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Sherry Cochran
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Sherry Cochran has been teaching and running a Balkan Dance Night in Los Angeles, California, since 1976. Her Balkan class moved from the Horo Folkdance Coffeehouse to The Intersection Folk Arts Center to Cafe Danssa, where it settled for 22 years. Finally, it moved to it's new home at the Pacific Arts Center in 2007.
For a time, she taught international folk dancing at The Intersection Folk Arts Center with Dick Oakes.
Sherry has taught Balkan and international dancing at coffeehouses, camps, and workshops around the southwest and has worked continuously to create and support events that inspire dancers and musicians. She also danced with performing groups in Tucson and Los Angeles, including Polskie Iskry and her own group, Biljana. She taught in 1991, 1992, 2003, and 2006 at the California Traditional Music Society (CTMS) Summer Solstice Festivals.
Sherry envisioned an all-live music and dance camp, L.I.F.E., which she ran very successfully with the support of friends and colleagues from 1994 to 1997.
As of March 26th, 2010, her Balkan class now bears the L.I.F.E. name in the form of "Friday Night L.I.F.E." The class is energetic, fun, friendly, and collaborative, highlighting the best of old and new dances. As always, the evening is all-request dancing.