Autumn Leaves XXV_Erik Bendix details text

Balkan Bazaar (Suze Stentz, proprietor)

Suze Stentz and her husband, Richie Leonard, bring Balkan Bazaar (OPET), our favorite boutique, with its wonderful selection of authentic music, traditional dress and costume, books, accessories, house dressing, jewelry, gifts, and gently pre-owned clothing. This North Carolina based traveling bazaar has something for everyone--especially for Folk Dance enthusiasts. Stop and chat with Suze and Richie to fill your shopping bag and imagination with all things Balkan.

Camp Widjiwagan

Autumn Leaves will once again retum to Camp Widjiwagan: comfortable, genteelly rustic, and situated on the shore of scenic Percy Priest Lake. The hall has a view of the lake from its wall of windows and is itself a beautiful wooden structure within the wooded camp. So please join us at Autumn Leaves XXV for a fabulous weekend of dance, music, fellowship, and FUN! Below is the address and map to the dance site:

Joe C Davis YMCA Outdoor Center, Camp Widjwagan
3088 Smith Springs Road, Antioch, Tennessee

Schedule and Fees:

Cost: Registration for all sessions and dance party: $85
Pre-registration received by Oct.15. $80 (includes 2 breakkfasts & 1 lunch)
Individual Sessions are prorated as follows:
Session I, $15; Session II, lIl, and IV, $25; Dance Party, $10
To keep prices low, we will ask each participant to sign a release to avoid purchasing insurance.
(A video DVD/tape will be made of the review for purchase)
Note: This year to keep prices reasonable and to offer 3 meals with the basic $80 cost, all participants must sign a release of Informed Consent when they arrive. This avoids the cost of insurance for NIFD and the YMCA.

Autumn Leaves XXV

Schedule (Times below are Central Standard Time)

Friday, October 31st
7:00pm - 8:30pm Registration & Request Dancing
8:30pm - 10:00 Session 1: Teaching ($15 if you are a walk-in)

Saturday, November 1st
8:30am - 9:45am Continental Breakfast ($5 if you are a walk-in)
9:45am - 12:30am Session II: Teaching ($25 if you are a walk-in)
12:30am - 2:00pm Lunch & Relaxation (Sandwiches and soft drinks

with vegetarian options, $7.00 if you are a walk-in)
2:00pm - 4:00pm Session III: Teaching ($25 if you are a walk-in)
4:00pm - 7:30pm Dinner Break (On your own)
7:30pm - 10:30pm Dance Party ($10 if you are a walk-in)

Sunday, November 2nd
9:00am - 10:00am Continental Breakfast ($5 if you are a walk-in)
10:00am - 12:00pm Session IV: Review ($25 if you are a walk-in)

Contact information:

If you have not yet registered and would like to pay in advance (recommended), send your check payable to "Nashville Intemational Folk Dancers," along with your name and contact information (snail-mail, phone and/or e-mail) to:

Kate Croy
PO Box 148784
Nashville TN 37214
(615 889-2010)

For further information, please contact Butch Durst at butchd60@hotmail.com or call 615-298-2483 ( to activate voice mail, let ring 10 times.)

If you pre-register and are interested in sleeping space (limited), indicate how many and we'll try to accommodate you. Alternatively, if you would like motel suggestions e-mailed to you, let us know. Camping at the YMCA site is also permitted.


		Autumn Leaves XXV October 31-November 2, 2008
			Erik Bendix NIFD is delighted to welcome back Erik Bendix for our twenty-fifth annual Autumn Leaves Folk Dance workshop. This year Erik will be teaching dances from Romania, South Serbia & Bulgaria. Erik Bendix began folk dancing in Europe at the age of 10, and has been teaching folkdance in both Europe and America since 1972. He has choreographed for, directed, and performed in dance ensembles ranging from the Westwind International Folk Ensemble in San Francisco to the Green Grass Cloggers in North Carolina, and has taught in venues as diverse as the Ethnic Arts Center in New York, the Omega Institute, the Black Mountain Festival, and Klezmerquerque. He helped start the VTI winter folkdance weeks in Switzerland in 1980, he co-founded the Mountain Playshop summer folkdance weekend in Asheville, N.C. in 1984, and he has been a regular teacher at both venues ever since. His dance interests embrace everything from Chinese martial arts and to Mevlevi dervish whirling to Balkan village dance collected on trips to Bulgaria and Macedonia. A serious student of the sciences of human movement, Erik Bendix has a private practice as an AmSAT certified teacher of the Alexander Technique and a certified practitioner of Body-Mind Centering®, with a particular interest in the evolution of movement. He has played a pivotal role in reintroducing folk dancers in western Europe to live music, and has been active in recent years in the revival of nearly lost traditions of Yiddish dance. He is currently pioneering a new approach to teaching people how to ski. Erik presented at Nashville's first Autumn Leaves in 1984 and returned in 1991. We are pleased to welcome him back again in 2008.
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			Balkan Bazaar (Suze Stentz, proprietor) Suze Stentz and her husband, Richie Leonard, bring Balkan Bazaar (OPET), our favorite boutique, with its wonderful selection of authentic music, traditional dress and costume, books, accessories, house dressing, jewelry, gifts, and gently pre-owned clothing. This North Carolina based traveling bazaar has something for everyone--especially for Folk Dance enthusiasts. Stop and chat with Suze and Richie to fill your shopping bag and imagination with all things Balkan. Camp Widjiwagan Autumn Leaves will once again retum to Camp Widjiwagan: comfortable, genteelly rustic, and situated on the shore of scenic Percy Priest Lake. The hall has a view of the lake from its wall of windows and is itself a beautiful wooden structure within the wooded camp. So please join us at Autumn Leaves XXV for a fabulous weekend of dance, music, fellowship, and FUN! Below is the address and map to the dance site: Joe C Davis YMCA Outdoor Center, Camp Widjwagan 3088 Smith Springs Road, Antioch, Tennessee Schedule and Fees: Cost: Registration for all sessions and dance party: $85 Pre-registration received by Oct.15. $80 (includes 2 breakkfasts & 1 lunch) Individual Sessions are prorated as follows: Session I, $15; Session II, lIl, and IV, $25; Dance Party, $10 To keep prices low, we will ask each participant to sign a release to avoid purchasing insurance. (A video DVD/tape will be made of the review for purchase) Note: This year to keep prices reasonable and to offer 3 meals with the basic $80 cost, all participants must sign a release of Informed Consent when they arrive. This avoids the cost of insurance for NIFD and the YMCA. Autumn Leaves XXV Schedule (Times below are Central Standard Time) Friday, October 31st 7:00pm - 8:30pm Registration & Request Dancing 8:30pm - 10:00 Session 1: Teaching ($15 if you are a walk-in) Saturday, November 1st 8:30am - 9:45am Continental Breakfast ($5 if you are a walk-in) 9:45am - 12:30am Session II: Teaching ($25 if you are a walk-in) 12:30am - 2:00pm Lunch & Relaxation (Sandwiches and soft drinks with vegetarian options, $7.00 if you are a walk-in) 2:00pm - 4:00pm Session III: Teaching ($25 if you are a walk-in) 4:00pm - 7:30pm Dinner Break (On your own) 7:30pm - 10:30pm Dance Party ($10 if you are a walk-in) Sunday, November 2nd 9:00am - 10:00am Continental Breakfast ($5 if you are a walk-in) 10:00am - 12:00pm Session IV: Review ($25 if you are a walk-in) Contact information: If you have not yet registered and would like to pay in advance (recommended), send your check payable to "Nashville Intemational Folk Dancers," along with your name and contact information (snail-mail, phone and/or e-mail) to: Kate Croy PO Box 148784 Nashville TN 37214 (615 889-2010) For further information, please contact Butch Durst at butchd60@hotmail.com or call 615-298-2483 ( to activate voice mail, let ring 10 times.) If you pre-register and are interested in sleeping space (limited), indicate how many and we'll try to accommodate you. Alternatively, if you would like motel suggestions e-mailed to you, let us know. Camping at the YMCA site is also permitted.