Elitsa Stoyneva, a Young Bulgarian Folk Singer

Youth comes but once in a lifetime. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow I had the pleasure of listening to Elitsa Stoyneva at Balkan Music Night in M...

Dances I Would Like to See Revived

“Variety's the very spice of life, that gives it all its flavour.” William Cowper What I find discouraging sometimes during the Friday a...

The "Flavors" of Bosnian Kolo

There is something particularly special and personal about the circle and how its curves comfortably rule every aspect of our lives. Kat Lah...

The "Flavors" of Croatian Kolo

The description of right lines and circles, upon which geometry is founded, belongs to mechanics. Geometry does not teach us to draw these l...

Balkan Dances that are Often Confused (Part Three)

Chaos is a name for any order that produces confusion in our minds. George Santayana Sometimes the subconscious plays some very strange tric...

Balkan Dances That Are Often Confused (Part Two)

I had nothing to offer anybody except for my own confusion. Jack Kerouac A few months ago I wrote a post about confusion regarding Balkan da...

A Tribute to Lyubka Rondova

A nation that keeps its millennial history, did not come by chance in this world. Lyubka Rondova Today we celebrate the life and music of Ly...