Anthony Ivancich
Status: Retired, Consultant
Specialty: Spanish, Basque
Range: Spanish, Basque,
country-western, international
[ Anthony Ivancich 2005 ]
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[ Anthony Ivancich 1961 ] [ Anthony Ivancich ] Anthony Ivancich has been dancing, performing, and teaching in the Los Angeles, California, area for many years. He was a prominent performer with the Gandy Dancers and directed southern California's Westwind International Folk Ensemble.

In the late 1960s in Los Angeles, California, Anthony directed The Team, a Scottish Country Dance demonstration group that had been taught by C. Stewart Smith (who communted on weekends from his home in San Francisco), and some of whose members were David and Lois Brandon, Ruth Garber, Nitche Graham, John and Susan Tiffany, Larry White, and Vickie White. The Team performed primarily for Folk Dance Festivals.

Anthony has produced some fine recordings of dance music which are available from your local folk dance recording outlet or directly from Anthony himself:

  • WI 3331 (LP) "Dances of Europe, Vol. I," 1975
  • WI 3332 (LP) Basque Dances, Line, Couple, Quadrille, 1978
  • WI 3333 (CD) "Extremadura Dances of Spain," 2000

Dances Anthony has taught include Bagi Páros, Baztan-Dantza, Bolero de Caspe, Folias, Gencsi Verbunk, Imotz Ibarreko Esku Dantza, Jaurieta, Jautziak, Lakodalmi Tánc, Malaguena a lo Canario, Quita y Pon, Tanganillo Santa Domingo y Tajaraste, and Txakolin.


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