students $12).
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