1 ---------- Contra:
Sunday, July 3rd (Fushimi Dance) Otonori Hiroba 22
From Ishiguro-san:
"We will have Fushimi Contra at Shimogyô-ku (Kyôto), so a lot of people can participate.
You can walk from Kyoto station to the meeting place, so I really hope people from Osaka and Shiga will come too.
The time is from 14:15 until 17:15, on the 3rd of July (Sunday), at
Shimogyô Iki iki Shimin katsudô Center, on the 3rd floor.
It's 8 minutes on foot from Kyoto station and 7 minutes from Keihan Nanajô station.
There is no parking.
click to see Map
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tuesday, June 14, 2011
Bal this SUNDAY plus rehearsal at 12:00
1. Romain's french bal is this Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the French Institute, as usual.
Special Guest Dana Antipova will lead Latvian Dances
2. If you would like to help with the Fete de la Musique event on the 25th, we will be holding a rehearsal starting at 12:00.
---Next month dances are
4: July 3rd, Fushimi Contra,
NEW LOCATION:
下京いきいき市民活動センター
下京いきいき市民活動センター
「shimogyo ikiiki shimin katsudo center」
京都市下京区上之町38番地
38 kami no machi shimogyo-ku
京都市下京区上之町38番地
38 kami no machi shimogyo-ku
http://www.its-mo.com/map/mapeng.htm?lat=125941440&lon=488766130&lvl=18
Time to be announced
View Contrakyoto Dance Locations in Kyoto in a larger map
5: French Bal dates:
JULY: NEW DATE: not 3rd Sunday, but Sunday, 10th of July
AUGUST: NO BAL
SEPT: September 25th
Monday, June 6, 2011
great dance, upcoming july 3 new location
We had a wonderful contra yesterday in Fushimi. Lots of dancers, lots of fun! Thanks to everyone who participated. .
Mark your calendars: Next Fushimi Dance is on July 3rd. The time will be the same but there will be a NEW LOCATION, conveniently near kyoto station, to be announced.
(also Romain's french bal on the 19th, Contra Demonstration at the Fete de la musique, both at the French Institute)
Lastly, I really want to share a video I found on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG6vVoiFT9c&feature=player_embedded#at=58
It's a very well done history of contra...I really wish I could translate this into japanese (any takers?) because the quality is excellent and I think it would help people understand the evolution of contra and contra music (and how we are part of it). The connection to slavery and african american history is fascinating. Watch the smiles on the faces of the hippie dancers. "the power to create communities, woven together by fiddle and bow"
It's from a series on http://contrausa.com/....and part of a longer video from http://greatmeadowmusic.com/film.html (I am ordering it now, for viewing by all).
Mark your calendars: Next Fushimi Dance is on July 3rd. The time will be the same but there will be a NEW LOCATION, conveniently near kyoto station, to be announced.
(also Romain's french bal on the 19th, Contra Demonstration at the Fete de la musique, both at the French Institute)
Lastly, I really want to share a video I found on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG6vVoiFT9c&feature=player_embedded#at=58
It's a very well done history of contra...I really wish I could translate this into japanese (any takers?) because the quality is excellent and I think it would help people understand the evolution of contra and contra music (and how we are part of it). The connection to slavery and african american history is fascinating. Watch the smiles on the faces of the hippie dancers. "the power to create communities, woven together by fiddle and bow"
It's from a series on http://contrausa.com/....and part of a longer video from http://greatmeadowmusic.com/film.html (I am ordering it now, for viewing by all).
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Re: contra kyoto in the dancegypsy
Well, the dance is alive, but not so sure it's kicking.
Thanks for getting back to me. I really dont expect many people to come this way, but every so often I get an inquiry, and I thought I ought to make ourselves official, which of course means making it into the dance gypsy....I learned ot dance in Etna and Thetford and Lebanon, and am a many time survivor of the Brattleboro Dawn Dances, though before I came here I was in Portland (the yankee one) , NIce to hear from someone back home.
Thanks for getting back to me. I really dont expect many people to come this way, but every so often I get an inquiry, and I thought I ought to make ourselves official, which of course means making it into the dance gypsy....I learned ot dance in Etna and Thetford and Lebanon, and am a many time survivor of the Brattleboro Dawn Dances, though before I came here I was in Portland (the yankee one) , NIce to hear from someone back home.
Anyway, the address question is a bit tricky.
There are really two dances, one at the Takano Church in kyoto, the other at the Coop in Tamababashi, but it called for historical reasons the Fushimi dance (these are two nearby suburbs to kyoto). Soon, one or the other may or may not be continuing or combining with the other, though the plan is to keep them alive.
The latter is technically a separate offshoot of our original Takano dance, run semi-independently, but anyone from the US is probably better off going through me,,.
I assume you want the address of the dances themselves? from a search point of view, the best keywords are contrakyoto, fushimi contra, takano contra, in kyoto or fushimi. tambabashi is unlikely to work.
I can also give you links to maps...all easy to get from my webpage contrakyoto.byethost9.com
or directly http://contrakyoto.byethost9.com/DirectionsAndWhatToBring.html
Takano is on Kitaoji, just west of the Takano Bridge (near Quanat and Izumya department stores). The hall is in the rear of the church. To get directions via Google Maps, click
http://contrakyoto.byethost9.com/MapTakano.html
The nearest train station is Ichijoji station. The nearest Kyoto City Bus stop is at the Takano Bashi Higashi Zume, on the #8-north(kita), #204, and #206 lines. The nearest Kyoto Bus stop is Takano Bashi Nishi Zume.
The address in japanese order is:
〒６０６-０８６６ zip code
京都市左京区 kyoto-shi sakyo-ku (city, ward)
下鴨東森ヶ前町７ shimogamo higashimorigamaecho 7 (street)
TEL. ＆ FAX. 075-781-1252
For Fushimi:
The location is the Coop-Momoyama Meeting Center in Tamababashi. Go out the west exit of the Kintetsu Tambabashi Station, walk due west until you get to a T, turn south/left and go 4 blocks to the Coop. Go to the rear of the Coop, and go into the Coop building next to a cleaners and go the the second floor. It is directly across the elevator.
To get directions via Google Maps, click http://contrakyoto.byethost9.com/MapFushimi.html
I dont actually have a street address for them.
egads...let me know if you need it or anything else..
in any event, I think just having our name website and an email is probably sufficient given our location, not as remote as some places in vermont, but it'll do. At least you can get here from there. :-)
next dance, this sunday. drop on by a spell....
________________________________
From: Greg Scragg <greg@scragg.net>
To: contrakyoto@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, June 2, 2011 11:36 AM
Subject: contra kyoto in the dancegypsy
David:
While cleaning up entries in the Dance Gypsy, I discovered the incomplete entry for your dance. I assume you ran into the brick wall of a venue system that doesn't do a decent job on venues outside of North America... sorry about that.
But I was happy to see (1) a dance series in such an (seemingly) unlikely place, and (2) a foreign attempt to use the Dance Gypsy. Only other dance currently listed in such a far away place is in Christchurch New Zealand.
Assuming your series is still alive and kicking, I can offer you two helpful ideas/suggestions:
(1) I can currently add the address for your series manually. If you send me the address, I'll add it in (dances do not appear in most searches unless they have a location (most dancers search near their home or near where they will be)... and alas even when they do appear they don't show even the country)
(2) This summer I will be extending the venue capability find locations worldwide. (Last month I added the ability to search based on any location worldwide. Hopefully worldwide venues will go as smoothly.
-- Greg Scragg 802.257.4478
Thursday, May 19, 2011
May June News
(english below)
コントラを愛する皆さん、ご無沙汰です。
デイヴィッドです。
いくつかお知らせあります。
1. 5月（今週末）はコントラはありません！いろいろな準備があって忙しい。申し訳ありません。
2. 6月にコントラのイベントは二つもあります！まず、6月5日（日）に何ヶ月間ぶりに伏見でコントラをやります！詳細は後ほど。多くの人をお待ちしています。そして、6月25日に日仏学館の「音楽祭」 (link: http://ifjk.jp/ja/events/event-detail/18 ) にコントラを紹介します！ 2時に 子供のためのワークショップをやって、3時ごろにまた一般向けのワークショップをやります。ロマンさんもフランスの踊りを5時ごろに紹介します。多くの人々にコントラを紹介するいいチャンスになりますが、皆さんのお手伝いが必要になります。詳しいことは4のところを見てください。(6月にいつもの高野コントラはありません)。
3. 京都コントラは進化してゆく！アメリカからのコントラ・ミュージシャン、ピーター・ダマシェクがわれわれのチームに入りました！彼がサンディエゴなどアメリカのいろいろなところでコントラを演奏してきたすごい人です。ずっと京都に住んでいる人で、これからのイベントに出てくれるらしい。ピーターさんがパソコンがうまい人で、Facebookで「コントラ・イン・京都」のグループを作ってくれました。これから皆さんとも、そして新しい人とも簡単に連絡することができます。ぜひ参加してください( http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_124139417666779 )。
4.ボランティア募集！！！
まず「音楽祭」のときに一緒にコントラの見本をやってくれる人々を必要としています。興味のある方早く私に連絡をください。
もう一つ、上に言ったように、高野と伏見のコントラが進化していく。一人、二人でやることよりコミューにティー（皆で）でやることになります。ひとりだけじゃとても力足りませんが、皆でがんばれば、もっとすごいイベントができると信じています。皆さんのエネルギーとアドヴァイスがほしいです。コントラが好きなかた、協力してください。 contrakyoto@gmail.comに（英語か日本語で）メールをおくってくれれば、一緒になにができることについて考えることができます。
お待ちしています！
1. No dance this month
2. June Dances: Fushimi June 5th and the French Institute's Fete de la Musique!
3. NEW Facebook group via Peter Damaschek
6. Volunteers needed
1. Bad news: NO regular Takano Dance in May (that is no dance this Saturday). Too busy reorganizing.
2. Good news: Fushimi is BACK! Next dance is on June 5th...more info upcoming. Also, in June, we have been invited to participate in the French Institute's Fete de la Musique, on June 25th (link: http://ifjk.jp/ja/events/event-detail/18 ). This is a great opportunity to reach out to more people and get new dancers, but we do need some help with this project. See below. There will be two contradance demonstrations, one for for kids and one for adults. Romain will also be holding a demo of French Dances. ( This event will take the place of the regular Takano Contra. )
3. GREAT News: Contrakyoto is starting a new collaboration with Peter Damaschek, a fine Contra Dance musician from San Diego and elsewhere in the US. He lives in Kyoto. He is going to be playing for upcoming dances US. His being here is an opportunity to do something here in Kyoto and he has started a FACEBOOK PAGE for contra in kyoto.
Now it is even easier to keep up and get involved with contra dance in Kyoto. Here is the link:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_124139417666779
4. We need volunteers for two reasons.
First, for the Fete de la Musique, we need some volunteers who would be willing to talk about why they like contradance and to help with the demonstration. Please email me ASAP if you are interested.
Secondly, the Takano Dance and Contrakyoto is changing. It is becoming a COMMUNITY-RUN project. We need a few more volunteers to help give it guidance and energy, so that it can continue to grow. If you care about the Takano Dance please become involved...send me an email at contrakyoto@gmail.com and let's see how you can help (english or japanese OK).
コントラを愛する皆さん、ご無沙汰です。
デイヴィッドです。
いくつかお知らせあります。
1. 5月（今週末）はコントラはありません！いろいろな準備があって忙しい。申し訳ありません。
2. 6月にコントラのイベントは二つもあります！まず、6月5日（日）に何ヶ月間ぶりに伏見でコントラをやります！詳細は後ほど。多くの人をお待ちしています。そして、6月25日に日仏学館の「音楽祭」 (link: http://ifjk.jp/ja/events/event-detail/18 ) にコントラを紹介します！ 2時に 子供のためのワークショップをやって、3時ごろにまた一般向けのワークショップをやります。ロマンさんもフランスの踊りを5時ごろに紹介します。多くの人々にコントラを紹介するいいチャンスになりますが、皆さんのお手伝いが必要になります。詳しいことは4のところを見てください。(6月にいつもの高野コントラはありません)。
3. 京都コントラは進化してゆく！アメリカからのコントラ・ミュージシャン、ピーター・ダマシェクがわれわれのチームに入りました！彼がサンディエゴなどアメリカのいろいろなところでコントラを演奏してきたすごい人です。ずっと京都に住んでいる人で、これからのイベントに出てくれるらしい。ピーターさんがパソコンがうまい人で、Facebookで「コントラ・イン・京都」のグループを作ってくれました。これから皆さんとも、そして新しい人とも簡単に連絡することができます。ぜひ参加してください( http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_124139417666779 )。
4.ボランティア募集！！！
まず「音楽祭」のときに一緒にコントラの見本をやってくれる人々を必要としています。興味のある方早く私に連絡をください。
もう一つ、上に言ったように、高野と伏見のコントラが進化していく。一人、二人でやることよりコミューにティー（皆で）でやることになります。ひとりだけじゃとても力足りませんが、皆でがんばれば、もっとすごいイベントができると信じています。皆さんのエネルギーとアドヴァイスがほしいです。コントラが好きなかた、協力してください。 contrakyoto@gmail.comに（英語か日本語で）メールをおくってくれれば、一緒になにができることについて考えることができます。
お待ちしています！
1. No dance this month
2. June Dances: Fushimi June 5th and the French Institute's Fete de la Musique!
3. NEW Facebook group via Peter Damaschek
6. Volunteers needed
1. Bad news: NO regular Takano Dance in May (that is no dance this Saturday). Too busy reorganizing.
2. Good news: Fushimi is BACK! Next dance is on June 5th...more info upcoming. Also, in June, we have been invited to participate in the French Institute's Fete de la Musique, on June 25th (link: http://ifjk.jp/ja/events/event-detail/18 ). This is a great opportunity to reach out to more people and get new dancers, but we do need some help with this project. See below. There will be two contradance demonstrations, one for for kids and one for adults. Romain will also be holding a demo of French Dances. ( This event will take the place of the regular Takano Contra. )
3. GREAT News: Contrakyoto is starting a new collaboration with Peter Damaschek, a fine Contra Dance musician from San Diego and elsewhere in the US. He lives in Kyoto. He is going to be playing for upcoming dances US. His being here is an opportunity to do something here in Kyoto and he has started a FACEBOOK PAGE for contra in kyoto.
Now it is even easier to keep up and get involved with contra dance in Kyoto. Here is the link:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_124139417666779
4. We need volunteers for two reasons.
First, for the Fete de la Musique, we need some volunteers who would be willing to talk about why they like contradance and to help with the demonstration. Please email me ASAP if you are interested.
Secondly, the Takano Dance and Contrakyoto is changing. It is becoming a COMMUNITY-RUN project. We need a few more volunteers to help give it guidance and energy, so that it can continue to grow. If you care about the Takano Dance please become involved...send me an email at contrakyoto@gmail.com and let's see how you can help (english or japanese OK).
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