Balfolk
European bal folk dances
10 good reasons to start bal folk
If you're looking for a dance activity with good music, huge variety and warm community, bal folk is for you !
It’s the story of a ball, a big ball
It was on July 5th, the preview of Lætitia Carton's movie Le Grand Bal, in the small Luminor, cosy movie theater in the Marais, historical neighborhood of Paris.
Raiz d’Aldeia, Festival de Arte & Cultura Tradicional
Since my first excursion in Portugal in 2015 for Forrò de Lisboa and Andancas, I can’t help myself to go back every year to try a new festival. Portugal and especially Lisbon is beautiful, sunny and warm, and they know how to organise simple and joyful events full of friendly people. In
Châtillon in Dreamland : recipe for a success
France. May. There is an amazing folk festival lost in the mountains. Let's talk about music, dance, food, drinks, fancy costumes and hiking in the woods !
Mazurtango and romantic folk
A short summary of the birth of the bal folk mazurka dance, it's evolutions in bal folk festivals and the arrival of tango
Engage your body into the dance
When we talk about dancing, we come up with various subjects like social relations, fun, musicality, pulse, variations, spins, good or bad dancers, connection, leading, following… And from time to time, there is a person saying “dancing changed my way of holding myself and my confidence, made me think about
Why I want to try every dance
If you want to start something else but you don't know what, prepare yourself, I have A LOT of ideas. I started to dance 9 years ago and I couldn’t stop. I tried a lot of different dances, as a follower and as a leader, and even now when I
The amazing creativity of bal folk music
There is something truly amazing happening in bal folk dancing for several years now. People going to festivals across Europe, probably noticed the huge numbers of bal folk bands of superb quality. Lately, I felt really amazed by the richness and creativity in bal folk when it comes to music
Why Cadansa is such a Dutch festival
Next october, a new edition of the fantastic bal folk festival Cadansa will take place in Duiven, The Netherlands. A quite big and magical event only Dutch could have invented. These past years, I have attended to several events in The Netherlands, from the regular bal to bal folk and
Prepare for festival Andancas
Bal folk festival Andancas (Portugal) is one of my best memory of a summer festival !
Festivals : Dance and visit Europe
What I do with my weekends ? Of course : dance festivals. But where ? why ? when ? Long story...