Bluesy Tuesy is a friendly weekly social partner dance in Cambridge and Somerville, Massachusetts, held on Tuesday nights. As of July 2024, we're dancing in Somerville at the NESFA Library at 504 Medford St.
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Upcoming dance dates:
- Nov 12 - Queen Sarah Grace DJ debut!
- Nov 19 - Steve York DJs
- Nov 26 - Fusey Bluesy Tuesy, our monthly fusion night. Balter Dance hosts
About Us
We strive to be about kindness. This is a not-for-profit, volunteer-led event that exists to make lives more connected and to allow people to put down our burdens and share joy.
- Lessons are 7:30-8:30 p.m., open social dance from 8:30-10 p.m. or later.
- Admission is sliding scale, pay what you can, $5-$25. We're cash only but accept IOUs.
- Lessons are intended to be beginner-friendly though many of them are layered for multiple skill levels.
- No partner or experience required, all ages welcome, queer friendly
- Most of the time we're doing blues dance with a bit of fusion, on the fourth Tuesday each month, we do fusion dance with a bit of blues.
- As of Apr 30 2024, we are mask optional, however we plan to require masks when covid numbers spike again, almost certainly no later than Thanksgiving. Full overview of our pandemic response.
- Please don't wear heavy scents and perfumes, they give some people migraines.
- We recommend you bring a reusable water bottle and comfortable safe dancing shoes. Good shoes for blues will be slippery enough to allow you to spin in place while being grabby enough to make sure you have secure footing. Most people choose to wear flat shoes, though sometimes people who have trained in other forms of dance, such as tango, wear shoes with taller heels. Dancing in socks is also fine.
- Occasionally we cancel a dance for a blizzard, holiday, or other reasons, and sometimes we move the dance outdoors. We usually use Facebook to communicate about these things, so please like our page and join our group if you're there.
- Please do not bring alcoholic beverages; we are an all-ages event.
- We have an opt-in photo/video policy. Please do not take pictures of anyone at our events without advance permission from everyone being recorded. Designated staff do occasionally record dances for publicity or other purposes, we can exclude folks we know don't wish to be recorded.
- We share a teaching pool with our sister dance, Blues Union.
- Venue notes: The NESFA clubhouse on Medford Street has two gender-neutral bathooms. The venue is mostly handicapped accessible, however the bathrooms are not wheelchair friendly.
- Bluesy Tuesy Code of Conduct
Black Lives Matter
Bluesy Tuesy joins millions around the world in mourning the deaths of
Tyre Nichols, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Eric Garner, and far, far
too many others. Black Lives Matter. We at Tuesy often ask our
community to be kind. We also ask that you be just, and do your part
to end systemic racism.
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