Dvorana Dance
Dvorana Dance is a dance school from Prague, Czech Republic.
DVORANA has been organizing international dance workshops and tours since 1985 all over Europe for those interested in:
Czech, Moravian and Slovak folk dancing
Vintage dances
New England contra dances
Scottish country dances
Join us for a week of historic dance and time-travel back to the exquisite ballrooms of another era. Our teaching roster includes Dancing Master Mr. Richard Powers (USA) and Mr. Arnaud Degioanni, the President of Carnet de Bals (France), with additional classes by dance teacher Piotr Skawski from the dance department of University of Warsaw in Poland, and ourselves, Jitka and Jan from Prague.
The program includes dance classes, sightseeing of Prague, evening cultural programs and two balls with great live orchestras! Dance classes will be on a wooden floor. We hope that the program for the 2024 course will meet with your full approval and will entice you to join us in July 2024. We very much look forward to meeting you.
Come to visit Prague and have fun with us!
We are inviting you to join us on this tour, created specially for dancers. We will travel across the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Poland, and in all three countries we will learn traditional dances and meet with local dancers. During the tour we will attend a very nice folk festival in Slovakian Mountains. The tour includes some of the UNESCO heritage locations but also small hidden villages. We can promise tasty food and comfortable accommodation. We are looking forward to dance and travel with you.
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We warmly invite you into the heart of Europe, into the Czech Republic. During your travels you will have a chance to meet Czech folk and country dancers, see interesting places listed as UNESCO heritage sites, visit historical towns, meet people who are engaged in traditional folk production, take several short hikes in beautiful surroundings, and also explore different aspects of local folklore.
Last three days we will spend in Prague, attending the Country Dance Weekend. Nine different callers will meet in Prague and call dances for fans of traditional American country dance. Dancers will come from several European countries. For more information about the festival visit please the festival web site below.
As we have prepared this tour specifically for dancers of country and contra dances, you will have opportunities to dance during your stay. We are so glad and honored to have Bev Bernbaum as our caller.
Dear dancers,
We invite you to join us at the Jasan Bonuš Country Dance Weekend in Prague from 11 – 13 October 2024.
The dance weekend, organized in memory of Jasan Bonuš – the founder of the Country dance movement in Czechoslovakia, has taken place every other year since 1993.
Our main contra and square dance caller will be Bev Bernbaum from Canada. We are honored to be joined by callers and dancers from the European Callers and Teachers Association (ECTA). Theirs anual Contra Dance Convention will happen during the festival. Everyone is welcome.
- 14 hours of dancing
- 9 callers from 3 different countries
- classes on wooden floor taught in Czech and English
- live music on Saturday evening