Kypseli
Greek Dance Center
Los Angeles, California, USA
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September 18, 2021
Rena Karyofyllidou
&
Kyriakos Moisidis
Dance Workshop
Live Stream from Thessaloniki
Kyriakos Moisidis has conducted primary dance research in several Greek communities. He teams up with Rena Karyofyllidou, who has taught Greek dancing for 36 years. They will be teaching dances of Asia Minor and the Eastern Aegean Islands. 
Taught by Kyriakos:
Rododaktylos Avgi
from the Marmara, Constantinople
Bam / Aptalikos
Face-to-face dance from Lesvos
Tsobanikos
from the island of Limnos
Taught by Rena:
Limnios or Tsibliarikos
from the island of Imvros
Sina Mou
from the island of Inousses
Sousta or Arap Sousta
from Volissos / Chios
Donations welcome via 
to bbilman307@gmail.com
or via Venmo@jozef-bilman
Email xorepse@gmail.com
for alternate ways to donate.
July 10, 2021
HoHLaX & Friends
Orestis Koletsos and Jaime Robin Smith will be joined by their Athenian musician friends in a concert LIVE from Athens, Greece.
June 5, 2021
Dances of the Dodecanese Islands
with Anna Mavrou
Live Stream from Kalamata, Greece
Dances taught by Anna Mavrou
Politikos Syrto Kalymnos
Travihtos Syrto Kos
Thimariotikos Kalymnos
Issos Kalymnos
Sianos Kos
Sousta Kalymnos
Samiotikos Kalymnos
Ballos Kos
Evraiopoula Kos
Pentozali Kos
Donations welcome via 
to bbilman307@gmail.com
or via Venmo@jozef-bilman
Email xorepse@gmail.com
for alternate ways to donate.
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May 8, 2021
Greek Dance Workshop
with Axilleas Tsiaras
Live Stream from Meliti
in the Roumlouki region of Macedonia, Greece
Dances taught by Axilleas Tsiaras
May 8, 2021
1. Pantinada “Kateva Lenko”
2. Patrona
3. Seferli
4. Dimitroula
5. Geiko
April 3, 2021
Greek Dance Workshop
with Yannis Konstantinou
Live Stream from Lake Prespa,
in the Florina region of Greece
Dances taught by Yannis Konstantinou
April 3, 2021
1. Antipera
Vlach dance from Eastern Macedonia
2. Dervenagas
Vlach dance from Central Macedonia
3. Strotos Voiou
4. Konstantinia
Dance in 7/8
5. Tsamiko “Mouriki”
Dance from Vlach village of Vlasti, Western Macedonia
6. Tsamiko Voiou
7. Lontzia Voiou
8. Berace
Dance from Korestia villages, Western Macedonia
9. Berace Arvanitiko
Dance from village of Flambouro, Florina
10. Leventiko Prespas
11. Pousteno Kastoria
12. Pousteno Florina
13. Tsotso
Dance of Alona. The dance of Tsotso’s family.
14. Stamkiko
Dance of Alona. The dance of Stamko’s family.
15. Marena
Dance of West Central Macedonia
Donations welcome via 
to bbilman307@gmail.com
or via Venmo@jozef-bilman
Email xorepse@gmail.com
for alternate ways to donate.
March 13, 2021
See it again on YouTube
Donations welcome via 
to bbilman307@gmail.com
or via Venmo@jozef-bilman
Email xorepse@gmail.com
for alternate ways to donate.
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February 6, 2021
Greek Dance Workshop
with Kyriakos Moisidis
Live stream from Thessaloniki, Greece
Dances taught by Kyriakos Moisidis
February 6, 2021
1. Milisso
Dance in 7/8 from Monastiri, North Thrace.
2. Kalon Korits
Dance in 5/8 from Matsouka, Pontos.
3. Yantsiska
Dance in 7/8 from Episkopi and Hariessa, Naoussa, Macedonia.
4. Evraiopoula
Couple dance in 9/8 from Dodekanese islands and Kos.
5. Dervenagas
Vlach dance in 3/4 from Serres, Macedonia.
6. Armatsouk
Dance in 2/4 from Kars.
7. Aptalikos
Dance in 9/8 from Asia Minor.
January 9, 2021
Greek Dance Workshop
Dances taught by Christos Papakostas
January 9, 2021
1. Thlikotos
Tsamiko dance in 6/8 from the village of Ayios Giorgos, Karditsa, in the Agrafa Mountains region of Thessaly.
2. Vgika Psila Sta Marmara
Face-to-face dance in 8/4 from Verdikousia, Larissa, Thessaly and Deskati, Grevena, Epiros.
3. Dai Liri Dai Frangi
Line Karsilamas in 9/8 from Goumenissa, Kilkis.
4. Marena
Dance in 11/8 from Edessa, Macedonia.
Saturday, December 5, 2020
See it again on YouTube
Saturday, October 24, 2020
Nikos Michailidis
Pontic-Greek Music in the 21st Century
Live stream from Thessaloniki, Greece, via Zoom
11:00 am PDT * 1:00 pm CDT * 2:00 pm EDT
21:00 in Greece
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Saturday, October 3, 2020
Greek Dance Workshop with
Yvonne Hunt
Direct from her home in Seattle via Zoom
These are the dances taught by Yvonne:
1. Gaida, from Flambouro, Serres
3. Paidouska, from Skotoussa, Serres
4. Greveniotikos Tsamikos, from Grevena
- Alternate track:
This is the music Joe Graziosi used at his August workshop.
1. Kalamatianos Panhellenic dance
2. Kalamatianos Kalymnos from the island of Kalymnos
3. Haniotikos Syrtos from Chania, Crete
Alternate track:
https://soundcloud.com/rebetissa/ahi-doumania-ke-foties-haniotikos
4. Pouscheno / Levendikos from Florina
Thank you to all who participated in the workshop with Christos Papakostas.
See music links for the dances he taught below.
1. Sousta Siatistas from Siatista, Western Macedonia, Greece
2. Tremouliastos, from Eastern Roumeli, Western Black Sea
3. Teska, from Drama, Central Macedonia
4. “Varia Varoun Ta Simantra,” Syngathistos from Vlach village of Syrrako, Epirus