To help promote folk dance, several Bay Area Folk Dance Federation member groups are generously opening their folk dance classes free to the public during Bay Area Dance Week, April 26 to May 5, 2019.
Bay Area Dance Week
Bay Area Dance Week (BADW) is the largest, most vibrant dance week celebration in the country with over 400 free dance performances, workshops, classes, lectures, and open houses during its 10-day celebration. The Bay Area possesses one of the largest active and thriving dance communities of the country. In fact, the Bay Area has the largest per capita concentration of dancers in America. Now in it’s 21st year, Bay Area Dance Week invites participants and volunteers to celebrate dance, offering hundreds of free events representing the diversity of dance forms practiced in the region. From established company programs to one-time events, Bay Area Dance Week provides an opportunity for dance-lovers of all ages and experience-levels to take a grand tour of the many movement styles, including Argentine tango, classical Indian, jazz, hip hop, ballet, traditional hula, fire dance, Samba, modern, Chinese classical, belly dance, aerial dance, West African, contact improvisation, and more. Find more free events…
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Participating Folk Dance Events
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Day | Time | Location | Event | Presenter |
Fri. April 26 | 7:30-10:00pm | Palo Alto | Join Hands for World Dance | Stanford International Dancers |
7:30-10:30pm | Mill Valley | Ethnic Dances from the Balkans and Beyond | Kopachka Folk Dancers | |
7:30-10:30pm | San Francisco | Dances for Everyone! | Changs Folk Dancers | |
7:45-9:45pm | Berkeley | International Folk Dance Party | Berkeley Folk Dancers | |
Sun. April 28 | 12:30-5:00pm | San Francisco | Blossom International Folk Dance Festival | Folk Dance Federation of CA, N |
Mon. April 29 | 7:00-9:30pm | San Francisco | Step into the World of Greek Dance | Greek Feet |
Tue. April 30 | 1:30-3:00pm | Berkeley | International Dance in the Afternoon | Berkeley Folk Dancers |
7:45-9:45pm | Berkeley | International Folk Dance for Beginners | Berkeley Folk Dancers | |
7:00-9:00pm | Santa Rosa | Pre-May Day Balkan Dance Celebration! | Razzmatazz Folk Dance Club | |
10:45am-12:15pm | Santa Rosa | Santa Rosa International Folk Dance | Santa Rosa Folk Dancers | |
Wed. May 1 | 10:45am-12:15pm | San Francisco | International Folk Dance | San Francisco Dance Circle |
Thu. May 2 | 7:30-10:00pm | Saratoga | Introduction to International Dance | Saratoga International Dance |
7:30-10:30pm | San Francisco | Mostly Balkan Dance Party | Mandala Folk Dance | |
1:30-3:00pm | Berkeley | International Dance in the Afternoon | Berkeley Folk Dancers | |
7:45-9:45pm | Berkeley | Intermediate International Folk Dance | Berkeley Folk Dancers | |
Fri. May 3 | 7:30-10:30pm | San Francisco | Dances of the World | Changs Folk Dancers |
7:45-9:45pm | Berkeley | International Folk Dance Request Party | Berkeley Folk Dancers | |
Sat. May 4 | 7:30-11:00pm | Menlo Park | Nordic Dance Party | Nordic Footnotes |
Sun. May 5 | 1:00-2:15pm | San Leandro | Intro to Argentine Tango | Tango & More Dance |
2:30-3:15pm | How Elvis Presley & Jazz Changed Argentine Tango | |||
3:30-5:00pm | International Folk Dance Fun |