Brattleboro Bal Folk: Beginners' Session + Bal

Name: Brattleboro Bal Folk: Beginners' Session + Bal
Start: 2025-11-30T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-11-30T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Broad Brook Community Center

Schedule

Sun Nov 30 2025 at 06:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Broad Brook Community Center | West Brattleboro, VT

6-6:40 Beginners’ Session: learn the basics
6:45-9 Bal with minimal teaching
Fun, accessible French and European traditional dances.
No experience or partner necessary.
Live music by Eloise & Co.
Becky Tracy (fiddle) & Rachel Bell (accordion)
Suggested donation sliding scale $12-$25
Bal folk is a vibrant and inclusive dance tradition that started out in France, incorporated a bunch of other European influences, and took Europe and the UK by storm during the past 50 years or so. It has become increasingly popular in North America, no doubt due to its accessibility and captivating energy. You can easily join in even if you’ve never danced before. At Brattleboro Bal Folk, all dances are taught (this time, in the beginners workshop and with brief reminders as needed during the bal), and part of the big bal folk tradition all over the world is looking around to see what other people are doing and jumping in to try it out. No experience or partner required! Dances are in lines, spirals, circles, and pairs and range from hypnotic to meditative to raucous. The music is infectious!
Please bring a clean pair of shoes to change into, or clean your shoes off thoroughly once you get inside, before you step onto the dance floor. We want to protect that beautiful wood floor!
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