The Dancing Bears

A dance community in Anchorage, Alaska!

Become a member for the 2025/26 season!

Events

Saturday Contra and potluck

5:00 PM – 10:30 PM17:00 – 22:305:00 PM – 10:30 PM

Spenard Rec Center

Saturday Contra and potluck

5:00 PM – 10:30 PM17:00 – 22:305:00 PM – 10:30 PM

Spenard Rec Center

Saturday potluck and dance. Dinner at 5pm, dancing at 7:15

Music by Big Chimney Barn Dance. Calling by Jess Winn. Sound by Kyle Todd.

Bring some food to share!

5:00 PM – 10:30 PM17:00 – 22:305:00 PM – 10:30 PM

Spenard Rec Center

7:15 PM – 10:30 PM19:15 – 22:307:15 PM – 10:30 PM

Spenard Rec Center

Friday Contra

7:15 PM – 10:30 PM19:15 – 22:307:15 PM – 10:30 PM

Spenard Rec Center

Music by Contrails. Calling by Barbara Rowland and Andrew Cardella. Sound by Bennet Hilsgen.

7:15 PM – 10:30 PM19:15 – 22:307:15 PM – 10:30 PM

Spenard Rec Center

7:15 PM – 10:30 PM19:15 – 22:307:15 PM – 10:30 PM

Spenard Rec Center

Friday Contra

7:15 PM – 10:30 PM19:15 – 22:307:15 PM – 10:30 PM

Spenard Rec Center

Holiday dance!

Four callers calling! Jubilee playing, and sound by Kyle Todd.

7:15 PM – 10:30 PM19:15 – 22:307:15 PM – 10:30 PM

Spenard Rec Center

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Lesson at 7:15 PM. Dance starts at 7:30 PM. As the evening progresses so do the dances, building on moves practiced earlier. So come early, and stay as long as you’re having fun!

Dances are pay-what-you-wish from $10-$25. Kids 12 and under FRE

Next week on a WEDNESDAY!!

Lesson at 7:15 PM. Dance starts at 7:30 PM. As the evening progresses so do the dances, building on moves practiced earlier. So come early, and stay as long as you’re having fun!

Dances are pay-what-you-wish from $1

Our only dance of the season OUTSIDE!

We will be dancing in the pavilion behind the Moose Lodge (4211 Arctic Blvd). Dances are outside, rain or shine, so please dress accordingly. And the dance floor is concrete so please wear comfy shoes.

Lesson

Lesson at 7:15 PM. Dance starts at 7:30 PM. As the evening progresses so do the dances, building on moves practiced earlier. So come early, and stay as long as you’re having fun!

Dances are pay-what-you-wish from $10-$25. Kids 12 and under FRE

Lesson at 7:15 PM. Dance starts at 7:30 PM. As the evening progresses so do the dances, building on moves practiced earlier. So come early, and stay as long as you’re having fun!

Dances are pay-what-you-wish from $10-$25. Kids 12 and under FRE

“A contra dance is like an amusement park ride we make for ourselves.”

— Unknown

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Band playing at 2019 Dance Camp

The Dancing Bears is a nonprofit, volunteer run dance organization established in 1981 to promote traditional folk dance and community building in Anchorage, Alaska.

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Dance Camp photos by David Frantz

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