Tom Bozigian

Armenian Dance Workshop
Saturday, October 3, 2020

2:00-4:00pm EDT

Online via Zoom

To benefit the Folk Arts Center of New England

Tom Bozigian, of Los Angeles, California, is an internationally recognized dance instructor. He is a graduate of the Armenian State Choreographic Academy and also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree (B.A.) in Russian Area Studies and a Master of Arts Degree (M.A.) in Education from Fresno State University. He is fluent in three languages: English, Armenian and Russian. He unites the elements of professional dancer-choreographer/linguist/musician to support his far-reaching research on the subject of Armenian dance ethnography.

Read more about Tom Bozigian.

→Join this workshop via Zoom by activating a link that will be posted here one day before the workshop

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Please donate generously to FAC and help us through this period of social distancing when all of our events are postponed. We suggest a $10 minimum for attending this workshop but any and all contributions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for supporting the Folk Arts Center […]

Michael Ginsburg

Balkan Dance Workshop
Saturday, September 26, 2020

2:00-4:00pm EDT

Online via Zoom

To benefit the Folk Arts Center of New England

Michael Ginsburg has been interested in Balkan music and dances, especially Macedonian and Serbian. He is an expert in the complicated rhythms of Balkan music and has made several research trips to Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia, and studied in Macedonia with Pece Atanasovski, with whom he made research tours of the country. Michael has been on the teaching staff of the Macedonian Pearl seminar in Berovo, Macedonia.

Read more about Michael.

→Join this workshop via Zoom by activating a link that will be posted here one day before the workshop

Visit What you need to join to set up your computer or device to join the workshop online.

Please donate generously to FAC and help us through this period of social distancing when all of our events are postponed. We suggest a $10 minimum for attending this workshop but any and all contributions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for supporting the Folk Arts Center of New England!

Joe Graziosi Series of Zoom Dance Classes. *
Please join him on Wednesday, September 23, at 5 pm PT, 8 pm ET for his continuing class on Greek dance.

This will be the third in a planned 4 classes on Macedonian dance with the emphasis on central west Macedonia.

To date he has covered Stankena/Mulayevo and Marena; Trite Pata/Zavlichena; Tikveskino/Krivo; Patrunino and this Wednesday he will cover Baiduskino; Sofka; Tsotso.

After the fourth class there will be a dance-through with light review for all the dances; the following week will be a fifth class.

Then he will travel to other areas of the Greek world to enjoy and examine the breadth and richness of traditional dance.

Emphasis will be on style, embellishment, rhythm and enjoyment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, please contact Joe at: moc.oohay@eojhtiwsoroh

Joseph Graziosi is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting
Wednesday Sept 23 2020,
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM East Coast Time
5:00 PM – 6:30 PM Pacific Time

Topic: Joseph Graziosi’s Zoom Meeting

*Joe is sponsoring his own series.
Free to join but voluntary donations welcome.
Join the workshop or email Joe for information on how to donate.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89087229095

Meeting ID: 890 8722 9095
Passcode: 111061

Miroslav “Bata” Marčetić

Serbian Dance Workshop
Saturday, September 19, 2020

2:00-4:00pm EDT

Online via Zoom

To benefit the Folk Arts Center of New England

A native of Serbia, Miroslav “Bata” Marčetić was a leading performer, soloist and choreographer, with the Serbian National Folk Ensemble “Kolo” in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (former Yugoslavia) for seventeen years and is the recipient of several awards for his artistic work. He has attended almost all folk dance seminars held in former Yugoslavia and eventually, he became the instructor of several workshops held in former Yugoslavia, Japan, Israel and currently in Canada and the USA.

Read more about Bata at his website.

→Join this workshop via Zoom by activating a link that will be posted here one day before the workshop

Visit What you need to join to set up your computer or device to join the workshop online.

Please donate generously to FAC and help us through this period of social distancing when all of our events are postponed. We suggest a $10 minimum for attending this workshop but any and all contributions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for supporting the Folk Arts Center of New […]

SAFDF Technical Institute: September 12, 2020!

Please join us on Zoom for a night of teaching by the world-renowned Mihai David and “A Dance Night of Many Villages”, a nonstop dance afterparty featuring the most-beloved dances from many folk dance groups (villages)! See the flyer to the right or here on our Web site.

Stay informed with info on safdf.org

We will post the Zoom link, list of villages and dances, and other information on our newly-redesigned safdf.org. We also hope the Zoom experience goes smoothly for everyone, but if anything goes wrong, we’ll post updates on safdf.org as well.

Support SAFDF!

We’ve always been grateful for your financial support, but perhaps never more than now during the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you in advance for any donation you feel inspired to give. You can do so in two ways:

• Donate to us via PayPal at safdf.org
• Using Amazon Smile for your Amazon purchases and specifying SAFDF’s parent organization (Heritage Festivals of San Antonio) as the charity to support

Kypseli Greek Dance Center is hosting another virtual Greek dance workshop with Joseph Graziosi via Zoom on Saturday, September 12 from his home on Cape Cod, MA.

He will once again demonstrate leader variations and improvisations for Levendikos/Pusteno and Kritiko Syrto, plus more. Capacity limited to 500!

See www.kypseli.org for details.

1:00 pm PDT
3:00 pm CDT
4:00 pm EDT
23:00 in Greece

Join the workshop:
https://zoom.us/j/99879798930

Donations welcome via

to moc.loa@0301namlibfezoj

Email moc.liamg@esperox
for alternate ways to donate.
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Please mark your calendars for Saturday evening Sept. 12 from 7-8 pm Central Standard Time.

Mihai David will teach some of his most popular Romanian dances. He will focus on technique and styling.

This is followed by an Afterparty from 8pm until ???. The party will highlight the Top 5 most popular dances from each folk dance group. Please message Kathy if you would like to join in on the fun!

San Antonio Folk Dance Festival is holding this Technical Institute to raise money from the failed festival in March due to Covid-19, so please donate on our website if you can. If not, join in anyway, because this night is for everyone!

Download flyer here.

Workshops: 2:00–4:00pm EDT on Saturday, August 22, 2020

Online via Zoom

See all the details here: http://www.facone.org/programs/online-events-gergana-panova.html

To benefit the Folk Arts Center of New England

Join Bulgarian dance teacher Gergana Panova via Zoom, the popular teleconferencing platform.

Dr. Gergana Panova-Tekath was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. From 1988 to 1993, she danced with the Filip Kutev Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble. She studied dance ethnology in Bulgaria and obtained her Ph.D. in dance from Dortmund University (Germany). She regularly commutes between Bulgaria, where she heads the Ethnochoreology Department at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, and Germany, where she is Professor of Dance at Folkwang University in Essen.

Gergana has published numerous articles and has written two books on various aspects of Bulgarian traditional dance. Besides organizing annual summer seminars in Bulgaria, Gergana has taught workshops in many countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Israel, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil, Argentina, and the United States.

Join Gergana’s workshop via Zoom by activating a link that will be posted here on August 21. Visit What you need to join to set up your computer or device to join the workshop online.

Please donate generously to FAC if […]

Kypseli Greek Dance Center is hosting a virtual Greek dance workshop with Joseph Graziosi via Zoom on Saturday, August 8 from his home on Cape Cod, MA.

He plans on demonstrating leader variations and improvisations for Kritikos Syrtos and Levendikos/Pusteno and more.

See www.kypseli.org for details.

1:00 pm PDT
3:00 pm CDT
4:00 pm EDT
23:00 in Greece

Join the workshop:
https://zoom.us/j/99879798930

Donations welcome via

to moc.loa@0301namlibfezoj

Email moc.liamg@esperox
for alternate ways to donate.
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Lee Otterholt

Dances from the Balkans

Online via Zoom!

Saturday, July 25, 2020
2:00-4:00pm EDT

The link to join this workshop will be posted here by July 24.

Lee Otterholt is a master teacher of International Folk Dance, teaching at workshops, festivals and seminars all over the USA and Canada. He is a leader of folk dance tours all over the world and leads and performs with the International Folk Dance ensemble SYRTAKI. He is also the lead singer in the International Folk Dance Band Sans Frontieres and the BalkanBeat band Zimzala.

Visit What you need to join to set up your computer or device to participate. This page will also present tips on how to maximize your technological viewing experience.

We are requesting a $10 donation for attending the workshop but any and all contributions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you for supporting the Folk Arts Center of New England!

Come Join Dimitar Petrov on Fridays

This is his weekly Friday Bulgarian & Beyond Folk Dance Classes.

Find them at Dance Friends on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1561373747415579/