August 2014 - Ivan Filcich 90th birthday - Kolo dancing at Cafe Aman (at LADanceFit Studio in Los Angeles, CA) - Kokonjeste Kolo, led by Ivan Filcich at his 90th Birthday Party at Sherry Cochran’s Group
2020 - Christmas Dance Show 2020 - The Tuscon Prunes latest show. This is done without rehearsals and outside with lots of windy weather. It's a long show, so we'll look at a single dance at each viewing.
2011 - "Toreador" Random Act of Culture - Jan 8, 2011 - The Opera Company of Philadelphia performed "The Toreador Song" from Bizet's CARMEN at the city's famed Reading Terminal Market on Saturday, January 8, 2011 for a crowd of surprised and delighted shoppers who responded with a chorus of cheers and a rousing ovation.
2008 - Filipino, Philippines "Dancing Inmates" from Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitation Center (CPDRC), a maximum security prison dancing "Do The Hustle"
2018 The Association of Pontian Rizos dances Titara in the Mill of the Elves
The Magic of Christmas Returns ... In a truly magical place ... in the city of Trikala and in the old "Matsopoulos Mill", the Magic of Christmas comes to life in an impressive way this year as well. From the end of November until the beginning of January, the old chimneys come forward and spread incredible smells. The gears are lubricated, the machines are repaired and they are ready to make as many toys and sweets as they can. The "Elven Mill" is the most impressive example of the development and operation of cultural action by a Local Government Organization in Greece. By common confession today the "Elven Mill" is in many ways (operating days, number of events and activities, promotion, attendance, etc.) the leading event (not just Christmas) in Greece.
Virtual Dance Room Session 76 - Friday, September 3, 2021 - 7:30pm to 11:00pm CST [Top_2021] (Warmups 7:00 / Repertoire Dance Workshop 7:30 / Dance Party 8:00 / Discussion 11:00-ish)
August 2014 - Ivan Filcich 90th birthday - Kolo dancing at Cafe Aman (at LADanceFit Studio in Los Angeles, CA) - Kokonjeste Kolo, led by Ivan Filcich at his 90th Birthday Party at Sherry Cochran’s Group
Virtual Dance Room Session 75 - Friday, August 27, 2021 - 7:30pm to 11:00pm CST [Top_2021] (Warmups 7:00 / Repertoire Dance Workshop 7:30 / Dance Party 8:00 / Discussion 11:00-ish)
1942 - TO BE OR NOT TO BE, Ernst Lubitsch, 1942 - Heil Hitler! - During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Virtual Dance Room Session 68 - Friday, July 9-10, 2021 - Door County Folk Festival [Top_2021] (Fri/Sat Party 6:30pm to 3:50am - Sat Workshops 11:00am to 7:00pm am CDT -Sat/Sun Party 7:00pm to 5:50am )
August 2014 - Ivan Filcich 90th birthday - Kolo dancing at Cafe Aman (at LADanceFit Studio in Los Angeles, CA) - Kokonjeste Kolo, led by Ivan Filcich at his 90th Birthday Party at Sherry Cochran’s Group
Virtual Dance Room Session 66 - Friday, June 25, 2021 - 7:30pm to 11:00pm CST [Top_2021] (Warmups 7:00 / Repertoire Dance Workshop 7:30 / Dance Party 8:00 / Discussion 11:00-ish)
August 2014 - Ivan Filcich 90th birthday - Kolo dancing at Cafe Aman (at LADanceFit Studio in Los Angeles, CA) - Kokonjeste Kolo, led by Ivan Filcich at his 90th Birthday Party at Sherry Cochran’s Group
Virtual Dance Room Session 63 - Friday, June 4, 2021 - 7:00pm to 1:00am-ish CST [Top_2021] (June Camp Dance Party Starts 7:00 / Greek Dance Workshop Review with Yannis Economou 9:00pm-ish / Party Continues / Possible Discussion 1:00am-ish)
Tombo Koyama - Kobe YMCA Folk Dance Club - YouYube of our party, 15 minutes excerpts. Kobe, Japan YMCA before relocation many years ago. First it's very crowded in a studio, so we moved to a gym later.
Virtual Dance Room Session 62 - Friday, May 28, 2021 - 7:30pm to 11:00pm CST [Top_2021] (Warmups 7:00 / Repertoire Dance Workshop 7:30 / Dance Party 8:00 / Greek Dance Workshop with Yannis Economou 9:00pm / Discussion 11:00-ish)
July 2011 - Bulgarian folk dancing at birthday party for Orelin in St. Dimitar church in Brampton, Ontario, Canada - Bulgrian Birthday Medley - Bulgarian Birthday Celebration • Български Рожден ден празнуване
We played Video for Monthly VDR Birthday Celebration and danced along fwith the video
Four (4) Dances: Pravo Trakiysko Horo, Graovsko, Bachkovsko, Pravo Shopsko Horo
Sufi Muslims from Takijistan (next to Afghanistan) The ritual is Zikar Atagi (aka Dikar, Dhikr, Dhakir and similar transliterations) and is common among Sufi Muslims - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhikr
Virtual Dance Room Session 53 - Friday, March 26, 2021 - 7:30pm to 11:00pm CST [Top_2021]
(Warmups 7:00 / Repertoire Dance Workshop 7:30 / Dance Party 8:00 / Discussion 11:00-ish)
2004 - A group for spring folklore in the village of Avren, led by Yanka Radeva. Holiday of the municipality of Avren 2004 - Folk Dances the Vaikovtsi people, a sub-group of Bulgarians from the Varna Region in Northern Bulgaria with its own unique culture, traditions, costumes and dances
Virtual Dance Room Session 52 - Friday, March 19, 2021 [Top_2021]
(VDR Joins with World Spring Camp Friday Party)
Tombo Koyama - Kobe YMCA Folk Dance Club - YouYube of our party, 15 minutes excerpts. Kobe, Japan YMCA before relocation many years ago. First it's very crowded in a studio, so we moved to a gym later.
2016 -12/31/2016 - Leigh Bristol Holden and Paul Collins at the Ethnic Dance Chicago-Evanston Monday Night Folk Dancers Roaring Twenties New Year's Eve Pot Luck Dinner and Dance Party - a dance to the 1922 popular tune "All Muddled Up"
Virtual Dance Room Session 48 - Friday, February 19, 2021 - 7:15pm to 11:00pm CST [Top_2021]
(Warmups 7:00 / Peruvian Dance Workshop with Ruben Pachas 7:15 / Dance Party 8:00 / Discussion 11:00-ish)
Tombo Koyama - Kobe YMCA Folk Dance Club - YouYube of our party, 15 minutes excerpts. Kobe, Japan YMCA before relocation many years ago. First it's very crowded in a studio, so we moved to a gym later.
Virtual Dance Room Session 47 - Friday, February 12, 2021 - 7:30pm to 1:00am CST [Top_2021]
(Warmups 7:00 / DCFF Mardi Gras Edition - All Live Music Party - 7:30 to 1:00am / Discussion 1:00am-ish)
Tombo Koyama - Kobe YMCA Folk Dance Club - YouYube of our party, 15 minutes excerpts. Kobe, Japan YMCA before relocation many years ago. First it's very crowded in a studio, so we moved to a gym later.
Virtual Dance Room Session 46 - Friday, February 5, 2021 - 7:30pm to 11:00pm CST [Top_2021]
(Warmups 7:00 / Repertoire Workshop 7:30 / Dance Party 8:00 / Discussion 11:00-ish)
Sufi Muslims from Takijistan (next to Afghanistan) The ritual is Zikar Atagi (aka Dikar, Dhikr, Dhakir and similar transliterations) and is common among Sufi Muslims - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhikr
Tombo Koyama - Kobe YMCA Folk Dance Club - YouYube of our party, 15 minutes excerpts. Kobe YMCA before relocation many years ago. First it's very crowded in a studio, so we moved to a gym later.
1943 - Best Version (Full Dance Routines) Bill Robinson, Kathryn Dunham Dance Troupe, Nicholas Brothers, Cab Calloway Orchestra - "The Jumpin Jive" from the movie Stormy Weather
1941 - Better Version French Cut - Slam Stewart (Bass), Slim Gaillard (Piano, Guitar, Vocal), Rex Stewart (Trumpet), Elmer Fane (Clarinet), Jap Jones (Trombone), CP Jonstone (Drums), Herbert "Whitey" White (Whitey's) Lindy Hoppers - a.k.a. the Harlem Congaroo Dancers
Virtual Dance Room Session 45 - Friday, January 29, 2021 - 7:30pm to 1:00am CST [Top_2021]
(Warmups 7:00 / Repertoire Workshop 7:30 / Dance Party 8:00 / Discussion 11:00-ish)
2013 IAFNA (International Facilitators Conference of North America) Conference - Orlando, FL - Paul Collins & Mara Kins perform Peruvian Marinera "Ciudad del Lago"
2014 - 4th Annual Bulgarian “Verea” Festival - Ethnic Dance Chicago Group performance - Western Bulg: Porunceasca, Thracian: Pravo Traikijsko & Trite Puti
2019 - Tai Chi Fan Holiday Park at a Chinese New Year Celebration. She has performed regular Chinese dances as well in a Chinese dance performing group using the big silk, flowy kind of fans which of course is a totally different thing and is dancing. It's Kung Fu , so it is a martial art, but more on the artistic side than the "martial" side" and the fan that is used in Kung Fu Fan is just as large, but makes a loud snapping percussive sound as opposed to the relative silent slik fans that are used in Chinese dancing.
Virtual Dance Room Session 42 - Friday, January 8, 2021 - 7:30pm to 1:00am CST [Top_2021]
(Warmups 7:00 / Repertoire Workshop 7:30 / Dance Party 8:00 / Discussion 11:00-ish)
1942 - Nicholas Brothers, Glenn Miller Orchestra, Tex Beneke, Paula Kelley and the Modernaires, Cesar Romero, Jackie Gleason in "I've Got a Gal From Kalamazoo", from the movie Orchestra Wives (HQ Video)
1943 - Best Version (Full Dance Routines) Bill Robinson, Kathryn Dunham Dance Troupe, Nicholas Brothers, Cab Calloway Orchestra - "The Jumpin Jive" from the movie Stormy Weather
2020 - December 19th - CORONAVIRUS SHOO! - Dragostin Folk National Bulgarian Voices
Virtual Dance Room Session 41 - Friday, January 1, 2021 - 7:30pm to 12:00am CST [Top_2021]
(Warmups 7:00 / All Live Music Dance Party 7:30 / Join L.I.F.E. Balkan Dancers All Oldies Party 10:00)
1941 - Better Version French Cut - Slam Stewart (Bass), Slim Gaillard (Piano, Guitar, Vocal), Rex Stewart (Trumpet), Elmer Fane (Clarinet), Jap Jones (Trombone), CP Jonstone (Drums), Herbert "Whitey" White (Whitey's) Lindy Hoppers - a.k.a. the Harlem Congaroo Dancers
1941 - Better Version French Cut - Slam Stewart (Bass), Slim Gaillard (Piano, Guitar, Vocal), Rex Stewart (Trumpet), Elmer Fane (Clarinet), Jap Jones (Trombone), CP Jonstone (Drums), Herbert "Whitey" White (Whitey's) Lindy Hoppers - a.k.a. the Harlem Congaroo Dancers
Virtual Dance Room Session 36 - Thursday-Sunday, November 26-29, 2020 - Texa-Kolo Fest [Top_2020]
(Events All 4 Days)
The Virtual Dance Room joins with the Texa-Kolo Fest Party on Friday November 27 2020 to support Thanksgiving Weekend's Texa-Kolo Fest - a Collaboration between the Texas International Folk Dance Camp and the California Kolo Festival
Virtual Dance Room Session 35 - Friday, November 20, 2020 - 7:30pm to 1:30am CDT [Top_2020]
(Holiday Dance Party with All Live Music until 1:30am - Open Discussion 1:30am until ...)
Virtual Dance Room Session 16 - Friday, July 10, 2020 -- Door County Folk Festival Online - 12:00pm to 3:00am CDT
(Workshops/Seinars 1:30pm to 6:00pm / Dance Party 7:00pm to 12:00am / After Party 12:00am to 3:00am) [Top_2020]
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