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Lee Otterholt will be joining us and we’ll be focusing on the dances he’s introduced and shared with us.
Looking forward to another wonderful party with all of you.
Dance wherever you are; no need to get together to dance, we’ll dance in our own homes, apartments, vans, yurts, cabins… With luck, you’ll be able to show yourself with your webcam and we’ll see and hear each other! Hey, wear a costume!
We will:
Lee Otterholt, born in the U.S. of Norwegian-American parents, lived and worked most of his life in Norway as a professional dancer, dance teacher, and choreographer. In Norway he founded and led the Center for International Folk Dance in Oslo. He was a professor of folkloristic dance at the Norwegian National College of Ballet and at the University College of Oslo. He has a professional education in choreography and was one of the choreographers of the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympic Games in Lillehammer, Norway, in 1994. For the last 20 years, Lee has been active on the international scene, teaching international folk dance (“Balkan and Beyond”). He moved to Laguna Beach, California, in 2003. There he founded and led the international folk dance performing group “SYRTAKI,” and he is the lead singer in the BalkanBeat band “Zimzala.” He is the chairman of the Laguna Folk Dance Festival. In 2015 he received the National Dance Award, presented at the San Antonio Folk Dance Festival.
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