Folklore Society of Greater Washington:
http://fsgw.org
Excellent resource for Folk dancing and many other Folk activities in the DC area.
Glen Echo Folk Dancers:
www.dancingplanetproductions.com/folkdance.htm dancingplanet@erols.com 301-466-3018
International/Balkan folk dance classes for all levels at Church of Redeemer, 6201 Dunrobbin Drive, Bethesda.
Glen Echo Park:
http://www.glenechopark.org info@glenechopark.org
Social Dance and Dance Lessons
Elliot and Karen Bogart's Washington D.C. Area Folk Dances:
http://www.dcfolkdance.com/dcfd.htm
Washington, DC Area Festivals, Parties, Workshops, And Camps. Extensive list of links in th4e DC and other areas.
Celtic Events and Groups in DC
http://www.celticdistrict.com/
This page master-indexes the many local area Celtic-related dances groups.Dance classes are available for the social dances, and the solo performance dances, in the Irish and Scottish styles, as well as the related English and American dance forms.
Ceilidance.com:
http://www.ceilidance.com ceiliset@yahoo.com 703-273-6869
Ceili (Party) and Set dancing in the VA, MD, and DC Metro area. Irish social, or country, dancing classes.
Scottish Country Dancing in the Washington, D.C. Area:
http://www.rscds-greaterdc.org webmaster@rscds-greaterdc.org
The Washington, D.C. and Northern Virginia Branches of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society. Information on D.C., Virginia, and Maryland Scottish Country Dance classes, events, workshops and more!
The O'Neill-James School of Irish Dancing:
http://www.st-patricks-day.com/irish-dancing-schools.asp ADCRG@aol.com (703) 241-1978
the largest Irish dancing school in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area and famous for its participation and excellence in the Saint Patrick's Day Parades of Alexandria and Washington, DC.
Irish Dancing Schools Worldwide:
http://www.st-patricks-day.com/irish-dancing-schools.asp contact form on website
Irish Dancing Schools USA, Canada, Australia ,UK, Ireland and worldwide
The Baltimore Folk Music Society:
http://www.satelink.net/bfms
Sister site to FSGW, co-sponsor or allow member admission for each other.
The Alpine Dancers:
www.alpinedancers.org
Performing and teaching folk dance group specializing in couples and trio dances from Austria and Germany. Performing throughout the greater Washington, DC area.
National Information
The North American Feis Commission:
http://www.northamericanfeiscommission.org/ USSouth@northamericanfeiscommission.org none posted
Organization of Feis Managers who are responsible for the running of Feiseanna in Canada & the United States
FestivalFinder
http://www.festivalfinder.com/
"latest details on more than 1,500 music festivals in North America" ..........
"the most comprehensive guide to North American music festivals ever created.
Covering more than 1,200 concerts -- ranging from bluegrass to zydeco --
FestivalFinder allows users to search for events by performer, location,
genre, date and festival name"
Victorian Events Calendar:
http://www.vintagedance.net/danceweek.html
Balls & Vintage Dance Programs.
Also events, lectures, entertainments and exhibits of special interest to lovers of the 19th century
Vintage Dance Net:
http://www.vintagedance.net/danceweek.html
Terry and Grimble's Historic and Vintage Dance
http://www.best.com/~lavolta/dance/index.htm
Vintage Dance Society
http://www.vintagedancing.com/dancesociety.htm
Includes calendar of Vintage Dance Events in US.
Tapestry historic social dance
http://williamsburgrose.com/tapestry/
Tapestry Historic Dance Ensemble is available for performances, workshops, and programs of various lengths, themes, and
historic eras. Each program is individually created for the presentation site, event or theme, and
includes narration about the dances, social customs, and fashions of the historic era represented.
The IHDP Dance Page
http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~vfack/ihdp/dance.html
Renaissance Dance, Baroque Dance, English Country Dance, Other Historical
Dance Pages, General Dance Directories, Dance Quotes.
Mixed Pickles-Vintage Dance director@mixedpickles.org
http://www.mixedpickles.org/home.html
19th and 20th century social dance, etiquette & choreography.
New Links added and not yet edited to a category
Carpathia Folk Dance ensemble:
http://www.carpathiadc.org carpathiadc@gmail.com none posted
Washington DC's Premier Central & Eastern European Folk Dance Ensemble
Tisza Hungarian Dance Ensemble:
http://tiszaensemble.org/ info@tiszaensemble.org none posted
Tisza Ensemble presents traditional Hungarian folk dances via classes, performances, and social
dance houses (táncház) in the D.C. area, since 1982.
De Danann Gifts:
http://www.dedanann.com/index.php contact@dedanann.com 000 000 0000
Features products for Celtic connoisseurs including Irish dance shoes and supplies, handcrafted folk items, and other unique and unusual things. Many items imported from Ireland.
Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance:
http://www.culkinschool.com none posted (301) 593-9600
2010 Evans Parkway, Silver Spring, MD 20902
Dance4teachers.com:
http://www.dance4teachers.com anthony@just4tap.com
Subscription based DVD media service for teachers/students to improve Tap and Jazz technique with new teaching methods.
Authentic Jazz dance instructor:
http://www.AuthenticJazzDancet.com/ blrmdnc@aol.com
Victoria Leach -Combing Jazz and moderndance
2204 westcourt lane #212 Herndon VA 20170
Latin American Folkloric Group:
http://www.folkloric.20m.com harold_10297@yahoo.com
Latin American Folkloric Group, founded in 1989, perform s folk dances from Peru, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, etc; in Maryland, and Washington DC
Triangle Vintage Dance in NC:
http://TriangleVintageDance.com info@TriangleVintageDance.com
Dedicated to providing Vintage Dance events for the Triangle area (Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill) of North Carolina.
Tisza Hungarian Dance Ensemble:
http://www.tisza-ensemble.org clamont@tisza-ensemble.org
The Hungarian folk-dance ensemble of the DC area since 1982.Monthly dance-houses, live music, dancing, teaching, socializing. click on the "TANCHAZ" link.
1400 Florida and Ontario Dancing locations:
http://www.Dancinglist.com Tony@Dancinglist.com
Over 1400 Dancing Locations covering International Ballroom,Social,Latin, Argentine Tango, Swing, Country Wetern and Partner search.
Centuries Historical Dance:
http://www.centuriesdance.org centuries@centuriesdance.org
Centuries Historical Dance is a professional performance troupe dedicated to recreating and presenting period socialdances in an historically accurate manner.
Mexican Folk Dance Directory:
http://www.alegria.org/danzdir.html
A directory of Mexican Folklorico (groups, schools and organizations) throughout the world.
The Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance:
http://www.vintagedance.net/
The Cincinnati Ohio based Flying Cloud Academy of Vintage Dance is a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation, performance, and teaching of historic ballroom dance and music. The FCA creates and maintains a thriving vintage dance community which provides opportunities for dancers at all levels to enjoy the magic of authentic historic dance and other related traditions through classes, performances, and the re-creation of elegant evenings of dancing in period settings.
The Philadelphia PLACES to DANCE flyer website:
http://www.phillydance.com/
Seven Day Guide to Folk, Swing and Traditional Dancing In and Around Philadelphia
DanceWay:
http://www.danceway.com
Folkdance- & MIDI-Archive:
http://www.mherger.com
Several hundred folkdance-descriptions, folkdance-MIDIs, Videos, Songs, and traditional costumes
