Back to School Contra Dance @ Ho Plaza

Event details Date: Saturday, August 22, 2026 Time: 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Location: Physical Sciencies - Atrium! Type: Arts / Performance Contact: Alexandra Hoff | contradanceatcornell@gmail.com About this event A dance held by the Cornell Contra Dance Club. Open to all, but most heavily advertised to undergrad and graduate students. The club was dormant for multiple years, and we are attempting to revive student engagement as of 2024. Our dance April 2025 (in WSH407) was a success, bringing in nearly 40 confirmed Cornell-affiliated attendees and hosting approximately 100 at the event peak. We will host 2-3 musicians of a contracted band for live music at this social dance event. For this event we are aiming to offer a low-pressure, intro-level open-to-all dance with instruction throughout and acoustic music, with the dance director (the "caller") having one bluetooth-enabled portable speaker so she doesn't have to strain her voice. We anticipate a peak of <50 attendees, mostly undergraduates. https://cglink.me/2ee/r2308353 Official event details: https://events.cornell.edu/event/back-to-school-contra-dance-ho-plaza