Arnb.Org: Cajun and Zydeco Dance Instructors

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• 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.
• New Jersey
  • Ava & Larry 609-707-2147
    Zydeco and Cajun Lessons - group and private
• 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
    Cajun and Zydeco group and private lessons in the Philadelphia area
  • 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.