FITCHBURG — The Revontulet Folk Dancers are excited to present a Nordic folk dance workshop and an evening dance to be held Saturday, March 22, at the Finnish Center at Saima Park, located at 67 Scott ...

Russia is such a vast country that it continues to produce autonomous republics few people outside the region have ever heard of — all with their own folk-dance ensembles. One such place is Adyghea, ...

Many obstacles threaten the promotion and development of Philippine folk dance due to globalization and the overload from the information superhighway. Global pop cultures alter the preferences and ...

Performances in N.Y.C. The polka chinata, in which two men whirl together in a crouch, is revived in a dance by Alessandro Sciarroni, coming to PS21 in Chatham, N.Y. Two dancers doing polka chinata, ...

Under Gamak series Awadhi music and folk dance were performed here on Thursday at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum, Artist Vandana Mishra from Ayodhya performed 'Awadhi' songs and Vikas Shukla from ...

A complex 20th-century history allowed for few outside influences, but Israeli folk dances left a lasting impact. For many of these locals, the dances are familiar, almost second nature. All over the ...

Twice a month, community members come together to hear fiddles, the voice of a caller and join hands in a traditional folk dance dating back to the 1700s — contra dancing. In Urbana, this traditional ...

When two cardboard boxes filled with uchiwa fans were placed in the middle of the muggy Seattle Buddhist Temple’s gym Wednesday night, everyone rushed over and grabbed a pair. Some children played ...

For each of their shows, from the Chinese Battle Dance to the Victory Waist Drum Dance, folk artists dressed in glowing costumes using multicolored props such as fans, handkerchiefs, stilts and ...

The tarantella is a lively folk dance and musical style originating in southern Italy's Apulia region, the heel of the Italian geographic boot. Its name derives from the poisonous bite of a local ...