Folk Dancing \ Request Dancing

Houston International Folk Dancers (http://www.folkdancers.org/) is a recreational group that dances a wide variety of ethnic folk dances from around the worldFriday evenings.

Visitors welcome, no partner needed. Admission is $5. Park on the street or in the lot behind the church.

NOTE: Occasionally we must relocate for a Friday session, so best to check ([masked]) first if you are not regularly in touch.

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Founded in 1947, HIFD (http://www.folkdancers.org/)is a not-for-profit (501c3) organization dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of ethnic dance from around the world. Primarily a recreational group that meets twice weekly, HIFD (http://www.folkdancers.org/)also stages folk dance performances for events and festivals throughout the calendar year.

HIFD (http://www.folkdancers.org/)membership is open to all, and currently numbers about seventy-five, including a pool of approximately 20 dancers who are active in public performances. The group’s repertoire includes more than 300 dances from 39 countries, with emphasis on those of Europe, the Middle East, and Mediterranean areas. While some performances present a mixture of dances and costumes from various countries, others focus on a single ethnic theme.

Local folk dance teachers well-versed in many ethnic traditions provide teaching at the occasional HIFD (http://www.folkdancers.org/)folk dance workshops, in which participants can request what they would like to have taught or reviewed. In addition, our statewide counterpart, Texas International Folk Dancers (http://www.tifd.org/), sponsors a four-day workshop each year during the Thanksgiving holidays, and the weekend-long San Antonio Folk Dance Festival (http://safdf.org/index.html) in March at Spring Break. These give HIFD (http://www.folkdancers.org/)members even more exposure to internationally known folklorists, teachers and musicians.

HIFD (http://www.folkdancers.org/)welcomes the opportunity to bring song, dance and music from other cultures to interested parties, and hopes that by so doing, we help preserve the uniqueness of the individual cultures as well as promote peace among all ethnicities.