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Folk Dance Coffeehouses have come and gone, their names fading from folk dancers' memories. There are but few that still cater to dancers in the United States. Here are links to some of them:
- Ashkenaz (Berkeley, Calif.)
- Folk Dance Center (San Diego, Calif.)
- Mandala (San Francisco, Calif.)
- Pacific Arts Center (West Los Angeles, Calif.)
- Sonny Newman's Dance Hall (Seattle, Wash.)
For many years, folk dance teaching was my avocation, and I taught at many folk dance coffeehouses. However, Aitos, Cafe Ămi, Cafe Danssa, Café Shalom, Calliope's, Finjan, Gypsy Camp, The Herman's Folk Dance House, Horo, The Intersection, Mandala, The Museum, The Plaka, Newman Folk Dance Center, The Open Circle, Red Mill House, Scorpio's, The Source,, O Theos, The Threshing Floor, Veselo (Veselo Selo), and Zorbas are no more (although there are groups that meet in churches, schools, and the like that may have kept the name of a coffeehouse). ~Dick Oakes
Cafe Ami
Cafe Danssa
Gypsy Camp The Intersection The Source Veselo Selo
Zorbas The Plaka
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