Seymour International
Folk Dance Links
International Folk Dance clubs are places where our "village people" teach themselves dances. These are mostly village dances, and it is up to you to figure out how to include yourself. We can use spontaneous spot teaches and reduced speed tracks, but most of your dance will be self-acquired. This is not a dance class. We purposefully select dances that are ones where someone who doesn't know the dance isn't likely to mess up other people in the circle or line as you stumble through learning them. There is also the more graceful option of learning behind the line before joining. We point you to links and music, the means for learning these at home should you feel you want to learn these well enough to be a leader or teacher for the dances we present to you.
Learning new dances by video has advantage and disadvantages. The advantage is you can adjust the speed of these with the Youtube software. The settings for speed are under the gear icon in lower left of screen. Click on the settings gear icon, select your desired speed in the third menu. You can do these in between home chores and errands, and even using your phone in a waiting room or during your bus ride.
The disadvantages are you can't ask questions and sometimes the orientation of the video is not from behind the line, whereas in-person learning, you can see and hear everything more clearly.
We do this for fun, and not for scholarship. There will be style differences for all leaders! There is always room for individual expression in recreational dance. This is also not a performance. You are responsible for your own learning and keeping up with others. Below are links to the youtube playlists. These are not publicly searchable, but are "unlisted" access links. Let us know if you are having any problems using these.
Youtube playlist SeymIFD Easy & Slow
Youtube playlist SeyIFD 2024 Summer
Youtube playlist SeymIFD 2024 Autumn
Youtube playlist SeymIFD 2025 Spring
Youtube Playlist SeymIFD Prospective
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Seymour International Folk Dance spreadsheets for reference
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% Recently Taught Dances from last two months %
(newest ones are added to top of list, if tere are two dates, it may be a dance covered by Mon & Tues different times)
Possible Yellow Dance intros coming soon
Siriysko Horo (Mark will teach in early February)
Garoon (Bob Gutin may teach)
children's dance fr Romania
We use E.Perlini version at link here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW9LM_zGqKM
traditional pan Balkan fr Macedonia
Many songs possible, we use "Oj ti Pile" at link below
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLG78DagXA4
Crete, Greece
tb Lee Otterholt
Pan Balkan, Bulgarian, "Greek dance"
Greeks in Trakia, Bulgaria
new traditional Vlach in Serbia
tb Steve Kotansky
Greece and Albania derived, tb Mea Nordenfelt, NL
traditional fr Sardinia
tb Yves Moreau
Vashki Sat, (Sally, Dec 16,17)
Bianca de Jong (NL)
Vlach choreography fr Serbia
Sarit din Bogdan Voda (Sally, Jun 03, Dec 17)
tb Yves Moreau
Bogdan Voda, Romania
Zensko Kapansko (Sally, Sep 19, Jan 7)
tb Yves Moreau
Bulgaria-Canada
Flor Amorosa (Jul 17, Dec 17)
tb Lee Otterholt
cb Cristina Menezes
Choro fr Brazil
Alta es la Luna (Horon) (Oct 07, Dec 17)
music is HERE
tb Erik Bendix
USA, Ladino
Siriul Buzau (Jun 10 & Dec 10)
fr Romania
Music is HERE
Branle de la Fosse aux Loups (Jun 03, Dec 10)
fr Alasace France
Music is HERE
Hagan Habil Adi (Jun 03 & Dec 10)
Cb, tb Ira Weisburd, of Fla, USA
dance to an an edited version of a
Hebrew song sung by Chava Alberstein
Music is HERE, undedited
Dramskoto (Oct 28, Dec 10)
Music is HERE
tb Yves Moreau,
and Iliana Bozhanova
fr Bulgaria
Tripatos (Oct 28, Dec 10)
Music is HERE
traditional couple,
put in circle form
fr Hios, Greece
Ec,Ec (Oct 21, Dec 10)
Music is HERE (unedited)
Roberto Bagnoli,
fr Arbereshe in Italy
Pomashko Sirto (Dec 9 & 10)
as tb Yves Moreau
Pomaks in Bulgaria
Hoy Memo (Nov 25)
Music is Here
Kurdish dance fr Turkey
Bichak (Nov 18-25)
Music is HERE
as tb Yves Moreau
fr Bulgaria
Opinca (Nov 18)
Music that works is HERE
tb Sonia Dion & Cristian Florescu
from Romania
Smilyana (Nov 11)
Choreographed to song
sb, tb, cb, Daniella Ivanova
Bulgarian American
Lemonia "Mori Kondula Lemonia" (Nov 11)
music is HERE (unedited)
traditional fr Epirus, Greece
Slavej mi Peje (Nov 11)
Music is HERE
traditional Macedonian
tb Mile Kolarov
Davorike Dajke (Nov 11)
music to song HERE
traditional Serbia
choreographed to song
recently taught by Lee Otterold
demo by Nacny Bannister (AZ)
Odeno Oro (Nov 4)
Music is HERE
traditional
tb Pece Atanasovski
fr N.Macedonia
Koritsa (Nov 4)
Music is Here (unedited, slow)
Albania traditional
Faishe Kolo (Nov 4)
Music that works okay is HERE
Traditional Serbian
Hora din Campie (Nov 4)
Music is HERE
Traditional fr. Romania
Bugeacul ca pe Teleorman (Oct 14, 21)
Music is HERE
traditional tb Nico Hilferink
fr Romania
Devetorka (Oct 14)
Variety of Music in 9-meter used
traditional Roma
from Bulgaria
Varnenska Tropanka (Oct 07)
tb Yves Moreau
Bulgaria, Varna
Kol Nedarai (Oct 07)
Music is HERE
cb Shmulik Gov Ari 1988
Israel
Ajde Jano (Sep 30)
Variety of music used
Originally Traditional
Serbia (only IFD)
Rozhensko Horo (Sep 30)
Traditional Bulgaria, Rozhen
Ya da Kalinushku Lomala (Sep 30)
cb Hennie Konings
Netherlands, Russia
Sonata (Sep 23)
cb Ira Weisburd
USA, Israel
Vranjanka "Belo Lenche" (Sep 16)
Traditional, Serbia
Kasapsko Oro (Sep 16)
tb Atanas Kolarovski
Macedonia
Stapil Dobri (Sep 09)
tb Jaap Leegwater
Bulgaria-Netherlands
Bele Kawe (Sep 09)
traditional, Caribbean, Haiti