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CCID Sampler - Greek Fest 2009

Solo bottle dance, Syrtos, Tsamikos, Pentozali, and others. Most folk dancers long to dance with villagers. Some of our dancers have been enjoying this yearly weekend fest with the Greeks for several decades.

The three dances below show individual dances for 2-4 minutes each. Beginners might learn some footwork and styling.

Pentazali -- CCID at the 2009 Greek Fest

High energy dance..

Tsamikos -- CCID at Greek Fest 2009...

Great for beginners or athletic stunts!

The Syrtos at Greek Fest 2009

May 23, CCID and other Greek dancers!

This is a collection of folk dance snippets made in 2008. We are currently dancing most Thursday nights at the Starlight Ballroom, at Kent & Fairfield, Metairie.



Request dancing follows beginner teaching. Some of these favorites are tricky. We will teach some basics, and stick to easy dances for most of the first hour. First time is free for beginners; suggested donation is $5 for members. Hours are 7:30 to 10pm. Call Ginny at 504-467-5090 or Reggie at 504-322-4703 for more details.

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Daniela Ivanova Balkan Dance Workshop

The Crescent City International Dancers
are pleased to present
Daniela Ivanova
for a workshop in dances from
Bulgaria, Serbia, and Macedonia
and other southern Slavic countries
on Thursday, March 30, 2006, 7 to 10pm
at St. Andrew’s Church Hall,
8017 Zimpel Street,
near Carrollton and Oak Streets.

Dani was charmed by New Orleans during her last visit. This time, she wishes to contribute her services because of the storm. We are asking for a $5 per person donation to help pay airfare and other expenses. (CCID meets at St. Andrew’s almost every Thursday at 7 p.m. for teaching, followed by open dancing. See www.folkdancers.net/ccid for details, or call Reggie at 504-861-2467.)

Daniela Ivanova of Bulgaria is a professional folk dance teacher and performer, choreographer, and researcher of the South Slavic folk dance culture. She has MA degrees from Sofia University, and is working on her PhD thesis in Cultural Studies. She gives lectures and teaches dancing and singing workshops in Hungary, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey, and other European countries, and for the last three years, here in the United States. Last year, she was a featured teacher at the prestigious Stockton, California folk dance camp.

Dani has done extensive fieldwork in Bulgaria, Macedonia, Slovenia, and other southern Slavic countries. When not teaching dance, Dani may be found teaching singing, knitting, or weaving. She is also known as a writer and a poet. This is her second trip to New Orleans. In the last few years, Dani has taught folk dance in Arizona, Arkansas, California, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Tennessee. Dani sometimes travels with the very gifted accordionist Angel Nazlamov. See their website at http://www.dancing.cult.bg/. There you will find descriptions and samples of music from their CDs. Some CDs and other materials will be available after the teaching session on Thursday.

Dances Dani has taught include Abdal, Angelovata, Bajračeto, Bata Djero, Beranče, Berovka, Bufčansko, Čačak, Čokurovsko Horo, Dile-Dile, Dolna Prespa, Emkino, Gamzovata, Gikino, Ginka, Izručanka, Karamfilčeto, Kopanitsa (Lesnovo), Malesora, Napred Nazad, Ovčepolska, Pembe, Ratevka, Razvruštanata, Selsko Šopsko Horo za Poyas, Selsko za pojasm, Šalauna (Pčinja), Šestitsa, Šestorka Belopalanačka, Šestorka Sitna, Šumadinka, Švrlig, Sitnitsa, Svekurvino (Pčinja), Ćerkezka, Tegko (Pčinja), Trankele, and Vlasinka.

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