Workshops in Bulgarian Dance

...with Yuli and Vlado.

At The Movement Center
2134 North Second St, Harrisburg Directions

• Advanced: Friday, May 29, 7:30 pm
• Beginner: Saturday, May 30, 1:30 pm

Tickets: $16 General / $12 Members

Bulgarian In The Park

Saturday, May 30, 5-10:30 pm

At Lancaster County Central Park
off South Duke St, just south of Lancaster, PA Directions

• 5:00 pm potluck supper
• 6:30 pm Bulgarian singing with Yuli/Vlado featuring lyrics to the dance music from previous years
• 7:30 pm Bulgarian dancing led by Yuli, music by Vlado

Tickets:$18 General / $14 Members for the evening.

Ticket Info

For each workshop:

• $16 General Admission

• $12 for SFMS Members

For Saturday Evening:

• $18 General Admission

• $14 for SFMS Members

All Events:

• $10 Students

  — ages 3 to 22 — for each event

• SFMS Members Save!

• Admission is at the door. No advance registration required.
• For more information, call Bart at 717-234-3844
  or email bart.carpenter (at) sfmsfolk.org

The Performers:

About Yuliyan Yordanov

A native of Doyrentsi, a village in the Lovech region of north central Bulgaria, Yuliyan Yordanov was raised by his grandparents and learned dancing at a young age. After graduating from the acclaimed Academy of Music and Dance Art in Plovdiv, he worked professionally as a dance director, choreographer, and Bulgarian folk dance instructor.

Since moving to the U.S. a few years ago, Yuli has taught Bulgarian dancing primarily in the Midwest. In Chicago, he leads the dance groups "Nashencheta" and "Mitronija" of Sveta Sophia Bulgarian Orthodox Church. In Milwaukee, he is a choreographer for the "Na Lesa Bulgarian Folk Dance Ensemble". For two years he served as choreographer of the younger group of "St. Sava Junior Dancers" at the Serbian Cultural Center. He has also choreographed regional Bulgarian dance suites for Ensemble Narodno in Madison, Wisconsin. As a musician, Yuli performs on tupan, tambura, and vocals with Malo Selo folk band in Madison.

SFMS first heard about him from the Nashville and Chicago groups, with a resounding "second" from dancers in Washington, D.C., who attended his classes at Bakanske Igre Spring Festival in Chicago. We co-coordinated his wildly successful East Coast tour in Fall 2006, in collaboration with dance groups in Bethesda and Princeton.

About Vlado Mollov

Visit Vlado's MySpace page

Born in 1983 to a family of wedding musicians, Vladimir was inspired by the sounds of the accordion from early childhood. Even at age 18 months he "played" his little accordion alongside his father at a wedding.

At age seven he began accordion lessons with the nationally recognized pedagogue Nadejda Nicheva in Kazanluk, Bulgaria. Later he studied with other nationally- and internationally-acclaimed accordion artists. As a young teen he was taking home top prizes from world-class accordion competitions, and earning praise for his virtuosic performances.

At 13 he participated in an accordion competition in Vladivostok, Russia, and placed fourth. At 15 he placed first in the International Competition for Accordion and Guitar in Asenovgrad, Bulgaria; received fourth place in the World Accordion Competition in Castelfidardo, Italy; and placed second in the national accordion competition in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where he received a special award for virtuosic performance of folk music. During his senior year in high school he received a first award in the national competition for variety music and jazz on accordion in Novi Pazar, Bulgaria.

From 2002 to 2004 he was a member of the Duquesne University Tamburitzans and he performed over 350 shows with the ensemble. He also arranged music for several of the dances and as instrumental numbers on the shows, fulfilled the position of a combo leader and performed a solo piece in every show.

Vladimir is currently working on composing, arranging and recording a solo accordion album featuring folklore, jazz and some new experimental fusion styles. Visit Vlado's MySpace page to learn more and hear music samples.