Balfolk Archives - Creactiviste - social dances explained https://www.creactiviste.fr/tag/bal-folk-en/ Serial dancer Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:12:29 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.creactiviste.fr/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-dance-32x32.png Balfolk Archives - Creactiviste - social dances explained https://www.creactiviste.fr/tag/bal-folk-en/ 32 32 The Importance of space management in a bal https://www.creactiviste.fr/2025/02/the-importance-of-space-management-in-a-bal/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:12:25 +0000 https://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=5884 How do we manage dance space at a ball? Let's decipher dance etiquette, the sense of the ball, and respect for the lines of dance...

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]]> 10 good reasons to start bal folk https://www.creactiviste.fr/2021/07/10-good-reasons-to-start-bal-folk/ Sun, 25 Jul 2021 21:45:42 +0000 https://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=4667 If you're looking for a dance activity with good music, huge variety and warm community, bal folk is for you !

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]]> Immersion in a feminist bal folk https://www.creactiviste.fr/2019/12/immersion-in-a-feminist-bal-folk/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 15:39:36 +0000 http://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=2882 Some feminist talks, workshops, dancing and glitters !

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]]> It’s the story of a ball, a big ball https://www.creactiviste.fr/2018/07/le-grand-bal-movie/ Sun, 08 Jul 2018 11:09:55 +0000 http://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=1959 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.

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]]> In the head of men following https://www.creactiviste.fr/2018/04/in-the-head-of-men-following/ Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:22:56 +0000 http://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=1665 Let's ask 122 men why they like to follow !

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]]> Raiz d’Aldeia, Festival de Arte & Cultura Tradicional https://www.creactiviste.fr/2017/07/raiz-daldeia-festival-de-arte-cultura-tradicional/ Mon, 17 Jul 2017 18:15:13 +0000 http://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=1483 Since my first excursion in Portugal in 2015 for Forrò de Lisboa and Andancas, I can’t help myself to go […]

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]]> Châtillon in Dreamland : recipe for a success https://www.creactiviste.fr/2017/05/chatillon-in-dreamland-recipe-for-a-success/ Thu, 11 May 2017 15:02:10 +0000 http://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=1268 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 !

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]]> Mazurtango and romantic folk https://www.creactiviste.fr/2017/01/mazurtango-and-romantic-folk/ Tue, 17 Jan 2017 13:37:01 +0000 http://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=822 A short summary of the birth of the bal folk mazurka dance, it's evolutions in bal folk festivals and the arrival of tango

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]]> Engage your body into the dance https://www.creactiviste.fr/2016/11/engage-your-body-into-the-dance/ Wed, 23 Nov 2016 15:30:50 +0000 http://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=832 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 my sensuality, improved my body and my health condition”.

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]]> Why I want to try every dance https://www.creactiviste.fr/2016/10/why-i-want-to-try-every-dance/ Wed, 19 Oct 2016 08:34:00 +0000 http://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=688 If you want to start something else but you don’t know what, prepare yourself, I have A LOT of ideas. […]

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]]> The amazing creativity of bal folk music https://www.creactiviste.fr/2016/10/the-amazing-creativity-of-bal-folk-music/ Wed, 05 Oct 2016 08:59:53 +0000 http://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=473 There is something truly amazing happening in bal folk dancing for several years now. People going to festivals across Europe, […]

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]]> Why Cadansa is such a Dutch festival https://www.creactiviste.fr/2016/09/cadansa-is-such-a-dutch-festival/ Wed, 21 Sep 2016 20:55:01 +0000 http://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=361 Next october, a new edition of the fantastic bal folk festival Cadansa will take place in Duiven, The Netherlands. A […]

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]]> Prepare for festival Andancas https://www.creactiviste.fr/2016/08/prepare-festival-andancas/ Tue, 16 Aug 2016 21:35:25 +0000 http://www.creactiviste.fr/?p=42 Bal folk festival Andancas (Portugal) is one of my best memory of a summer festival !

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]]> Festivals : Dance and visit Europe https://www.creactiviste.fr/2016/08/festivals-dance-with-world/ Sun, 14 Aug 2016 12:16:01 +0000 http://s643093392.onlinehome.fr/?p=1 What I do with my weekends ? Of course : dance festivals. But where ? why ? when ? Long story...

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