February 19-21, 2016, at Camp St. Croix, Hudson, Wisconsin.
The Saturday night band will be Orkestar Bez Ime
Teachers: Patti Cohen, Mark Kanazawa, and Mady Newfield
http://www.snopa.org/home/SNOPA2016flier.pdf
Registration deadline is Feb 5
Monday, January 25, 2016
SNOPA! Intl Dance Weekend Feb 19-21 Hudson, WI
February 19-21, 2016, at Camp St. Croix, Hudson, Wisconsin.
The Saturday night band will be Orkestar Bez Ime
Teachers: Patti Cohen, Mark Kanazawa, and Mady Newfield
http://www.snopa.org/home/SNOPA2016flier.pdf
Registration deadline is Feb 5
Sunday, January 24, 2016
NPR: Dance & Parkinsons
http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/01/23/463222589/dance-returns-the-joy-of-movement-to-people-with-parkinsons
Monday, January 18, 2016
EDC Sock Hop II Sat Feb 27, 2016
http://www.ethnicdance.net/downloads/edc-sock-hop.pdf
EDC Saturday Nite Sock Hop II - Rock 'N Roll Dancing, Swing Dancing, Line Dancing @ the SPACE Center
Let Us Know You’re Coming – RSVP to: sockhop@ethnicdance.net
What’s a Sock Hop? – Why should I go?
• A sock hop or sox hop, often also called a record hop or just a hop, is an informal sponsored dance event for us “post-teenagers” that will feature popular music and dances of many generations.
• Original sock hops were commonly held at high schools and other educational institutions, often in the school gym or cafeteria. The term “sock hop” came about because dancers were required to remove their hard-soled shoes to protect the varnished floor of the gymnasium. In subsequent decades, with the widespread popularity of sneakers and other types of indoor shoes, the practice of removing shoes was dropped. But the term stuck and came to be applied more generally to any informal dance for teenagers.
• You won’t be required to remove your shoes at this dance!
• You’ll enjoy tunes form the past, present and future as your friendly disc jockey, “DJ-LUAP” will spin music for dancing from various eras and from sources that include computer, smart phone, tape and even vinyl records.
• “DJ-LUAP” will also be there to help you recall some of the line dances, individual dances, partner dances, rock ‘n’ roll dances, swing dances, and mixers that you may have had fun doing long ago, or not so long ago!
(Located on the South Side of Peterson Ave (6000N), just west of Kimball Ave (3400W),
between Bernard Ave (3432W) & St Louis Ave (3500W) in Chicago)
(Parking on Peterson, Bernard and St Louis – By the CTA Peterson Bus stop)
NOTE: EDC’s Regularly Scheduled Friday Nite Ethnic Folk Dance for November 6, 2015,
(8:30-midnite) will also be held at the SPACE Center instead of at the Latvian Center!
Donation: $8.00/person – Bring Snacks & Deserts – BYOB
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Join Us on Fridays for Ethnic Dancing
Celebrate America's Ethnic Heritage in Dance & Music!
Exercise Your Body and Your Mind!
Fridays at the Chicago Latvian Association Community Center - 8:00pm to Midnight
Last Fridays at the Southport Performing Arts Conservatory and Entertainment (SPACE Center) - 8:30pm to Midnight
www.ethnicdance.net - info@ethnicdance.net
Email: info@ethnicdance.net
Phone: (847)-846-8139
More Info: http://www.ethnicdance.net/sockhop
Location Details
Southport Performing Arts Conservatory and Entertainment (SPACE)
3433 W Peterson
Chicago IL 60659 US
Sunday, January 17, 2016
EDC Super Bowl Sunday Dance Party Feb 7, 2016
http://www.ethnicdance.net/downloads/edc_superbowl_party.pdf
Super Bowl Sunday Dance Party @ The Chicago Latvian Community Center
Ethnic Dance Chicago & Chicago Latvian Association Present
Super Bowl Party / Dance Party
Super Sunday – 4:30pm – 10:00pm
Chili, Pizza, Snacks, Cash Bar & Dance Party @ The Latvian Center
Super Bowl party / Dance Party
Chili, Pizza Snacks, Cash Bar – Dance Party Throughout the Game
4:30pm – Chicago Latvian Center
4146 N Elston Ave – Chicago, IL 60618
Donation: $5.00/person or Free with a Food Contribution
Pay at the door!
Cash Bar for Beer, Wine, Sodas
Donation: $5.00/person or Free with a Food Contribution
Pay at the door!
Cash Bar for Beer, Wine, Sodas
Bring a Dish to Share - Optional
Bring Main Courses, Side Dishes, Salads, Deserts to Share!
Please RSVP
Pamela Feldman
Email: pamela@ethnicdance.net
Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave - Chicago, IL 60618
NW corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W)
Enter on Hamlin
Street parking on Elston & Hamlin
Additional Parking @ Hollerbach Funeral Home
4024 North Elston Avenue, Chicago, IL 60618
www.ethnicdance.net/excursion – info@ethnicdance.net – (847)-846-8139
Email: info@ethnicdance.net
Phone: 847-846-8139
More Info: http://www.ethnicdance.net/superbowl
Location Details
Chicago Latvian Community Center
4146 N Elston Ave
Chicago IL 60618 US
Directions
SW Corner of Elston (NW Diag) & Hamlin (3800W) - Enter on Hamlin - EXCEPT LAST FRIDAYS
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Folk Ball Jan 29-31 Madison, Wisconsin
Received from Michael:
WHAT: Folk Ball Festival
WHEN: January 29-31, 2016
WHERE: Union South
1308 W Dayton St / Madison WI 53715
Note NOVEL LOCATION, due to renovation
of usual venue Memorial Union.
SOME FESTIVAL HIGHLIGHTS (full schedule in early January)
Southern Balkan Romani Dance Workshop with Carol Silverman & Alex Markovic
-- cocek dances with gender-appropriate styling
Serbian & Greek dance workshops with Alex Markovic
Yiddish (E.European Jewish) dance workshops with Steve Weintraub
Singing workshop (Bulgarian, Macedonian, Romani) with Carol Silverman
Legenyes dance workshop with Dan Talmo
Campus talk (Fri. afternoon) & Brownbag Lunch talk (Sat.noon) by
Carol Silverman
New Romanian band from Twin Cities (Katrina Mundinger on taragot!)
adds spice
to the Saturday party lineup
Balkan Bazaar, vendor of fabulous folk merchandise, open for business
FRIDAY NIGHT DANCE PARTIES (Jan.29)
-- INT'L DANCE PARTY in Varsity Hall ballroom 7:30pm-12:30am
INTEMPERANCE COLLECTIVE -- Madison's IFD commune
YID VICIOUS -- Virtuous Klezmer Crew (Yiddish via Madison)
REPTILE PALACE ORCHESTRA -- High-Octane Eclectic Ethnic
DO ZORE -- The Milwaukee Sound from a New Generation
-- CONTRA DANCE
instruction 7:30-8:00pm
dance 8:00-11:00pm [musicians & caller TBA]
CONTRA LOCATION:
The Crossing (1127 Univ.Ave) -- Blakeman Hall downstairs
Please bring DANCING SHOES for the Contra --
help us keep it clean on the dance floor. Thanks!
THE LEGENDARY FOLK BALL DANCE PARTY (Saturday,Jan.30)
Varsity Hall ballroom of Union South -- 7:00pm - 1:00am
SIMBRA OILOR -- Brand-New Romanian band from Minneapolis!
ORKESTAR BEZ IME -- Flagship IFD band of the Twin Cities
SLOBODA -- Milwaukee's Full-Spectrum Ethnic Sound
VESELIYKA -- traditional Bulgarian folk orchestra (Madison)
WORKSHOP REVIEW (Sun.,Jan.31)
Review of dances from Sat. workshops by Silverman, Markovic, & Weintraub
10:30am - 12:30pm in Northwoods Room (Union South)
SPECIAL GUESTS
Carol Silverman
- researcher, teacher, performer, author, educational activist
- award-winning professor of cultural anthropology & folklore, focus
on Balkan folkore, ethnography, & human rights issues of Roma
- teacher of Balkan singing around the world
- author of prize-winning book Romani Routes: Cultural Politics and
Balkan Music in Diaspora
Alex Markovic -- Southern Balkan Dance (Romani, Serbian, Greek)
Steve Weintraub -- our favorite Yiddish (Eastern European Jewish)
dance instructor and a Folk Ball veteran
THE MONEY: Folk Ball is funded solely by your GENEROUS DONATIONS.
Come and go as you please, but do bring CASH, bring your CHECKBOOK,
bring your FRIENDS! Make a single full-weekend contribution at Info
Table in Varsity Hall (checks to "Madison Folk Dance Club") or donate
at each event you attend, but DO YOUR PART to keep Folk Ball an open,
free-flowing celebration. THANKS!
SUGGESTED DONATIONS: Workshop $15, Party $30, Weekend $100
WEBSITE: www.madfolkball.org
QUESTIONS: Michael 608-241-3655 / mk@mailbag.com
Presented by Wisconsin Folk Arts Assoc. & Madison Folk Dance Club
Co-sponsored by Department of Slavic Languages & Literature
Welcomed by WORT 89.9FM Community-Sponsored Radio
Friday, January 15, 2016
St. Louis workshop with Sonia & Cristian, Jan 15-16, 2016
January 15-16, 2016
University United Methodist Church in St. Louis
6901 Washington Ave, St. Louis 63130
http://www.stlouisfolkdance.org/home/upcoming-workshops