The list below represents most of the dance notations published by the Folk Dance Federation of California in Let’s Dance! magazine and its predecessors through last December. Dance descriptions from the Folk Dances from Near and Far volumes have also been included. There are over 1200 dances listed. As descriptions are published, they will be added to the list in December of each year.
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Additional Dance Notes Resources
- Southern California Folk Dance Federation
- Stockton Folk Dance Camp
- Andrew Carnie’s Collection
- Miami Valley Folk Dancers
- The Tom Deering Collection (Bulgaria, Macedonia & Romania)
- The Dunav Collection
- The Evansville Collection
- Bob Shapiro’s Collection
The Federation’s publication Index and Pronunciation Guide published in 2004 and the Federation’s Steps and Styling Guide published in 1977 are also available.
Finally, Larry Miller (a long-time dancer and researcher) maintained a database until 1996. At that point it was printed and widely distributed, but it has not been updated since then. It remains, however, a great source of information about folk dances taught in California.
Please contact the webmanager if one of the links does not work or displays the wrong dance. Typos happen! Ditto for any other errors (date or year is wrong, something is misspelled…).