— -- Before he was a presidential candidate and long before he was the independent senator from Vermont, Bernie Sanders had a brief stint as a folk artist. While mayor of Burlington, Vermont, in ...

The Humboldt Folk Dancers invite the public to an “International Folk Dance Party” Jan. 2 from 8 to 10:30 p.m. at the Redwood Raks World Dance Studio, 824 L St., Arcata.

YILAN, Taiwan (JTA) — It was a cool spring day in Yilan, a town on Taiwan’s northeast coast known for its picturesque rice fields and delicious spring onions. On a concrete clearing beneath a bridge ...

On Aug. 7, as part of the Rosa B. Williams Center’s weekly recurring events, visitors gathered and immersed themselves in the vibrant rhythm and infectious energy of international folk dancing, where ...

There’s a camp in the woods of Massachusetts where traditional styles of folk music and dance from around the world are kept alive. It’s the oldest continuously operated folk dance camp in the United ...

Dancers take part in the Dancing to #StandwithUkraine fundraising show. (WTOP/Valerie Bonk) With bright costumes and a lot of energy, the Carpathia Folk Dance Ensemble showed off its moves in a ...

Hundreds of years of dance history from around the world can be found in a small dance studio at the East Las Vegas Community Center. Ethnic Express, a group that studies traditional folk dances, ...

For Haim Milshtein, running folk-dancing programs is a passion—and a comfort. Photo credit: Hillel Kuttler. Haim Milshtein stepped around the table hosting his laptop, side-stepping the wires running ...

When COVID-19 ended many of UMass Lowell’s student activities last spring, UML Folk Dance Club President Sarah Bustin didn’t take it sitting down. Life without folk dance would be difficult for Bustin ...

On Sunday afternoon, Portuguese Hall in Arroyo Grande came alive with dances and festivities during the Folk Dance Federation's May Day in the Village event. Attendees enjoyed live music, watched ...

Every Tuesday night, a large group holds hands and sways in a circle, while the strains of French accordions float through the warm air of downtown Boulder. This isn’t a cult — at least not a ...