Folk Dance Articles
Compiled by Dick Oakes
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Some of our friends have contributed articles of interest to folk dancers. I have some here too! Enjoy. --Dick Oakes
- Alcohol and the Dance Michael Kuharski, Artistic Director of Narodno
- Allure of the Tango By Richard Duree
- Are You a Dance-aholic? By Loui Tucker
- Art and Science of Dance Ethnology By Richard Duree
- Attending Folk Dance Camps By Jim Rothman
- Balkan Dances By Lou Pechi
- Beginners - Care and Feeding By Loui Tucker
- Beginners - Dance Behavior Basics By Loui Tucker
- Boys' Night Out in Leadville By Anthony Shay
- Bučimiš By Richard Unciano
- Building a Dance Community By Chris Kermiet
- Building the Folk Dance Archive By Ron Houston
- Buy Their CDs! By Lou Pechi
- Choreogeography - America: Ragtime to Swing By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - American Vintage By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Balkan Adriatic Coast By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Bavarian Schuhplattler By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Bulgaria By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Czech Republic and Slovakia By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Greece By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Hungary By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Poland By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Romania By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Scandinavia By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Spain By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Transylvania By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - Turkey By Richard Duree
- Choreogeography - What Is It? By Richard Duree
- Chain Dance Positions By Dick Oakes
- Checklist for Folk Dance Teachers By Dick Oakes
- Club Organization By Dick Oakes
- Coffee Houses 1970
- Cohanim By Lou Pechi
- Contra Dance By Richard Duree
- Contradanza By Richard Duree
- Control in Ukrainian Dance By Dick Oakes
- Costumes of Montenegro By Richard Duree
- Costumes of Moravia By Richard Duree
- Couple Dance Positions By Dick Oakes
- Course In Balkan Dancing By Lou Pechi
- Cowboy Waltz By Richard Duree
- Cretan Affair By Athan Karras
- Cretan Passion for Dance By Athan Karras
- Csárdás By Richard Duree
- Dance in the Old West By Richard Duree
- Dance Movement By Dick Oakes
- Dance Tips By Richard Duree
- Dances in the Victorian Old West By Richard Duree
- Dancing In Your Heart By Lou Pechi
- Dancing Seems Faster By Lou Pechi
- Dick Crum Culture Session, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1979 Submitted by Carol McGinn
- Dick Crum Culture Session, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1980 Submitted by Carol McGinn
- Dick Crum Culture Session, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1981 Submitted by Carol McGinn
- Early California Fandango By Richard Duree
- East is East and West is West By Ron Houston
- English as the Preferred European Language By A. Nony Mous
- English is Tough Stuff Author Unknown
- Enjoy Dancing By Lou Pechi
- Enjoy the Taste By Lou Pechi
- Enrich Your Dance By Richard Duree
- Ethnographic Region Maps By Dick Oakes
- Field Theory of Dance Michael Kuharski, Artistic Director of Narodno
- Floating Feathers By Lou Pechi
- Folk Dancing and Health By John Gratiot, M.D., Monterrey, California
- Folk Dance Bibliography By Dick Oakes
- Folk Dance Descriptions By Dick Oakes
- Folk Dance Etiquette By Dick Oakes
- Folk Dance Etiquette By Lou Pechi
- Folk Dance Etiquette, Victorian Style Compiled by R. Powen
- Folk Dance Etiquette Posters By Nancy McGowan Pruitt
- Folk Dance for Health By Dr. Rick Allen for RJ Dance Studio
- Folk Dance Sheet Music By Dick Oakes
- Folk Dance Tips Courtesy of the Juneau International Folkdancers
- Folk Dance T-Shirts By Lou Pechi
- Forms of Folk Dance Description Notation By Dick Oakes
- Gankino, Kopanitsa, and More in 11/16 By Richard Unciano. Background on these Bulgarian dances.
- Greek Dance By Athan Karras
- Greek Dance Then and Now By Athan Karras
- Greek Folk Music and Dance By Athan Karras
- Greek Traditions in Music and Dance By Athan Karras
- Happy Music Making By Lou Pechi
- History of Ragtime Dance By Richard Duree
- Hobbies By Dick Oakes
- Hokey Pokey By "William Shakespeare"
- How Folk Dancing Grew By Ron Houston
- How I Made a Macedonian End-blown Flute (Kaval) By Melissa Miller
- How to Build a Bulgarian or Macedonian End-blown Flute (Kaval) By Mike Slama
- How to Make a Large Macedonian Drum (Tapan) By David Golber
- How to Start a Folk Dance Club By Bruce Botelho
- How to Start a Folk Dance Group By David Slater
- Hungarian Dance Terms By Dick Oakes
- I Met Esma By Lou Pechi
- Improving Your Club's Business Meeting By Dick Oakes
- Improving Your Folk Dancing By Dick Oakes
- The Individual in Greek Dance By Athan Karras
- The Inner Joy of Yugoslav Dancing By Dick Oakes
- International Music and Dance Rhythms By Dick Oakes
- Is That Dance Israeli? By Loui Tucker
- The Intersection: Beginnings By Dick Oakes
- The Intersection: An Intersection Dancer Speaks By Helen Chester
- The Intersection: The Way it Was By Helen Chester
- The Intersection: 10th Anniversary Celebration By Rudy Dannes
- The Intersection: I Remember By Paul Sheldon, Jr.
- The Intersection: Dancers' Comments Compiled by Dick Oakes
- The Intersection By Athan Karras
- The Intersection: A Look Back By Athan Karras
- The Intersection: The End of an Era By Athan Karras
- The Intersection: Farewell By Athan Karras
- The Intersection: Athan and Chris by Christina Tasulis
- The Intersection: Letter to the Greek Folk Dance Festival by Christina Tasulis
- The Intersection: Reunions By Dick Oakes
- Jukebox Reviews By John M. Clement, PhD
- Last Bastion of the Skirt By Conny Taylor and Marianne Taylor
- The Leader in Greek Dance By Athan Karras
- Life Is Dancing By Lou Pechi
- A Lil' History on Dancin' By Rudy Dannes in Everybody Dance 1950
- Many Facets of Folk/Ethnic Dance By Richard Duree
- Motif Analysis in Ethnic Dance Research By Richard Duree
- National Folk Organization By Mary Bee Jensen
- National Geographic Folklore Index 1914-1997 By Richard Duree
- Our Folk Dance Universe By Lou Pechi
- Power of Negative Dancing By Lou Pechi
- Pronunciation Guides By Dick Oakes
- "Real" vs. "Choreographed" Folk Dances By Richard Duree
- Removing Clicks By John M. Clement, PhD (off-site link)
- Right and Left By Lou Pechi
- Romania's Căluşarii By Richard Duree
- Significance of Dance in the Greek Way of Life By Athan Karras
- Some Thoughts on Experienced Dancers By Cris Kermiet
- Song Words to Folk Dances By Dick Oakes
- Source Book By Richard Duree Includes "Dance Tips" and studies in Choreogeography; Second Edition, 2004
- Special Characters (Diacritics) By Dick Oakes
- Standardized Abbreviations for International Folk Dance Descriptions By Dick Oakes
- Starting Dances By Lou Pechi
- Statewide: 42 Years and Counting (1946 to 1987) By Larry Getchell
- Suggestions for International Folk Dance Programmers By Dick Oakes
- Teaching Folk Dance: An Overview By Dick Oakes
- Teaching Greek Folk Dances By Athan Karras
- Ten Commandments of Folk Dance By Jack Goldberg
- Tennis Shoes By Lou Pechi
- They Never Tried By Lou Pechi
- Traveling Russia and the Baltic States By Chris Tubutis
- Travel in Safety By Richard Duree
- Wallflower Phenomenon By Michel Breger
- What is Folk/Ethnic Dance? By Richard Duree
- Whats Your Element? By Richard Treitel
- Writing Folk Dance Descriptions By Dick Oakes