Resources
Websites for Dancing in Portland, Oregon
Portland Dancing
A comprehensive list of places to dance in Portland, including Balkan,
International folk dancing, and many other types of dance.
http://www.portlanddancing.com
Kyklos International Folk Dancers
Wonderfully friendly International folk dancing group hosted at Reed College
on Sunday nights.
http://www.kyklosfolkdancers.org
Kafana Klub Balkan Band
Kafana Klub is a six-member band playing dance music from the Balkans.
Join Kafana Klub every Tuesday evening (9ish) at
It's A Beautiful Pizza, 3342 SE Belmont for dancing to live music.
http://www.kafanaklub.com/
Balkanalia! festival
Balkan music and dance festival held annually in late August near Portland.
http://www.balkanalia.org
Information on Balkan Music and Dancing
Northwest Balkan Events mailing list
Amy Mills runs this announcement-only mailing list for Northwest Balkan events.
You can view the events on the website even if you don't join the mailing list.
http://groups.google.com/group/Northwest-Balkan-Events
East European Folklife Center discussion list
A mailing list of incredibly knowledgeable people discussing Balkan music,
dance, and related topics. Check out the publicly accessible
archives.
http://www.eefc.org/site/index.php?DiscussionList
Forums discussing Balkan dance groups
Forums discussing how to make all kinds of Balkan dance groups successful. Come share
your stories!
http://balkan-ethnic-dance.forumotion.net
Balkan song lyrics
This "Song Book for Near-Sighted People" includes a vast collection of lyrics
for Balkan songs. Many are translated into German, and some into English.
http://www-linux.gsi.de/~karlson/index_e.htm
Dunav - sharing Balkan music and dance
Dunav has a comprehensive database of mp3s, lyrics, scores, and dance videos, some
of which are available for free download, and/or by request. Their Friday
mailing list sends out a link to a different mp3 every week.
http://www.dunav.org.il
Northwest Folk Dancers Inc (NFDI)
NFDI has been publishing a newsletter about folk dancing in the Pacific Northwest since 1956, and has a list of places to dance on their website.
http://www.scn.org/nfdi/
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