Balfolk Cambridge

Resources

What is balfolk?

Balfolk is a tradition of music and dance from across Europe. There's a big variety of dance, some with a partner, and some as part of a larger group. Most of the dances have a fairly simple basic step that you can pick up, and we'll always be happy to help show you the basics. Once you've mastered the basics, there's plenty of room to explore the dances further.

Here's a little taste of people dancing a 2-time bourrée at a festival in Belgium: Play

Other places to dance

Here's some other nearby places you can dance/play balfolk:

• Cambridge Eurosession on the 3rd Wednesday of every month, from 8pm in the Devonshire Arms CB1 2BH, with an informal music session and a bit of dancing.
• London Balfolk holds a variety of events in London.
• Pied à Terre, mostly French dancing in Norwich.
• Find more balfolk events all over the world on folkdance.page
• Find specifically Scandi events on Nordic Music and Dance.

Swedish dance

Here is a playlist of fun scandi tunes that are easy to dance to, on YouTube music if you have it or YouTube if you don't. It has music from a whole load of great bands to check out.

There are a few places to do Swedish dancing in the UK:

• Scandi Dance London & Ketton Scandi, both taught by Michael Cade-Stewart and Rosie Bryce — both events are publicised on Scandinavian Dance UK's Facebook page
• Scandimoot (early May) & Skint (November)
• Look out for workshops by Third Beat dance collective or the individual members (Ella Sprung, Andy Parr, Lucy Huzzard) - occasional but brilliant