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Folk Dance Federation of California, South, Inc.
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No Africa, Central America, South America
USA has bulk of folk dancing
Australia/New Zealand
45 states Yves has taught in
Countries
USA
Canada
Mexico
Brazil
Ukraine
France
Germany
(more)
1960s – The Golden Years of Folk Dancing
Young people
We need to tap in to what's there
After WWII – Schools – west Europe
Elizabeth Buchenal's booklets
Immigrants
Societies
Church Groups
Growth
East
Midwest
West
Michael and Mary Ann Herman
Servicemen
Folk Dance House – 1960s now a parking lot
Folk Dance Camp concept
Jane Farwell
Vyts Beliajus (publisher of Viltis magazine)
Madelynne Greene (Bay area)
Marianne Taylor and Connie Taylor
Anatol Joukowski
George Lowery
1950s and 1960s
Dick Crum
Rickey Holden
Gordon Tracie
Dennis Boxell
John Filcich
Folk Dance Federation of California, North
Changs IFD (first organized dance group)
Folk Dance Federation of California, South
Maine and Mainewoods
Oglebay
Stockton
Santa Barbara Folk Dance Conference
San Diego State University Folk Dance Conference
Mendocino
North Country Camp
Mid-America Camp (Bora Özkök)
New Mexico Camp
NIFDI
Chicago
Texas Camp
Florida Camp
Buffalo Gap Camp
Corvallis
Hawaii
Folklore Village
Holiday Camp
Canada
Montreal
Ottawa
Pinewoods
Reed College
Oberlin
Grinnel
Festivals
Statewide (California)
Kolo Festival
(etc.)
YMCAs, JCCs, etc.
Balkan Arts (Martin Koenig)
Folk Dance Publications
Viltis
Let's Dance
Folk Dance Scene (California)
Folk Dance Scene (Louisiana)
Folk Dancer
Rosin the Bow
Northwest Folk Dance News
Now the Internet has taken over
Folk Dance Hotline (recorded message)
Record Producers and Dealers
Michael Herman (RCA, Folk Dancer)
Folkraft (Frank Kaltman, Rickey Holden)
Festival Records (Ethnic Sounds, National, Fez, Xopo, etc.) (John Filcich)
Folk Dance Coffeehouses 1960s
Intersection
Cafe Danssa
Cafe Ămi
Calliópe's
Gypsy Camp
Zorbas
Diedrich's
Hadarim
Open Circle
Museum
Plaka
Red Mill House
Sonny Newman's Dance Hall (Seattle)
Source
Threshing Floor
Veselo Selo
14th Street (New York)
Kafana
Mandala (San Francisco)
Tapestry
Adana Center
Aitos
Ashkenaz
Cafe Shalom
Experience / Luz' Place
Finjan
Highland
Horo
Jerico
Scorpio's
Source
Theo's Tavern
Performing Groups
Gandy Dancers
Michael Herman
AMAN
AVAZ
Betyárok
Dolina Cygany
Kadra
Balkanska Igre
Polskie Iskry
Westwind
Duquesne University Tamburitzans
Radost
Elan
BYU
Folk Dance Directories
Ron Huston
Raymond LaBarbara
Dick Oakes
Folk Dance Tour Concerts 1960s (revolutionized Folk Dancing)
Yves and France Moreau
Bora Özkök
Mihai David
Tineke Van Geel
Jim Gold
Mel Mann
Helene Erickson
THEN STARTED THE DECLINE (1970s)
Canada
Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver
Catholic Youth Movement
City of Montreal Parks and Recreation
Michael Cartier (he had a folk ensemble that became professional – 1967)
Marcel Legault to Miami Folk Dance Camp
Workshops
Folkmoot
Church Groups
Little studio of Folk Dance – kids take folk dance and work way up to performing team
Boutier Music (store)
Montreal – G. Herbert
Richard Turcotte
Yves and France Moreau
Christian (?)
Richard Schmidt
(others)
SITUATION RATHER HEALTHY (1980s)
60 years dancing in the park
Toronto
University Settlement House
YMCA
Krem (?)
Jack Geddes
Olg Sandalowich
Judy Silver
Sandy Starkman
(more)
World Dance (a publication) (produced records for Canada)
Good workshops
Good festivals (Caravan)
Vancouver
Connected with USA and United Kingdom
Hugh and Nina Thurston
Connected with Seattle
Bulgarian Festival
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Celtic (folk encouraged)
Ottawa
Hamilton
London
Calgary
Colona
Mexico
Alura Flores de Angeles
Nelda Drury
Vyts Beliajus
United Kingdom
England (Trational Dance)
(Israeli, short dances, new ones)
Cecil Sharpe House
Phillip Thornton (SIFD)
Romanian, Yugoslavian
England
Dan Ward
Ken Rumley
Dunan
Balkan Plus
Sidmuth
Billingham
Friendship Society
Circle Dance - Sacred Circle Dance
Laura Shannon
Grew up in Germany, Armenia
Israeli and Balkan dance
Findhorn – new age community
Connected to Mother Earth
France
Houses of Culture
Friendship Cultures
Balanced Folk Concept of Live Music
French dances and others
Grand European Ball (website)
Social but no costume or performing
Greek, Romanian, Israeli, Klezmer
Tradition – a magazine of the whole scope in France
Belgium
Flemish
Lou Flagel
Rickey Holden -– 1960s (Folkraft Europe)
Csaba Pálfi
Danskant
Jacque Liege (?)
Netherlands
Mecca of Folk Dance
Most organized – Government recognition
Jaap Leegwater
T(?)
Tine (?)
Nikko Hilferink
(?) Tysen
(?) Mulders
Nevo – good quality music
Folklorische Dans Theatre – new international show ever year
Germany
After Holland, the 2nd place for folk dancing
Sports and Recreation after WWII
Tanz magazine
Directory every year
Tanz Records – Greek dances
Nikos Barbarosis
Yves Moreau
Steve Kotansky
Munich 1978
Gajda – Dick Crum dances – whole movement around him – sing songs
Bernhard Wosien – German – Created Sacred Circle Dance
Switzerland
Based on German model
Rose Marie Ratz
(?) Erminger
Karl Wegman
Frances (?)
Folk Dance I(?) - incredible website
John and Eric Bendix started the Swiss Folk Dancing
Austria
Vienna and Salzburg
Dancilla – website
Balkan, Israeli
Italy
Northern Italy
Balkanot
Spain
North of Spain
Scandinavia
Came out of dancing
Nicola Apreti
Alex Cordray
Former Yugoslavia
Zagreb
Hungary
Tanchaz
Budapest – Serbian
Czech Republic
Prague – Clogging, Contra
Israel
International, Balkan
Dunav website
Haifa – Contra, International
Lebanon
Folk Dance Festival
Japan
Federation – State Department Visit by the Hermans, et al.
10,000 members or more
Housewives
YMCA in 1960s
(?) Murata
Tokyo Federation
Taiwan
Young – 10 to 18 years old
Chang Ching Shan
Asia Folk Dance Camp
Australia
Yves Moreau set it up
Margaret Walker
Csaba Pálfi (preceded Yves Moreau)
New Zealand
Brazil
Michael Ginsberg
Yves Moreau
Sao Paolo
New Trends
Fewer youth
Balkan and Scandinavian
Live Music (taking over)
Vinyl
Cassette
CD
Laptop
Shift from Big Cities
Extremely active
Nobody can afford a place to dance (parking)
Dangerous areas from New Jersey to Long Island
To Americana
Contra
Cajun
Couple forms
Tango
Ballroom
Salsa
Belly Dance
etc.
Tap Into It!
Work with these things
World Music
Live Music
Golden Fest – Live Music 5 to 5
Come for the music
Long dances
Chicago
the 3rd largest Bulgarian city!
From a talk given at the 2007 National Folk Organization Conference.