Celebration of Dance and Music of the Balkins

Preserving a record of music and and dance in the Balkin Mountains. As a young man, Martin Koenig traveled to Bulgaria on several grants from the Smithsonian to record the voices, instruments, and dances of that region.  As the result of “modernization” many of those art forms have been lost.. Martin’s film and recordings are … Continue reading Celebration of Dance and Music of the Balkins