Loosen your muscles in French! “A LA CLAIRE FONTAINE” is DANCE OF THE WEEK!
All on Youtube!
Dance of the Week
A la Claire Fontaine
(France)
Your loose muscles can create happiness in French!
This danse folklorique loosens muscles, relaxes mind, enriches the blood, and creates happy dancing brain cells all while empowering your immune system!
(Les muscles lâches créer du bonheur.)Enjoy dancing “A La Claire Fontaine” in your living room!
- “A La Claire Fontaine” demonstration by Jim Gold
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw9zd9ivte0
- “A La Claire Fontaine” danced by the Teaneck Seniorettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgc6oXOAChI
- “A La Claire Fontaine” written instructions
See page 1, first in the book, of the “Treasury of International Folk Dances”
- See our Folk Tour of France plus Fest Noz Folk Festival at Quimper Brittany!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG85K8iMgRQ&list=PLjW_hFQK0Cfy2dujp8xr3T6AwUl__M1Jh
*For more information, see below. Or contact Jim at: jimgold@jimgold.com
★ Easy-to-follow guide to 124 new folk dances
★ Each dance links to YouTube video demonstration
★ Step-by-step written instructions for each dance
★ Add exciting folk dances for your repertoire
★Available in e-book and paperback versions
on Amazon or www.jimgold.com/books-by-jim-gold
Folk Tours for the Hungry Heart
2020
* GREECE and GREEK ISLANDS October 10-23, ext. 22-25, 2020: Best first (or second) trip to Greece!
2021
* ALBANIA and KOSOVO May 4-16, ext. 16-18, 2021: Always a winner
* PERU, BOLIVIA, CHILE May 22-June 3, 2021: Exciting new tour
* POLAND June 9-22, 2021: Best first trip to Poland
* SCANDINAVIA June 8-21, 2021: Our 12th year in a row
*GERMANY, AUSTRIA, LICHTENSTEIN, SWITZERLAND June 16-29, 2021: Folk Dance/Yodeling Tour
* BULGARIA August 2-15, 2021: Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival: Held once every 5 years. (Filling quickly.)
*SPAIN September 16-29, 2021: Andalusian Festival: Flamenco, finesse, fantasy, and wonder
*ROMANIA: October 4-17, 2021: Klezmer and Folk Dance tour returns
2022
*ISRAEL March 13-24, 2022: A winner
*IRELAND August 7-19, 2022: Irish wit and folk dance splendor
]
Yes, our tours are fun! Enjoy this newspaper article about our 2019 Romania Klezmer/Folk Dance Tour
We’re slowly filling. Please revel in our juicy destinations. . . and join us!
Any questions, contact me.
Best,
Jim
P.S. Register on-line at: www.jimgold.com
Bulgaria: Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival Tour:
August 3-16, 2020
Held once every 5 years. (Filling quickly.)
Led by Jim Gold, Lee Otterholt, Lee Friedman
Sofia, Plovdiv, Bansko, Veliko Turnovo, and great Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival
Greece and the Greek Islands:
October 10-23, 2020
Best first trip itinerary to Greece!
Led by Jim Gold and/or Lee Otterholt:
Athens, Nauplia, Sparta, Olympia, Delphi, Meteora,
Mycenae, Epidaurus Greek Island Cruise to Mykonos,
Crete, Rhodes, Patmos, Kusadasi (Turkey)
Albania and Kosovo: May 4-16, 2021
Kosovo extension: 16-18, 2021
Led by Lee Otterholt
Tirana, Durres, Vlora Folk Dance Festival!
Kruja, Saranda, Berat, Shkodra, Gjirokastra
Peru, Bolivia, Chile: May 22-June 3, 2021
Led by Martha Travera
Cuzco, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu,
Quechua Village, Lake Titicaca, Uyuni, La Paz, Atacama Desert
Norway, Denmark, Sweden June 8-21, 2021
Led by Lee Otterholt
Oslo, Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Copenhagen
Poland: June 9-22, 2021
led by Richard Schmidt
Warszawa, Żelazowa Wola, Olsztyn, Malbork, Gdańsk Gdynia,
Sopot, Toruń, Oświęcim, Kraków, Zakopane
Germany, Austria, Lichtenstein, Switzerland
June 16-29, 2021
Folk Dance and Yodeling Tour
Never been done before! First of its kind!
Led by Jim Gold, Lee Otterholt, and Lee Friedman
Munich, Saltzburg, Innsbruck, Swiss Alps, Lucerne, Zurich
Ireland August 7-19, 2021
Led by Lee Friedman
Galway, Connemara, Aran islands, Doolin, Killarney,
Kerry, Cork, Blarney, Dublin
Spain: September 16-29,2021
Andalusia Festival Tour
Led by: Lee Otterholt
Malaga, Ronda, Cadiz, Seville, Cordoba, Granada
Romania: October 4-17, 2021
Klezmer and Folk Dance Tour
Led by Jim Gold with Nancy Hoffman, Carl Dimow, and Lee Friedman
Bucharest, Brasov. Sibiu. Sinaia
Israel: March 13-24, 2022
Led by Jim Gold, Joe Freedman, and Lee Friedman
Jerusalem, Masada, Tel Aviv, Galilee, Haifa, Tiberias, Safed, and Golan Heights
Folk Dance Classes with Jim Gold
Dances horas, pravos, hasapicos, kolos, and more!
A TREASURY of INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCES
A Step-by-Step Guide Choreographed
ZANY!
A Father-Son Odyssey
MAD SHOES
From Bronx Violinist to Bulgarian Folk Dancer
HANDFULS of AIR
Whimsical, humorous, philosophical stories, songs, poems
A NEW LEAF
Adventures in the Creative Life
All on Youtube!
Dance of the Week
Ne Klepeci
(Bosnia)
Loose muscles create happiness.
Folk dancing loosens muscles, relaxes the mind, stimulates the brain,
and makes you happy!
Enjoy Ne Klepeci.
Let its uplifting vibrations guide you around your living room.
- For Ne Klepeci demonstration by Jim Gold, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tvbdv5zXBbc
- Ne Klepeci taught by Jim Gold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhy_G4Inkco&t=14s
- Ne Klepeci danced at New Jersey Folk Festival, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrbH9AdyFck
- Ne Klepeci danced throughout the world (Perth, Australia world dancing Ne Klepeci: Search Youtube:
Example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9glEz47-vL8&t=9s
- Ne Klepeci written instructions…. Page 130: “Treasury of International Folk Dances”
Virtual Vibration tours:
- Travel/dance in the Balkans: Virtually vibrate on our Balkan Adventure Folk Tour,
Click here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjW_hFQK0CfzX9iBnRXtf93mgOQVPd947
*For more information, see below. Or contact Jim at: jimgold@jimgold.com
★ Easy-to-follow guide to 124 new folk dances
★ Each dance links to YouTube video demonstration
★ Step-by-step written instructions for each dance
★ Add exciting folk dances for your repertoire
★Available in e-book and paperback versions
on Amazon or www.jimgold.com/books-by-jim-gold
Folk Tours for the Hungry Heart
2020
* GREECE and GREEK ISLANDS October 10-23, ext. 22-25, 2020: Best first (or second) trip to Greece!
2021
* ALBANIA and KOSOVO May 4-16, ext. 16-18, 2021: Always a winner
* PERU, BOLIVIA, CHILE May 22-June 3, 2021: Exciting new tour
* POLAND June 9-22, 2021: Best first trip to Poland
* SCANDINAVIA June 8-21, 2021: Our 12th year in a row
*GERMANY, AUSTRIA, LICHTENSTEIN, SWITZERLAND June 16-29, 2021: Folk Dance/Yodeling Tour
* BULGARIA August 2-15, 2021: Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival: Held once every 5 years. (Filling quickly.)
*SPAIN September 16-29, 2021: Andalusian Festival: Flamenco, finesse, fantasy, and wonder
*ROMANIA: October 4-17, 2021: Klezmer and Folk Dance tour returns
2022
*ISRAEL March 13-24, 2022: A winner
*IRELAND August 7-19, 2022: Irish wit and folk dance splendor
]
Yes, our tours are fun! Enjoy this newspaper article about our 2019 Romania Klezmer/Folk Dance Tour
We’re slowly filling. Please revel in our juicy destinations. . . and join us!
Any questions, contact me.
Best,
Jim
P.S. Register on-line at: www.jimgold.com
Bulgaria: Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival Tour:
August 3-16, 2020
Held once every 5 years. (Filling quickly.)
Led by Jim Gold, Lee Otterholt, Lee Friedman
Sofia, Plovdiv, Bansko, Veliko Turnovo, and great Koprivshtitsa Folk Festival
Greece and the Greek Islands:
October 10-23, 2020
Best first trip itinerary to Greece!
Led by Jim Gold and/or Lee Otterholt:
Athens, Nauplia, Sparta, Olympia, Delphi, Meteora,
Mycenae, Epidaurus Greek Island Cruise to Mykonos,
Crete, Rhodes, Patmos, Kusadasi (Turkey)
Albania and Kosovo: May 4-16, 2021
Kosovo extension: 16-18, 2021
Led by Lee Otterholt
Tirana, Durres, Vlora Folk Dance Festival!
Kruja, Saranda, Berat, Shkodra, Gjirokastra
Peru, Bolivia, Chile: May 22-June 3, 2021
Led by Martha Travera
Cuzco, Sacred Valley, Machu Picchu,
Quechua Village, Lake Titicaca, Uyuni, La Paz, Atacama Desert
Norway, Denmark, Sweden June 8-21, 2021
Led by Lee Otterholt
Oslo, Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Copenhagen
Poland: June 9-22, 2021
led by Richard Schmidt
Warszawa, Żelazowa Wola, Olsztyn, Malbork, Gdańsk Gdynia,
Sopot, Toruń, Oświęcim, Kraków, Zakopane
Germany, Austria, Lichtenstein, Switzerland
June 16-29, 2021
Folk Dance and Yodeling Tour
Never been done before! First of its kind!
Led by Jim Gold, Lee Otterholt, and Lee Friedman
Munich, Saltzburg, Innsbruck, Swiss Alps, Lucerne, Zurich
Ireland August 7-19, 2021
Led by Lee Friedman
Galway, Connemara, Aran islands, Doolin, Killarney,
Kerry, Cork, Blarney, Dublin
Spain: September 16-29,2021
Andalusia Festival Tour
Led by: Lee Otterholt
Malaga, Ronda, Cadiz, Seville, Cordoba, Granada
Romania: October 4-17, 2021
Klezmer and Folk Dance Tour
Led by Jim Gold with Nancy Hoffman, Carl Dimow, and Lee Friedman
Bucharest, Brasov. Sibiu. Sinaia
Israel: March 13-24, 2022
Led by Jim Gold, Joe Freedman, and Lee Friedman
Jerusalem, Masada, Tel Aviv, Galilee, Haifa, Tiberias, Safed, and Golan Heights
Folk Dance Classes with Jim Gold
Dances horas, pravos, hasapicos, kolos, and more!
A TREASURY of INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCES
A Step-by-Step Guide Choreographed
ZANY!
A Father-Son Odyssey
MAD SHOES
From Bronx Violinist to Bulgarian Folk Dancer
HANDFULS of AIR
Whimsical, humorous, philosophical stories, songs, poems
A NEW LEAF
Adventures in the Creative Life