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Scandia Camp Mendocino
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2009 Teaching Staff
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Alix Cordray is an active Norwegian dance instructor in Oslo. She currently teaches three recreational groups and numerous workshops. Two of the groups, Hordaringen and Springar'n, perform regularly and have visited the US. Alix grew up in international folk dancing in the San Francisco Bay Area. She danced in and later directed Westwind International Folk Ensemble, and taught at the Mandala in San Francisco. She moved to Norway in 1975, where she has gradually focused more and more on Norwegian dance.
photo provided by the artist
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Bjørn Ove Opheim grew up near the town of Voss in western Norway. He started
dancing as a teenager and had summer jobs dancing for tourists at the
Stallheim hotel (on the bus route from Gudvangen to Voss). In 1978 he
moved to the Oslo area and became active in Hordaringen, the Oslo
group for people with roots in western Norway. In recent years, he and
Alix have been on numerous teaching and learning trips together in
Norway, Sweden, and the USA.
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Eva Karlsson is a popular fiddler in dance sessions, focusing on music from
the border region between Norway and Sweden. And she is also a dancer. She
has studied the surviving films of Finnskogs pols and helped to revitalize
this dance. Eva received her folk music education from Malungs Folkhögskola
in Sweden and The Academy of Folk Art, Raulandsakedemiet, in
Telemark/Norway.
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Per Olof Pettersson has been dancing since 1977, concentrating on the dances of Jämtland, Härjadalen and Ångermanland learning from Göran and Inger Karholm. He received his big silver in 1991. Since 1999 he has been an alternate judge for medal testing.
photo provided by Anders Wedlund
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Els-Mari Frisk has taught with Per Olof at many workshops in Sweden. She is involved with the Polskadanskommite for Jämtland-Härjadalen. Els-Mari received her big silver in 1997.
photo provided by Anders Wedlund
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Anders Wedlund is a fiddle player with focus on playing for dancers. He has provided music for the polskeuppdansning since 2000. He has been a member of Leikstulaget and now plays in the group Mittlåt. He also plays two-row accordion.
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Kjell-Erik Eriksson has lived in Jämtland all of his life. Born in 1971, he grew up in Offerdal and now lives with his family in Aspås, both in Krokoms, the kommun (municipality) just northwest of Östersund. He comes from a musical family and began playing violin as a child. From an early age he came into contact with local fiddlers in Offerdal and learned Lapp-Nils tunes in the still-existing living tradition.
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Inger Karlholm, together with her husband Göran, conducted extensive research on the dances of Jämtland and Härjedalen. They have published two books with dance descriptions for these areas. Inger was awarded the gold medal from the committee for Polskmarkesuppdansningen.
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Anita Anderson has been singing Scandinavian tunes since the mid 1980s, and has been teaching them almost as long. She has studied with Maria Röjås, Lena Willemark, Kerstin Bråten Berg, Eva Rune, and Halvor Håkanes. Her repertoire includes dance tunes, ballads, lullabyes, work songs, and special-occasion tunes. With students, she's patient and clear; no music reading is required for her classes. Many of the tunes will be tralled (sung without words), so a knowledge of Scandinavian languages is not necessary.
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Loretta Kelley is the foremost American performer on the hardingfele. She has studied some of Norway's formost hardingfele players. Her recordings and performances have received critical acclaim both in the US and Norway. She has appeared on the radio in both countries. Loretta has numerous recordings articles to her credit.
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Peter Michaelsen , a bronze medalist known for his fiddling, teaching, and music leadership, will lead the allspel and play for evening dances.
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Bruce Sagan has been playing nyckelharpa since the early 80s and has studied with some of the foremost players from Sweden including Leif Alpsjö, Peter Hedlund, and Olov Johanson. He has showcased the instrument at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington DC. Bruce has taught at a variety of folk music and dance camps and workshops. He has visited Scandinavia numerous times to work with fiddlers and collect material. He was awarded the Zorn Diploma in Bronze for fiddle.
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