Here you'll find links to folk dancing and resources of interest to dancers around New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific. Also see:
DANZ - Dance Aotearoa NZ has events, feature articles, and a directory of NZ and other links. www.danz.org.nz
Te Puna Web Directory - many New Zealand dance-related links, run by the National Library of NZ, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa. webdirectory.natlib.govt.nz/dir/en/nz/arts-and-literature/performing-arts/dance/
Kiwifolk Folk Clubs, Folk Festivals and Acoustic Festivals - www.kiwifolk.org.nz
Pacific Dance New Zealand (PDNZ) directory - dance workshops, conferences, community and professional events http://pacificdance.co.nz/directory.php
South Island Dance Network - southislanddancenetwork.org.nz
NZ Search Web directory has several pages of dance groups and clubs: www.nzs.com/recreation/recreational-dance/
NZ Pages lists some dance websites: www.nzpages.co.nz/arts_and_entertainment/dance/4/a/
@URL lists many happenings, resources and organisations. Includes a link to large page of arts happenings. url.co.nz
New Zealand Morris Dancing Directory. www.geocities.com/bedlammorris/
Machol Pacifica - Website centred around Israeli folk-dance camps held annually in New Zealand. macholpacifica.org.nz
Middle Eastern Dance Association of NZ - events, classes, costumes, photo gallery and more. medanz.org.nz
Polish Association in Wellington - ph. +64(4)9778826 - e-mail:
Royal Scottish Country Dance Society - tuition and events are available almost everywhere - www.rscdsnzb.org.nz.
Auckland University Hispanic Club - listings of Latin dance classes and events. www.geocities.com/hispanic_club/
CeRoc - The Modern Jive. www.ceroc.co.nz
Capoeira - homepages.paradise.net.nz/leof/classes.html - classes in Auckland, Wellington and Melbourne.
ContraDance at eventfinder.co.nz. Visit the Contra Dance Primer for lots of information about contra dancing, figures, techniques and etiquette.
Jambalaya Festival - jambalaya.co.nz
New Zealand Modern & Classical Sequence Dance Federation - www.sequencedancing.org.nz
Tony's NZ Rock and Roll Club Directory lists clubs all over New Zealand. geocities.com/rockinsnow/
New Zealand Line Dancing website lists dance instructors and gives some history. www.nzld.net.nz
New Zealand Folk Club Directory (kiwifolk.org.nz) lists folk music clubs and some Irish and Morris dance classes and groups.
Ballroom, Tango, etc. etc. www.wheretodance.co.nz (seems to be mainly Auckland studios and schools of dance)
Folk
Dance Australia, Jared's
page, and Israeli
Dancing Australia list events and links to
dancing sites in Australia and New Zealand. Folk
Dance Canberra have a nice page too. URL's:
folkdanceaustralia.org.au/,
dancingtheweb.com/ausfolkdance,
and www.israelidances.com.
www.geocities.com/Vienna/1160/moreact.html
(Folk Dance Canberra).
IsraeliDances.com www.israelidances.com has a database of over 5000 Israeli songs.
Intercommunity Folk Dance Association, Singapore: ifda-sg.com
New Wave - dances for children, with instructions, music and videos: www.new-wave-folkdancing.org.nz
SitDancing - dance programme based on traditional folk dances from around the world, adapted and transformed to enable people of all ages and abilities to enjoy dancing while sitting down and/or standing.
Historical Dances - website with many useful pages, and CDs and books for sale - including The Lost Dances of Earthly Delights, The Christmas Carol Dance Book, and other publications.
Contra Dance primer: visit www.hamiltoncontra.ca/primer.html for lots of information about contra dancing, figures, techniques and etiquette
Ministry For Culture & Heritage Cultural Funding Guide - use to identify potential sources of grants and donations: funding.mch.govt.nz
Folkdance Music.net - notes, lyrics, MP3s, videos folkdancemusic.net
The Benefits of Dance article at Latinissimo
There are heaps of sites relating to International Folkdance outside of NZ and we don't need to build another index...! Try starting with:
Society of Folk Dance Historians
Folk dance searches: Google or Yahoo
...and www.folkdancing.org say they have 200 web pages containing detailed listings of 3,000 folk dance groups and 1,000 special events throughout the U.S. and Canada.
We would like to learn of any other directories of participatory dancing in NZ, so he can include a link here - e.g. Cajun, Square Dance, Line Dance, ethnic groups - just send us an email at
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