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The Folk Music and Dance Seminar Plovdiv was held at the Academy of Music, Dance, and Fine Arts in the the Old Town area of Plovdiv from July 31st to August 6, 2025.
The folk dance classes featured regional/village dancers from various folklore areas of Bulgaria, assisted by English-speaking dance staff, with four sessions per day. Three of these were instructional and the final one was a review and videotaping.
Friday 1 August: Pirin: Marikostinovo Village, Blagoevgrad region in mountainous southwest Bulgaria. The music for these classes (two zurlas and a tupan) was so very loud that neither of us could stay in the dance hallm nuch as we like Pinir dances, so we missed nearly all of the session. Luckily this was the only sesssion that was anywhere near that loud.
Saturday 2 August: East Thrace: Kozichino Vllage, Burgas region, in southeast Bulgaria.
Sunday 3 August: Shopluk: Bistritsa Village, Sofia region in western Bulgaria, with the Bistritsa Ensemble, including the Bistritsa babi ("grannies").
Monday 4 August: West Thrace: Buta village, Pazardzhik region, in southern Bulgaria.
Tuesday 5 August: North Bulgaria: Asparuhovo Village, Montana region, in northwest Bulgaria between the Danube River and the Balkan Mountains.
Wednesday 6 August: Dobrudzha: Silistra town, Silistra region, in northeast Bulgaria between the lower Danube River and the Black Sea.
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