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'''Elsie Ivancich Dunin''' born '''Elsie Ann Ivancich''', stage name '''Elsie Evans''' (July 19, 1935) is a prominent Dance ] (a.k.a Ethnochoreologist), ], ] and author specializing in ] from ], ], and ] (Gypsy) in ]. She is a ] (Dance Ethnology) from the ] (UCLA), and is currently a dance research advisor with the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research in ].
'''Elsie Ivancich Dunin''' (born July 19, 1935) is a dance ] (ethnochoreologist), ], ] and author specializing in ] from ], ], and ] (Gypsies) in Macedonia. Her studies focus on ] communities and associated ]s in both ] and ] contexts. She is ] of dance ethnology from the ] (UCLA) and is currently a dance research advisor with the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research in ].<ref name=phantomranch>{{cite web | url=http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/teachers/dunin_e.htm | title=Elsie Ivancich Dunin | author=Phantom Ranch Folk Dancing | access-date=2006-09-19 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060719063453/http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/teachers/dunin_e.htm | archive-date=2006-07-19 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Her two daughters are Teresa (T.J.) and ].
The major focus of her research is on identifying social dance changes that are related to cultural changes.


==Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collection==
==Early life==
Dunin is also a leading member of ], (CCDR) a ] organization dedicated to the study of dance ethnology. Founded in 1981, the CCDR has amassed a collection of over 15,000 books, manuscripts, personal papers, costumes, films and instruments. In April 2008, Dunin, who serves on the organization's board, made a gift to ] to provide for the collection's permanent care and ].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.asu.edu/20160830-power-place|title=The Power of Place: Renowned collection comes to ASU Herberger College Dance with $1.15 million gift from international dance scholar|date=28 April 2008 |accessdate=2022-11-20}}</ref>
Elsie Ivancich was the older of two children born to Ilona ] and Frank Ivancich in ] on ], ]. Both Pazman and Ivancich had emigrated separately from their homeland of Croatia. As Ivancich was growing up, she was immersed in Croatian culture, spoke ] at home and was socialized among the Croatian and Yugoslavian community in Chicago. She also became very interested in dance when she was a young child and began taking dance lessons at Sisters Dance School, a renowned children’s school for dance in Chicago. In 1942, the family moved to ], and her interest in dance would continue to grow.
In California, her parents enrolled her in ] and ] classes, with the addition of ]. She excelled in all her classess, and by age 14, had improved as a dancer, as well as an acrobat and contortionist. She began competing, and performing in shows while attending ]. She won The Quest Dance Competition in southern California, and appeared on Television Star Hunt. Ivancich would often perform her spectacular dance and acrobatic routines at ] and Benefit shows. She was also photographed for an article in ] magazine while performing an acrobatic act on the stage in ].
Ivancich and her family also traveled to Europe during her junior year in High School, back to her ancestral homeland of Croatia, where she was greeted with banners that deemed her to be a “Hollywood Performer”. She impressed audiences with her tap and acrobatic shows in Yugoslavia and on the ship ].


== Awards ==
Her many widely seen performances earned her notice in Hollywood. She acquired a dance part in “]” starring ], as one of the indian girls. In addition to performing dance and acrobatics, Ivancich was a very dedicated high school student, and she was very involved with her student body government. She served as Student Body: President, Vice President and Secretary during her high school years, and in ], she graduated from Fremont High School with honors.
*In 2006, Dunin was awarded the "Outstanding Leadership in Dance Research" award by ] (CORD)<ref name="cord">{{cite web | url=http://www.cordance.org/Awards.html | title=CORD Awards Recipients | author=Congress On Research in Dance | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080531040752/http://www.cordance.org/Awards.html | archivedate=2008-05-31 }}</ref>


== Books ==
After her high school graduation, Ivancich attended college at UCLA and majored in Language Arts intending to become a high school drama teacher. During Ivancich’s freshman year, she performed with ] on a variety show as well as various local productions. However, she did not find her true calling until later in 1956 when she attended a dance performance by Tanec Folk and Music Ensemble, a group from Macedonia, Yugoslavia. The dance group was a sensation with American audiences and became an inspiration for Ivancich. She decided that she would take a trip to Skopje in Yugoslavia to learn all she could about folk dances from the diverse cultures within the country.
* ''Folk dances'', 1969, ASIN B0007FZ1DO

* ''Gypsy wedding, dance and customs'', 1971, ASIN: B0007C5K9C
In 1957, Elsie met her future husband, ], who at the time was a ] scholar. Dunin was born of ] ] and had emigrated to the United States after ]. He would later become a renowned American mathematician and ] aeropace engineer. The pair were married in Los Angeles, California, on ], ], and had two daughters, Elonka and Teresa. The elder daughter, ], became a very notable ], author and ].
⚫ * ''Yugoslav dance: An introduction and list of sources available in United States libraries'', 1981, {{ISBN|0-918660-11-4}}

* ''Dance Occasions and Festive Dress in Yugoslavia'', 1984, {{ISBN|99946-1-174-7}}
After her children were born, Ivancich continued her education, receiving her Master’s in Arts from UCLA in Dance Ethnology in 1966. This title, Dance Ethnology, was significant because doctoral studies in the field of dance did not exist at that time. Hers was the earliest "dance ethnology" thesis in the Department of Dance that was established in the College of Fine Arts at UCLA in 1962. Ivancich’s attendance at UCLA led to her and her husband’s involvement with the International Student Center at UCLA. The center served as a resource to aid foreign students to become more immersed in American academic culture. She later became the Director of Royce Hall Programs at UCLA and led fundraising efforts for the International Student Center for many years. During this time period, Ivancich also found time to host a weekly half-hour program on Los Angeles public radio, ]-FM. Her program was focused on folk dance and culture, and gained popularity and a significant listening audience. She also continued to appear on TV shows like ]’s Travel Show, and worked with actress ] as her dance coach for her dancing part in the 1976 film '''“Alex and the Gypsy”''', in which Bujold co-starred with ].
* ''Starobosansko kolo in Yugoslavia and in California'', 1988, {{ISBN|0-918660-77-7}}

* ''DdA reference format for dance'', 1989, ASIN: B0006F2EJ4
==Academic Career==
* ''Orata vo Makedonija: Scenski del : Tanec'', 1995, {{ISBN|9989-9774-0-2}}
Elsie Ivancich Dunin became an assistant professor at Dance Department at UCLA in 1968, and later a full tenured professor. She taught Ethnic Dance at UCLA for a combined total of 30 years, and her work was published in over 60 articles, books and academic publications. In 1992, she was co-chair of the UCLA Department of Dance and then made the decision to retire from UCLA in 1994.
* (editor) ''Dance And Society: Dancer as a Cultural Performer (European Folklore Institute Bibliotheca Traditionis Europae)'', 2005, {{ISBN|963-05-8273-2}}
In addition to her teaching and academic work at UCLA, Ivancich has also chaired several committees and organizations such as the '''Folk Dance Federation of California'''(South), and for several years, she directed '''''Betyarok''''', a performing group dedicated to Hungarian Dance. Throughout her post-retirement from UCLA, Elsie has regularly spoken, and presented dance research papers at several professional societies, such as the '''Congress on Research in Dance, the American Folklore Society, the Society for Ethnomusicology, the Gypsy Lore Society, and the International Council for Traditional Music Study Group on Ethnochoreology'''. She also was an organizer of several dance and Gypsy studies conferences in the United States
Currently, Elsie Ivancich Dunin lives in Arizona, and works with several dance groups and associations such as the Slavonijo Dance Ensemble, as well as the '''International Council for Traditional Music''' and the '''Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Organization'''. In 2003, she was a speaker and an organizer of the symposium for '''Applying Dance Ethnology And Dance Research In The 21st Century''' and more recently, Elsie has taken the role as the co-chairman of '''The Congress on Research in Dance’s 38th Annual Conference''', which will take place in November 2006.

==Research==
Special studies include: Cross cultural comparative study of dance change among three generations of Croatian/Americans in the United States (California), in South America (Chile), and three generations of communities in Croatian source areas.
On-going, long-term research includes: Spontaneous participatory and organized performance dance in Macedonia (1988-1989); Dance of the Roma (Gypsies) in Macedonia, United States, and Chile; and Sword dance survivals of Croatia and Mexico, 21st to 16th centuries.

==Dances==

Dances Elsie Dunin has taught include:
Alexandrovska, At the Inn, Balon, Berovka, Biserka, Bitola Moj Roden Kraj, Bufčansko, Caballito Blanco, Četveronjak, Cigančica, Corrido, Crnagorka, Čuješ Mala, Ćuperlika, Doudlebská Polka, Ersko Kolo, Glamoć, Gružanka, Igrale se Delije, Imperial Beseda, Jabučica, Jansko Kolo, Kačerac, Kalvelis, Koja Koja, Kolo from Ripanj, Kolo Najstarije, Koso Moja, Kutre šivat, Lesnoto Oro, Lindjo, Marko Skače, Metva, Mista Kolo, Moravsko Kolo, Niševljanka, Oslo Waltz, Osman Aga, Potam Povam, Potrčano, Ratevka, Red Boots (Piros Csizma), Sadilo Mome, Sarajevka, Scandinavian Polka, Seljančica, Siamsa Bierte, Širočko Kolo, Slavonsko Kolo, Šroteš, Stara Makedonka, Staro SitoStarobosansko Kolo from Glamoć, Ta Pleskočna, Tandrčak, Tropnalo Oro Golemo, Trusa, Vo Sadu, Žakle Šivajo, Žensko Krsteno, and Zillertaller Laendler.

==Articles and Publications==
* "Adriatic dance"; "Macedonia." Selma Jeanne Cohen (founding editor), International encyclopedia of dance 6:428-431. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
* "Čoček as a ritual dance among Gypsy women." Makedonski folklor 6(12):193-198. Skopje, Yugoslavia: Institut za Folklor, 1973.
* "Dance occasions and festive dress in Yugoslavia." UCLA monograph series 23. University of California at Los Angeles: Museum of Cultural History, 1984.
* Dance research: published or publicly presented by members of the Study Group on Ethnochoreology. (Editor.) Los Angeles: International Council for Traditional Music Study Group on Ethnochoreology, 1991.
* Dance research: published or publicly presented by members of the Study Group on Ethnochoreology. Zagreb, Croatia: International Council for Traditional Music Study Group on Ethnochoreology; Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, 1995. (Third volume.)
* Dances in Macedonia: performance genre. Tanec . Skopje, Macedonia: Tanec Ensemble, 1995. (In Macedonian and English; Labanotation.)
* DdA reference format for dance. Dunin, Elsie Ivancich; deAlaiza, Candi Harrington. Los Angeles: by authors, 1988.
* "First festival of sword dances on Korčula Island,: a retrospective." Folk dance scene 34(2):8. Los Angeles: Folk Dance Federation of California, South, 1998.
* "Folklor ('dance and dancing') representing Macedonian cultural identity." Proceedings 30th annual conference Congress on Research in Dance: Dance, culture and art-making behavior: 145-158. Tucson, Arizona: Dance Division, School of Music and Dance, University of Arizona; Congress on Research in Dance, 1997.
* "Gypsy dance." Selma Jeanne Cohen (founding editor), International encyclopedia of dance 3:330-331. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
* "Gypsy wedding: dance and customs." Makedonski folklor 4(7-8):317-326. Skopje, Yugoslavia: Institut za Folklor, 1971.
* "Influence of Folk Dance 'Ensembles' Upon 'Folk Dance'." Dunin, Elsie. Viltis, 28(1):9-10. (1969).
* "Lindjo in the context of village life in the Dubrovnik area of Yugoslavia." Wallen, Lynn Ager; Acocella, Joan (editors), A spectrum of world dance. Dance research annual 16:1-4. New York: Congress on Research in Dance, 1987.
* Makedonski narodni plesovi. Dunin, Elsie; Dimoski, Mihailo; Višinski, Stanimir. 153pp, softcover, Muzička Biblioteka, Zagreb, 1973.
* "Migrations and cultural identity expressed through dance: a study of dance among South Slavs in California." Nikola Tasic; Dusica Stosic (editors), Migrations in Balkan history: 161-170. Beograd: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute for Balkan Studies, 1989.
* "Mis Roma of 1997 is 15 year old Tirana, Albanian high school student Eriona Gjonaj." Homer Cates (editor), Newsletter of the Gypsy Lore Society 20(3, August):1, 3-4. Londonderry, NH: Gypsy Lore Society, 1997.
* "Personal computers and dance ethnology research." 1991 yearbook for traditional music 23:113-124. New York: International Council for Traditional Music, 1991.
* Proceedings: 21st symposium of ICTM Study Group on Ethnochoreology. (Editor.) Zagreb: Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, 2001.
* "'Salonsko Kolo' as cultural identity in a Chilean Yugoslav community (1917-1986)." Narodna Umjetnost. Special issue 2:109-122. Zagreb, Yugoslavia: Institute of Folklore Research, 1988. (Summary in Croatian.)
* Silent dances of the Dinaric Mountain area: analysis of purpose, form, and style of selected dances. 146pp. M.A. Thesis, University of California, Los Angeles, 1966.
* South Slavic dances in California: a compendium for the years 1924-1977. Dunin, Elsie Ivancich. 204pp, softcover. Ragusan Press, Palo Alto, California, 1979. (A pioneer computer-generated project in dance studies.)
* St. George's Day: coming of summer 1967-1997. Skopje, Republic of Macedonia: Association of Admirers of Rom Folklore Art "Romano Ilo" , Skopje, 1998. (Monograph and catalog in three languages: English, Macedonian, and Romani; 60 colored photographs; bibliography.)
* "Tanec performers as cultural exchange pawns." Folk dance scene 33(6):8-9. Los Angeles: Folk Dance Federation of California, South, 1998.
* "Transmission and diffusion: Macedonian dances 1938-1988." Studia Musicologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 33:203-213. Budapest, Hungary: Akademié Kiadó.
* "Winter dance events among South Slavic immigrants in California." Makedonski folklor 8(15-16):165-175. Skopje, Yugoslavia: Institut za Folklor, 1975.
* "Yugoslav and Bulgarian dances in the California folk dance movement." Folk dance scene 18(10):6-8. Los Angeles, California: Folk Dance Federation of California, South, 1984.
⚫ * Yugoslav Dance: an introduction and list of sources available in United States libraries. Dunin, Elsie Ivancich; Ruyter, Nancy Lee Chalfa. 108pp, softcover. Ragusan Press, Palo Alto, California, 1981.
* "Yugoslav dance research project: a survey of organized dance groups in Macedonia, 1988-1990" (report). Dance research journal 22(1):52-54. New York: Congress on Research in Dance, 1990.


==References== ==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Ivancich's current field research is reported in Cross-Cultural Dance Resources at www.ccdr.org.
* East L.A. Gazette, May 8, 1949
* http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/teachers/dunin_e.htm
* East L.A. Gazette, May 8, 1949 * Redlands Daily, May 5, 1949
* Redlands Daily, May 5, 1949
* http://www.conferences.indiana.edu/sem2004/Welcome.htm
* http://www.slavonicweb.org/artists/slavdance.html
⚫ * http://www.ethnomusic.ucla.edu/ictm/
* http://www.cordance.org/Conference.html
* http://www.folkdance.com/
* http://webdb.iu.edu/sem/scripts/home.cfm


==External links== ==External links==
* - Elsie Dunin, dance ethnologist
* maintained by her daughter, ]
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* - Elsie Dunin's current field research

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Elsie Ivancich Dunin (left) and Allegra Fuller Snyder (right) after receiving the 2006 CORD Award for Outstanding Leadership in Dance Research from CORD president Ray Miller (center)

Elsie Ivancich Dunin (born July 19, 1935) is a dance ethnologist (ethnochoreologist), choreographer, professor and author specializing in folk dance from Croatia, Macedonia, and Romani (Gypsies) in Macedonia. Her studies focus on Croatian diaspora communities and associated sword dances in both Old and New World contexts. She is Professor Emerita of dance ethnology from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) and is currently a dance research advisor with the Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research in Zagreb, Croatia. Her two daughters are Teresa (T.J.) and Elonka Dunin.

Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collection

Dunin is also a leading member of Cross-Cultural Dance Resources, (CCDR) a non-profit organization dedicated to the study of dance ethnology. Founded in 1981, the CCDR has amassed a collection of over 15,000 books, manuscripts, personal papers, costumes, films and instruments. In April 2008, Dunin, who serves on the organization's board, made a gift to Herberger College of the Arts to provide for the collection's permanent care and curation.

Awards

Books

  • Folk dances, 1969, ASIN B0007FZ1DO
  • Gypsy wedding, dance and customs, 1971, ASIN: B0007C5K9C
  • Yugoslav dance: An introduction and list of sources available in United States libraries, 1981, ISBN 0-918660-11-4
  • Dance Occasions and Festive Dress in Yugoslavia, 1984, ISBN 99946-1-174-7
  • Starobosansko kolo in Yugoslavia and in California, 1988, ISBN 0-918660-77-7
  • DdA reference format for dance, 1989, ASIN: B0006F2EJ4
  • Orata vo Makedonija: Scenski del : Tanec, 1995, ISBN 9989-9774-0-2
  • (editor) Dance And Society: Dancer as a Cultural Performer (European Folklore Institute Bibliotheca Traditionis Europae), 2005, ISBN 963-05-8273-2

References

  1. Phantom Ranch Folk Dancing. "Elsie Ivancich Dunin". Archived from the original on 2006-07-19. Retrieved 2006-09-19.
  2. "The Power of Place: Renowned collection comes to ASU Herberger College Dance with $1.15 million gift from international dance scholar". 28 April 2008. Retrieved 2022-11-20.
  3. Congress On Research in Dance. "CORD Awards Recipients". Archived from the original on 2008-05-31.
  • East L.A. Gazette, May 8, 1949
  • Redlands Daily, May 5, 1949

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