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OFDA 55th Anniversary Party
October 26, 2024
Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre, Toronto
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OFDA Solstice Cafe
June 22, 2024
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Olga’s Party
June 23, 2024
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OFDA’s AGM & Spring Dance Cafe Photos
Saturday, April 20, 2024
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Theodor Vasilescu Memorial Cafe
Saturday, March 9
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OFDA Yves Moreau Memorial Cafe
Saturday October 28, 2023
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OFDCamp 2023
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OFDA Spring Cafe 2023
April 15, Willowdale Presbyterian Church
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New Year’s Eve Party
Dec 31, 2022
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Line Dance Cafe Saturday November 26
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New Year’s Eve Party Dec 31, 2019
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OFDA First Nations Dance Cafe
November 23, 2019
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Ontario Folk Dance Camp May 17-20 2019
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OFDA Share Cafe
March 30. 2019
OFDA New Year’s Party
December 31, 2018
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.
Azerbaijani Cafe, Oct0ber 15, 2016
AGM & Camp Review, June 10 2016
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OFDCamp 2016, Saturday Night Party, May 21 2016.
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OFDCamp 2016, Sunday Night Party, May 22, 2016
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Roma Cafe, with Iana Komamytska
April 2, 2016
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IFDC Party, March 18, 2016
Georgian Cafe January 30, 2016
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New 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.
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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.
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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.
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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: Cocek, Yiddish Dance, Jovano Jovanke Close windows to exit.
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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
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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 .