Performing Arts

Offers classes and private lessons in flamenco, Middle Eastern (Belly Dance), Greek folk, and Hawaiian in the San Diego North County area.

New York's definitive dance convention for competitions and workshops

Offers company information and health tips as well as schedules and tour dates.

Produces dance festivals, competitions and conventions throughout the United States, Canada and Australia.

A premier Flamenco dance group, giving instruction in Flamenco, Basque, and all latin dance. Arteflamenco is a registered non-profit flamenco dance company.

Website of professional dancer, choreographer, and costume designer Charles Ahovissi, former member of the Ballet National of Benin, who is currently performing and teaching African dance in Omaha, Nebraska.

A traditional West African dance-drumming club in California, USA, offering classes and performances in Anlo-Ewe and other West African music and dance styles from Ghana, Togo, Benin, and Nigeria.

A social and performance group based in Australia. Includes profile, history, details of classes, annual ball and events, an article on Australian social dance history and photograph gallery.

Information on CDS Boston area contra dances, English country dances, and CDS sponsored dance camps at Pinewoods.

English country and contra dancing. Includes information about upcoming events, articles, and profiles of callers. Also, terms and dance sheets for ECD.

Information on country western dancing, events, participants and links.

Brief details of this folkloristic group from Holten, Overijssel. [Dutch/English/French/German].

Group offering performances and social dancing based in Utrecht. Includes history, dance list, costumes and performances with image galleries. [English/Dutch].

Felue brings a program of Dutch folklore, consisting of folklore dances, old crafts and original clothing. With contact info and pictures. [English/Dutch/German]

Brief details of this West-Friesland performance group. [Dutch/English/French/German/Spanish].

Foundation for promoting Dutch folk dance in the Netherlands. Includes English summary and contact details. [Dutch].

Latvian folk dance group from the suburbs of Riga. With profile and pictures.

One of the leading folk ensembles in North America. Oplenac strives to promote and maintain Serbian heritage in Canada and around the World.

A series of English Country Dance Weekends for enthusiasts covering a wide variety of styles from Playford to New England Contras. The events (two per year) are held in the UK.

Weblog containing articles based on personal experiences in Greece and Cyprus.

Annual folk dance festival in Raalte. Includes details of the organization, rules, participating groups and image galleries. [Dutch/English].

Details of groups and classes in the south of England, UK.

Annual February camp in Minnesota, USA. Includes workshop schedule, registration form and directions.

The magazine of the Folk Dance Federation of California, Inc, USA. Includes history, details of their contributors, submission policies, advertising rates, and membership.

Biennual festival held in North Holland. Includes details of next festival, and image galleries and details of previous festivals. [Dutch/English].

The place for International dancing in Syracuse, New York. Dancng every Thursday night from 8:00 - 10:00: Balkan, Israeli, Greek, Scandinavian and Russian among others.

Brief details of biennial festival held in Zeeland, Netherlands. [Dutch/English].

The Nishikawa school of Japanese Dance. Includes brief history, dance descriptions, past performances with photographs, and instructor profiles. [English/French/German/Italian/Japanese]

Offers concerts, workshops, and lectures by the professional group Minbu Za and classes with the Hanagasa group. Includes details of classes, dancers, activities and events, and information on Japanese folk dance.

Description and history of the American Indian Veterans dance of the Kiowa tribe and Comanche people.

Aloha Islanders, based in Florida, USA, offer performances with dances from Hawaii, Tahiti, Samoa and New Zealand. Includes details of shows and packages, image and video galleries, testimonials, and contact details.

San Juan. Brief overview of dance and percussion classes, and of the Cimiento de Puerto Rico dance troop. [English/Spanish]

Iconography from the 9th to the 16th centuries.

Devonshire UK based group specializing in 15th, 16th and 17th century dances. Includes information about their performances, photos, and a diary of upcoming events.

Medieval to Playford dance. Information about events, meetings and services.

Covering dances from the Victorian era through the Ragtime, 1920s, and swing periods. Social dance classes, workshops, and balls in Michigan, for dancers of all levels.

Reconstructing, performing and teaching social dances of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Information about the annual Newport Vintage Dance Week, and upcoming events in and around New England.

Cincinnati Ohio based organization dedicated to the preservation, performance, and teaching of historic ballroom dance and music. Essays, bibliographies, and information about classes, performances and balls.

Group organising Victorian balls and regular dance classes in North Carolina.

Description, schedule of classes, faculty of annual summer intensive dance workshop held at the University of Colorado in Boulder, CO.

A bachata festival that takes place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic featuring dance lessons, performances, and dancing to live bands.

New York-style Latin dance in Belgium: all about salsa, mambo and cha-cha-cha classes, special workshops and parties, showgroups.

Afro-Latin dance company with Cuban roots, founded by Frankie Martinez. Pictures, dance lessons, upcoming events.

Latin dance instruction and performance based in Chicago, offering instruction in salsa, merengue, cha cha cha, tango, cumbia, and rhumba.

A worldwide salsa dancing forum featuring discussion about salsa events, humor, advice, travel.

Formed in 1984, it is the UK's original samba school, and has taught samba drumming and dancing to over 35,000 individuals and has performed for over 1.5 million people.

A company the puts on samba and Latin themed dance shows.

Hostesses of the Mediterranean Fantasy Festival in Seattle. Photo galleries and festival information: dates, directions, dancer line-up, vendor lists and registration.

A belly dance organization. Producers of the Awards of Belly Dance. Videos, workshops, shows, costumes, and links.

Shahala is a Middle Eastern Dance enthusiast located in Madison, Alabama. She also teaches in the area and does performances, normally with the Beledi Club of Huntsville.