Hello Gainesville Ocala Israeli and Folk Dancers,
This Monday, May 9, Israeli Dancing will be at Hillel for the free, community-wide, Yom Hatzmaot Israeli Independence Day Celebration from 6:30 to 8:30.this Monday May 2 at 7 at B'nai Israel after our Passover break. Next Monday May 9, help lead the Gainesville community in dancing at Hillel from 6:30 to 8:30 with live music by the Klezmer Katz. You can park across the street at the O'Dome.
This means there will not be Israeli Dancing at B'nai Israel on Monday.
June 6 starts a four week, super easy, Beginner Israeli Folk Dance 4-week series for new dancers on Monday nights at B'nai Israel offered thru Santa Fe College Community Education, from 7 to 8. Tell your friends.
You can still join the free Clogging lessons, today Sunday at 4 pm.
Come out tonight at 7 pm for Slow Lindy swing dance class at 308 West.
Save next Sunday for the monthly Vintage Waltz brunch at 308 West.
See the article for Ira Weisburd's interesting experiences teaching folk dancing in Asia. Ira is the choreographer of Boi Malka and Sonata, among others.
Sonata with Ira in Hong Kong
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJftUCAx0_U
Happy Dancing,
Andy
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Gainesville and Ocala Brazilian, Clogging, Contra, English, Folk, Israeli and International Dancing Calendar
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Schedule: confirm all programs before going
1. Sunday 5/08 - Clogging Beginner Series- Free
2. Sunday 5/08 - Lindy Hop Swing Beginner Series
3. Monday 5/09 - Israeli Dancing with Andy at Hillel Yom Hatzmaot
4. Monday 5/09 - English Country Dance
5. Tuesday 5/10 - Line Dancing
6. Wednesday 5/11 - Israeli Dancing at Kol Simcha
7. Friday 5/13 - International Folk Dancing
8. Sunday 5/15 - Vintage Waltz Brunch
9. Monday 5/16 - Israeli Dancing with Andy
10. Saturday 5/21 - Contra Dance
11. Saturday 6/04 - Swinging Soul Dance Party
12. Sunday 6/05 - Contra Dance
13. Sunday 6/05 - Social Dancing for People with Two Left Feet 3 Week Series
14. Monday 6/06 - Beginner Israeli Folk Dance Class 4-Week Series
Article: Ira Weisburd Teaches Folk Dancing in Hong Kong and Asia
Other:
Capeoira, Brazilian Street Dance at 308 West - Tue, Wed, Thu and Sat. www.BCAEonline.org
Clogging in Gainesville - on Sunday afternoons. www.FirstKlassKloggers.com
Contra Dancing in Melrose - first and third Wednesdays of the month at 7pm at Shake Rag Art and Culture Center. Susie Rudder calling. Live music. $5. Corky Culver, sisorbit@windstream.net
Contra Dancing at O'leno State Park - third Sunday of the month at 2pm
Step Dancing with Piper Call. www.PiperCallDance.com
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Volunteer to help out and get into dances and classes for free.
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1. Sunday 5/08 - Clogging Beginner Series
Carpenter's Union, 1910 NW 53 Ave
4:00 - 4:45 : Beginner Clogging Classes
4 Week series, May 1, 8, 15, 22
Free
www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=196004330435836
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2. Sunday 5/08 - Lindy Hop Swing Beginner Series
Gainesville Dance and Music Association, 308 W University Avenue
7:00 - 8:30 : Lindy Hop Swing Dance Class
8:30 - 9:30 : Hustle!
This is to slower music and easy enough for new dancers.
$10, $5 students for one or both sessions
Includes Israeli Dancing on Monday nights at B'nai Israel
Or SAVE $20 and get 5 nights for the price of 3 with
$30 for the month for Lindy Hop on May 1, 8, 15, 22
and Saturday May 7 Swing Dance Party
Andrew, 352-327-2378, publish@gainesvilledance.com
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3. Monday 5/09 - Israeli Dancing with Andy at Hillel for Yom Hatzmaot
Hillel, 2020 W Univesity Ave
5:30 - 6:30 : Ralph Lowenstein Honoring Event
6:30 - 7:00 : Festivities
7:00 - 7:30 : Israeli Dancing with Andy
7:30 - 8:00 : Festivities
8:00 - 8:30 : Israeli Dancing with Andy
Free
Yom Hatzmaot Community Celebration with the live band Klezmer Katz.
Andrew, publish@gainesvilledance.com, 352-327-3672
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4. Monday 5/09 - English Country Dance
Gainesville Dance Association, 308 W University Avenue
7:00 - 9:30
$5
Annette Merritt, flamerritt@hotmail.com
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5. Tuesday 5/10 - Line Dancing with Sandi Larkins
Eagles Club, 4562 NW 13th Street
6:00 - 8:15 - Line dancing
$5
Sandi Larkins, ridesthewind@gmail.com
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6. Wednesday 5/11 - Israeli Dancing at Kol Simcha
Kol Simcha, 14007 NW 44 Ave Gainesville, FL
6:30 - 8:30 : Teaching and Israeli dancing
With Joseph Simpkins
352-331-3191
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7. Friday 5/13 - International Folk Dancing
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 4225 NW 34 Street
8:00 - 11:00
$3, $1 students
Jack Seltzer, 352-359-2903 gainesvilleifd@gmail.com, www.gifd.org
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8. Sunday 5/15 - Vintage Waltz Brunch
Gainesville Dance and Music Association, 308 W University Avenue
10:30 - 1:30 : Waltz lesson, dancing and brunch
$10, $5 Students
Joyce Thompson, thompsj@gmail.com
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9. Monday 5/16 - Israeli Dancing with Andy
Congregation B'nai Israel, 3830 NW 16 Blvd
7:00 - 8:30 : Israeli Dancing
Starts exactly on time.
For all levels of experience. Newcomers welcome.
No partner needed.
$5 per family. Ages 22 and under free. Other students $2.
If you have financial difficulties, you can come for free.
If you attend any of my programs at 308 West during the prior week, you can come Israeli Dancing for free.
Andrew, publish@gainesvilledance.com, 352-327-3672
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10. Saturday 5/21 - Contra Dance
Thelma Boltin Center, 506 NE 2 Ave
7:30 - 8:00 : Lesson
8:00 - 11:00 : Contra Dancing
$8, $5 under 21
Beginners lesson a half hour before the contra dance starts. No partner needed.
Please wear clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the floor.
Susie, 352-466-9150
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11. Saturday 6/04 - Swinging Soul Dance Party
Gainesville Dance Association, 308 West University Ave
8:00 - 9:00 : Dance lesson
9:00 - 11:00+ : Social Dancing Mostly Slower Swing
$10, $5 Students
Starts exactly on time.
For all levels of experience. Newcomers welcome.
No partner needed.
Andrew, publish@gainesvilledance.com, 352-327-3672
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12. Sunday 6/05 - Contra Dance
Thelma Boltin Center, 506 NE 2 Ave
3:30 - 4:00 : Lesson
4:00 - 7:00 : Contra Dancing
$8, $5 under 21
Beginners lesson a half hour before the contra dance starts. No partner needed.
Please wear clean, soft-soled shoes to protect the floor.
Susie, 352-466-9150
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13. Sunday 6/05 - Social Dancing for People with Two Left Feet 3 Week Series
Gainesville Dance and Music Association, 308 W University Avenue
6:00 - 7:00 : Super easy social dance class
For 3 weeks June 5, 12 and 19
Offered thru Santa Fe College Community Education
http://dept.sfcollege.edu/ce
This is the class for anyone who has been afraid to go dancing, because they feel too clumsy to move to music. If you can walk, you can dance. This is the slowest and easiest dance class for people who have never danced.
Andrew, 352-327-3672, publish@gainesvilledance.com
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14. Monday 6/06 - Beginner Israeli Folk Dance Class 4-Week Series
B'nai Israel, 3830 NW 16 Blvd
7:00 - 8:00 : Beginner Israeli Dance class
Dance to a higher purpose and learn Israeli Folk Dancing.
Enjoy fun dancing, great music and meet nice people.
For beginners, this is an introductory class suitable for people who have never danced before.
Best time for new dancers to start dancing in this super easy, slow-paced class, guaranteed to make everyone feel comfortable.
For 4 weeks June 6, 13, 20 and 27
Offered thru Santa Fe College Community Education
http://dept.sfcollege.edu/ce
Andrew, 352-327-3672, publish@gainesvilledance.com
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Article: Ira Weisburd Teaches Folk Dancing in Hong Kong and Asia
From: Ira Weisburd (dancewithira@comcast.net)
I am looking forward to resuming our folk dance classes in Margate this Saturday, May 7 from 1 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Please join us for a welcome back dance. Come learn some new dances and enjoy lot's of Open Dancing with your favorite requests!!
I have just returned from a 28 Day Workshop Tour of Asia. I was invited to teach in four Asian countries on a whirlwind tour that took me to Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. My original itinerary was supposed to take me to Fukushima, JAPAN; however, 2 weeks before my departure the earthquake hit and we were lucky enough to reroute our last week to Malaysia instead.
Workshops were organized in each country where I taught Line Dances and Israeli, International and Balkan Circle Dances. It is a great honor to be invited to teach in Asia and I am extremely grateful for having had this opportunity not once, but twice. Very few before have had that privilege.
I would like to introduce you to a world many of you may not be familiar with.
Hong Kong has one of the oldest folk dance histories in all of Asia. It was back in 1958, when it first began. That is nearly 53 years ago!! Rickey Holden was the very first instructor to be invited back then. The next instructor invited was Israeli Dance Teacher/Choreographer David Edery followed by Israeli Choreographer Moshiko. That was much later in the year 1981. Then, in 1985, I was invited to teach in Hong Kong and Taiwan. That was more than 25 years ago!! I was amazed to see that they are still doing many of the dances I had taught them. Then in the '90's, a wave of choreographers from Israel were invited ie. Yehuda Emanuel, Moshe Telem, Gabriel Almog, Mishael Barzilai, Gadi Bitton and Dudu Barzilai. Then, a few years later, International Choreographer/Teachers were invited ie. Tom Bozigian, Tineke, Yves Moreau, and others.
Over the years, folk dancing spread to Singapore and Malaysia. Each country has numerous clubs and groups and I was happy to see how well they all appear to work together and support one another. It was also so refreshing to see that most every group dances everything from Israeli, Balkan and International Circle Dances to Line Dancing and Couple Dancing. It is a pleasure teaching in Asia, because they are such amazing dancers!! My workshops were not sponsored by individual classes or groups, but the Folk Dance Alliance which attracted dancers and instructors (they call "tutors") from all different groups. In both Hong Kong and Singapore, I was told that the workshops I gave drew a record crowd!!
I want everyone to know that the dances I taught in Asia are well documented. I spent the last 2 weeks uploading these amazing videos on my Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/iraweisburd?feature=mhum.
That is the best place to view them all. As a subscriber, you can check the box under subscriptions to receive an automatic e-mail notification any time I upload a new video.
You can also "Friend Me" on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/dancewithira.
As a matter of fact, there is a whole blog on facebook, where you can actually follow my 28 Day Asian Workshop Tour through photos with descriptions and of course videos from the workshops. Go back to Easter Sunday. That is where the blog begins. It was quite a spectacular tour!!
Here are just 2 videos that you will see:
Raspukala Sar Planina: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3YBWtYAoNk&feature=channel_video_title
Ako Umram Il Zaginam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJcdsXcgj5s
FYI, I will be guest choreographer along with Steve Kotansky at Sasha's Annual Folk Dance Celebration Weekend at Circle Lodge in New York on June 17-19, 2011. I am looking forward to this wonderful annual event which I've been a part of for more than 25 years!! Come join us!! I've heard the weekend is filling up fast. So, please make your reservations now!! For more information: contact Sasha at: sashjac@rcn.com .
P.S. In August, I am planning a Workshop Tour in Texas!!
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