« La Saint-Lazare • Лазаровден »

La Saint-Lazare (St. Lazarus Day) is a springtime folk ritual in Bulgaria during which young girls wear their prettiest costumes to sing and dance throughout the village. In Montreal, since 1974, this tradition was celebrated for almost 20 years by Yves Moreau, world-famous specialist in Bulgarian folk dance, and the Gens de Mon Pays Folk Ensemble during a big week-end gathering where fans of Bulgarian folklore and Montreal's Bulgarian community got together. After many years of absence, this tradition was revived in 2010, 2011 and 2013 and we are happy to schedule it again this year with guest specialist Gergana Panova from Bulgaria back again by popular demand. One of the exciting moments of the week-end is the Saturday night «Folkothèque» with Bulgarian and Balkan dances. We are happy once again to feature the «Na megdana» Folk Orchestra with Vassil Markov (kaval), Nikola Markov (tambura, saxophone), Petâr Markov (accordion, tâpan) and special guests Nikolay Kolev (gâdulka) and Donka Koleva (singer). Also during the Saturday party, there will be a short dance performance by Folk Ensemble «Bâlgari» from the «Paissi Hilendarski» Bulgarian-Canadian Cultural Center of Montreal.

Gergana Panova-Tekath was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. From 1988 to 1993, she danced with the Filip Kutev Bulgarian National Folk Ensemble. She studied dance ethnology in Bulgaria and obtained her Ph.D. in dance from Dortmund University (Germany). She regularly commutes between Bulgaria, where she heads the Ethnochoreology Dept. at the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences , and Germany, where she is Prof. of Dance at Folkwang University in Essen. She has published numerous articles and has written two books on various aspects of Bulgarian traditional dance. Besides organizing annual summer seminars in Bulgaria, Gergana has taught workshops in many countries: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, Israel, Norway, Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil, Argentina and the USA. This is her first visit to Quebec and Canada. She will be presenting a new repertoire of dances from all ethnographic regions of Bulgaria with special emphasis on their traditional, ritual and contemporary aspects.

Bourque-Moreau Associés

and l’Atelier de folklore de l’U. de M. in cooperation with Les Éclusiers de Lachine

present

« La Saint-Lazare • Лазаровден » 2014 Edition

A springtime celebration of Bulgarian folklore in Montreal

with our guest specialist,

back again this year by popular demand !

Gergana Panova Folk dance specialist & ethnologist

SOFIA, BULGARIA

APRIL 12-13, 2014

Local des Éclusiers de Lachine 70, 15e avenue

Montreal (Lachine), Quebec

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Saturday, April 12, 2014 09:00 Registration 09:30-12:00 Dance session #1 $25 14:00-16:30 Dance session #2 $25 20:30 Folkotheque Balkan party $25 Sunday, April 13, 2014 10:00-12:00 Dance session #3 $25 12:15-14:15 Bulgarian brunch and «culture corner» * $30 14:30-16:30 Review session** * Pre-registration required ** Only for workshop participants

REGISTRATION FEES (Note: U.S. dollar at par)

Participation limited to 100 persons per dance session! Complete week-end package (brunch not included) Pre-registraion (save $30) $70 Saturday Pre-registraion (save $15) $60

Bulgarian brunch and «culture corner» (Pre-registration by mail required) $30 Workshop CD and DVD will be available Videotaping will not be allowed during classes and review INFORMATION : Yves: info@bourque-moreau.com (450) 659-9271 Jocelyne: jocelynev@videotron.ca (514) 323-7166 Paul: paul.rioux@sympatico.ca (514) 768-8053

More information on our website: www.bourque-moreau.com Добре дошли на нашите български приятели !

How to get to La Saint Lazare

By car from Montréal: Hwy 20 West, to 32nd Ave. exit (Lachine). Continue to Victoria St. Turn left and continue to 15th avenue. Turn right on 15th avenue. Or: Hwy 40 West to Hwy 13 South. Continue to 32nd Ave. exit. Continue as described above. To Montréal: Hwy 20 East, to 32nd Ave. exit (Lachine). Continue as described above. Or: Hwy 40 East, exit Hwy 13 south. Continue to 32nd Ave. exit. Continue as dscribed above. By bus: Métro Angrignon and bus 195. Get off at corner of 15th Ave. and St-Louis St..

Pre-registration form (to be mailed before April 4, 2014) Name: ______________________________ First name: ___________________ Address: __________________________________________________________ City: ___________________________ Prov/State: ___ Post/Zip code: ________ Tel: ( ) _______________ E-mail: ___________________________________ ❒ Week-end package ($70) (Sunday brunch not included) ❒ Saturday ($60) (includes Saturday night party) ❒ Bulgarian brunch with singing session ($30)

Return this coupon with your cheque (CDN$ or US$ at par) payable to: Jocelyne Vaillancourt,

9152, 15e avenue, Montreal, QC H1Z 3P1 (Canada)