Welcome to the web site dedicated to
Romanian Folk Dances, and not only!

Theodor Vasilescu - teaches Romanian folklore dances at courses / workshops / master lessons organized by INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE GROUPS, by DANCE ACADEMIES and also by SCHOOL GROUPS in countries such as Holland, Germany, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland, Japan, Canada, USA, Hong Kong, Taiwan.
Theodor made choreographies at professional dance ensembles such as: "INTERNATIONAL DANSTHEATER" from AMSTERDAM - HOLLAND, L' ensemble National de Folklore "LES SORTILEGES" from MONTREAL - CANADA, "AMAN" from U.S.A., "BUDLET" Folk Dance Ensemble from Hong Kong, for several amateur dance ensembles in U.S.A. Norway, Holland, Germany as well as big international performances in open air such as” World Folklore Festival of C.I.O.F.F – FOLKLORIADA”, “International Folklore Festival” in Vierhouten, The Netherlands and festivities of Nile in Sudan.
In Romania, numerous folklore performances and choreographies at professional and amateur dance ensembles, currently in their repertoire, are the creation of Theodor. After leading for several years the Romanian National Professional Ensemble "RAPSODIA ROMANA", being head of Choreographic Section at the National Center for the Preservation and Promotion of Folklore, head choreographer at "Cununa Carpatilor" Folklore Ensemble - Bucharest and teacher of Romanian folk dance/character dance course at Theater and Film Academy of Bucharest, at present Theodor is independent choreographer, lecturer and dance teacher and President of National Association of Folklore Choreographers of Romania.
Theodor is the author of a dance notation system currently used by professional and amateur choreographers throughout Romania (54 volumes of folklore dances collections were published in this system) and also used in other countries. He is the author of "Folclor coregrafic romanesc" (Romanian Folklore Dances), based on several years of research throughout Romania, a collection of 130 dances from all parts of the country, author of numerous technical papers on methods and practice of teaching folklore dance and editor of a series of 40 volumes of collections of Romanian folk dances from most of the counties of Romania. Theodor is the author of a system of Romanian Characterdance studies used in various dance ensembles from Romania and abroad.
Theodor graduated as dipl. chemical engineer but decided in 1964 to follow folklore research and dance as a full time profession.

Lia Vasilescu - was born in Sibiu an old town and important cultural center of Transylvania region. After the high school in her birthplace she attended the University in Bucharest, Faculty of Philology which she graduated as an English teacher.
Even during school in Sibiu she was attracted by music and dance, studying classical music and taking ballet lessons at the local Art School. When Lia started her studies in Bucharest she began her approach towards the folk dance, becoming an amateur dancer in the folklore dance group "Cununa Carpatilor". There she met Theodor Vasilescu, the choreographer and dance teacher of this group. They married in 1959. They have a son, Florin, who’s profession is dipl. engineer, and is also an amateur folk dancer. Now, they have two grand children.
Since they met, they worked together in the field of research, enriching their knowledge about the traditional life and creation of Romanian villages. She was of great help by her methodical spirit of organization. With "Cununa Carpatilor", as a dancer, Lia made numerous tours in Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, France, China, Vietnam, Russia and many other countries in Europe. She danced in this group for 24 years.
Since 1990 she started to teach together with Theodor, workshops, week-ends, camps in USA (Stockton, Mainewoods Camp, Mendochino, at different groups in California, New Mexico, Texas, Washington DC and New York), Japan, Germany, The Netherlands, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

Address: 19, Olimpului str., 040196 Bucharest, ROMANIA
Phone/fax: +40-21-336.0426; Mobile: +40-723.762929
Internet: http://theodorandlia.go.ro
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