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Lawrence was the Supervising Director of the Greek Orthodox Folk Dance Festival (FDF) program at St. Sophia Cathedral in Los Angeles at the time of his interview. He talks about traveling to Greece to learn the dances, and how FDF is not only cultural, “it’s teaching them to be better people, as well.”

00:00 // Lawrence Olliffe Interviewed October 2015
01:05 // Do you have manuals and the like to help new directors?
02:31 // Was 1999 the first year St. Sophia participated?
03:20 // What was your relationship to FDF before your current role?
05:10 // Starting research in Greece
07:27 // How do you research if you can’t visit Greece?
11:31 // Outside of FDF, have you seen interest in Greek dance growing because of things like YouTube?
12:28 // Did you grow up Greek?
15:02 // What's your favorite part of being a director?
18:50 // It’s important that the dancers understand the the dances' significance?
21:52 // Should the dances be explained for the FDF audience?
28:26 // Have you focused on winning awards?
38:10 // Is there anything you would like to see in this documentary?
44:53 // What has been the effect of FDF on your life?