Date: March 10, 2010
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Show mapAsheville JCC
236 Charlotte St.
Contact: Erik Bendix
Phone: 450-1670
Email: erikbendix@hotmail.comJoin Us for Folk Dance at the JCC!
What kind of folkdance?
Israeli, eastern European, klezmer, Greek, Armenian, Scandinavian, Russian, French.... any folkdance tradition we can find good teachers for.
Who will teach?
Erik Bendix is head teacher, assisted by many others. Erik Bendix began folkdancing at the age of 10, and has been teaching folk dance in Europe and the U.S. since 1972. He has studied and taught Yiddish, Macedonian, Bulgarian, Armenian, Israeli, Yemenite, Romanian, Albanian, Greek, Russian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Polish, Turkish, Hungarian and Croatian folk dances, as well as Appalachian clogging and traditional Mevlevi dervish whirling. Among his major teachers were Pece Atanasovski, Mile Kolarov, Ivan Donkov, Michael Alpert, Marcia Rand, and Zuleikha. He has performed as a member of the Green Grass Cloggers in Asheville, N.C. and has choreographed for many ensembles, including the Westwind International Folkdance Ensemble in San Francisco.
Guest teachers are warmly invited to share their music & dance with us. All dances taught will be reviewed later that evening & the following week.
What music will be used?
We use a vast library of recorded folkdance tunes, but we are actively looking for musicians willing to learn the ones we dance to (yes, we provide sheet music!).
What is the schedule?
7:00 - 8:00 p.m.: beginning dances (families especially welcome)
8:00 - 9:30 p.m.: not-so-beginning dances (teaching + requests), and dancing to live music when we can get it
How much does one evening cost?
$6/person (general public)
$4/person (JCC members)
For more information: contact Erik at erikbendix@hotmail.com or at 450-1670 (cell) or 298-5515 (home) or call the JCC at 253-0701
