Arnb.Org: Cajun and Zydeco Dance Instructors

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• California
  • Greg Benusa, San Diego, CA, (619) 857-8409, E-mail Website: www.zydecoach.com
    I have shared Zydeco dance for over 15 years teaching many workshops all over the US and the world including: New York, Denver, Los Angeles, San Diego, Portland & London. I have created two Louisiana Dance Home School DVD’s to help share this dance with others.
• Louisiana
  • Lori and Glenn, New Orleans, LA and Slidell, LA (985)710-3063 or (504)493-1101, E-mail Website: www.zydecocajundancelessons.com
    If you look at our website, you will see that we not only teach a 2 hour Zydeco and Cajun class on Monday nights at Tooloula'a Lounge, 4808 Pontchartrain Dr, Slidell, LA 70458 and on Tuesday nights at Zeke's Restaurant, 1517 Metairie Rd, Metairie, LA from 6:30pm to 8:30pm but, we also encourage our students to accompany us to dances and field trips so that they can practice, on the dance floor, what they learn in class. You will regularly find us, and a large group of present and past students, at Rock and Bowl, Tipitina's, The Abita Springs monthly dances, dance festivals in south Louisiana, and most Zydeco-Cajun dances in the area. If you see us out and about please join us, there's always room for more fun.
• Massachusetts
  • Heidi Ehrenreich, (Western) MA, 413-247-9089, E-mail
    Zydeco, Cajun, basic jitterbug, and other dances, cha cha, all the dances from the 60' and 70's. Plus, I am a dance movement therapist who has a private practice and teaches in the dance/ movement therapy graduate school program at Antioch New England Graduate School in Keene, NH
  • Sue Huppe, Boston MA 617-926-2467 E-mail
    Teaching Cajun and Zydeco for 14 years; available for private and group lessons, events and parties. I also teach swing, west coast swing, latin and ballroom.
  • Larry Kaufman, Northampton, MA (Western MA) (413) 584-6658, E-mail
    Larry has been teaching dance, yoga and sports for over 30 years, including workshops for teachers in the art of teaching to challenged learners. He has been dancing all his life (from improv to ballroom) and doing Zydeco since 1995, including travelling to Southwest Louisiana. He specializes in lessons for beginners with simple, fun instruction; incorporating Swing, Latin and other dance moves into Zydeco; as well as intermediate and advanced lessons and line dances for ongoing dances and dancers.
• New Jersey
  • Ava & Larry 609-707-2147
    Zydeco and Cajun Lessons - group and private
  • Dolores & Dance Associates (973) 568-3496, E-mail
    Are you ready to Zydeco? As A French-Creole from Lafayette located in Southwest Louisiana, I have been dancing Zydeco all my life. I can teach basic steps to your group or organization. Affordable and conveniently located in the New York/New Jersey metropolitan area.
• New York
  • Esther Brill, Rochester, NY 585 244-2815 or 585 721-8684, E-mail Websites: www.rochesterswingdance.com www.yourweddingdancerochester.com
    Cajun Waltz, Mamou Waltz, Cajun/Mamou Two Step, Mamou Jitterbug, Zydeco (Beg/Iinterm/Adv), Whiskey River JitterBug, Baisse Bas, Waltz, Blues, Swing, Lindy, Balboa, wedding dance
  • Jeremy and Laura Rice, Lower Hudson Valley, NY 914-528-7612, E-mail Website: Somebody Scream NY
    Zydeco, waltz, Cajun two-step, and Cajun jitterbug in the NY/NJ metropolitan area. We are available for private lessons, parties, and festivals. Will travel if necessary.
  • Fredda Seidenbaum, New York, NY (212) 924-2887 E-mail Website: http://homepage.newschool.edu/~seidenbf
    Fredda has taught zydeco & Cajun dance for over 20 years (she visitsLouisiana 2-3 times a year to update her steps, and has studied with several teachers there). Fredda's students say she's a clear, supportive teacher who makes learning fun for all levels. She's taught for The New School; Central Park Summerstage; Omega Institute; Bruce Daigrepont Steve Riley & the Mamou Playboys; as well as local bands. Wildest teaching experiences: a Cajun Bar-Mitzvah at a Portuguese restaurant, and teaching zydeco/Cajun classes in Istanbul, Turkey and Bombay, India.
  • Laura Selikson, New York, NY 212-685-7597 or E-mail, Instructor of the Let's Zydeco dances in and around NYC, has been teaching Cajun and zydeco dancing in the NYC area for the past 12 years. She has taught both individually and up to groups of hundreds, and has taught in NYC dance schools, Central Park Summerstage, NYU Mardi Gras, Battery Park, and numerous weddings and private events, not to mention at her own events.
• Pennsylvania
  • Vince Masciarelli, Glenside, PA (215) 885-7935, E-mail Website: www.vmdanceinstructor.com
    Vince has been teaching a variety of dance styles for many years, and offers private or group lessons in Cajun and Zydeco dancing. Learn two-step and waltz styles including basic footwork and turn patterns. Visit his website for information about prices and upcoming class schedules.
  • Marv Resnick, New Jersey and PA (609) 859-4126
    Marv Resnick specializes in teaching Zydeco, from the beginner level to the very advanced. He is currently the instructor for the monthly “Allons Danser” dances in the Philadelphia, PA area. Marv is an excellent dancer and has taught professionally. Marv started dancing when he was a teenager and became accomplished at what is now called swing. At 17, he became a “regular” on Allen Freed’s “Big Beat” TV show, which was very similar to Dick Clark’s American Bandstand. During the year he was on the show he won all four of the dance contests. Now Zydeco dancing is his passion. In his desire to become proficient at the more authentic styles of the dance, he has made trips to Louisiana and has danced with and learned from many Creole dancers.