This site provides information on International Folk Dancing (IFD) in Fort Collins, Colorado. Primarily, the focus is on the community group of recreational international folk dancers who meet every Tuesday night at the Empire Grange Hall, who, after considering the matter long and hard, decided that the best appellation for the group of people who come together every Tuesday night to folk dance would be Tuesday Night Folk Dancers, aka TNFD. Sure, there are plenty of other groups meeting on Tuesday night for folk dancing, but we’re not them! Likewise, the term, folk dance, is broad and encompasses many more dances than you will find described on this site. However, in the truest sense of folk, the dances TNFD enjoy are social dances of ethnic origin, founded in tradition, danced by the common people, without professional training, and for the sake of enjoyment of the dancers rather than performance. We claim the right to the Internet search phrase “fort collins folk dance,” because nobody wants to type in those extra terms, “international” or “recreational.” We’re so happy you found us!
Read about Tuesday Night Folk Dancing (TNFD) here.