Door County Contra Dance Weekend / Door County Folk Festival
Jonathan Sivier
(Champaign, IL)
(Caller, Dance Instructor, Planner)
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Jonathan Sivier has been involved in traditional dance since 1987 and has been leading dances since 1992. He is active with the Urbana Country Dancers and is one of the leaders of the Central Illinois English Country Dancers. He regularly leads contra, English and square dances in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois and elsewhere. He serves as one of the English country dance editors for the Country Dance and Song Society Newsletter. One of his ongoing projects is the reconstruction of music and dances from New Harmony, Indiana circa 1826. He’s led contra and English dances at various locations around the USA. He recently completed in a project for the University of Illinois Kinesiology Department in which he taught contra and English country dances to senior's. For further information contact him at 217/359-8225 or jsivier@illinois.edu.