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Folk Dance Vita 

Harry J. Khamis 8/17/04

bullet   Danced international folk dances since 1978, Scandinavian dances since 1988.
 

bullet   Taught a two-credit hour International Folk Dance Course (HPR 100) as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation (HPR) at Wright State University from 1980 to 1994.
 

bullet   Danced with Zivio!, an amateur performing Yugoslav dance group in Dayton, OH.; performed with Zivio! for two weeks in a tour of Yugoslavia in 1987 (by invitation).
 

bullet   One of the teachers at the Miami Valley Folk Dance Club, Dayton, OH.; teach a wide range of dances including line, circle, individual, couple, contra, and set dances.
 

bullet   Lived in Sweden for two years (1999 - 2000) as a visiting professor at Uppsala University in the Department of Information Sciences; studied Swedish "polskor" (couples turning dances done to three-beat music) in my spare time.
 

bullet   For Swedish polska dancing: received the "Big Silver" Medal in 1999 (Sveg, Sweden) and "Diploms" in 2000 (Myrviken), 2001 (Orsa), 2003 (Orsa), and 2004 (Trångsviken), all from the Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur. 
 

bullet   Taught at folk dance groups/workshops in Dayton, Columbus, Cincinnati, Virginia, Arizona, Boston, Wisconsin (Folklore Village), and Uppsala, Sweden.
 

bullet   Taught Scandinavian dances with Roo Lester in Ohio (Dayton, Cincinnati, Columbus), West Virginia (Oglebay Camp), Indiana, Kentucky (Kentucky Dance Institute), Wisconsin (Folklore Village), Maine (Mainewoods Camp), and California (Stockton Folk Dance Camp, North/South Folk Dance Teacher's Seminar).
 

bullet   Publication: International Folk Dance as a College Course, Viltis
Vol. 51, No. 4, pages 4-5, 1992.

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