Ken Avner runs the popular Monday night dance sessions in Brookline. He's also a favorite at the many workshops, Playshops, and performances he's associated with. An amazing dance repertoire from today's hits to the oldest oldies, boundless enthusiasm, great teacher and dancer, computer sound system that defines the state of the art.

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Sessions:

Mondays -- New schedule - now dance 'til even later!

KI (Congregation Kehillat Israel) / 384 Harvard St / Brookline MA
Levant Hall - on the right side of the building. Click for Yahoo! map and driving directions

8:00 - 8:30 Easier teaching / request teaching
8:30 - 12 midnight Teaching, requests, open dancing

Click for Schedule / Special Events or click here to hear it! (Requires RealAudio player.)

 

Today's hits, repertoire dances, classics. Lots of couples dances & requests. Free parking, refreshments.

This session has it all! Come check it out. 


Wednesdays -- Boston's "granddaddy" session

MIT Folkdance Club / MIT campus, location varies * / Cambridge MA
* Check their web page or call 617-253-FOLK for locations (click here for map).

7:00 - 7:30 Easier dances
7:30 - 11:00 Teaching and open dancing

OK. It's not my session - it's run by the MIT Folkdance Club. But you can often find me teaching and dancing there.


Plus: Couples' Sessions, Marathons, Dance Parties, Workshops, and more.

More folkdance stuff:

• Newsletters, listings, and other published stuff.
• www.israelidance.com for all kinds of on-line dance and session info.
• Miscellaneous other folkdance links.
• For the curious, my dance background (PDF format)
• The Israel Folkdance Festival in Boston (Sunday March 12, 2000)
• The Israel Folk Dance Festival in New York

For more information:

If you'd like more info on any of this, or anything related to Israeli folkdance, call me at 617-484-4282, FAX me at 708-575-2304, or e-mail me at ken_avner@harvard.edu

Please contact me to arrange a workshop in your area. I can design a program and format that will suit any group.

The links above can point you to lots of information on the whats, whens, and wheres of Israeli folkdance. But if you also want the what abouts, the whos and the real inside scoop (from a real insider), let's talk.

hits since June 10, 1998

Last updated on May 24, 1999

All content on www.israelidance.com/playshop, unless expressly noted otherwise, is © 1999 Ken Avner

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