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OFDA 55th Anniversary Party
October 26, 2024
Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto
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OFDA 55th Anniversary Gala, October 26, 2024

 

OFDA Solstice Cafe
June 22, 2024
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OFDA Solstice Cafe & Camp Reviews _22June2024

 

Olga’s Party
June 23, 2024
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***Olga's Party June 23, 2024

 

OFDA’s AGM & Spring Dance Cafe Photos
Saturday, April 20, 2024
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20 April/24 AGM & Spring Cafe



Theodor Vasilescu Memorial Cafe
Saturday, March 9
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OFDA_Theodor Vasilescu Memorial Cafe 9mar/24

 

 

OFDA Yves Moreau Memorial Cafe
Saturday October 28, 2023
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OFDA Yves Moreau Memorial Cafe, Oct. 28/23

 

 

OFDCamp 2023
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OFDCamp 2023

 

 

 

OFDA Spring Cafe 2023
April 15, Willowdale Presbyterian Church
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OFDA Spring Cafe 2023

New Year’s Eve Party
Dec 31, 2022
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New Year's Eve 31Dec/22  

Line Dance Cafe Saturday November 26

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 OFDA Line Dance Cafe  29Oct2022

 

New Year’s Eve Party Dec 31, 2019
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New Year's Eve 31Dec19

OFDA First Nations Dance Cafe
November 23, 2019

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First Nations Dance Café, Nov. 23 2019



Ontario Folk Dance Camp  May 17-20 2019  

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OFDCamp 2019

 

OFDA Share Cafe
March 30. 2019

 

OFDA New Year’s Party
December 31, 2018

OFDA Csango Cafe

Csango Café Nov.24/18

 

Photos from Past OFDA Events

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Thanks to Leon Balaban for providing video of many of our events. To see more videos visit Leon Balaban’s  video site .
In addition to OFDA events, Leon also participates in and videos dance events at various ethnic events in Toronto and other places!

To see photos taken prior to 2013, visit our Flickr albums or our photo archive (2007 and earlier).

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Macedonian Cafe, October 13, 2018

 

 



OFD Camp 2018
May 18-21 at University of Waterloo. Guest teachers were Roo Lester and Yves Moreau

 

The Best of Stockton Café, March 24, 2017
Dances taught by Karen Bennett.

OFDA Latvian Café, February 24, 2018
Guest teacher Māra Simsons,
with members of her performing group “Dižais Dancis”

 

 

New Years Eve December 31, 2017

 

 

Bulgarian Café Nov 25/17

 

Joe Graziosi Workshop, Toronto Nov 15, 2017

 

 

 

Café with Adam Kossowski, Oct. 14 2017

 

 

     AGM    June 10,2017

 

 

Ontario Folk Dance Camp, May 19-22, 2017

 

 

OFDA Mixer Workshop with Karen Bennett

April 6, 2017

 

Tibetan Cafe, April 1, 2017

 

 

    Cajun Cafe, Feb 4, 2017

 

 

 

     Memorial for David Yee, March 25, 2017

 

 

 

 New Year’s Eve Party in King City, December 31 2016

 

 International Folk Dance Cafe with Dale Hyde, November 29, 2016

 

 

IFDC Balkan Party, November 4, 2016
with York U. Balkan Ensemble.

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Azerbaijani Cafe, Oct0ber 15, 2016

camp review 2016AGM & Camp Review, June 10 2016
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camp red partyOFDCamp 2016, Saturday Night Party, May 21 2016.
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May 22 camp partyOFDCamp 2016, Sunday Night Party, May 22, 2016
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roma cafeRoma Cafe, with Iana Komamytska
April 2, 2016
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IFDC Party, March 18, 2016

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Georgian Cafe January 30, 2016
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thumbnewyrs2016New Years Party, December 31 2015.
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Venezuelan Cafe with Carla Soto, Nove 28, 2015.
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Cafe with Dale Hyde , September 26, 2015
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Riki Adivi’s 50th birthday party.
June 20th, Oak Ridges Community Centre, Richmond Hill Ontario.
Photos by Bev Sidney and Alan Katz.
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AGM & Camp Review, May 30 2015.
Photos by Bev Sidney. Close window or tab to exit.

 

Ontario Folk Dance Camp 2015.  Photos by Alan Katz.
Photos by Bev Sidney and Maya Trost.  Close window or tab to exit.

 

Mountains of Lebanon to the Streets of Cairo, March 28, 2015
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Canadian Step Dance Café.
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New Year’s Party 2014.
Photos by Alan Katz and Bev Sidney. Close window or tab to exit.

 

Charm of Music and Dance Concert,
December 13, 2014. Photos: Bev Sidney. Close window or tab to exit.

 

OFDA Israeli Café, November with Riki Adivi.
Photos by Al Katz. Close window or tab to exit.

 

Dances of Aegean Macedonia with Yiannis Konstantinou, sponsored by IFDC September 30, 2014 Photos by Leon Balaban Video by Leon Balaban 2014: Aegean Macedonian Folk Dance “karatzova”

 

45th Anniversary Gala, September 20, 2014. Photos by 1)Conrad Stenton, 2) Al Katz, 3) Bev Sidney & Maya & David Trost Videos by Leon Balaban: CocekYiddish Dance, Jovano Jovanke Close windows to exit.

 


Front Page News:  OFDA member Leon Balaban dances with
Hawaiian Pacific Magic at the Carabram Festival July 13, 2014.

 

Ontario Folk Dance Camp 2014.
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East Indian Cafe April 5, 2014
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Mexican Cafe
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New Years Party 2013
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French Cafe November 29, 2013 with Karen Bennett and Bourée a Quatre.
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Olga and the  Don Heights Folk Dancers, 40th Anniversary, October 20, 2013.
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Belarus Cafe October 2013.
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AGM & Camp Review June 2013.
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Ontario Folk Dance Camp, May 2013
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Videos now online courtesy of Leon Balaban, from OFDA and IFDC’s National Dance Week event, held Friday April 26, 2013, featuring live music by the York University Balkan Musical Ensemble & Russian dances taught by Ekaterina Pyatkova.  In addition, international folk dances were taught by Toronto based international folk dance instructors.
Video #1     Video #2    Video #3 Photos by Al Katz   Photos by Bev Sidney

Move N’ Mingle adapted folk dance program, National Dance Week slideshow , April 25, 2013. Thanks to OFDA volunteers: Riki Adivi, Nora Brett, Gary McIntosh for their assistance in making this program a success. Close window to exit.

 

 Yiddish Dance Cafe February 2, 2013
Photos by Al Katz, Bev Sidney, Leon Balaban. Close window to exit.
Videos by Leon Balaban, music by Yiddish Swingtet-Jonno Lightone, Jordan Klapman, Tony Quarrington:
Vengerka, Zhok, Shiffers Tanz, Freylekhs improvisation, Sher/quadrille (abbreviated Sher due to time constraints)

To see photos taken prior to 2013, visit our 2012-2007 Archive Page and Photos from pre 2007 earlier can be accessed via this  photo archive .