Folk Dancing Resources from Performing Arts Directory

Austrian Folk Dancing - Traditional Austrian folk dancing and related material about dance music costumes crafts and Austria.

Celtic Bompa's Folk Dancing Site - Dance explanations for traditional dancing focused towards Irish dancing bal folk flamenco and Argentinian tango.

Coal Country Traditions - Non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting and preserving traditional music and dance particularly that of the south-western Pennsylvania region.

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.

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.

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.

Folklore and Culture from Panama in the United States - Annual folklore meetings of Panama musicians and dancers in a chosen state.

Gyongyosbokreta Canberra - Hungarian dance group based in Canberra Australia. Includes information about the dancing and free practice sessions gallery events and contacts.

How to Start a Folkdance Club - Bruce Botelo presents organization instructions budget planning and equipment tracking.

Kavak - Turkish dance group with traditional costumes collection in Belgium.

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.

Lavender Country and Folk Dancers - Community for gender role free dancing offering an annual dance camp in New York's Hudson Valley. Includes news links and a calendar of LGBT/gender free dance events in the United States.

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.

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.

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.

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.

NEFFA LinkFest: Folk Dancing - A directory of folk dancing pages

Northwest Folkdancers - The Where to Folk Dance Organization for the Pacific Northwest.

Northwest Folklife - A comprehensive multi-cultural arts organization dedicated to serving the ethnic traditional and folk arts communities of the Northwest US.

Nyfte - National Youth Folklore Troupe of England. Members are aged between 10 and 18.

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.

Tal-Kin-Jeri Dance Group - South Australian dance group researches and performs traditional dance and story of the Ngarrindjeri people by dance and totem.

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.

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