TNFD Notes for 4/25/23: Pesen za Bojana (Song for Bojana)

Pesen za Bojana (Песен за Бояна) For the last dance, I selected “Pesen za Boiana” by The Inheritance on their album Kalimara. When going through the music database to find dances we haven’t done in a good long time, I saw that this had been tagged for getting several plays. It a lovely, but haunting…

TNFD Playlist: Apr 25, 2023

♪ 24 dances; 1 hour and 11 minutes of dancing.→ Dances Taught: Opšaj Diri – Croatia (Sallie)→ Dances Reviewed: Tokyo Polka [Richard Powers] – USA (David)→ Dances Practiced w/o review: Shiri Li Kineret [Shlomo Maman] – Israel; El Adon Al Kol Hamaasim [Shmulik Gov-Ari] – Israel; Agchka Jerazanke – Armenia→ Dances Resurrected w/o review: Hora…

Tineke & Maurits van Geel

BIFD Workshop 4/28-4/30: Tineke & Maurits van Geel Teach Armenian & International Dances

Don’t miss this year’s Boulder International Folk Dance Workshop featuring Tineke & Maurits van Geel. They will share dances of Armenian, Romani, and other international folk origins. The workshops and dances start Friday evening on April 28th and finish with a review session on Sunday, April 30th, all happening at the Avalon in Boulder. We…

Oldies Revival for 4/25/23: Bučimiš – Bulgaria [Dick Crum*]

Folk Folks, I’m going to try something here. I had some kind of New Year’s resolution to learn a dance well enough to lead every week. I’m not sure how that stands with much chaos in learning and reviewing several dances at once, so I’ll have to chart that out to see if it pencils…

TNFD Playlist: Apr 18, 2023

♪ 18 dances; 57 minutes of dancing.→ Dances Taught: Agchka Jerazanke – Armenia (Cherie)→ Dances Reviewed: Shiri Li Kineret [Shlomo Maman] – Israel (David & Dee)→ Dances Practiced w/o review: El Adon Al Kol Hamaasim [Shmulik Gov-Ari] – Israel; Yar ko parag – Armenia→ Dances Resurrected w/o review: Tzadik Katamar – Israel; Dimitrija – Bulgaria