Category Archives: Folk dance

I’d Rather Be Dancing Greek Folk Dances

Posted on June 6, 2025 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Opa! The Greeks are a very passionate people, and it comes through in their dances. I’ve posted about Greek dances before. Zorba the Greek: There’s a Greek Orthodox church in the next town from us, and they hold a Greek … Continue reading →

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Folk Dance Friday

Posted on October 30, 2015 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

This article previously appeared on ARHtisticLicense. I dance with the Phoenix International Folk Dancers. As our name suggests, we do dances from all over, but we favor folk dances from the Balkan nations of southeastern Europe: especially Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, … Continue reading →

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Smarty Dance . . . by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

Posted on April 24, 2015 by Andrea R Huelsenbeck

When I was a music education major at Duquesne University in the early 1970s, I took a course called Eurythmics, which used rhythmic physical movements to teach musical concepts. One facet of the course was learning folk dances from around … Continue reading →