Dance and Music Samples


The international dance community does dances from nearly every country in the world. There are thousands of dances and just as many pieces of music. Below is a small collection dances you might see or music you might hear at a class or club where international folk dance is done.

Be aware that if you type “folk dance” into the search engine on youtube or any similar video website, what you will see are predominantly performing groups in costumes, with musicians and elaborate choreographies. The videos you will see on this webpage are “regular folk” at recreational dance classes and clubs.

If you don’t see a particular country on the list, it does not mean that dances from that country are not part of the repertoire; it’s a matter of space on this web page and what is available to share.

Folk dance videos catagorized by COUNTRY

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423 videos found
Swedish Finn Mixer (Sweden)
429views
Originally taught by Edward Gollar, who learned it at the Festival in ...
Sweet Girl (Armenian American)
1,445views
Popular Armenian-American dance introduced by Tom Bozigian in 1960. ...
Syrtos Samothrakis (Greece)
2,889views
Sytos Samothrakis (seer-TOHS sah-moh-THRAH-kees), meaning Syrtos from ...
Taï Taï (Greece)
354views
Taï Taï (TAHY TAHY) of Thessaly, Greece is a specific a cappella song/dance ...
Takanata (Bulgaria)
1,066views
Tâkanata (TUH-kah-nah-tah), observed at the August 1971 Koprivsvtica ...
Tankō Bushi -炭坑節 (Japan)
768views
Tankō Bushi (Coal Miner's Dance) was brought to the US by Jerry Joris ...
Tankosava (Serbia)
787views
Tankosava is a Serbian dance similar to Šetnja with additions, done to nice ...
Tapan Cuka (Macedonia)
646views
Presented at Stockton Folk Dance Camp 2018, Tapan Cuka (TAH-pahn CHOO-kah) ...
Ţarina De La Abrud (Romania)
292views
This circle dance (tsah-REE-nah deh lah ah-BROOD) was introduced by Mihai ...
Tessera Matia Dhio Kardhies (Greece)
316views
A song/dance from the Asia Minor town of Artaki (now Erdek) on the Sea of ...
Tik (Greece)
3,057views
Pontic dance; can be done in 7/8, 5/8 or 9/16 rhythm
Tikho nad Richkoyu (Ukraine)
657views
This line dance is a contemporary choreography set to a folk song. The name ...
Tin Tin Tini Mini Hanım (Kurdish)
226views
Originally introduced to folk dancers by Tom Bozegian, who learned it in ...
Tino Mori (Macedonia)
1,509views
Macedonian dance in 7/8 rhythm, introduced by Atanas Koloravski "Tino" is a ...
To Milo (Greece)
980views
Introduced by Tineke van Geel Music by Giorgos Dalaras “The Apple" Dance notes...
Trabzoni Bar (Armenia)
667views
The dance is from Trabzond, which is now in Turkey. The dance was ...
Trava Trava (Greece)
289views
Trava Trava (TRAH-vah TRAH-vah) (move on or travel on) was presented by ...
Trei Păzeşte Bătrânesc (Romania)
1,006views
Trei Păzeşte Bătrânesc was originally taught by Sunni Bloland. This dance ...
Tricot (Brittany, France)
1,585views
“To knit together" From the region of Brittany, a combination of 2 popular ...
Triti Pati (Bulgaria)
658views
Originally taught by Dick Crum, also taught by Denis Boxell. Dance notes...
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