Joie de Vivre Folk Dancers wants you dancing!

  • folk dance workshops…scheduled as the spirit moves us, or as you request 
  • Breton and French Dance Class at Jim Gold's weekly class ...ended...how sad...shall we do it again?!
  • animation/teaching folk dance for beginners (fundraising events, retirement communities, faith communities, house parties, weddings, picnics, community-building, school groups, libraries, Scouts, Guides, office/corporate parties, Christmas parties)

Contact: Susan: email:
micenkova (at) yahoo.ca
Joie de Vivre Folk Dancers is based in Ottawa, Ontario.  
joiedevivrefolkdancers.pdf
File Size: 7594 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File
Cool Tool Here is a really cool calendar for checking out what is being celebrated in cultures of the world: The The Multicultural Calendar. What is especially cool about it is the explanation of each event. Check out March 16th- and celebrate the creation of human beings!

Getting people up dancing!

Picture
Dance animation for the 'A Touch of Klez' band...
Joie de Vivre Folkdancers' leader Susan Barker leading Klezmer dancing at a Kosher food bank fundraiser concert in Ottawa, Ontario, March 3, 2013.

"You made it into a party!"
"It was our best Klez night ever, thanks in no small part to you".

Special Events:

Picture
Intergenerational folk dancing...a tradition.
  • March 11, 2013: Folk Dance Class, March Break Camp, Hintonburg Community Centre, Ottawa, ON
  • March 3, 2013: Leading/Teaching Yiddish Dancing, Kosher Food Bank Fundraiser, Ottawa, ON, with the Ottawa band A Touch of Klez
  • Nov. 7, 2013: Seated Folk Dance, Abbotsford Day Program, Ottawa, ON
  • January 15, 2014: Seated Folk Dance, Abbotsford Day Program, Ottawa, ON
  • January 30 and February 6, 2014: International Folk Dance Class, Grade 5 Gifted French Immersion, Hilson Avenue Public School, Ottawa, ON
  • March 30, 2014: Klez 7, Leading/Teaching Yiddish Dancing, Kosher Food Bank Fundraiser, Ottawa, ON, with the Ottawa band A Touch of Klez
  • April 7, 2014: Teaching: Breton Dance Workshop, Jim Gold's Folk Dance Class, Englewood, NJ, USA
  • Kanata Seniors' Diners Club: Demo Dance, Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 11:00-12:00 noon
  • March 8, 2015: Klez 8, Leading/Teaching Yiddish Dancing at the Kosher Food Bank Fundraiser, Ottawa, ON, with the Ottawa band A Touch of Klez
  • Hillel Lodge : Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 2:15 p.m. Folk Dance class
  • May 15, 2015: Started calling- and still calling- English Country Dances at OECD
  • AJA 50+ : June 1-29, 2015; 10:00-11:00 am
  • August 22, 2015: Attained Certificate of Completion at Klezkanada's Yiddish Dance Leaders training program
  • March 6, 2016, Klez 9, Leading/Teaching Yiddish Dancing at the Kosher Food Bank Fundraiser, Ottawa, ON, with the Ottawa band A Touch of Klez
  • Saturday, September 3, 2016 Leading/Teaching Yiddish dance at B'nai Brith Camp for MOCA: Mosaic Outdoor Clubs of America, with the Ottawa band A Touch of Klez
  • Sunday, Nov. 29, 2016  1:30-3:00, Yiddish Dance Workshop; Soloway JCC

Dances taught from these countries/cultures:

  • Albania
  • Armenia
  • Belgium
  • Bolivia
  • Brittany
  • Bulgaria
  • Canada
  • China
  • Croatia
  • Czech Republic
  • England
  • France
  • Germany
  • Greece
  • Hawaiian/Hula
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Japan
  • Klezmer/Yiddish
  • Kurdish
  • Lapland
  • Latvia
  • Levant (dabke)
  • Macedonia
  • Mexico
  • Moldova
  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
  • Quebec
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • Scotland
  • Serbia
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Tahiti
  • Taiwan
  • Turkey
  • USA
  • Yiddish
(Have you had your minimum daily requirement of folk dance yet?)