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Hamazkayin Dance Retreat Rocks the Great Lakes State
GRAND JUNCTION, Mich.—More than 100 young dancers converged on Warner Camp in Grand Junction on Aug. 26 for a weekend of music, dance, and fun at the first Hamazkayin Eastern Region Dance Retreat.
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I hope that traditional Western Armenian dances were taught and it wasn’t just the standard imitation of art dances from Hayastan. With all due respect to choreographers who teach such art dance, Armenian-Americans need to preserve the traditional dances of the original arrivals. There does not appear to be such a tradition in most other communities of the diaspora and, sadly, there does not appear to be much interest in Hayastan, other than preserving some dances of Sasun and Mush.
Having seen the Detroit Hamazkayin group perform several times, I must say they are very impressive. This united retreat seems like such a good idea.
I would like to also second Shant’s comment above, regarding the teaching of traditional Western Armenian dances, as they are treasures that should never be squandered.