Unique in the United States, the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival has been hailed as one of the most significant festivals of its type in America. It has been deemed a major factor in making the Bay Area one of the dance capitals of the country. With three weekends of performances, featuring a different roster each weekend, the Festival has been instrumental in introducing large audiences to many of the world’s most distinctive cultural traditions throughout the last quarter century.

Three Weekends
June 11 - 12; 18 - 19; 25 - 26, 2005
Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
Saturdays at 2 P.M. and 8 P.M.
Sundays at 2 P.M.

Ilim Private Primary School in North Cyprus is organising its second International Children Culture and Arts Days on 14-19 June 2005. The festival hosts folk dance groups, or other types of cultural groups, like modern dance groups, music bands, etc, from all around the World.


Ahmet Akarsu
International Relations Manager
Ilim Private Primary School
Nicosia, North Cyprus
Mobile Phone: 0090 533 862 1049
ahmetakarsu@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/ahmetakarsu/
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/World_Folklore/

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The aim is to introduce, the Turkish Culture, customs and traditions to all the people who work live in Culture and have the mood of the musician and the dancer. In this seminar, the goal is to meet Turkish various cultures and bring people together friendship and love. Duration of the seminar participants will learn Karsilama, Ciftetelli and different region part of Turkish traditional folk dance (Middle East, East and North of Turkey Black Sea dances), there will a dance teacher from Greece ( GREECE FOLK DANCE-SIRTAKI- PONTUS RUM DANCE ) who will teach Pontus and Sirtaki dances, too .

HARMANFOLKLOR CULTURE & FESTIVAL ORGANISATION:
Yeldegirmeni macit erbulak sok 34/1 81330 Kadýkoy / Istanbul TURKIYE
Tel : 00 90 216 3461354
Fax : 00 90 216 3461308

Folkloristic festival for promoting international relations. 29th edition

The Salland Festival is originazed in Raalte, a village in the Eastern part of The Netherlands, situated in the heart of the region Salland. Groups from almost every European country, but also from other continents (e.g. China, Bolivia, Chili, Mexico, U.S.A., Togo, Kenya, Georgia, Russia, Sri Lanka and Indonesia) have succesfully participated in Salland Festival and presented there a colourful show of culture and folklore.

It is an amateur festival open to professional and/or non-professional folk dance groups of a high artistic standart. It is realized in a cultural exchange bases. Age of participants - min. 14 years old

If you would like to participate in this festival please send us the following information to the address given below.

Mustafa ÇAKAR
Salkim Sogut Cd. Nadir Sk. No: 12/10
06460 Dikmen - Ankara – TURKEY

The information we required about your group:
Group Name, Contact person, address, phone & fax number, e-mail address
VCD, DVD or other digital video format compatible with PC (such as: dvix, mpeg, avi etc) in PAL system. Attention: Don’t send us the Video Cassete (VHS or Beta)
Brochures, photos, a short brief about the group and the dances

For more information and participating conditions see:

This festival is an annual event organized by HAFEM (Halay Folklor Egitim Merkezi), an Istanbul-based folk dance and music group that’s been active in preserving Turkish folk dance and music culture for over 15 years. The goal of this annual festival is to strengthen the bond of compassion and hospitality between countries and cultures through dance. There is no political or commercial aim to this event. Adult amateur groups are accepted to this event. A total of 5-6 groups from different countries are selected to participate each year. Groups must have at least 2 (preferably 3-4) different dance routines to perform.

A famous International Dance Competition.

The main focus will be Dance - Classical, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop, Funky, Folk and all of the various interpretations of Dance Theatre Laboratories.

The 2004 edition of the festival had a great success. About 1100 dancers from the five continents had danced and competed in the big Italian dance event in the 2004.

Everyone is invited to participate.

Contacts:
Tel/Fax 0039 178 220 5864

Ponhtiomacedonothrakokritiko Dance Seminar

Experience the excitement of Greek dancing at this unique 10-day seminar. World renown teachers will instruct Pontian (Nikos Zournatzidis and Nikos Savvidis), Macedonian (Petros Selkos), Thracian (Vangelis Themouthis), and Cretan (Vangelio Ieronimakis) dances, plus a very special opportunity: daily workshops on Atchapot and Serra, taught by Nikos Savvidis or Nikos Zournatzidis..

Join us for an idyllic 10 days at the beautiful Nemesis Hotel located in Komnina Xanthis, on the Nestos river, between Kavala and Xanthis.

Dance, Singing, Instruments

The Mendocino Balkan Music & Dance Workshop is located in the Mendocino Woodlands, in the redwood forest inland from the northern California town of Mendocino.

The 9th International Ankara Folk Dance and Youth Festival is organized by AFDAG (Anatolia Folk Dance Association). The Festival will be held from 26 June to 3 July in Ankara, the capital city of Turkey.

Contact info:
Tel: +90 312 232 06 00
Fax: +90 312 231 31 37