Online Events
Saturday Online Workshops
Saturday afternoons, 2:00 - 4:00pm (ET)
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Saturday Workshop Archives
2023
- January 21: Bosnian Dance and Culture with Efie Derksen
- February 11: Percussion and Dance Workshop with Ahmet Lüleci
- March 11: Ukrainian Folk Costumes with Vera Sukhorukova and Oleksii Kryvenko
- June 3: From Svornato to Kitka ot Gela a trip into the Rhodopes with Bianca de Jong
- September 14: Hawaiian Dance and Culture with Kaululehua Hawaiian Cultural Center, Hälau o Keikali'i, and artist Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche
2022
January 2022
- January 8: Kurdish Dance and Culture with Arjen Brǔsk
- January 15: Dutch Delight, Dance Review with Caspar Bik, Sibylle Helmer, Bianca de Jong, Wijnand Karel, Ben Koopmanschap, Jaap Leegwater, and Maurits & Tineke van Geel
- January 29: Bulgarian Dance Class with Jaap Leegwater & Dance Party with Orkestar Unbound (Collaboration with Stockton Folk Dance Winter Weekend)
February 2022
- February 5: Dance Party with live music by the FAC Living Room Orchestra
- February 19: Romany Dancing in Serbia with Miroslav Marčetić
March 2022
- March 12: International Dance Party with The Pinewoods Band (hybrid event)
- March 19: Traditions of the Rose Valley with Iliana Bozhanova and Todor Yankov
- March 26: Direct from Kyiv: Ukrainian Egg Decorating with Vera Sukhorukova
April 2022
- April 30: Ukrainian Wedding Towels with Vera Sukhorukova
May 2022
- May 7: Dance Party with Orkestar Banitsa
- May 14: The Early History of Set Dance Prompting with Richard Powers
- May 21: Percussive Pleasures with Benoît Bourque
December 2022
- December 3: Czech Dance and Chat with Jan Pumpr and Jitka Bonušová
2021
January 2021
- January 2: From Croatia to Albania Dance Workshop with Ben Koopmanschap
- January 9: Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Gergana Panova
- January 16: Scandinavian Dances for Covid Times with Roo Lester
- January 23: Israeli Dancing with Aaron Alpert & Macedonian Dancing with Vlasto Petkovski (collaboration with Stockton Folk Dance Winter Camp)
- January 30: Kolos and Konversations with Steve Kotansky
February 2021
- February 6: Déjà Vu Review with Roo Lester, Ben Koopmanschap, Steve Kotanksy, & Gergana Panova
- February 13: Dance Workshops with Roberto Bagnoli (part of The Flurry Festival)
- February 20: Dances from Brittany and Albania with Sibylle Helmer
- February 27: Culture Corner with Yves and France Moreau
March 2021
- March 6: Macedonian Dance Workshop with Wijnand Karel
- March 13: Balkan Dance Workshop with Roberto Bagnoli (collaboration with the Laguna-San Antonio Spring Festival)
- March 20: FAC Collaboration with World Spring Camp with Yves Moreau, Rena Karyofyllidou, Fusae Carroll (collaboration with World Spring Camp)
- March 27: The Year That Zoomed By: FAC’s One-Year Anniversary of Online Programming!
April 2021
- April 3: Déjà Vu Review with Sibylle Helmer, Wijnand Karel, and Roberto Bagnoli
- April 10: International Dance Workshop with Caspar Bik (collaboration with the NFO Annual Conference)
- April 17: Greek Dance Workshop with Kyriakos Moisidis
May 2021
- May 1: Hawaiian Dance and Culture Workshop with Kumu Hula Kawika Alfiche
- May 15: South Serbian Dance Workshop with Alex Marković
- May 22: Déjà Vu Review with Kyriakos, Kumu Hula Kawika, and Alex
June 2021
- June 5: "Pandemic Dances" Workshop with Lee Otterholt (collaboration with June Camp)
- June 19: Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Nina Kavardijkova
July 2021
- July 24: (collaborations with Stockton Folk Dance Camp)
- Salsa Dance Workshop with Cesar Garfiaz
- Romanian Dance Workshop with Sonia Dion and Cristian Florescu
- July 31: (collaborations with Stockton Folk Dance Camp)
- Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Iliana Bozhanova and Todor Yancov
- Dances of the 1920s and 1930s with Richard Powers
August 2021
- August 7: Live Music Dance Party with The FAC Living Room Orchestra
September 2021
- September 18: Live Music Dance Party with the Pixton Poirer Trio
October 2021
- October 2: Albanian Dance Workshop and Culture Corner with Genci Kastrati
- October 23: Live Music Dance Party with Balkan Fields
- October 30: Birthday Party! for Roberto Bagnoli
December 2021
- December 4: Lots More Than Latkes with Aaron Alpert
- December 11: Live Music Dance Party with the All Girl Band
2020
March 2020
- March 28: Turkish Dance Workshop with Ahmet Lüleci
April 2020
- April 4: International Dance Workshop with Roberto Bagnoli
- April 11: Greek Dance Workshop with Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi
- April 18: Croatian Dance Workshop with Željko Jergan
- April 25: Folk Dance Party with Ahmet Lüleci, Roberto Bagnoli, Joe Graziosi, and Željko Jergan
May 2020
- May 2: Live Music Dance Party with Tom Pixton and Julia Poirier
- May 9: Balkan Dance Workshop with Steve Kotansky
- May 16: Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Iliana Bozhanova
- May 23: Culture Corner with Yves and France Moreau
- May 30: Israeli Dance Workshop with Erica Goldman
June 2020
- June 6: Armenian Dance Workshop with Susan and Gary Lind-Sinanian
- June 13: Dance Review Session with Steve Kotansky, Iliana Bozhanova, Erica Goldman, and Gary and Susan Lind-Sinanian
- June 20: FAC Pinewoods Retrospective
- June 27: Balkan and Armenian Dance Workshop with Tineke and Maurits van Geel
July 2020
- July 4: Happy Fourth of July! No online dance workshop this week
- July 11: Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Iliana Bozhanova and Todor Yankov
- July 18: Romani Dance Workshop with Sani Rifati
- July 25: Dances from the Balkans with Lee Otterholt
August 2020
- August 1: Dance Review Session with Tineke and Maurits van Geel, Iliana Bozhanova and Todor Yankov, Sani Rifati, and Lee Otterholt
- August 8: Israeli Dance Workshop with Aaron Alpert
- August 9: Boston Harbor Scottish Fiddle School Reunion
- August 15: History of Dances of the Ragtime, Jazz, and Swing Eras with Richard Powers
- August 22: Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Gergana Panova
- August 29: Dance Review Session with Aaron Alpert, Richard Powers, and Gergana Panova
September 2020
- September 5: Happy Labor Day Weekend! No online dance workshop this Saturday
- September 12: Turkish Dance Workshop with Ahmet Lüleci
- September 19: Serbian Dance Workshop with Miroslav Marčetić
- September 26: Balkan Dance Workshop with Michael Ginsburg
October 2020
- October 3: Armenian Dance Workshop with Tom Bozigian
- October 10: Cajun Fais-do-do with Jeanne Clifford, Mitch Reed, Michelle Kaminsky, and Alan Bradbury, Cooking, Culture, Music, Dancing
- October 17: Session 5 Dance Review with Ahmet Lüleci, Miroslav Marčetić, Michael Ginsburg, and Tom Bozigian
- October 24: Partnered CanCan and Tango storytelling with Richard Powers
- October 31: Norwegian Dance Workshop with Alix Cordray
November 2020
- November 7: Bulgarian Dance Workshop with Jaap Leegwater
- November 14: Review Session with Alix Cordray and Jaap Leegwater
- November 21: International Dance Workshop with Roberto Bagnoli
December 2020
- December 5: Piano Concert: with Jacqueline Schwab
I Lift My Lamp: Vintage Songs and Dances of Immigrant America - December 12: International Dance Workshop with Bianca de Jong
- December 19: Review Session with Roberto Bagnoli and Bianca de Jong