Ontario Folk Dance Camp Goes Virtual!
Saturday, May 22, 2021, 7 – 10 p.m. Eastern
Our Featured Guests Are:
Lucia Cordeiro – Brazilian Dances
Vlasto Petkovski – Macedonian Dances
Schedule:
7:00 – 8:00 Eastern Teaching
8:00 – 10:00 Eastern Dance Party With Various Leaders
Poster here.
Registration Link: OFDC Registration
For more information visit: www.ontariofolkdancecamp.ca
Email:
Hosted in Corvalis, Oregon: 6 pm to 10 pm, Pacific Time
Our emphasis will be on Balkan dances from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s.
Programmed dances from 6 pm to 10 pm Pacific Time.
This event is free. It has been a yearly event for the past 12 years, except for 2020.
To attend the event and to be put on the email list, please contact Denis White, with your name and email address.
“Are you interested in learning some of my old dances likeHora din Moldova, Dinata, Te Joci cu Focul or Hopai Diri Dai?
Join Roberto Sunday, March 28th in his Online Dance Workshop “Cool Oldies” — a workshop about some of his favorite dances, starting at 19.00 CET (10.00am PDT, 12.00 pm CDT and 1.00pm EDT).
To join Roberto via zoom, click here.
For more information, email me at or check the website: morenu.it
The Workshop is free.
If you would like to make a donation, follow the instructions on the website: www.morenu.it
Please spread the word and share it with your folk dance friends.
It’s going to be a lot of fun!
Online via Zoom – To benefit the Folk Arts Center of New England
Celebrate with us as we commemorate the anniversary of when the Folk Arts Center aired its first Saturday afternoon workshop!
Who would have thought that 52 weeks later we would still be spending Saturday afternoons dancing together? Not to mention enjoying a Thursday SOFA (Some Other Folk Arts) series. And adding a Sunday late afternoon community dance?
But here we are, so we must celebrate! We are inviting all the teachers who have graced our online stage lo all these Saturdays to join us in leading a dance party! The program will be posted on the website when completed.
You’ll have the chance to review videos of the dances before the event as demonstrated by the teachers themselves! This collection of videos are reviews of the dances that will be programmed.
Visit our shop buy access to a collection of review videos, and support FAC’s programming.
Also note the earlier start time. We know the date is not ideal, […]
Please mark your calendar for a
free Virtual Ontario Folk Dance Camp
on Saturday, May 22, 2021,
from 7 – 10 p.m. Eastern Time
More details to follow
Ontario Folk Dance Camp committee
Date: March 12 – 14, 2021
Festival Theme: “Dancing in the Sun”
This weekend!
The Laguna-San Antonio Spring Festival will hold a weekend of teaching, music, performance and dance parties!
Get your dancing shoes on for an entire weekend of non-stop dancing fun!
Registration is free.
For more information and to register please go to: springfestival.us
Online Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Jaap Leegwater!
The Burnaby International Folk Dancers are sponsoring two dance workshops with Jaap Leegwater on Tuesday, February 16th and 23rd. Both workshops are from 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm (PST).
Jaap is an experienced and dynamic workshop leader specializing in Bulgarian dance and culture for over 30 years. During his numerous research and field trips to Bulgaria, Jaap collected and recorded many original dances and songs from village elders throughout the country and he and his accordionist, Jan Wollring are excited to share these two dance workshops with us. There is no charge for the workshops and everyone is welcome.
Hope to see you all there! Lori and Chrisanne
Zoom link below to BIFD weekly Zoom sessions and to Jaap’s workshops on Tuesday, February 16th and 23rd – 7:30 – 10:00 pm (PST)
https://zoom.us/j/99504932576
Meeting ID: 995 0493 2576
Passcode: Bifd (Uppercase ‘B’ lowercase ‘ifd’)
The Folk Arts Center’s weekly Saturday workshop is migrating from home this Saturday!
Roberto Bagnoli and Marcie Van Cleave will be with you on Saturday at our usual time, from 2-4,… but there are a few differences you will notice from previous Saturdays! Our workshop is the result of another collaboration between organizing groups: the Folk Arts Center and The Flurry.
The Flurry is a dance and music weekend, usually held in Saratoga Springs, New York, but being presented online this year. Visit The Flurry’s website for more information.
The Flurry is selling tickets for the weekend; the “economy level” is $25. There are many events happening from Friday through Sunday. Visit the performer list for details.
Some of the other workshops you might be interested in (in addition to Roberto’s on Saturday) include:
Jaap Leegwater with live music by Jan Wollring
January 29, 2021, 7:45 10pm Pacific Time
Time: Doors open at 7:45 pm PT with warm up dances from our “Jaap repertoire.” Jaap will start just after 8 pm PT and teach for most of the evening.
We are happy to bring you, live from The Netherlands (at 5am), Jaap Leegwater. Jaap is known worldwide for his fun teaching and having introduced dances including Karamfil, Dobrudžanska Pandela, and Mari Marijko. He began his dance career in The Netherlands, where he earned one of his degrees in international folk dance, specializing in Bulgarian folk dance and choreography. Jaap studied at the State Choreographer’s school in Sofia and Plovdiv, living there for two years; he regularly returns to Bulgaria to update his studies and make new recordings.
Accompanying Jaap live will be accordionist Jan Wollring, whom we met at Facone. Jan was the regular accompanist of Bulgarian singer Galina Durmushliyska during the years she lived in the Netherlands.
Sherry Cochran, Joan Hantman, and Tom Bozigian and Sheree King will be on hand for this special evening.
Jaap has made his music available to us by request for a $15 donation to L.I.F.E. He has insisted that […]
Brazil Balkan/International Dance Workshop in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Saturday, January⋅ 30
1 – 3 pm ET
Local (Rio de Janeiro) time: 3 pm 5 pm Brasilia Standard Time
Ira Weisburd is teaching a 2-hour Balkan/International Dance Workshop in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
Ira says: You are all welcome to join me and dancers from Brazil and around the World at this very special workshop. To join and get the special ZOOM link, email Anna De Jesus at:
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Come dance with us! Burnaby International Folk Dancers is having Jaap Leegwater, for two-hour online dance workshop via Zoom on Tuesday, February 16 and a week later on February 23 for a one hour review session. Accompanying Jaap will be Jan Wollring, accordionist, and Tijn Boissevain with video and technical support. Our club runs weekly Tuesday evening Zoom sessions from 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm (PT), although for Jaap’s workshops, we will run from 7:30 – 10:00 pm (PT).
Please note that these workshops are free of charge. For more info: burnabyfolkdance.org.
February 16, 2021 – 7:30pm-10:00pm (PT)
February 23, 2021 – 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PT)
Tune in at 7:15 pm (PT) for chat time.
Zoom Link: Click here for Zoom link
Meeting ID: 995 0493 2576
Passcode: Bifd (Uppercase ‘B’ lowercase ‘ifd’)
Register here!
See festival schedule here!
New York’s only music and dance festival of its kind celebrates 36 years of music and dance. For the first time, live-streamed worldwide from our homes to yours. The Festival is hosted by Zlatne Uste Brass Band and features a tapestry of musics from the Balkans and beyond.
Our 36th year shaking up NY and the world!
Join us for two nights of great Balkan Music, Dance, and Arts online.
Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band will headline, along with 30 bands and performers over two nights.
Enjoy live-streamed cybercast concerts on both nights from across the US on our stages. Live-streamed dance instruction on Friday evening! Great live and pre-recorded music videos both nights.
Discover unique crafts and food in our Virtual Charshiya marketplace (opening Dec. 6, 2020), as well as interactive gatherings, workshops and demos during the festival.
Tickets: Register in advance, or during festival, for link to the live stream.
Suggested donation: $25 for both nights’ access – no minimum.
All proceeds from the festival will be donated to charitable or educational organizations related to Balkan culture and communities.
More info: goldenfest.org
General […]
JANUARY 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2021, 6:45 PM – 7:45 PM ET
Balkan Fest Montreal
Learn the elements of style, pronunciation, ornamentation, improvisations and more, All levels welcome.
Instructor: Dina Cindrić
Cost: $50 per participant for all 5 classes, or $15 per class
Register here: https://balkanfestmontreal.
Instruction will be in English and French.
Each class will focus on the songs of one or more of the following dances:
Follow the links above to download lyrics, translations, and scores before the workshops, and to access supplementary audio files, dance notes, videos, etc.
During the workshops, you will be able to sing or play along, while muted, with Dina.
From time to time, you may be invited to unmute and to sing or play so that Dina can offer comments and advice.
To ensure that all participants can receive some personal instruction, each class will be limited to 15 people.
JANUARY 25; FEBRUARY 1, 8, 15, & 22, 2021, 8 PM – 9 PM […]
January 9, 2021Christos Papakostas teaching Greek folk dances from Ioannina Greece
11:00 AM PT,
1:00 PM CT,
2:00 PM ET,
21:00 in Greece
Click here to join the event on Zoom
Voluntary donations to benefit Kypseli Greek Dance Center
Donate to: on Paypal
or via Venmo@jozef-bilman
Save the dates
Workshops: 2:00–4:00pm EDT on Saturday, January 9, 2021Online via Zoom
See all the details here: https://facone.org/programs/online-events-gergana-panova-2.html
Join Bulgarian dance teacher Gergana Panova via Zoom, the popular teleconferencing platform.
Dr. Gergana Panova-Tekath was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. She graduated from the National School for Dance Arts in Sofia and was selected by Margarita Dikova for the Filip Kutev Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble, where she danced and choreographed until 1994.
Gergana has published numerous articles and has written two books on various aspects of Bulgarian traditional dance. Besides organizing annual summer seminars in Bulgaria (till 2011), Gergana has taught workshops in many countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Israel, Turkey, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, Canada, and the United States.
Join Gergana’s workshop via Zoom by activating this link . Visit What you need to join to set up your computer or device to join the workshop online.
Please donate generously to FAC if you can and help us through this period of social distancing when all of our events are postponed. We suggest a $10 minimum for attending […]
With 2020 winding down to a close, let’s celebrate all together
the arrival of the new year in an special folk dance party.
Let’s start the New Year keeping our Folk Dance Community
connected to both the music and the dances we all love.
A new way to share and be together while still apart!
Thursday December 31st starting at 9.30pm CET
3.30pm EST (Eastern) & 12.30pm PST (Pacific)
Join the Party on Zoom to see others taking part and chat
https://us04web.zoom.us/j/3125941469
Meeting ID: 312 594 1469
The Party is free.
Please spread the word. Share it with your folk dance friends.
Looking forward to staying in touch and seeing everybody
Roberto
morenu.it
Happy New Year fellow folk dancers!!!!
*****Let’s party like it’s 2020 on New Year’s Eve****
[You know, grab your favourite electronic device, move the furniture out of the way and don’t forget to mute yourself :)]
Join us, Helen, Judy, Riki and Walter at 8-10pm ET on Thursday Dec. 31
and we will bring some of our favourite dances
Ontario Folk Dance Association invites you to join our celebration at:
https://oise-utoronto.zoom.us/j/89325265949
Meeting ID: 893 2526 5949
Passcode: Folk
Even though social gatherings are outlawed right now,
we can still join our folk dance friends in this altered reality,
and mark the end of this year by dancing.
And, we can all raise a glass in the hopes that we’ll be doing this in person next year.
New York’s only music and dance festival of its kind celebrates 36 years of music and dance. For the first time, live-streamed worldwide from our homes to yours. The Festival is hosted by Zlatne Uste Brass Band and features a tapestry of musics from the Balkans and beyond.
Our 36th year shaking up NY and the world!
Join us for two nights of great Balkan Music, Dance, and Arts online.
Zlatne Uste Balkan Brass Band will headline, along with 30 bands and performers over two nights.
Enjoy live-streamed cybercast concerts on both nights from across the US on our stages. Live-streamed dance instruction on Friday evening! Great live and pre-recorded music videos both nights.
Discover unique crafts and food in our Virtual Charshiya marketplace (opening Dec. 6, 2020), as well as interactive gatherings, workshops and demos during the festival.
Tickets: Register in advance, or during festival, for link to the live stream.
Suggested donation: $25 for both nights’ access – no minimum.
All proceeds from the festival will be donated to charitable or educational organizations related to Balkan culture and communities.
More info: goldenfest.org
Want to volunteer? Email:
General festival information: 646-844-GOLD (4653)
Raise a glass with FAC to welcome the New Year! The evening’s program features international folk dance favorites played (remotely) by The Pinewoods Band, with cameo performances and appearances by guests. Hosted by our very own Marcie Van Cleave and friends.
You are encouraged to wear festive attire!
→Join this workshop via Zoom by activating a link that will be posted here one day before the event.
More Upcoming Fun!
Saturdays:
January 2: From Croatia to Albania with Ben Koopmanschap
January 9: Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Gergana Panova
SOFA Thursdays: (7-8:30pm)
December 17: Christmas in Czech Republic with Jan Pumpr
January 7: Soups for the Soul with Barbara Model
January 21: Games Night with Dorothy Bergold
Visit What you need to join to set up your computer or device to join the workshop online.
Donate on the FACONE website.
Please donate generously to FAC and help us through this period of social distancing when all of our events are postponed. We […]