Mendocino, California
June 23 - 30
2012 Mendocino Teaching Staff
Dance
- Michael Ginsburg (Balkan - basics)
- Joe Kaloyanides Graziosi (Greek - master class)
- Tanya Kostova (Bulgarian)
- Kyriakos Moisidis (Greek)
Instruments & Ensembles
- Souren Baronian (doumbek & improvisation)
- Vassil Bebelekov (int./adv. Thracian gajda* & bitov (Bulgarian village) ensemble)
- Paul Brown (house bassist, non-teaching)
- Beth Bahia Cohen (Greek violin & Greek ensemble)
- Polly Tapia Ferber (doumbek & int. frame drum)
- Valeri Georgiev (beg. & int. Bulgarian kaval)
- Michael Ginsburg (brass band)
- Christos Govetas (Greek Clarinet & Rebetika ensemble)
- Mensur Hatic (accordion)
- Todor Kirov (beg. & int. gudulka)
- Mavrothis Kontanis (Makam)
- Stoyan Kostov (Bulgarian tambura)
- Mark Levy (Bulgarian clarinet & Macedonian village ensemble)
- Lise Liepman (santouri)
- John Morovich (Tamburica ensemble)
- Rumen "Sali" Shopov (beg. & int. tupan)
- note:
- *both Thracian gaida and kaba gaida
Singing
- Mavrothis Kontanis (Greek)
- John Morovich (Klapa)
- Eva Salina Primack (beg. Balkan)
- Mary Sherhart (beg. & int. Bosnian)
- Carol Silverman (int. & adv. Romani)
- Tzvetanka Varimezova (Bulgarian & Bulgarian master class)
For the Kids
- Frank Garcia (children's dance & movement)
- Eva Salina Primack (kids' singing)
- Greg Masaki Jenkins (kids'/youth band)
Folkore presentations
- TBD
Group sings
- TBD