Horo Hop! Folk Dance Party -- Lower Merion, PA

May 10, 2003, Saturday, Horo Hop! Folk Dance Party
Starts at 8 and goes to around 10:30 at Merion Friends Meeting, 615 Montgomery Avenue, Lower Merion, PA
DJ (Becky Davidson) to play
  your favorite dances!

Admission $6
Folk Dance Council Members - FREE!
Bring a treat to share.

Info:  610-688-3284
      RiccieMD@aol.com  or
      AndeSue@aol.com  


Directions to Merion Friends Meeting
From Schuylkill Expressway:  take City Line Ave. (Rt. 1) south.  Turn right onto Conshochocken State Rd. (Rt. 23).  In 4 - 5 blocks, follow the road as it turns left and stay straight on Montgomery Ave.  Do not turn right following Rt. 23.  Pass through shop-ping district; pass McAuley Convent.  Merion Friends Meeting is across from the Exxon station and before the General Wayne Inn.

From Rt. 1 south:  Pass Lancaster Ave. (Rt. 30) and St. Joseph's College.  At 54th St. on the right, turn left onto Old Lancaster Avenue.  (Corner has Popeye's and Bruce's Apppliances).  At 2nd light, turn left onto Montgomery Ave.  Pass McAuley Convent.  Merion Friends Meeting is across from Exxon Station and before the General Wayne Inn.

From the Blue Route (Rt. 476).  Exit #5 (Villanova, St. Davids) at Lancaster   Pike (Rt. 30) and go East on Lancaster Pike.  Pass Villanova University and  Bryn Mawr.  Turn left at Woodside Ave and right on Montgomery Avenue.  Pass  Ardmore's Suburban Square, Lower Merion High School (on left).   
After approx.  5 miles from Rt. 476,  Merion Friends
will be on left right after the General Wayne Inn.

 

Greek Dances with Joe Graziosi

May 10, 2003, Saturday.  Joe Graziosi, will teach an afternoon and evening of Greek Dances
Greek dancing in Harrisburg
Saturday May 10th
Two sessions: 2:00 to 5:00 and 7:00 to 10:00
2134 N. Second St
$25 for the day or $15 for a single session
Music and video available
Call if questions 717-234-3844

Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi was raised in the Boston's Greek community. His maternal grandparents were from the region of East Thrace. Joel travels regularly to Greece conducting dance research in many of the villages. He also collects material in the Greek American communities. He is a regular contributor to various programs of the New York's Ethnic Arts Center. He has conducted workshops throughout the U.S.A. and is a frequent staff-member of the Balkan Music and Dance Workshop in California. He is the co-founder and co-director of the World Camp, near Cape-Cod

 

Macedonian and Romanian Dances with Paula Davis-Larson

May 10, Saturday, Roberson Folk Dancers of Binghamton, New York Present
            A Macedonian and Romanian Folk Dance Workshop
                    Taught by Paula Davis-Larson
                      
Location:  First Ward Senior Center, 226 Clinton Street, Binghamton NY
Schedule:
Workshop from 1PM-5PM
Dish to pass from 5PM to 6:30PM
Request dancing from 6:30PM to 10-ish PM to recorded music

Instructor: Paula Davis-Larson is Assistant Professor of Costume Design and
History in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Bucknell University, in
Lewisburg, PA.  Paula will  teach material she learned in Europe from
professional folk dance choreographers there, for the past three summers.
These are dances that, while there are versions of or similar dances being
done in this country, are unique choreographies in their own right.  She
plans to focus on dances of Macedonia and Romania.  Her material from
Macedonia was learned from Ljubco Manevski, a choreographer for the famous
Tanec ensemble.  Paula also studied Romanian dance with Toma Francescu, the
artistic director of the Timisul Ensemble of Timisoara, Romania.  Paula was
introduced to folk dance nearly 30 years ago through involvement in the
ethnic communities of Los Angeles.  

Fee and Contact Info:
Price is $10 for the workshop and evening dance, or $5 for either one
alone.  Please register in advance with Peggy Van Fleet at 607 722-2836
(eve), or Richard Brown at 607 762-7305 (day) or at rabrown@nyseg.com .  

 

Memorial Day Weekend

May 23-26, 2003  Memorial Day Weekend International Folk Dance Festival Cherry Hill Park, College Park, Maryland.  Live music by "KEF" Bulgarian Orchestra.  Teaching by Richard Powers (Vintage Dance), Yves Moreau (Dances of Bulgaria), and Theodor Vasilescu (Dances of Romania).  Weekend rate:  $160.  Daily rate (Saturday and Sunday):  $65.  Registrations received after May 10 will have a late fee of $15.  For more information, Hinda has a flyer, or contact the Diamonds (301) 871-8788, or email:  diamonddancecircle@comcast.net .

ORIENTcamp

May 23-26, 2003  ORIENTcamp Village and performance styles of women's dancing, hula, rom, Iranian, Turkish, and belly dancing.  Live music.  Camp Bournedale in Plymouth, MA. www.orientcamp.us

 

Hungarian Festival -- New Brunswick, NJ

June 7-Hungarian Festival, New Brunswick, NJ

 

Tour of Romania

June 20 - June 30, 2003  Theodor Vasilescu's Folklore and Dance Tour of Romania
The tour will include 11 days of visits to local villages and folk
dancers, ethnographic museums, dance performances, castles, folk
restaurants, dance instruction and lots of sightseeing, arranged with
the assistance of Marin Barbu.  The tour will consist of a clockwise loop
from Bucharest, west thru Muntenia and Oltenia, north across the Southern
Carpathian Mountains into Transylvania, east into the Middle Carpathian
Mountains and returning south to Bucharest.  Theodor Vasilescu will
personally be giving dance instruction, and during the tour of
Bucharest, participants will visit Theodor and Lia's family home.
The price for all land activities and arrangements within Romania,
including all meals, travel, hotel rooms, etc. will depend on the final
number of tour participants.  If there are 20 people, the price will be
US$1150 per person.  With 30, it will be US$1050, and with 40, US $950.
For air travel, a group rate from Newark and/or JFK is being worked
out, leaving via Lufthansa on the evening of Thursday, June 19th, 2003,
for Frankfurt, Germany.  A connecting flight will then take us to
Bucharest on the afternoon of Friday, June 20th.  The return is
scheduled for July 1 or 2.

To receive a detailed trip description and application form, contact:
Ping Chun
49 Junard Drive
Morristown, NJ 07960
phone/fax: 973-539-7020
ping.chun@att.net

BALKAN CAMP  (and Balkanalia!)

2003 Balkan Music & Dance Workshops sponsored by the East European Folklife Center, www.eefc.org

June 28-July 5 Michael Ginsburg (Balkan), Joe Graziosi (Greek), Yves Moreau (Bulgarian) Mendocino Woodlands, California

August 17-24 Joe Graziosi (Greek), Petur Iliev (Bulgarian), Steve Kotansky (Balkan) New Location this year. Camp Hi-Rock, Mt. Washington.  In the Berkshire Mountains at the border of Massachusetts, New York and Connecticut.  "The wooded lite holds a gorgeous lake, sandy beach and stunning rock outcroppings."

August 29-September 1.  Balcanalia!  Tom Deering (Balkan Basics), Petur Iliev (Bulgarian), Steve Kotansky (Balkan) Corbett, Oregon

 

MAINEWOODS DANCE CAMP

Now entering its 9th year of operation, Mainewoods Dance Camp is proud to present its schedule for 2003.  The camp is held in Bridgton, Maine (about 45 minutes from Portland).  Mainewoods offers "International Folk Dancing with a Difference."

Aug 2-8: Tom Bozigian (ARMENIAN), Marilyn Smith (FRENCH), David Vinski
(BALKAN), Teme Kernerman (TEACHING TECHNIQUES)

Aug 9-15: Ya'Akov Eden (ISRAELI), Daniel Pearl (SQUARES & CONTRAS), Ann
Smerciu (ROMANIAN), John Matulis (INT'L MUSIC)

Aug 16-22: Bora Ozkok (TURKISH), Olga Sandalowich (MACEDONIAN), Joe
Wallin (SCOTTISH)

Aug 23-29: Mihai David (ROMANIAN), Ada Dziewanoswska (POLISH), Demetri
Tashie (GREEK), Barbara Pixton (INT'L MUSIC)

Aug 29-Sept 1: Zeljko Jergan (CROATIAN), Jean Noble (SCOTTIISH)

http://www.mainewoodsdancecamp.org

WORLDcamp

October 10-13, 2003.  Learn traditional dances and music from Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia, Macedonia and Albania.  All will be taught in their authentic village styles rather than in performance style. Live music. www.worldcamp.us  617-232-4140 info@worldcamp

Seven Day Guide to Folk, Swing, and Traditional Dancing In and Around Philadelphia

The Folk Project includes a link to other international and contra dances in the NJ and surrounding area.

The Folk Dance Association on-line folk dance directory.

The Dance Gypsy on-line folk dance directory -- Regular Dances in New England and festivals nationwide.