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*Execution dominated by an inherited tradition from various international cultures rather than innovation (though folk traditions change over time). |
*Execution dominated by an inherited tradition from various international cultures rather than innovation (though folk traditions change over time). |
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*New dancers often learn informally by observing others or receiving help from others. |
*New dancers often learn informally by observing others or receiving help from others. |
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More controversially, some people define folk dancing as dancing for which there is no governing body or dancing for which there are no competitive or professional institutions. The term "folk dance" is sometimes applied to dances of historical importance in European culture and history; typically originating before the 20th century. For other cultures the terms "ethnic dance" or "traditional dance" are sometimes used, although the latter terms may encompass [[ceremonial dance]]s. |
More controversially, some people define folk dancing as dancing for which there is no governing body or dancing for which there are no [[Competition|competitive]] or professional institutions. The term "folk dance" is sometimes applied to dances of historical importance in European culture and history; typically originating before the 20th century. For other cultures the terms "ethnic dance" or "traditional dance" are sometimes used, although the latter terms may encompass [[ceremonial dance]]s. |
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There are a number of modern dances, such as hip hop dance, that evolve spontaneously, but the term "folk dance" is generally not applied to them, and the terms "street dance" or "vernacular dance" are used instead. The term "folk dance" is reserved for dances which are to a significant degree bound by tradition and originated in the times when the distinction existed between the dances of "common folk" and the dances of the modern ballroom dances originated from folk ones. |
There are a number of modern dances, such as hip hop dance, that evolve spontaneously, but the term "folk dance" is generally not applied to them, and the terms "street dance" or "vernacular dance" are used instead. The term "folk dance" is reserved for dances which are to a significant degree bound by tradition and originated in the times when the distinction existed between the dances of "common folk" and the dances of the modern ballroom dances originated from folk ones. |
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Varieties of European folk dances include: |
Varieties of European folk dances include: |
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*[[Austrian folk dance]] |
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*[[Ball de bastons]] |
*[[Ball de bastons]] |
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*[[Ballet]] |
*[[Ballet]] |
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**[[Paidushko horo]] |
**[[Paidushko horo]] |
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**[[Gankino horo]] |
**[[Gankino horo]] |
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**[[Daychovo horo]] |
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*[[Circle dance]] |
*[[Circle dance]] |
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*[[Clogging]] |
*[[Clogging]] |
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*[[Jota (music)|Jota]] |
*[[Jota (music)|Jota]] |
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*[[Kolo (dance)|Kolo]] |
*[[Kolo (dance)|Kolo]] |
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*[[Ländler]] |
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*[[Maypole dance]] |
*[[Maypole dance]] |
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*[[Morris dance]] |
*[[Morris dance]] |
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*[[Verbuňk]] |
*[[Verbuňk]] |
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*Nordic [[Polska (dance)|polska]] dance |
*Nordic [[Polska (dance)|polska]] dance |
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*[[Schuhplattler]] |
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*[[Square dance]] |
*[[Square dance]] |
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*[[Sword dance]] |
*[[Sword dance]] |
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*[[Weapon dance]] |
*[[Weapon dance]] |
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*[[Zwiefacher]] |
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[[International folk dance]] groups exist in cities and college campuses in many countries, in which dancers learn folk dances from many cultures for recreation. |
[[International folk dance]] groups exist in cities and college campuses in many countries, in which dancers learn folk dances from many cultures for recreation. |
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[[Balfolk]] events are [[social dance]] events with live music in Western and Central Europe, originating in the folk revival of the 1970s and becoming more popular since about 2000, where popular European partner dances from the end of the 19th century such as the [[schottische]], [[polka]], [[mazurka]] and [[waltz]] are danced, with additionally other European folk dances, mainly from France, but also from Sweden, Spain and other countries. |
[[Balfolk]] events are [[social dance]] events with live music in Western and Central Europe, originating in the folk revival of the 1970s and becoming more popular since about 2000, where popular European partner dances from the end of the 19th century such as the [[schottische]], [[polka]], [[mazurka]] and [[waltz]] are danced, with additionally other European folk dances, mainly from [[France]], but also from [[Sweden]], [[Spain]] and other countries. |
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==Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia== |
==Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia== |
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* [[Kambara dance|Kambara]] |
* [[Kambara dance|Kambara]] |
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* [[Lavani]] |
* [[Lavani]] |
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* [[Ottan Thullal]] |
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* [[Rajasthan]]i |
* [[Rajasthan]]i |
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* [[Sattriya]] |
* [[Sattriya]] |
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*[[Romvong]] |
*[[Romvong]] |
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*[[Rom kbach]] |
*[[Rom kbach]] |
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*[[Robam Neary Chea Chuor]]{{ |
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*[[Peacock Dance]] |
*[[Peacock Dance]] |
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*[[Chhayam]] |
*[[Chhayam]] |
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*[[Buyō]], typical dance of the Japanese [[geisha]]s or dance artists |
*[[Buyō]], typical dance of the Japanese [[geisha]]s or dance artists |
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*[[Rimse (Ainu dance)|Rimse]] ([[Ainu people]]) |
*[[Rimse (Ainu dance)|Rimse]] ([[Ainu people]]) |
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*[[Kachāshī]] ([[Okinawa]]) |
*[[Kachāshī]] ([[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]]) |
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===Korea=== |
===Korea=== |
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{{See |Dance in Nepal}} |
{{See |Dance in Nepal}} |
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*[[Tamang Selo]] dance |
*[[Tamang Selo]] dance |
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*[[Jhaure]] dance |
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*[[Lakhey nach]] dance |
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*[[Newar people|Newari]] dance |
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*[[Manjushree]] dance |
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*[[Kaura (dance)|Kaura]] dance |
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*[[Majhi nach]] dance |
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*[[Raute people|Raute]] dance |
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*[[Chhokara]] dance |
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*[[Khyali]] dance |
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*[[Dhan Nach]] dance |
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*[[Phagu (dance)]] |
*[[Phagu (dance)]] |
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*[[Maruni#History|Sorathi]] |
*[[Maruni#History|Sorathi]] |
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*[[Singaru]] |
*[[Singaru]] |
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*[[Tarbare]] |
*[[Tarbare]] |
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*Bajrayogini dance |
*[[Bajrayogini]] dance |
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*[[Charitra]] |
*[[Charitra]] dance |
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*[[List of Indian folk dances#Bihar|Jat-jatin]] |
*[[List of Indian folk dances#Bihar|Jat-jatin]] |
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*[[Charya]] |
*[[Charya]] dance |
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*[[Hanuman]] dance |
*[[Hanuman]] dance |
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*[[Chamamé]] |
*[[Chamamé]] |
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*[[Malambo (dance)|Malambo]] |
*[[Malambo (dance)|Malambo]] |
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=== Brazil === |
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*[[Samba (Brazilian dance)|Samba]] |
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=== Peru === |
=== Peru === |
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*Contradance |
*Contradance |
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*Square Dance |
*Square Dance |
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=== Dominican Republic === |
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*[[Merengue (dance)|Merengue]] |
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==Oceania== |
==Oceania== |
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== Sources == |
== Sources == |
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* {{cite journal | last=Lytle | first=Tiffany | title=Is My Body My Own? | journal=Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies | volume=42 | issue=0 | date=2023-04-13 | issn=2834-6823 | doi=10.3998/conversations.3657 | url = https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/conversations/article/id/3657/}} |
* {{cite journal | last=Lytle | first=Tiffany | title=Is My Body My Own? | journal=Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies | volume=42 | issue=0 | date=2023-04-13 | issn=2834-6823 | doi=10.3998/conversations.3657 | url = https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/conversations/article/id/3657/| doi-access=free }} |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100314153918/http://www.folkdance.tk/ Folk Dance] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100314153918/http://www.folkdance.tk/ Folk Dance] |
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080724174131/http://www.folklorefestivals.com/eng/default.aspx Folklore Festivals] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080724174131/http://www.folklorefestivals.com/eng/default.aspx Folklore Festivals] |
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*[http://www.makfolk.com.mk Folklore Festivals] |
*[http://www.makfolk.com.mk Folklore Festivals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141218182419/http://makfolk.com.mk/ |date=2014-12-18 }} |
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*[http://www.sifd.org/ Society for International Folk Dancing] |
*[http://www.sifd.org/ Society for International Folk Dancing] |
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*[https://www.karsten.evers.de/franztanz/ ''French Folk Dances, Volume 1 to 3'', by Karsten Evers and Ulrike Frydrych, Hildesheim and Eiterfeld, 1982, 1983 and 1987. Dance descriptions (in German), sheet music and audios.] |
*[https://www.karsten.evers.de/franztanz/ ''French Folk Dances, Volume 1 to 3'', by Karsten Evers and Ulrike Frydrych, Hildesheim and Eiterfeld, 1982, 1983 and 1987. Dance descriptions (in German), sheet music and audios.]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
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A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances. Ritual dances are usually called "religious dances" because of their purpose.
The terms "ethnic" and "traditional" are used when it is required to emphasize the cultural roots of the dance. In this sense, nearly all folk dances are ethnic ones. If some dances, such as polka, cross ethnic boundaries and even cross the boundary between "folk" and "ballroom dance", ethnic differences are often considerable enough to mention.[1]
Background
[edit]Folk dances share some or all of the following attributes:
- Dances are usually held at folk dance gatherings or social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music.
- Dances not generally designed for public performance or the stage, though they may later be arranged and set for stage performances.
- Execution dominated by an inherited tradition from various international cultures rather than innovation (though folk traditions change over time).
- New dancers often learn informally by observing others or receiving help from others.
More controversially, some people define folk dancing as dancing for which there is no governing body or dancing for which there are no competitive or professional institutions. The term "folk dance" is sometimes applied to dances of historical importance in European culture and history; typically originating before the 20th century. For other cultures the terms "ethnic dance" or "traditional dance" are sometimes used, although the latter terms may encompass ceremonial dances.
There are a number of modern dances, such as hip hop dance, that evolve spontaneously, but the term "folk dance" is generally not applied to them, and the terms "street dance" or "vernacular dance" are used instead. The term "folk dance" is reserved for dances which are to a significant degree bound by tradition and originated in the times when the distinction existed between the dances of "common folk" and the dances of the modern ballroom dances originated from folk ones.
Europe
[edit]Varieties of European folk dances include:
- Austrian folk dance
- Ball de bastons
- Ballet
- Barn dance
- Bulgarian dances
- Circle dance
- Clogging
- Dutch crossing
- English country dance
- Fandango
- Flamenco
- Freilekhs
- Georgian dance
- Greek dances
- Hora
- International folk dance
- Irish dance
- Italian folk dance
- Jenkka
- Jota
- Kolo
- Ländler
- Maypole dance
- Morris dance
- Polka
- Polish folk dances
- Russian folk dance
- Turkish dance
- Ukrainian dance
- Verbuňk
- Nordic polska dance
- Schuhplattler
- Square dance
- Sword dance
- Weapon dance
- Zwiefacher
Sword dances include long sword dances and rapper dancing. Some choreographed dances such as contra dance, Scottish highland dance, Scottish country dance, and modern western square dance, are called folk dances, though this is not true in the strictest sense. Country dance overlaps with contemporary folk dance and ballroom dance. Most country dances and ballroom dances originated from folk dances, with gradual refinement over the years.
People familiar with folk dancing can often determine what country a dance is from even if they have not seen that particular dance before. Some countries' dances have features that are unique to that country, although neighboring countries sometimes have similar features. For example, the German and Austrian schuhplattling dance consists of slapping the body and shoes in a fixed pattern, a feature that few other countries' dances have.
Folk dances sometimes evolved long before current political boundaries, so that certain dances are shared by several countries. For example, some Serbian, Bulgarian, and Croatian dances share the same or similar dances, and sometimes even use the same name and music for those dances.
International folk dance groups exist in cities and college campuses in many countries, in which dancers learn folk dances from many cultures for recreation.
Balfolk events are social dance events with live music in Western and Central Europe, originating in the folk revival of the 1970s and becoming more popular since about 2000, where popular European partner dances from the end of the 19th century such as the schottische, polka, mazurka and waltz are danced, with additionally other European folk dances, mainly from France, but also from Sweden, Spain and other countries.
Middle East, Central Asia and South Asia
[edit]- Ardah
- Armenian dance
- Assyrian folk dance
- Azerbaijani dances
- Bihu, an Assamese dance celebrating the arrival of spring, traditionally the beginning of the Assamese New Year
- Attan - The national dance of Afghanistan. Also a popular folk dance of Pashtuns tribes of Pakistan including the unique styles of Quetta and Waziristan in Pakistan.
- Belly Dance
- Bhangra, a Punjabi harvest dance in Pakistan and India, and a music style that has become popular worldwide.
- Chitrali Dance - Chitral, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.
- Circassian dance
- Circle dance
- Dabke, a folk dance of the Levant
- Domkach, folk dance of Bihar and Jharkhand, India
- Garba Circular Devotional dance from Gujarat danced the world over
- Israeli folk dance
- Kalbelia is one of the most sensuous dance forms of Rajasthan, performed by the kalbelia tribe
- Khattak Dance - Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan.
- Khigga, a common folk dance among Assyrian people
- Kurdish dance
- Luri dances
- Lewa (folk dance) - Baluch folk dance in Pakistan.
- Mazanderani dances
- Middle Eastern Dance
- Chaap (traditional Baloch folk dance in Pakistan)
various dances such as tamang selo and many others
- Thabal chongba
- Kyushtdepdi - The national dance of Turkmenistan[2]
- Yowlah
India
[edit]East and Southeast Asia
[edit]China
[edit]Cambodia
[edit]- Romvong
- Rom kbach
- Robam Neary Chea Chuor[3]
- Peacock Dance
- Chhayam
- Cambodian Coconut Dance
- Cambodian Fish Dance
- Trot dance
Indonesia
[edit]Japan
[edit]- Bon dance
- Buyō, typical dance of the Japanese geishas or dance artists
- Rimse (Ainu people)
- Kachāshī (Okinawa)
Korea
[edit]Malaysia
[edit]Nepal
[edit]- Tamang Selo dance
- Jhaure dance
- Lakhey nach dance
- Newari dance
- Manjushree dance
- Kaura dance
- Majhi nach dance
- Raute dance
- Chhokara dance
- Khyali dance
- Maruni dance
- Deuda dance
- Chaulo dance
- Dhan Nach dance
- Madikhole dance
- Phagu (dance)
- Sorathi
- Sakela (Chandi)
- Singaru
- Tarbare
- Bajrayogini dance
- Charitra dance
- Jat-jatin
- Charya dance
- Hanuman dance
Philippines
[edit]- Balse Marikina
- Benjan
- Binasuan
- Cariñosa
- Habañera Botoleña
- Itik-itik
- Kalesa
- Kuntao Silat Amil Bangsa
- Kuntaw
- Kuratsa
- La Jota Moncadena
- Lerion
- Magkasuyo
- Maglalatik
- Pagdiwata
- Pandanggo
- Pangalay
- Paraguanen
- Pista
- Sagayan
- Sayaw sa Bangko
- Singkil
- Subli
- Tiklos
- Tinikling
Taiwan
[edit]- Bamboo dance (Amis people)
South America
[edit]Argentina
[edit]Brazil
[edit]Peru
[edit]Venezuela
[edit]Africa
[edit]Angola
[edit]Cameroon
[edit]Ghana
[edit]Niger
[edit]North America
[edit]United States
[edit]Mexico
[edit]- Baile Folklorico (Mexico and Central America)
- Contradance
- Square Dance
Dominican Republic
[edit]Oceania
[edit]- Hula (Hawaii)
- Haka (New Zealand)
Notable people
[edit]Gallery
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Körtánc - Hungarian (csango) folk dance
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Kyushtdepdi
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Mtiuluri
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A Ball de bastons stick dance from Catalonia
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Podhale Gorals dancing
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Traditional Russian squat dancing
See also
[edit]- List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances sorted by origin
- International folk dance
- Dance basic topics, a list of general dance topics
- Balfolk, contemporary folk dance practised across Europe
- Elizabeth Burchinal, authority on American folk dance
References
[edit]- ^ "Folk dance | Definition, Music, History, Types, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
- ^ V@DIM. "Golden age". www.turkmenistan.gov.tm.
- ^ Lytle 2023.
- ^ "Tarian Zapin – Yayasan Warisan Johor". Archived from the original on 2018-09-16. Retrieved 2017-05-25.
Sources
[edit]- Lytle, Tiffany (2023-04-13). "Is My Body My Own?". Conversations Across the Field of Dance Studies. 42 (0). doi:10.3998/conversations.3657. ISSN 2834-6823.
External links
[edit]- Folk Dance Hawaii
- Folk dancing at Curlie
- Dancilla (in German)
- Folklore People Community
- Folk Dance
- Folklore Festivals
- Folklore Festivals Archived 2014-12-18 at the Wayback Machine
- Society for International Folk Dancing
- French Folk Dances, Volume 1 to 3, by Karsten Evers and Ulrike Frydrych, Hildesheim and Eiterfeld, 1982, 1983 and 1987. Dance descriptions (in German), sheet music and audios.[permanent dead link]