Princeton Folk Dance

Past Folk Dance Events

Dance with us on   Tuesday Nights    and    Friday Nights 


       



  

     
           Come dance with us to soulful music from many cultures -- 
           Armenian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Greek, Israeli, 
           and others (even American).







 

Bulgarian Dance Workshop and Slide Presentation    on May 9, 2008 


 Martin Koenig 



 Suzanne Patterson Center, Princeton, NJ, 8-11 PM,   $10. 




  

          Marty Koenig is a nationally-known teacher of Balkan dance, who has 
          taught in university and community programs throughout North America.

  

          His pioneering folk dance fieldwork has included 
          research, audio recording, photographing and
          filming in the Balkans, East Europe and the United States
          between 1966 and 1994

  

          He was the Founder and Director of the Ethnic Folk
          Arts Center (a.k.a. Balkan Arts Center and The Center for
          Traditional Music and Dance) in New York City (1966-1994).
          He now lives with his wife and three children on Vashon
          Island, Washington.





  










 

Bulgarian Dance Workshop    --   Friday, May 9, 2008 



 Suzanne Patterson Center, Princeton, NJ, 8-11 PM,   $10. 




  


  
    

     
  •  Instruction by  Yuliyan Yordanov  
     
  •  Accordionist    Vlado Mollov      
     
  •  biographical information on the Web for 
           
             Yuliyan  ... and for
          
             Vlado  
  









 

Turkish Dance Workshop    --   Friday, Feb 1, 2008 



 Suzanne Patterson Center, Princeton, NJ, 8-11 PM,   $10. 




  


  
    

     
  •  Instruction by  Ahmet Luleci 
     
  •  biographical information at his web site at 
           www.luleci.com 








  








 

Holiday Party    --   Friday, December 28, 2007 



 Suzanne Patterson Center, Princeton, NJ, $10. 




  


  
    

     
  •  Live music performed by John Matulis 
     
  •  Please bring a cold or hot (microwavable) dish 
    
          or dessert to share. 
     
  •  (Drinks non-alcolholic.)











 

Lee Otterholt  Workshop     --   Friday, December 14, 2007 



 Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ, $10. 






 The folk dances he will be teaching are international, but 
                   mainly Balkan. For biographical and other information, 
                   Lee's web site is http://leeotterholt.com/









 





 
Zeljko Jergan Workshop     
                     Zeljko



Friday, November 9, 2007, 8-11 pm, Suzanne Patterson, $10. 



 
   Zeljko is an outstanding Croation folk dance teacher and choreographer. 

   Read his biography at  
   
   www.tamburaland.com/bands/zjergan/zjergan.html 











 

             Kabile Bitov Ensemble -- from Bulgaria 



Friday, July 20, 2007, 8-11 pm, Suzanne Patterson, $10. 



Kabile



  






    
 The Kabile Bitov Ensemble, now on tour from Bulgaria,
consists of four instrumental musicians and a singer. They will be
performing at our regularly scheduled dance from 8 to 11 PM at the Suzanne
Patterson Center in Princeton.

    
From 7 to 8, we will have a covered dish dinner.  Attendees arriving at 7
should bring a favorite dinner dish, desert or non-alcoholic beverage to share
with the musicians and other dancers.









 

             Special Macedonian Dance Workshop 


             Friday, June 15, 2007, 8-11 pm, $10. 


        
  Paul Mulders, who lives in the Netherlands and  

              is currently on a North American tour, was a       

              student of the famous Macedonian dance             

              teacher Pece Atanasovski. The workshop             

              will include dances originally taught by Pece. 








      
 

Special Bulgarian Dance Workshop 


Friday, February 9, 2007, 8-11 pm, $8. 


      

        

            
              Daniela Ivanova  


              
              from Sofia, Bulgaria, is an exquisite dancer, singer,
              and folk dance teacher. In addition, she is a noted
              choreographer, ethnomusicologist, and performing artist.

              To learn more about Daniela, visit her
               Web site. 

           		 
       

       














  

     
          










 





  
   
     

     "Folk dancing is not about perfection  -- 
         Its about fun. " 
         



















       
  
N e w   Y e a r ' s   E v e   D a n c e   2005 
       


    
 It may get wild... 


    

    
 Fabulous live accordian folk dance music by John Matulis  






































 Instructions:      
        
         
         Floracica Olteneasca Steps 


      The link above will take you to the 
 
      detailed dance notes from Dick Oates, 

      which will make you an expert on Floracica.  
      




















May 6, 2005 -- Daniela & Angel 





 Daniela Ivanova 
is an exquisite dancer, singer, and folk dance teacher. 


Angel Nazlamov is one of the outstanding accordion players 
in Bulgaria.  


 They've toured Europe extensively, and now they're coming to Princeton.


To learn more, see this 
 
Bulgarian Web site 



















  .:  Folk dance music samples from :. 

 Bulgaria ,   
    Greece   ,   
 Poland   .                  


















 
    Friday, April 1, 2005 

    

    
    

    Z l a t n e   U s t e   i n   P r i n c e t o n   
    


    
 7:00 - 8:00       Pot luck dinner (Bring dish to share) 


    
 8:00 - 11:00    Dancing to marvelous live music    




        














 
        C h i n e s e   N e w   Y e a r   D i n n e r  
                                                         D a n c e 


        
          Tuesday,   February 8   2005    


        
 6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.                              

        
 Pot luck dinner                                    




















  
             N e w   Y e a r ' s   E v e   D a n c e 


        
                  Friday, December 31, 2004   ($10) 


        
 9:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. 
 

        

        
 Fabulous live accordian folk dance music by John Matulis  





















      
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