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Le Grand Bal de l’Europe, the Grand Ball of Europe commonly known as “Gennetines,” is a folk dance festival held each summer at a farm outside of Moulins, France, about a 2 ½ hour train ride south of Paris. It features traditional dance forms, known as balfolk, from various regions of France and Europe, plus…
I’ve finished a new documentary on the history of the Old Farmer’s Ball, our local folk dance organization that sponsors the Thursday night contra dance at Warren Wilson College. No, sadly there has been no social dancing recently due to COVID. These interviews are from 2019, and I’m glad to finally give them voice. Working…
I’ve made a collage of dance images combining solo meditative practice and partner dance shots. These were mostly taken in the past few years, but some were from Togo and Benin in 2011, and one from as early as 2006 in Maine. I am thankful to have found dance as an outlet and space for…
I have not felt as motivated recently to do my personal nightly dance practice as I have in other periods, but I was reminded by some great dances at last night’s monthly blues/fusion event at the BLOCK off biltmore how necessary and important dance has been in my life these past years (I started partner…