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She spent a year living in Budapest, attending the Folkdance Section of the State Ballet Institute and studied with the Bartók Ensemble under the direction of Sándor Timár. She has made many research trips to Hungary and Transylvania and together with her husband Stephen Kotansky founded the Guzsaly Ensemble. Stephen and Susan were instrumental in planting the seeds for the Táncház movement in the US, teaching classes and inviting teachers from Hungary. Together they teach Hungarian, Balkan, and international dance classes worldwide. Susan has taken two trips to Albania, concentrating on women’s dances and styling. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57dd9ce56a49637fdbf85ec2/t/5a3984ca085229f43cd3dedf/1513719010641/unnamed-4.jpg Faculty STEVE KOTANSKY Steve Kotansky began dancing as a teenager in the San Francisco Bay Area where he taught and performed with the Westwind International Folk Ensemble and the Perfiloff Russian Dance Ensemble. In 1970 he made his first research trip to Hungary and the former Yugoslavia, returning to study dance and Slavic languages at UCLA. Steve danced with AMAN Folk Ensemble and Vincent Evanchuk’s Ukrainian Dance Group while teaching at many of the folk dance coffee houses in Los Angeles. In 1972 he made a research trip to Hungary and the former Yugoslavia to learn and document village dances with Robert H. Leibman (including dances and music from the Albanian village of Krani on Lake Prespa in Macedonia). During this trip he met many dance specialists who would become instrumental in the direction of his life including Pece Atanasovski, Desa Djordević, Dr. Ivan Ivančan, and Dobrijvoje Putnik. Steve would spend the next 8 years living in Munich, Germany where he continued to teach and research ethnic dance. He co-founded, directed, and choreographed for the Gajda Folkore Ensemble, inviting top dancers and teachers from Central and South-Eastern Europe to Germany and led tours to Hungary and the Balkans. In 1980, he returned to the U.S.A. settling in New York. He continued to teach at dance camps throughout North America and Mexico, choreograph for many dance ensembles, and with his wife Susan, co-founded the Guzsaly Hungarian Dance Ensemble. Steve continues to teach and research dances from the Balkans, and with his wife Susan, has made two trips to Albania. http://www.sskotansky.com/tour-program daily 0.75 2019-01-22 http://www.sskotansky.com/registration daily 0.75 2018-10-08 http://www.sskotansky.com/media daily 0.75 2018-01-15 http://www.sskotansky.com/media-1 daily 0.75 2018-10-08 http://www.sskotansky.com/new-page daily 0.75 2018-10-08 http://www.sskotansky.com/hungarian-tour-2019 daily 0.75 2019-01-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/57dd9ce56a49637fdbf85ec2/t/5ab1347faa4a991774bdd952/1521562777416/28516798_10157256214808345_4224656979675537730_o.jpg HUNGARIAN TOUR 2019 Dear Friends, Susan and Stephen Kotansky, Batyu and Fecske, are already planning the fantastic Hungarian Folk Tour that will occur between April 4-16, 2019. Hereby we are sending you the programme outline: April 4 – Welcome Dinner at Hotel Benczúr – Moldavian Csango Dance House April 5 – Morning and Afternoon Dance Workshops (Dances of the Mohacs Serbs and Šokac) – Evening Dance House with the “Poklade” Orchestra April 6 – Morning and Afternoon Dance Workshops (Romanian Dances from Hungary) – Attend the Táncháztalálkozó (Dance House Gathering) which is the largest folk event during the annual Spring Festival (dancing, performances, live music, shopping for folk items and music, and more . . .) April 7 – Morning and Afternoon Dance Workshops (Gyimes Héjsza dances with live music) – Attend the Gala Evening at the Táncháztalálkozó April 8 – Travel to Nyiregyháza – Afternoon Dance Workshop (Nyirségi Verbunk, Hajlikázo, Lánytánc) – Evening: Nyirségi Bál April 9 – Morning Dance Workshop (Körcsárdás, Tirpák “Urban Ballroom” Dances) – Afternoon and Evening Dance Workshop and Party with local Gypsies and live music April 10 – Morning: Visit to a village museum and a Gypsy Church Mass – Afternoon and Evening: Visit Boldogkőváralja, Tokaj for wine tasting, dinner, and evening dance program April 11 – Travel to Kassa (Košice) Slovakia – Afternoon Dance Workshop (Slovak and Ruthenian dances) – Evening: Presentation on Slovak/Ruthenian Costumes, Folk Life, and dance performance and Dance House April 12 – Morning Dance Workshop (Slovak, Ruthenian, and Cigány) – Afternoon: Visit Szepsi (Moldava and Bodvou) and meet with local dancers and musicians – Evening: Travel back to Nyiregyháza April 13 – Travel to Mezőkövesd (Matyó region) – Morning and Afternoon: Visit the Matyó Museum and local masters of various folk crafts – Evening: Performance of Matyó Music and Dance followed by dancing with locals April 14 – Travel to Zamárdi on Lake Balaton – Evening: Dance Review and International Dance Party April 15 – Morning and Afternoon Boat Excursion to Tihany to visit the Benedictine Abbey, The Lavender House, and the Doll Museum – Evening: Return to the Hotel Benczúrl for a Farewell Dinner and Dance with live music April 16 – Departure – Viszontlátásra If you know anyone who’s interest may meet with this Folk Tour, please share our program proposal with them. By now you can apply anytime through the Pre-Registration form at Tour@folkfest.hu The price of the tour, 1950€, or 2400$ The deadline for submission is September 30 , 2018 We are going to send you the details of the payment procedure ( deposit etc.) and the participiant information form in the next letter. Planned number of participants 40 people. Yours faithfully Batyu, Fecske, Five, Zsolt, Suzy, Stephen, Jeff.