THE COSTUME BALL
In order to make your stay in France as enjoyable as possible, Chestnut invites you to combine dancing with cultural discoveries via a programme of guided visits in and around Paris during the week preceding the ball.
The Costume Ball marks the climax of the CHESTNUT season
Among CHESTNUT’s suggestions to make your stay in Paris unforgettable we have, of course, the annual costume ball! The next one will take place in Paris on June 11, 2023.
It will crown a year of work on the dances you’ll find in the programme. Preparing for the Costume Ball makes up a large part of our teaching.
Besides the workshops organised specifically to prepare for the Costume Ball, other activities focus on exploring other aspects of English figure dances but we’ll come to that later. For now, let’s focus on the Costume Ball.
CHESTNUT gives a lot of attention to style and to matching the dancing to the music.
To take part in CHESTNUT’s 12th Costume Ball on June 11, 2023
If you live far from Paris you can still prepare for the Costume Ball with our intensive Spring workshops.
Two workshops take place in the first week of May: a 3-day workshop for intermediate-level dancers (May 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2023), consisting of 8 dances for that level and 5 easy dances for all levels, and a 4-day workshop (May 4 to 7, 2023) for advanced dancers consisting of 7 advanced-level dances plus 8 intermediate-level ones and 5 easy ones for all levels.
Advanced dancers may of course register for both workshops, in which case a price reduction will apply to the Intermediate workshop.
Before the workshop, all dancers registered to take part will receive videos of the dances. The sooner you register for the workshop, the sooner you will receive the videos.
If you wish to dance only the intermediate-level dances it is possible to prepare for the ball just with the videos.
The workshops are also open to people who do not wish to take part in the Costume Ball.
Enroling as a member and all registrations (registrations for the preparing Costume ball (PCB) workshops or PBC by video, for the Costume Ball and for guided visits) will close on March 30, 2023 at midnight. We cannot accept registrations after that date.
Please note: we do our utmost to ensure that each dancer has an enjoyable time and that is why all the sets are made up and fixed during the workshops. Even so, we cannot guarantee that every dancer who has prepared for the ball will have a place in a set for each and every dance. It may happen, but it can’t be guaranteed.
Three ways to prepare for the Costume Ball
There are three options.
Here is a flow chart summarising the process. You will find a detailed description at the end with the links for registering.
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Follow the instructions below, depending on your choice.
Option 1– You want to attend the workshop(s) preparing for the ball to be held in the first week of May 2023 but you do not wish to dance at the Costume Ball.
- First of all, you enrol as a member: since we don’t have a membership form in English online, we will enter your details for you. Please send your full name, postal address, email address, mobile phone number, choice of payment (cash on arrival or Paypal) to chestnut.cecilelaye@orange.fr. You are not authorized to use the registration form below until you receive confirmation of your Chestnut membership.
- then register for the workshop(s) here
- If you wish you can register for the guided visits here
Registration for the PREPARING FOR THE COSTUME BALL (PCB) workshops or PCB by video, registration for the Costume Ball and registration for the guided visits will close on March 30, 2023 at midnight. We cannot accept registrations after that date.
Option 2 – You want to prepare for and take part in the Costume Ball on June 11 and you will attend the rehearsal the day before the ball on June 10.
- First of all, you enrol as a member: since we don’t have a membership form in English online, we will enter your details for you. Please send your full name, postal address, email address, mobile phone number, choice of payment (cash on arrival or Paypal) to chestnut.cecilelaye@orange.fr. You are not authorized to use the registration form below until you receive confirmation of your Chestnut membership.
- Then register for the preparation workshop(s) to be held in the first week of May 2023, here (code INT or ADV or ADVINT) here
- And register for the Costume Ball and the compulsory rehearsal on June 10, 2023, here
- If you wish you can register for the guided visits here
Registration for the PREPARING FOR THE COSTUME BALL (PCB) workshops or PCB by video, registration for the Costume Ball and registration for the guided visits will close on March 30, 2023 at midnight. We cannot accept registrations after that date.
Option 3 – You want to take part in the Costume Ball on June 11 but not attend the workshops, just prepare using the videos. It is possible but only for the intermediate-level dances. And you must attend the rehearsal the day before the ball on June 10.
- First of all, you enrol as a member: since we don’t have a membership form in English online, we will enter your details for you. Please send your full name, postal address, email address, mobile phone number, choice of payment (cash on arrival or Paypal) to chestnut.cecilelaye@orange.fr. You are not authorized to use the registration form below until you receive confirmation of your Chestnut membership.
- Then register for preparation with the videos, here
- And register for the Costume Ball and the compulsory rehearsal on June 10, 2023, here
- If you wish you can register for the guided visits here
Registration for the PREPARING FOR THE COSTUME BALL (PCB) workshops or PCB by video, registration for the Costume Ball and registration for the guided visits will close on March 30, 2023 at midnight. We cannot accept registrations after that date.
