International Family Folk Dance, Sundays at NECS - Resumes March 2018
Updated: Oct 8, 2025
Sundays 6:30 - 8:30 pm Cost $5 per person Drop in welcome or to pay in advance by Clicking Here.
International Folk Dancing for all ages and abilities. No previous experience required. All ages welcome at all times. Line, Circle, and Couple Dances (no partner needed) from around the world will be taught or reviewed. Instructors are parents who have experience performing and teaching.
Taught by: Linda Mansdorf and Michael Sternberg
Linda Mansdorf and Michael Sternberg are a husband-wife team who met dancing over 25 years ago and have been dancing, performing and teaching since. Linda’s parents met learning how to dance. She grew up with a love of the foreign music and rhythms, and learned the dances at a young age. She went on to perform with the George Tomov Yugoslav folkdance ensemble, traveling and performing in the former Yugoslavia as well as in the USA (Riverside Church, Lincoln Center and Symphony Space). Mike has been dancing since his college days, when he saw young men performing a vigorous men’s dance. He performed in an international folkdance ensemble and in a Hungarian dance troupe in Austin, Texas; and he performed in the Tomov troupe with Linda in NYC. They enjoy sharing their love of ethnic dances with others and have taught in NYC and Peekskill.
https://vironkasino.com came to mind reading about the husband-wife teaching team, since the detail about Linda's parents meeting through dance shows how these traditions get passed down in ways that go beyond just learning steps. The line about no partner being needed is what would get me through the door, because that removes the biggest excuse people like me use to stay home. Curious how many of the Sunday regulars started out with zero experience versus growing up around this music like Linda did.