dancers in traditional Albanian costume perform featuring Genci Kastrati

Genci Kastrati Teaches Albanian Dances at 2025 Boulder Folk Dance Workshop

This year’s annual Boulder folk dance workshop sponsored by the Boulder International Folk Dancers (BIFD) showcases Albanian dances presented by Genci Kastrati of Tirana, Albania on April 25-27, 2025. Genci Kastrati is an instructor and choreographer for the Albanian National Folk Song and Dance Group, the only professional folk dance troupe in the country. He…

Mardi Gras mask with beads and champagne flute

Fat Tuesday Night Folk Dancing Mardi Gras & Carnaval Party, 3/4/2025

Party on Mardi Gras like there is a tomorrow, because that tomorrow is Ash Wednesday, and you’ve been partying for weeks, and you still got some wild in you before you cage that beast and give it all up. This is you final night of feasting on fattening foods and funning. Do you need a…

Members of the Balkan music group Barbelfish pictured with instruments and singing

Folk Dance in Boulder to Live Balkan Music New Year’s Day Night 2025

Barbelfish will play live Balkan music at Boulder International Folk Dancers’ (BIFD’s) 2025 New Year’s Day Party at the Avalon, Sodal Hall. This is somewhere around the 42nd annual New Year’s Day Night folk dance celebration in Boulder. Wednesday, January 1, 20257:30 pm – 11:00 pmThe Avalon, Sodal Hall6085 Arapahoe, Boulder, CO$12 for BIFD members,…

Lee Otterholt dancing

Lee Otterholt Folk Dance Mini-Workshop in Boulder Friday, September 20, 2024

Boulder International Folk Dancers (BIFD) will turn over their regular Friday night folk dancing to Lee Otterholt for a mini-workshop on Friday, September 20, 2024 from 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM in Sodal Hall at the Avalon Ballroom in Boulder. Price is $5 for BIFD members, $10 non-members. No preregistration; pay at the door, starting…

A basket of intricately colored Easter eggs

Orthodox Tuesday Night: A TNFD Pascha (Easter) Folk Dance Party, 5/7/24

TNFD Party on May 7, 2024, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM Easter? I thought that already happened! Well, it depends on whom you ask. Orthodox Easter (May 5) is what you get when follow the Julian calendar for Christian holidays. Both Orthodox Easter and Commercial Easter (the one with plastic baskets, fake grass, chocolate eggs,…

Roberto Bagnoli Folk Dance Workshop April 26-28 in Boulder

Roberto Bagnoli Folk Dance Workshop April 26-28 in Boulder

This year’s annual international folk dance workshop sponsored by the Boulder International Folk Dancers (BIFD) showcases traditional and modern Israeli dance and ethnic dances of the Balkans presented by Roberto Bagnoli on April 26-28, 2024. Roberto founded the association Folk Atelier Reggio Emilia (FARE), dedicated to preserving and promoting dance and other folk arts. The…