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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427 videos found
Strumička Petorka (Macedonia)
644views
Strumička Petorka (STROO-meech-kah PEH-tor-kah) is a choreography of ...
Sukačko Kolo (Croatia)
940views
Sukačko Kolo is a dance from Prigorje and was performed by Lado, the ...
Svatba (Bulgaria, Macedonia)
2,403views
Svatba (SVAHT-bah) means "wedding." The source for this dance is Belcho ...
Svornato (Bulgaria)
558views
Taught by Iliana Bozhanova at the 2021 Stockton Folk Dance Camp. She ...
Swedish Finn Mixer (Sweden)
509views
Originally taught by Edward Gollar, who learned it at the Festival in ...
Sweet Girl (Armenian American)
1,536views
Popular Armenian-American dance introduced by Tom Bozigian in 1960. ...
Syrtos Samothrakis (Greece)
3,142views
Sytos Samothrakis (seer-TOHS sah-moh-THRAH-kees), meaning Syrtos from ...
Taï Taï (Greece)
434views
Taï Taï (TAHY TAHY) of Thessaly, Greece is a specific a cappella song/dance ...
Takanata (Bulgaria)
1,140views
Tâkanata (TUH-kah-nah-tah), observed at the August 1971 Koprivsvtica ...
Tankō Bushi -炭坑節 (Japan)
931views
Tankō Bushi (Coal Miner's Dance) was brought to the US by Jerry Joris ...
Tankosava (Serbia)
863views
Tankosava is a Serbian dance similar to Šetnja with additions, done to nice ...
Tapan Cuka (Macedonia)
703views
Presented at Stockton Folk Dance Camp 2018, Tapan Cuka (TAH-pahn CHOO-kah) ...
Ţarina De La Abrud (Romania)
332views
This circle dance (tsah-REE-nah deh lah ah-BROOD) was introduced by Mihai ...
Tessera Matia Dhio Kardhies (Greece)
370views
A song/dance from the Asia Minor town of Artaki (now Erdek) on the Sea of ...
Tik (Greece)
3,252views
Pontic dance; can be done in 7/8, 5/8 or 9/16 rhythm
Tikho nad Richkoyu (Ukraine)
721views
This line dance is a contemporary choreography set to a folk song. The name ...
Tin Tin Tini Mini Hanım (Kurdish)
298views
Originally introduced to folk dancers by Tom Bozegian, who learned it in ...
Tino Mori (Macedonia)
1,588views
Macedonian dance in 7/8 rhythm, introduced by Atanas Koloravski "Tino" is a ...
To Milo (Greece)
1,026views
Introduced by Tineke van Geel Music by Giorgos Dalaras “The Apple" Dance notes...
Trabzoni Bar (Armenia)
706views
The dance is from Trabzond, which is now in Turkey. The dance was ...
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