Dance teaching library with videos and song words of dances from AIFD’s repertoire as AIFD does them

AIFD newsletter archive (since May 19th, 2012)
AIFD Upcoming Live Music
AIFD photo albums
AIFD’s YouTube channel
Folk Dance Etiquette – some great advice from Dick Oakes.
Dance notes (compiled by Franklin Houston).

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Tributes to folk dancers lost but not forgotten

Dance Groups and instructors in Austin

• Austin Scandinavian Dancing Each Wednesday at HRC
• Csardas Hungarian Dancers (Austin)
• Contra Dancing in Texas, a complete list of contra dancing in Texas.
• English Country Dancing in Texas, a complete list of English dancing in Texas.
• Laman Hendricks – Azerbaijan.
• Four on the Floor, Lindy and Swing classes.
• Austin Swing Syndicate, Lindy, swing, Balboa, and several other dance events.

 

For other folk dancing in Texas and the southwest, check out:

• Texas International Folk Dancers, a great resource for folk dancing in the southwest, including the annual Texas Camp.
• master index of Texas Camp syllabi

Musicians/Musical groups

• AIO – playing engaging world music from a variety of countries
• La Strada
• Nefesh
• Slavadillo
• Homegrown
• Don Weeda
• Paul Morrissett
• Kolorash
• Mark Gilston – Scandinavian, Balkan and English country dance
• Shirley Johnson
• Austin Friends of Traditional Music

Other great links

• Folk Dance Footnotes – Created by and dedicated to folk dancers.
• SFDH.us – Created and maintained by Dick Oakes.
• AIFD on youtube.
• Yves Moreau.
• Folk Dance Federation of California, South. – A list of folk dances with links to syllabi and videos.
• “I can’t dance” – some simple tips to to help you overcome this.
• Phantomranch.net – International Folk Dance resources page maintained by Dick Oakes.
• Dunav.org – a sharing place for Balkan music, dance notes, and instructions
• Folk Dance Musings Andrew Carnie’s Folk Dance Instructions.
• A Dance Passion Essay Dancing All the Dances as Long as I Can by Robert Fulghum
• The Phoenix International Folk Dancers maintains great links to national folk dance groups and camps.
• Dancing makes you smarter!
• Sketchy guys – a really good guide on how men should conduct themselves at dance events. Prepared by Richard Powers, who teaches vintage dance at Stanford.
• Texas State Federation of Square and Round Dancers
• Collection of International Folk Dances hosted on Archive.org
• Folk Dancing as a Soul Celebration – a great commentary about folk dancing by Adam Blatner.
• Learn to waltz before the prom.
• Swing dance links.
• Palm Productions and Events – rents out dance floors and other items for large events.