Virtual BalkanFest

explore balkan dances, songs, and tunes online with

Yves Moreau, who has been collecting and teaching Balkan dances for more than 50 years, has kindly offered to curate a selection from his archives to be diffused via Virtual BalkanFest.

For our pilot project, we present two Bulgarian dances:

• Drianovska râčenica

• Staro pomaško

Follow the links above to view or download:

• A video of Yves teaching and demonstrating the dance

• Notes on the dance

• A suite of downloadable ‘karaoke’ audio files, recorded by Sergiu Popa (accordion), Dina Cindrić (voice), and Jordan Markov (tupan)
  These comprise a master version with all tracks, and versions omitting a single track to provide accompaniment as you learn. Singers, for instance, can learn the song by listening to Dina sing on the master version, and practice by singing accompanied by the ‘minus voice’ version.

• The original recording to which Yves demonstrates the dance

• Scores for instrumentalists and vocalists

• Lyrics

Whether you are a dancer, instrumentalist, or singer, and no matter what your level of experience or instrument, you are welcome to join us.

Let us know what you think of Virtual BalkanFest.