Folkdance Classes
Waikato - Hamilton to Taupo
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International Folk Dance
"Dance Folkus" - International Folk Dance classes, request nights and parties. Meets Thursday evenings, 7.30pm in St. Stephen's Church Hall, 2 Mahoe Street, Melville, Hamilton.
Tutor: Fiona Murdoch [profile], E-mail: dancefolkus @ slingshot.co.nz - ph. +64(7)856-8324, mob. 022 340 7865
- all dances are taught step-by-step by an experienced and certificated dance tutor
- no partner needed
- CD of music provided as part of course fee
- visitors welcome by arrangement.
- 6-week course fees payable in advance (discounts available - conditions apply)
- other events are pay-as-you-go (request nights and dance parties - see Waikato Events for details)
Course Schedule
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Thursdays - 11 April to 23 May |
Folk Dances for Ceremony & Celebration: Dances for festivals; weddings; maypoles; devotions; bar mitzvahs; seasons; feasts June 13, 20 - request nights - review those dances you enjoyed during a themed course; casual attendance - pay as you go |
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Thursdays - 4 July to 8 August |
Vintage 19th Century Dance: quadrilles, cotillions, and waltzes of the 19th century popular in the American post-civil war period; Victorian England; Russian Imperial Court, and the colonies! September 5, 12, 27, October 3 - request nights - review those dances you enjoyed during a themed course; casual attendance - pay as you go |
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Thursdays - 17 October to 21 November |
Folk Dances from behind the 'old' Iron Curtain: From the west to the east of the old Soviet bloc countries - with a special focus on dances from Armenia with Tineke & Maurits Van Geel |
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2-3 November (special weekend event!) |
Armenian & Caucasian Dances with Caucasian dance specialists Tineke and Maurits Van Geel from Holland - see flyer for details! [PDF, 184k] |
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2013 course outline
Read an open letter to musicians from Dance Folkus
If you play fiddle, keyboard, flute, harp, piano accordion, melodeon, whistle, double bass, percussion .… come play along with Dance Folkus!!
Israeli Dance
Hamilton Israeli Dance Group - meets Mondays and Thursdays, 7.30 - 9.30pm. Tutor: Raymond Matson ph. +64(7)855-7829
Scottish Dancing
Scottish dancing - Tuesday nights - go to lochielscdclub.org.nz.
Last updated 5 May 2013
