Roberta Kogut |
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Phone: 828-754-0326 Email: koguts@charter.net |
Roberta Kogut has been enthusiastic about contra dancing and other related dance forms since 1982, when she attended her first contra dance in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She performed with a local rapper sword dance team, and mastered the art of several couple’s dances, including hambo, tango, schottische, waltz and more. |
After moving to Florida, she began calling and started her own contra dance class, offered free to the public, to develop contra dancing in the Tampa Bay area. She quickly became a favorite, combining a gentle, yet effective, teaching style and a smorgasbord of fun and interesting dances. She has called at the Florida Folk Festival, Wings & Strings, the Gamble Rogers Festival, the Florida Spring Frolic, as well as for local contra dances throughout Florida. Within a short time of making their home in North Carolina, Roberta and her fiddler husband, Bob, were busy nurturing a growing dance community in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Roberta enjoys calling to Bob’s contra dance band, Wild Goose Chase, throughout the Southeast. And she can often be heard playing waltzes with the band on concertina. Recently, Roberta called at Merlefest 2004, where Darol Anger sat in with the Hardwood Dusters. She also called at the Lake Eden Arts Festival Fall (LEAF) 2004 with the Elftones. Roberta’s latest endeavor has been to form a dance team to perform modern contra dancing as well as traditional styles of community dancing that were popular throughout the history of our country. The Foothills Heritage Dancers are available to perform at festivals, reenactments, concerts and theatrical performances with historical settings. |