folkloren Ensemble ORO from Kriva Palanca (Serbia and Montenegro) will have some performances in the the town of Parvomai (Bulgaria).

ORO's email:

With the participation of all the renowned teams and groups of all dance genres in Sofia.

At 4.00pm and at 7.00pm, in Hall 2 of the National Palace of Culture.

Tickets:
At the box-office of the National Palace of Culture
tel +359 2 9166369

49th Annual Camellia International Dance Festival.
05.03 Workshops
Ventzi Sotirov & Bruce Hamilton 1-5 pm. Parties 7-11 pm.
06.03 Concert 1 pm.
CSUS, Student Union, 6000 J St., Sacto 1-5 pm & 7 pm

For More Information:
Toba - (916) 371-4441

On the 5th of March, 2005 will be held a GALA concert of Ensemble Zornitsa on occasion of the 50th Anniversary of Emil Genov - Chief Artistic Director of the Ensemble.

The concert will start at 7.00pm in the Voenen Club (The Military Club), Sofia City.

ARASINDA - a Turkish Folk Music Ensemble will make a concert in Budapest.

International House on University of Chicago Campus,
Dance Workshops: Atanas Kolarovski, Ahmet Luleci, Bob Leibman, Yulian Yordanov, Mitko Manov.
Music Workshops: Ljupco Milenkovski, James Stoyanoff.

Contacts:
John Kuo, (773)-324-1247, (847) 965-8495

Dances and traditional song of PONDOS - seminar organized by KYKLOS Association inviting to Paris P. APOSTOLIDIS (dancer) and M. KALIONTZIDIS (Lyraris and singer).
tel. 01 47 49 82 09 and 01 46 60 44 98
em : dsaintroyre@yahoo.fr
em : maryse.fabre3@wanadoo.fr

The International Dance Competition will be held from from 24th to 28nd March 2005 (during the Easter Holiday Time) in Costa Brava - Spain.
The main focus will be DANCE - Classical, Modern, Contemporary, Jazz, Hip Hop, Funky, Folk and all of the various interpretations of Theatre Dance Laboratories.
Barcelona Dance Awards 2004 festival editions had a great success. About 1300 dancers from the five continents had danced and competed in the big EU dance event in Spain.

Everyone is invited to participate in this major amateur dancing event.

Contacts:
Fax: 0039 178 220 5864

Exhibition Park in Canberra, Australia
Tasmania, Folk Collections and The Silk Road

The National Folk Festival presents an all-embracing programme of folk culture, including programmed concerts, blackboard concerts, instrumental, singing and dancing sessions, street performers, world poetry, art and craft workshops, shopping, food and more...

Diptich-Choir from Sofia (Bulgaria) consists of two parts: the young women perform bulgarian authentic a-cappella folk songs, the young men perform old slavonic liturgian songs.

Both groups will take part in various concerts in Berlin during the Easter-time. Their director, Prof. Ljudmila Dobrinova will offer lessons and workshops for those, who are interested in this kind of music and singing.
On Monday, 28th of March there will be a concert of Diptich together with Ensemble Ljuteniza from Berlin.

Concerts: 24.3.2005 (7pm), 25.3.2005, 27.3.2005 (7pm), 28.3.2005, 8pm - with Ensemble Ljuteniza, 29.3.2005, 7pm

Workshops: 26.3.2005, 11am – 4pm, 28.3.2005, 12 am & 1 – 3 pm, 29.3.2005, 7pm

Organisation and contact:
Michael Maillard, c/o Ev. Kirchengemeinde
Charlottenburg-Nord, Toeplerstr. 1-3, 13627 Berlin
Tel. 030/381 34 78
michael.maillard@gmx.de

Babette Herboth (Ljuteniza Ensemble)