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Izumi Fairbanks brings the traditional music, songs and dances of Turkiye and Japan as well as those of the Pontic Greek, Georgian and Bulgarian variety to the Seattle folk dance scene. Since 2019, she hosts weekly dances called Black Sea Dance with Izumi, with focus on dances of the Black Sea region of northwestern Turkiye.
Izumi’s workshop for NW Vila Fest 2027 will feature various dances from all over the southern shores of the Black Sea, where you will experience her weekly social dance format.
You will learn about movement forms, dances in various rhythms, variations of dances as well as those from across the lands, for contrast. The featured dances will all be easy and fun circle dances to learn and participate in, from Turkiye (including Pontic Greek), Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania. Izumi will accompany a few of the dances with her Black Sea fiddle, the kemençe/Pontic lyra.
As a bonus, she will also cover a popular Japanese circle dance from the annual Obon festivals, as well as an easy choreographed Karadeniz (Turkish Black Sea) horon dance.
Izumi Fairbanks brings the traditional music, songs and dances of Turkiye and Japan as well as those of the Pontic Greek, Georgian and Bulgarian variety to the Seattle folk dance scene. Since 2019, she hosts weekly dances called Black Sea Dance with Izumi, with focus on dances of the Black Sea region of northwestern Turkiye.
Izumi’s workshop for NW Vila Fest 2027 will feature various dances from all over the southern shores of the Black Sea, where you will experience her weekly social dance format.
You will learn about movement forms, dances in various rhythms, variations of dances as well as those from across the lands, for contrast. The featured dances will all be easy and fun circle dances to learn and participate in, from Turkiye (including Pontic Greek), Bulgaria, Georgia, Romania. Izumi will accompany a few of the dances with her Black Sea fiddle, the kemençe/Pontic lyra.
As a bonus, she will also cover a popular Japanese circle dance from the annual Obon festivals, as well as an easy choreographed Karadeniz (Turkish Black Sea) horon dance.