Over the past twenty-five years, Vychodna has had its repertoire and skill level increase, thanks in large part to its dance instructors, as well as to a number of professional choreographers from Slovakia.
Vychodna’s very first instructor, John Kadet, was with the group from its inception and taught the group for over 15 years. After retiring in 2001, Jana and Jan Ivano took the reins and instructed the group. Drawing from their dance experiences with the FS Zemplín from Michalovce, Slovakia, they were able to further raise and maintain Vychodna’s skill level.
In 1990, Jan Blaho made his first of many visits to Canada and taught both the senior and junior group a number of dances, including Kopýtkový, and Terchová. Jan returned the following year to teach Zemplínske miniatúry, Lyžickový, and Kolo vody.
In 1993, Štefan Kocák travelled from Slovakia to choreograph additional dances for Vychodna. From 1993 to 1994, Štefan taught the group three new dances: Na valale, Krucena, and Talianska, which soon became the signature dances of the group.
In 2001, Štefan’s son, Peter Kocák, came to choreograph several new dances to the junior, intermediate and senior dancers, including Zabavame še, Ponad flašku and Do kolesa. In 2004, before Vychodna’s 20th Anniversary celebration, Štefan Kocák returned to prepare the group for the celebration and choreographed a unique dance that united all three of Vychodna’s divisions, Generácie.
In 2006, Ludka Berticova, a member of FS Zemplín from Michalovce, made her first visit to Canada and together with Vychodna’s dance instructor Jan Ivano, choreographed two dances for the senior group: Cardáš z Parchovian and Krut z Margecian. Ludka also taught the intermediate group Karicka.
In 2007, Jan’s wife Dana Blahova travelled to Canada to choreograph three dances: Horehronské kolesá, Kolo, kolo mlýnske and Tance z Lubiny. The following year Jan Blaho returned to teach the senior group two more dances: Parchovianske karicky and Góralski. In 2009, to help the group prepare for the 25th Anniversary gala program, Simona Dikaszová was brought over to assist the group. For almost three months, Simona helped the group with refining existing choreographies and assisting with reviving two additional new dances to Vychodna’s repertoire, Naprostred dediny and Kopanice. Jan Blaho arrived shortly thereafter to prepare the group for the 25th Anniversary celebration and to choreograph another dance, this time from the Detva region, Spod Polany.
