Folk Dancing Resources
BC | ON | QC | USA
International | Scandinavian | Ballroom | Resources
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- CA = Canada
- BC = British Columbia
- Vancouver - Call 311 to talk to someone about activities in Vancouver.
- Bulgaria
- Croatian Cultural Centre - Folklore
- incomplete, out-of-date site
- are visitors/outsiders welcome?
- Greek
- Hellenic Community of Vancouver
- St. George's Greek Orthodox Cathedral
4500 Arbutus St, Vancouver, BC V6J 4A2 - (604) 266-7148
- Tuesday - Dimitri - advanced/performance - 19h30-21h15 - $30/month?
- Wednesday - Dimitri - basic/intermediate - 18h00?? pt 19h30??
- Thursday - Margarita - all levels - 20h00?
- Zéfyros Hellenic Dance Society offers weekly classes (in association with the Hellenic Centre), taught by dance instructor Dimitrios Kontogiannis (dimitrik@telus.net), who has been researching and teaching traditional Greek dance for over 30 years.
- International
- Israeli
- HarEl - Congregation Har El / North Shore Jewish Community Centre
- 1305 Taylor Way, West Vancouver, BC V7T 2Y7
- Monday | 18h00-22h00 - Israeli
- NaomiTaussig@gmail.com
- Alternate parking: St. Davids United Church,
1525 Taylor Way, West Vancouver, BC V7S 1N5,
StDavidsUnited.com
- VIFS = Vancouver Israeli Folk Dance Society
- Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, 950 West 41st Avenue (41st and Oak), Vancouver, B.C., 604-257-5111
- JCC of Greater Vancouver - Fitness & Instruction - 950 W 41st Avenue, Oakridge, Vancouver, BC - Phone Number - Yelp
- Wednesdays - Non-members $12, Members $8, Membership $20, Yearly Wednesday pass $280+$20=$300
- 18h30-19h15 - Israeli - Couples - Sept-June
- 19h00-22h20 - Israeli - Circles and Couples - Ongoing - (Intermediate 19h00-19h45)
- Sundays, 19h10-20h50, Israeli - Last session end of June - Couples
- Nona: 604-709-9027 / 778-834-3488 - nmalki@shaw.ca - a.malki@shaw.ca
- Vancouver Israeli Folk Dance Society - Dances
- Russian
- RusVan.org
- Friendship Festival by the Multicultural Russian Speaking Association of BC - $12 at the door - Last Sunday in August?
- Scandinavian ...
- Serbian
- Vancouver Recreation - Activity Search
- Vancouver - Call 311 to talk to someone about activities.
- WPGCC = West Point Grey Community Centre - New | City of Vancouver
- Tuesday | Ballroom Dance | 19h00-20h15 (Adult & Older Adult @WPGCC) - $115/10sessions or $13/drop-in
Tuesday | Ballroom Dance | 20h15-21h45 (Adult & Older Adult @WPGCC)
- Also: Argentine Tango, Ballroom, Spanish Flamenco
- WECCA = West End Community Centre
- West End Community Centre - 870 Denman Street, Vancouver, BC, CA V6G 2L8, (604) 257-8333
- Hillcrest Centre | City of Vancouver
- Hillcrest Community Centre,4575 Clancy Loranger Way, Vancouver, BC, CA V5Y 2M4, (604) 257-8680
- RPHCA = Riley Park Hillcrest Community Association
- Ballroom Dancing Lesson - Jive
- Thursday | Jun 29, 2017 to Jul 20, 2017, Each Th 19h30-20h30 - $22.86/4sessions or $8/drop-in
- Camps & Festivals
- Victoria, Vancouver Island
- Other
- Hi 5's Benefit Dance
- $10
- No partners or dance experience necessary. Salsa, Bhangra, Swing, Gypsy, Persian, Gangnam Style, Japan, Irish, Polka, Texas, Line, Disco, Rag time and Mixers etc. will be taught.
- 6:00PM - 8:30PM - Fri - 11 W 10th Ave, (Between Manitoba and Ontario) Entrance C, Upper East Hall
- NSAD.ca | North Shore Academy of Dancing | North Vancouver, BC - street jazz & hip hop
- Shoes & Clothing for dance
- ON = Ontario
- QC = Province of Québec
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- DE = Germany
- USA
- Folklife Sourcebook: A Directory of Folklife Resources in the United States, a Publication of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
- Northwest Folkdancers = NFDI
- CA = California
- FL = Florida
- HI = Hawaii
- IL = Illinois
- MA = Massachusetts
- NY
- World Camp - Founded in 1996 by co-directors Ahmet Luleci and Joe Graziosi this annual camp continues each year in September. Located near the town of Rock Hill, in the Catskill Mountains (90 miles NW of New York City. Bunkhouse-style cabins with a lake, swimming pool and attractive common buildings.
- OR = Oregon
- PA = Pennsylvania
- WV = West Virginia
- Nordic Fiddles and Feet - "Scandinavian dance camp in W.Virginia - Live music for all dancing. Great food. Outstanding instructors. Rustic but comfortable accomodations. Beautiful scenery. Fantastic floor in huge dance pavillion. Friendly people, aged 40s-50s. Spring-fed swimming pond." "It's a great, great camp...the best of its kind on the east coast...wonderful dancing, excellent instruction, gorgeous live music, fantastic food, a huge open dance pavillion with a sprung wooden floor, springfed large pond for swimming, sauna, really nice people, rustic cabins, etc. It's definitely worth the fee they charge." SC
- WA = Washington (state)
- Northwest Folkdancers = NFDI
- Northwest Balkan Events - Google Groups
- Bellingham, WA
- Seattle, WA
- SeattleDance.org
- SBD = Seattle Balkan Dancers - Friday 19h30-22h30
- BALKAN NIGHT NORTHWEST features bands with membership from Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Macedonia as well as home-grown afficionados.
- Saint Demetrios Hall, St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church - 2100 Boyer Ave E, Seattle, WA
- SKagit-Anacortes Folk Dancers - mostly Balkan - West of Burlington, WA (south of Bellingham) - Tuesdays 19h30-21h30
- International Folk Dance: Vancouver Island Folk & Country Dance
- Norsk Folkdans Stemne - Camp - August in Fort Worden / Port Townsend, WA - ~US$500/person
- Montreal, QC (Canadian Province of Québec)