Enseignants

   Andy Taylor - Carpathian Dances

• Andy Taylor’s passion for international folk dancing began at a young age, nurtured by her parents, Marianne and Conny Taylor, co-founders of the renowned Folk Arts Center of New England. Growing up, Andy was immersed in the vibrant Boston folk dance community.
At age 17, Andy was certified to teach Scottish Country Dance. She went on to earn a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance and a minor in Social Anthropology from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Her professional dance career spans over 40 years of performing with local and international choreographers, including a prolific 20-year tenure with Prometheus Dance. She continues to teach International Folk and Contemporary dance forms in schools, at public functions, and in other spaces.
International Folk Dance was Andy's beginning and remains her truest home in dance. For Andy, dance is a vital process of breathing, growing, and exploring the self. It is a powerful force for community building and a gift that provides health, friendship, and lifelong connections.
This will be Andy’s first time as a member of Balkanot teaching staff. We are excited to have her here with us.

 Dimitar ‘Mitko’ Petrov - Bulgarian Dances

• Dimitar ‘Mitko’ Petrov is a professional choreographer of Bulgarian folk dances, a graduate of Music, Dance and Art Academy in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
For more than 35 years his main interest has been researching the unique and diverse folkore traditions and styles in all the ethnographic regions in Bulgaria. For 26 years he performed at stages all over the world as a professional lead dancer at one of the best professional ensembles in Bulgaria – Ensemble Trakia – Plovdiv, under the leadership of one of the best dancing teachers – professor Kiril Djenev.
Since 1995 he has been a choreographer of Children and Youth Folk-Dance Ensemble, where 250 children at the age of 6 to 18 are being trained.
Mitko has been a guest dance-teacher at workshops for traditional Bulgarian and Balkan dances regularly in Austria, Hungary, England, Taiwan,Macedonia,Germany, the Nitherlands and Belgim where there is a great interest in Bulgarian and Balkan dances.
This will be Mitko’s first time as a member of Balkanot teaching staff. We are excited to have him here with us.

 Roberto Bagnoli

• Roberto Bagnoli vit dans la région Emilie-Romagne (Italie du Nord). Il s’intéresse depuis des années aux danses ethniques internationales et plus particulièrement aux danses israéliennes.
Ayant commencé à danser à Rome avec la communauté hébraïque, il a poursuivi ses apprentissages en suivant des cours et des séminaires en Italie ainsi qu’ à l’étranger : en Israël, en Europe et aux Etats Unis. Grâce à l’enseignement de nombreux chorégraphes et enseignants israéliens, Roberto est devenu une référence en matière de danse israélienne en Italie et en Europe.
Actuellement enseignant, il donne des cours réguliers en Emilie-Romagne et en Lombardie, et dirige également des séminaires en Italie et à l’étranger (Suisse, France, Allemande, Angleterre, Belgique, Pays Bas, Canada, États-Unis,, Japon, Taiwan, Hong Kong et Singapour).