International Folk Dance Association   of University City presents . . .
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Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi
in a workshop on 
Greek Folk Dances
featuring 
Dances of the Aegean Islands
and Pontic Dances of Asia Minor
with live Greek music provided by 
Beth Cohen, violin   •   Jim Demetrios Tashie, laouto

February 4 - 6, 2000
University City (St. Louis), Missouri

Schedule and Prices

A workshop package, covering all workshop sessions and the Saturday night party, is available for $35. Tickets for individual sessions are also available at the door. The deadline for meal reservations is January 31. Total for workshop package plus Saturday meals is $50.

There will be a special master class before the workshop, on Thursday, February 3, from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the Assumption Greek Orthodox Church (near Manchester and I-270). Price for the master class is $8, payable at the door. This is not included in the workshop package.

About the Teacher and Musicians

Joseph Kaloyanides Graziosi is a leading authority on Greek music, dance and folklore. Joe was raised in the Greek American Community in Boston, and specialized in Eastern History at Brandeis University. In 1975 Mr. Graziosi conducted dance research in villages in Greece with the noted folklorist Ted Petrides. Since that time he has done extensive independent research in folk music and dance in Greece, the former Greek areas of the Anatolian Peninsula, and the Greek-American communities in New England and New York. An excellent teacher and performer, Joe has taught workshops at the Balkan Music and Dance Camps in Mendocino and Ramblewood, and at every other important folkdance group in North America and Japan. This will be his third workshop in St. Louis.

Beth Cohen plays Greek rural and urban folk music on the violin and on various lyras, and is a member of the Greek folk band Ziyiá. She has studied and performed in Greece, and has performed and recorded with many groups in the U.S. including Sophia Bilides' Greek ensemble Taximi, Christos Govetas and Karavani, Jim Demetrios Tashie, and for ten years Ziyiá. She has taught at the Balkan Music and Dance Camps since 1990. She is of Syrian Jewish and Ukrainian Jewish heritage and also plays Klezmer music with the Klezmer Conservatory Band and others. She has performed and recorded with The EurAsia Ensemble, playing Turkish music on the bowed tanbur, has played Hungarian village music with Sárkány, and has performed and recorded with Libana. She was a Radcliffe Bunting fellow, a recipient of National Endowment of the Arts grants, has performed throughout the world, and has taught classes and workshops at major universities throughout the U.S.

Jim Demetrios Tashie was born and raised in New York and has been in love with Greek music and dance since his early childhood. Taking his first official Greek dance class from Joe Graziosi 13 years ago, he went on to be a dancer and President of the Greek American Folklore Society of Astoria, New York, under the direction of the late Paul Ginis. Being an avid collector of Greek instruments and costumes, he also gives talks on various aspects of Greek folklore. He plays laouto and dahare with Beth Cohen.

To hear examples of the type of dance music that will be featured at this workshop, tune in to the program Music from the Hills on Fridays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on radio station KDHX, 88.1 FM in St. Louis (you can also listen online).

Locations

Church of the Holy Communion (Friday and Saturday): 7401 Delmar Blvd., University City, Missouri. The church is on the northwest corner of Delmar and Jackson (see Map and Guide to IFDA Events). Park on either street and enter through the red double door in the middle of the L-shaped building.

St. Louis Tap Room Restaurant (Sunday): 2100 Locust Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri. (see Guide to St. Louis Tap Room). A parking lot is available. Directions will also be available at the Saturday sessions.

Meals and Other Information

Made possible by grants from

Saturday Banquet: On Saturday evening we will have a banquet, which will include a variety of both meat and non-meat dishes. Cost of the dinner is $10.00 per person. Reservations for the dinner need to be received by January 31. Please call 314-726-5838 or 314-275-8228, or send in the registration form.

Saturday Lunch: There will be a variety of dishes. Contributions of desserts will be appreciated. Cost of the lunch is $5.00 per person. Lunch reservations also need to be received by January 31.

Sunday Lunch: You may buy Sunday lunch on your own at the Tap Room Restaurant.

Joan Amsterdam of International Folk Rhythms, Ltd. will be selling ethnic recordings, books, clothing and accessories, and crafts on Friday and Saturday.

Crash Space is available. Please indicate your needs on the registration form, or call Nancy or Ken Dickinson at 314-863-2139.

For Other Information: Contact John and Barbara Uhlemann (phone 314-726-5838, E-mail BUhlemann@aol.com), or Rex and Nancy Couture (Home 314-275-8228, work 314-935-4194, E-mail couture@ninenet.com).

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