8:00pm: Lesson | 9:00pm - 11:30pm: Social Dance

Capital Blues's weekly blue dance will not take place this Thursday, but join Capital Blues most Thursdays for the best Blues dances in the Washington, D.C.!

Friday night weekly contra dance will not take place at the park this Friday.

Friday night weekly contra dance will not take place at the park this Friday.

2:30pm - 4:30pm: Lesson | 4:30pm - 5:30pm: Social Dance

A multi-level Ballroom Dance Workshop in the Spanish Ballroom on April 4th, 2026 from 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm followed by one hour of instructor-assisted practice until 5:30. This multi-level Workshop is designed with beginner to intermediate-level dancers in mind. Beginners will receive separate instruction to cover lead and follow techniques along with basic steps and figures that can be used across multiple dance styles. The first hour will cover mambo, rumba, cha-cha, and bachata basics. The second hour will cover dances that move in a line of dance including waltz, foxtrot, tango, and samba. Figures used in samba line dancing will be taught during the practice session. More experienced dancers are encouraged to join the Workshop to learn intermediate-level figures chosen from the following: Hour 1 - open and closed cross-body lead in rumba and cha-cha; spiral turns; bolero styling; and additional figures for bachata and merengue. Hour 2 - additional figures for waltz and foxtrot including the natural spin turn and waltz figures done out of promenade position: the natural impetus turn, chassé steps, and the reverse weave. We'll practice the Viennese cross used in Viennese waltz. We'll review the open reverse turn and back corté in ballroom tango.

We will be rotating partners, which is always optional for those who dance with a preferred partner.

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2:45pm - 3:30pm: Lesson | 3:30pm - 6:00pm: Social Dance

Beginner lesson in Foxtrot at 2:45 PM by guest instructors Paul and Diane McRoberts. Music by Night & Day Band from 3:30 until 6:00. The music covers a variety of ballroom dance styles: Slow Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep, Viennese Waltz, Rumba, Bachata, Cha-Cha, Samba, Mambo, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Hustle, Merengue, and more. During the afternoon there will be a mixer and some samba line dancing.

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Join Waltz Time for an afternoon of waltzing and more to live music! At 2:45 pm, we offer a beginner lesson on social waltz (included with admission) which provides the basics and confidence to join right in dancing. At 3:30 pm, Handspring with Carrie Rose (flute), Alexander Mitchell(violin/viola), Owen Morrison(guitar, piano) provide live music consisting of mostly waltzes interspersed with polka, schottishe, tango, swing and other favorite styles. Dress in layers, the ballroom will be chilly. No partner needed, all are welcome. The lesson is suitable for ages 12 and up.

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2:45pm - 3:30pm: Lesson | 3:30pm - 6:00pm: Social Dance

Ballroom Time presents a ballroom dance in the Spanish Ballroom on Sunday afternoon.

Beginner lesson in merengue at 2:45 PM. Music by DJ Broomtime from 3:30 until 6:00. The music covers a variety of ballroom dance styles: Slow Waltz, Foxtrot, Tango, Quickstep, Viennese Waltz, Rumba, Bachata, Cha-cha, Samba, mambo, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Hustle, Merengue, and more. During the afternoon there will be a mixer and some samba line dancing.

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Crossing Boundaries: Dances of Transition is a contemporary dance showcase featuring work by Sylvana Christopher/Sylvidances, Stacey Yvonne Claytor/Clay Co, Kyoko Fujimoto, Keira Hart/Uprooted Dance, and Malcolm Shute/Human Landscape Dance. It takes place 8pm on Friday July 25, and 2pm and 7:30pm on Saturday July 26 in the Glen Echo Ballroom Backroom.

Use this link to buy tickets: www.buytickets.at/crossdance.

The dances of Crossing Boundaries are united by a theme of transformation. Inspired by the Winnie the Pooh stories, “The Back Story,” by Christopher, explores the history of Eeyore. Dancers move through a lovers’ quarrel, caught between wrestling and embracing, forming a puddle on the floor.  In “Cleansing Ritual,” by Claytor, dancers rise up in a staggered line, backs curled, forming a wave that teeters sideways before crashing back down. “Curtains in the Wind,” by Shute, envisions an older couple as a pair of curtains on a window: tossed in different directions by the breeze, but always returning to each other. This showcase brings a wide variety of dances to the stage, each of which reflects on change.

Crossing Boundaries: Dances of Transition is a contemporary dance showcase featuring work by Sylvana Christopher/Sylvidances, Stacey Yvonne Claytor/Clay Co, Kyoko Fujimoto, Keira Hart/Uprooted Dance, and Malcolm Shute/Human Landscape Dance. It takes place 8pm on Friday July 25, and 2pm and 7:30pm on Saturday July 26 in the Glen Echo Ballroom Backroom.

Use this link to buy tickets: www.buytickets.at/crossdance.

The dances of Crossing Boundaries are united by a theme of transformation. Inspired by the Winnie the Pooh stories, “The Back Story,” by Christopher, explores the history of Eeyore. Dancers move through a lovers’ quarrel, caught between wrestling and embracing, forming a puddle on the floor.  In “Cleansing Ritual,” by Claytor, dancers rise up in a staggered line, backs curled, forming a wave that teeters sideways before crashing back down. “Curtains in the Wind,” by Shute, envisions an older couple as a pair of curtains on a window: tossed in different directions by the breeze, but always returning to each other. This showcase brings a wide variety of dances to the stage, each of which reflects on change.

Crossing Boundaries: Dances of Transition is a contemporary dance showcase featuring work by Sylvana Christopher/Sylvidances, Stacey Yvonne Claytor/Clay Co, Kyoko Fujimoto, Keira Hart/Uprooted Dance, and Malcolm Shute/Human Landscape Dance. It takes place 8pm on Friday July 25, and 2pm and 7:30pm on Saturday July 26 in the Glen Echo Ballroom Backroom.

Use this link to buy tickets: www.buytickets.at/crossdance.

The dances of Crossing Boundaries are united by a theme of transformation. Inspired by the Winnie the Pooh stories, “The Back Story,” by Christopher, explores the history of Eeyore. Dancers move through a lovers’ quarrel, caught between wrestling and embracing, forming a puddle on the floor.  In “Cleansing Ritual,” by Claytor, dancers rise up in a staggered line, backs curled, forming a wave that teeters sideways before crashing back down. “Curtains in the Wind,” by Shute, envisions an older couple as a pair of curtains on a window: tossed in different directions by the breeze, but always returning to each other. This showcase brings a wide variety of dances to the stage, each of which reflects on change.