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• Dance Biography & References
• Projects of Interest
• When Not Dancing
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Scott's Dance Calendar

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Dance Biography

Scott Higgs began dancing in 1975, and started teaching soon thereafter (when the knowledgeable dancers graduated !). For 25 years he has traveled the country (25 states and 6 foreign countries) calling for contras and English country dances. Dancers characterize Scott's contras as "high-energy" and "swingy." His English dance programs span the spectrum from exuberant to elegant.

In the 1980's, Scott joined with International dancers to found a series of Couple Dance Playshops, featuring minimal teaching and lots of dancing. More recently, Scott has composed dozens of dances, and served as President of the Germantown Country Dancers. His first booklet of dance compositions, Early One Morning, appeared in 1995. Dances from that collection have been performed across the U.S. and Europe, and reprinted in anthologies in the U.S. and the U.K. In recent years, Scott has led weeklong workshops at Pinewoods, Buffalo Gap, Mendocino, Ashokan, and Mainewoods Camps. From 2004-2006,  CDSS hired Scott to design and lead special intensive courses for English Dance Leaders. In 2007 and 2008, Scott was Program Director for English American Week at Pinewoods..Scott's latest enthusiasm: Renegade Morris, now entering its fourth season of high-energy dancing. 

For a change of pace in 2009-11, Scott is taking a break from organizing weeks for CDSS, and has joined the Board of Directors -- it's a very different perspective !

Scott's leading has been featured at many week-long workshops.

Pinewoods Camp (featured at one or more sessions almost every year)
	English Dance Week 
	American Dance Week
	English/American Dance Week 
	Campers Week
	Early Music Week
	English/Scottish Session
	Family Week
Mendocino Woodlands Camp 
	American Dance Week 
	English Dance Week
Augusta Heritage Center
	Dance Week
Buffalo Gap Camp
	English/American Dance Week 
Ashokan Fiddle & Dance Camp
	Northern Week 
Tropical Dance Vacation
	English Dance Week on St. Croix
Lady of the Lake Camp
	June Music and Dance Week
Mainewoods Folk Dance Camp
	(Week #1 of the season)
Berea College
	Christmas Country Dance School
Step Stately Tour
	Leading English and contra dances on a tour of England


            Special Weekends and Festivals - (Just a Sampling):


Dance Flurry (Albany, NY)
BACDS Fall Dance Weekend (La Honda, CA)
Heritage Dance Festival (Plymouth Meeting, PA)
Spring Dance Weekend (Antwerp, Belgium)
Champlain Valley Festival (Burlington, VT)
Cascadia English Dance Weekend (Seattle, WA)
American Buffalo Weekend (Buffalo Gap, WV)
Suttle Lake Dance Weekend (Portland, OR)
Pinewoods Labor Day Weekend (Plymouth, MA)
NEFFA (Natick, MA)
AACTMAD Dance Weekend (Ann Arbor, MI)
Victoria's Revenge (Cape May, NJ)
John Campbell Folk School (Brasstown, NC)
Ralph Page Memorial Weekend (Durham, NH)
Head for the Hills (Hudson Guild, NJ)
Pigtown Fling (Cincinnati, OH)
Alpine Country Dance Weekend (Hopewell Junction, NY)
Bayou Bedlam (Houston, TX)
Pinewoods 4th of July Weekend (Plymouth, MA)
Ski/Dance Weekend (Laurel Highlands, PA)

   . . . and too many more to list . . .

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Projects

Over the last five years, Scott has led several weeklong workshops on dance leadership. In addition to feedback and practice in teaching and calling, participants explored a wide range of issues including: How to develop dance programs; How to teach more than the geography of a dance; and How to integrate rich learning with delightful fun. In 2004, 05, and 06 Scott led intensive (pre-registered group, 2+ hours per day) leaders seminars as part of CDSS's summer progams at Pinewoods Camp. .

Scott has also kept busy as a program director for CDSS, organizing Dance Weeks at Buffalo Gap and Pinewoods. These programs draw up to 140 dancers and musicians, who savor magical music and dance in a beautiful setting. Click below for information about this summer's weeks at  Pinewoods, and many more great CDSS-sponsored programs !

CDSS Program Details

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When Not Dancing

Scott earns his daily bread as a freelance computer consultant. Internet research, database support, writing, and editing for a variety of clients keep him busy. Some of Scott's favorite projects have been in-depth reviews of software, published in Software Digest, PC Digest, and BYTE magazines. Although he strongly prefers to work on projects at home (11pm - 3am are his most productive hours), Scott occasionally travels to an office for special projects, as in 1992, when he spent a year in Paris helping to establish one of Europe's first independent computer test laboratories.

Scott is a former long-term member and continuing supporter of the critically-acclaimed Music Group of Philadelphia. This chorus performs literature of all musical periods, with special emphasis on commissioning and performing contemporary compositions.  

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Links you may find useful

Philadelphia Dance Schedule

Country Dance & Song Society

EFDSS - Dancing in the U.K.

AADS - Dancing in Europe (via Belgium)

Flowers and Decorations by Leslie Talon

Simply Massage Vermont - Jody Higgs

Today's Hospitalist Magazine

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Document Last Updated: September 2009

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