We aren't going to be dancing in Downers Grove Sept. 14, but here's an alternative, if you're not headed for Oconomowoc:
ETHNIC DANCE CHICAGO
Dancing As A Second Language
News Release
In conjunction with Chicago's World Music Festival, Ethnic Dance Chicago
presents a Live Music Balkan Dance
Party with two Balkan dance/music bands:
- Chris Bajmakovich & Muzika 4 U with Ljupco Milenkovski (Macedonian & Bulgarian), and
- T-Rroma (Croatian, Serbian & other)
When:
-Friday, September 14, 2007
- 7:00pm to midnite (or later)
- 7:00pm-8:00pm - Balkan Dance Lesson to live music
taught by Paul Collins of Ethnic Dance Chicago
- 8:00 until Balkan Dance Party with live music
Where:
- Chicago Lavtian Cultural Center, 4146 N Elston Ave, Chicago, IL
60618, (NW corner, entrance on Hamlin)
Cost:
- $12.00 general admission
- $8.00 - full-time students & kids under 12
Further Information:
- Paul Collins
- Tel: (773)-463-2288
- Email: info@ethnicdance.net
- Website: www.ethnicdance.net/special_event
About the Artists
Chris Bajmakovich & Muzika 4 U (Highland, IN)
Chris Bajmakovich is a Macedonian-American, whose parents are from Bitola and
Ohrid, began studying music at
the age of five and continued formal music training for the next twelve years.
His main instrument is accordion,
though he is also well-versed on tarabuka (doumbek) and other drums, clarinet
and singing. Chris plays
professionally with his band Muzika 4 U for many different functions, primarily
for the Macedonian and Serbian
communities in the Chicagoland area as well as in Detroit, Indiana and Ohio. He
also teaches accordion privately,
and has been featured on several recordings, including two of his own. Chris
excels as a vocalist, accordionist
and as a composer, having written the incredibly emotive song, "Rakija i
cigari", that drives Balkan audiences crazy.
He was part of Ilija Ampevski's critically acclaimed ensemble which wowed the
audience at the 2004 Chicago World
Music Festival and is in demand around the US.
Ljupco Milenkovski (Merrilville, IN)
Ljupco Milenkovski originally from Dracevo, Macedonia, moved to the U.S. in
1985. He made and learned to play
his first wooden flute at the age of 10 years old. By the time he was 14, he
had started playing kaval (open-ended
flute) with the famed Macedonian musician, Mile Kolarov. About two years after
he started playing kaval, he also
started learning to play the gajde (bagpipe) from his father, Andreja
Milenkovski. Between 1977 and 1985, Ljupco
played traditional Macedonian dance music with Mile and other musicians for the
"Kitke" Dance Ensemble in
Dracevo. In recent years, Ljupco has taught himself to play the clarinet and
saxaphone. He plays some of the more
Macedonian and Southeastern European music with several ensembles in the
Chicagoland & Northern Indiana areas
including his own ensemble, "Sar Planina". Ljupco lives with his wife Linda and
their two children, Andres and
Dionaa in Merrillville, Indiana.
T-Rroma (Joe Kirin, Lyons, IL)
An energetic quintet performing Eastern European gypsy music, T-Rroma
(Tamburitza Rroma) takes the audience on
a jubilant journey with their strings and Slavic voices. Born out of the 2001
World Music Festival, T-Rroma made its
debut at HotHouse in May 2002 and have delighted audiences with their fresh
approach to traditional folk music
ever since. Although T-Roma, is based in the Chicago area, its musical roots and
its fan base spread far beyond that
city's boundaries. Its repertoire, which includes original as well as folk and
modern compositions, is as rich and
diverse as the culture of the Gypsy (or the preferred "Rom"), from which it
takes its name. At every performance,
therefore, T-Rroma takes its audience on a compelling worldwide journey that
stretches from the Balkans to South
America, punctuated from start to finish by everything from hushed and haunting
ballads to powerful, pulsating Latin
rhythms.
Paul Collins (Ethnic Dance Chicago, Chicago, IL)
Paul Collins has danced since the age of eight and has been an ethnic folk dance
leader & square/contra dance caller
since high school in the mid 1960's. Paul has been a guest caller at dances from
the North Country to the Deep South
and has even called squares and taught folk dancing for the hearing impaired at
Galledet University in Washington.
DC. Between 1966 and 1979, Paul led the University of Chicago Folk Dance Club
and introduced squares and
contras into the group's repertoire. After directing the U of C Folk Dancers'
Annual Fall "International Folk Festival"
for twelve years, in 1980 Paul joined Gerhard Bernhard in producing the DCFF and
two years later became co-
director. In 1989, Paul and Bill Sasso started the Mid-North Folk Dance Club
that has today evolved into Ethnic
Dance Chicago. Paul has also presented dance programs for kids in Midwest area
schools, tutoring programs and
scouting organizations. In the world outside of dance, Paul is an independent
management consultant for web-based
collaboration, interpersonal communications, group facilitation and personal
network development and is a co-
founder and director of the Midwest Facilitators' Network. Paul is also a
student in Northwestern University's
Leadership and Organization Behavior Program.
_________________________________________________________________
EDC c/o Jordan-Webb - 2656 W Montrose Ave - Suite 110 - Chicago,
Illinois 60618 - (773)-463-2288
pcollins@ethnicdance.net -
www.ethnicdance.net
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