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Folk Dancing

Webster's definition of folk dance includes

Sites in Folk Dancing

Folklore and Culture from Panama in the United States
Annual folklore meetings of Panama musicians and dancers in a chosen state.
The Dance Gypsy
Monthly calendar/newsletter, list of regular dances by US state, and dance links. Information about getting your own e-mail address @dancegypsy.com
Austrian Folk Dancing
Traditional Austrian folk dancing and related material about dance, music, costumes, crafts and Austria.
Lloyd Shaw Foundation
The foundation seeks to preserve and foster square dancing, contra dancing, round dances, mixers and quadrilles, folk dances of the American people.
Mundo Etnico Foundation
Dutch non profit organization promotes dance cultures from the South Pacific islands, including Samoa, Hawaii, Cook Islands, Rapanui, Tonga, Tuvalu, New Zealand, Fiji.
Folk Dance Association
Helping newcomers discover folk dance: from contra dance to Balkan dance. We publish Folk Dance Directory, an on-line directory of folk dance groups, events and activities in the US and Canada.
Recreational Folk Dancing
Folk dance notes, where to dance, where to buy music and other information of interest to folk dancers.
Stoughton Norwegian Dancers
A group made up of high school students who perform various, authentic Scandinavian dances all across the U.S.
Folk Dance Seminar
Bale (Adriatic Riviera), Croatia. From 2 August to 12 August 2001. Folklore dances from Macedonia, Croatia and Yugoslavia with Aleksandar Anastasov and Andrija Iza.
Coal Country Traditions
Non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting and preserving traditional music and dance, particularly that of the south-western Pennsylvania region.
NOMAD Festival of Traditional Music and Dance
Held every November in Newtown CT; features participatory dance, folk music and dance from around the world, crafts, and family activities.
Mundo Etnico Pacific Web
PacificWeb.nl promotes dances from the South Pacific by means of seminars, book publications and CDs with music of many Polynesian islands.
How to Start a Folkdance Club
Bruce Botelo presents organization instructions, budget planning, and equipment tracking.
Northwest Folkdancers
The "Where to Folk Dance Organization" for the Pacific Northwest.
Lous Tchancayres
Dance group from Mont de Marsan (Landes, France) that perpetuates the local traditional dances, both with and without stilts. Site contains background about the use of stilts in the area.
Dancing at Idlewild Church
Schedules and contacts for regular Contra, Cajun, and Scottish Country dances in Memphis, Tennessee. Links to other dance groups in the Southeast.
Tal-Kin-Jeri Dance Group
South Australian dance group researches and performs traditional dance and story of the Ngarrindjeri people by dance and totem.
Northwest Folklife
A comprehensive multi-cultural arts organization dedicated to serving the ethnic, traditional, and folk arts communities of the Northwest US.
Tapestry Folkdance Center
Offers opportunities for the general public to experience the joys of dance and music throughout the world on the folk dance floor.
Dancing for Busy People
Square dances, mixers, contra dances, line dances, books, articles and references for dance and recreation leaders, school teachers, college professors, church activities directors, and camp leaders.
La Compagnie Folklorique Fanny Thibout
Traditional (18th and 19th century) folk dances, songs, games and music from the "Pays de Liège", in the French-speaking part of Belgium. Includes information about the dances and the costumes, and a list of events.
Kavak
Turkish dance group with traditional costumes collection in Belgium.
NEFFA LinkFest: Folk Dancing
A directory of folk dancing pages
Nyfte
National Youth Folklore Troupe of England. Members are aged between 10 and 18.

sub categories in Folk Dancing

African African
Bavarian Bavarian
Clogging Clogging
Contradance Contradance
Eastern European Eastern European
Greek Greek
International International
Japanese Japanese
Mexican Mexican
Polka Polka
Basque Basque
Celtic Celtic
Colonial Colonial
Country and Western Country and Western
English Country Dancing English Country Dancing
Hula Hula
Israeli Israeli
Korean Korean
Native American Native American
Square Dancing Square Dancing

cross references

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Arts : Performing Arts : Dance : Regional Arts : Performing Arts : Dance : Regional

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this category in other languages

Tradizionala Basque : Tradizionala
Esbarts i grups de danses Catalan : Esbarts i grups de danses
Folkedans Danish : Folkedans
Volksdans Dutch : Volksdans
Danses traditionnelles French : Danses traditionnelles
Folklore German : Folklore
Народные танцы Russian : Народные танцы
Tradicional y folclórica Spanish : Tradicional y folclórica
Folkdans Swedish : Folkdans
Dawnsio Gwerin Welsh : Dawnsio Gwerin
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