2012 - Stockton Folk Dance Camp

WORKSHOP TEACHERS
Jerry Duke (Cajun)
Jerry C. Duke is a native of Alabama. Since 1978, Jerry has been researching Appalachian Big
Circle and Square Dance in the southern mountains, small-town Cajun Mardi Gras and social dance in
Louisiana, Country-Western, Tex-Mex, and Texas Cajun dancing in Texas, and old Scottish square and
step dance in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia.
Jerry has been artistic and managing director for Dobre of Eugene,
Oregon; Khadra of San Francisco; and Appalachian Celebration
Company. He has choreographed and taught workshops in American and
European dances for ensembles throughout the U.S. as well as in Europe,
Russia, and Taiwan. His choreographies of American dances for Khadra,
Westwind, Jubilee, and Lowiciania of San Francisco and Radost of
Seattle have won awards and acclaim in European festivals. He has also
directed many folk and ethnic events, including the California Kolo
Festival, and the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.
Jerry’s last visit to Stockton was in 2004.
Lucia Cordeiro (Brazilian)
Lucia Cordeiro is a world-renowned dance therapist, choreographer and
performing artist. She founded the Integrated Center for Art and Natural
Therapies in Rio de Janeiro, and for the past 30 years has dedicated her life to
taking individuals into the rich heritage of Afro-Brazilian culture and the
healing power of sacred dances from around the world. Lucia has performed
and led workshops in Germany, Hawaii, Los Angeles, New York and all over
South America. This is her first visit to Stockton.
Bruce Mitchell (International)
Bruce Mitchell started folk dancing in 1951 as part of a folk dancing
family in Stockton. He first attended Stockton Folk Dance Camp in 1952 and has attended every camp
session since that time.
In July of 1955, as a teen-ager, Bruce was one of the first
youngsters to win a scholarship to Stockton Folk Dance Camp. Bruce had
already been teaching folk dancing and exhibited a keen interest in the folk
dance movement. Bruce was the director of the Camtia Dance Ensemble of
Sacramento for over 40 years, beginning in 1960.
Bruce was the director of Stockton Folk Dance Camp from 1986
until 2011. Since his retirement, he has opened his own, quickly popular,
folk dance class. At this year’s camp he will be sharing his favorite dances
from his many decades in the folk dance movement.
STOCKTON FOLK DANCE CAMP – 2012 – FINAL – 08/07/2012