EVERY FRIDAY

Discover heritage and dance roots! International features dances from many regions of the world including Europe, Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Brittany, the Middle East, South and North America. All International Fridays are a mix of international styles and dances unless noted otherwise. No partner is needed, and most dances are done by the group in a semi-circular line formation following a leader.
 
Dance instruction takes place for the first hour, with teachers covering 4-6 dances of varying degrees of difficulty, and typically from different regions. Instruction on the first Friday of the month is geared toward newcomers. After the hour of instruction, it’s time for request dancing from our large collection of recorded music. Everyone is welcome to stay. The programmer (DJ) creates a set from a list of requests generated by attendees. The programmer chooses a range of dances, from basic patterns to tricky sequences.

​​What is International Request Dance?
Dancers can request dances taught recently or old favorites - so what gets programmed is a mix of old and new. There are dances from every continent, and the most-requested dances are from eastern European countries like Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Greece. We also do Israeli dances, and couple dances from (western) Europe and the Americas - but you don't need to bring a partner.

Advanced International Folk Dance

Second Monday of the Month

SMALL STUDIO | 7:45 - 10:30 PM

Cost: $12 General Admission | $9 Tapestry Member | $8 Young Adult (Ages 18-30) | $4 Youth (Ages 10-17) | Under 10 - Free
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What is Advanced International Folk Dance?
This group of dancers have danced at International Folk Dance for many years and wanted the opportunity to dance more challenging and/or subtle dances than can be done at a general session.  Anyone experienced in International Folk Dance is welcome to attend.

Instructors: Dan Garvin has been one of the primary teachers with an occasional guest teacher from another Midwest dance group.