Just received updated information from the MIT International Folk Dance Group ( http://web.mit.edu/fdc/international.html ). Thank you.
It is exciting to have others support our efforts. In the coming weeks, we will continue to contact other organizations for their input.
The last post was a little serious. I just wonder how we can decrease the frustration of beginners. We naturally want them to come back. Unfortunately, we have many who try it but don't return. The MIT site has a "Catechism for Beginners". Any other suggestions? Please let us know.
Another Day, Another Dance.
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Barboursville International Recreational Dance Project
- Barboursville International Recreational Dance Project
- Please send me your weekly dance lists or a list of the dances you do and rank them in the order of "most frequently danced to least frequently danced".
The goal of this project is to document which Intenational Recreational dances are being danced, how they compare to when they were first taught in the US, and if they differ regionally in the execution.
The project has three Phases.
1. A survey of how often dances are danced.
2. Documentation of teaching and execution of dances.
3. Documentation of your stories relating to folkdance.
The first part of the project is documentation of the dances that are done weekly (whenever a group gets together).
The second part involves the teachers and dancers. Documenting by video the teaching and execution of the dances.
The third area involves collecting stories from folkdancers about folkdancing.
Please contact me at birdproject2010@gmail.com, or comment on this blog, if you are interested in participating in this project.
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