So far we have taught a total of 25 dances at Introduction to International Dance (see list below).

This week Barbara will teach Tsamiko, which will then give us three of the four main dances done at Greek food festivals: Syrto, Fast Hassapiko, and Tsamiko. Remember that fancy steps and turns are optional: stay in your comfort zone. We are dancing for fun!

Yvonne and I will introduce the popular Israeli Cha Cha mixer Ba La.

The night will start with a few warm-up dances.

1. Waves (line from Hong Kong)
2. Kortanc (line from Hungary)
3. Carnavalito (line from Bolivia)
4. Tsamiko (line from Greece)
5. Ba La (couple mixer from Israel)
6. Hora Mare (line Romania)
7. Followed by class requests from the taught dance list.

We encourage dance requests from the group. Dolly requested Syrto last week. Patty requested La Bastringue and Cicerenella when she attended our Social Dances of the World class last Sunday. If you don't remember the names of your favorite dances, tell us a little about them or show us some key steps and we should be able to guess. Here is what we have taught so far:

Taught Dance list

1. An dro retourne (line from France)
   
2. Carnavalito (line from Bolivia)
3. Chapelloise (couple mixer from France)
4. Cicerenella Tarantella (couple from Italy)
5. Cha Cha (couple from USA and Cuba)
6. Chilili (couple from Bolivia)
7. Circle Reinlender (couple mixer from Norway)
8. Dana (solo from Romania)
9. Fast Hassapiko (line from Greece)
10. Hora Mare (line from Romania)
11. Hora de Munte (line from Romania)
12. Kortanc (line from Hungary)
13. La Bastringue (couple from France)
14. Lesnoto (line from Macedonia)
15. Pravo (line from Bulgaria)
16. Raka (line from Bulgaria)
17. Reinlender/Schottische (couple from Norway, Sweden)
18. Robin Ddiog (line from Wales)
19. Setnja (line from Serbia)
20. Shibolet Bassadeh (line from Israel)
21. Syrto (line from Greece)
22. U'sest (line from Serbia)
23. Ve David (couple mixer from Israel)
24. Waves (line from Hong Kong)
25. Zemer Atik (line from Israel)