Site Map for Dance International!
- Calendar of selected international folk dance events, Twin Cities MN and Midwest
- Artists, international folk dance music, Twin Cities MN and Midwest
- Venues where international folk dance and music occur, Twin Cities MN
- Festivals and workshops featuring international folk dance, Twin Cities and Midwest
- Teachers, Twin Cities MN and selected Midwest and National-level
- Learning international folk dancing, Twin Cities MN and near-Midwest
- International folk dance recreational groups, Twin Cities MN and Midwest
- Links to folk dance resources on the Web
- Contact the author/webmaster
Some Links to Folk Dance Resources on the Web
(These will be added to over time.)
Tapestry Folkdance Center's web page has a good selection of links to international folk dancing, other folk dancing, and more.
Ethnic Dance Chicago lists not only Chicago-area events and resources, but Midwest events and resources as well... a great go-to resource.
Dick Oakes' International Folk Dance Resources page at www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/folkdanc.htm is a great source of information on dances, teachers, history and more.
The East European Folklife Center runs east- and west-coast music and dance camps, and has links and information about Balkan and Eastern European folk dance and music.
Yves Moreau, one of the best and most popular IFD teachers in the world, promotes Bulgarian, Bretagne and French Canadian dance and music on his website, www.bourque-moreau.com, and links to many, many more resources.
If it's music or books you're after, try Joan Amsterdam's International Folk Rhythms in Northbrook IL. Joan shows up at many of the Midwest events.
You can listen to, order, and download public-domain international folk dance music at the Balkan Folkdance MP3 Library on the Web. This is a responsible site, that respects and promotes artists.
The Twin Cities Folk Information page is a good resource for local events; it focuses on Contra, Squares, Cajun, British Isles and Scandinavian, and has links to many web resources for these.
Argentine tango has deep folk roots. start exploring at the Tango Society of Minnesota. See it in action at the Loring Pasta Bar in Minneapolis, when the awesome Mandragora Tango Orchestra plays, most Sundays 6-9pm.
Dee Langley, OBI accordionist, runs the AirAccordion site on the Web; her calendar may be of interest.
Some Notes...
This page follows (but cannot fill) the footsteps of the Tennis Shoe Tuesday Night Rag, the official organ of the University Folk Dancers, faithfully cobbled together for many years by Ceil Wirth and Jim Mork and spiced by movie and music reviews, song words, and a lot more. Long live the spirit of folk dance!
Contact Me...
Hello. I've been an international folk dancer since the early 80s, and I really believe dance can work magic in our lives. You can contact me by:
- phone, at 612-377-8037
- mail, at 49 Sheridan Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55405
- e-mail by using this form.
Sorry for the nonsense necessary to hide e-mail addresses from spammers.
This page was last updated on Monday March 17, 2008.
Happy Dancing!
