December 2019
Balkan Dance Party with Zabava International!
Live Balkan music and dancing to Bill Cope and Zabava International! We're also celebrating Melissa Miller's birthday! It's a party night, so snacks and drinks are welcome, as are tips for the band. Bill CopeZabava International!Energetic, soulful, and rhythmically dazzling music played from the center of the dance floor--music from Albania, America, Armenia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Macedonia, Norway, the Romani, Romania, Serbia, South Africa, Sweden and Turkey traditions. The musicians recreate the vibrant interplay of traditional music and…
Find out more »Lew Smith & Melissa Miller
Lew Smith & Melissa Miller will teach Greek, Albanian, or Macedonian folk dances the first hour. Request dancing will follow until 10pm. Lew Smith started folk dancing in 1966 and led folk dancing at UCSB in the late '60's and at SJSU in the early '70's. Lew is also a member of the Balkan band Svirači. Melissa Miller (aka Ghanima Gaditana) has been folk dancing since childhood, and teaches and performs belly dance in the Bay Area and beyond. She…
Find out more »All Requests
All request dance night! Likely to include review of dances taught earlier.
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