All in-person dances suspended until further notice. Virtual dances will be held instead - see below.
HIFD
is a recreational group that dances a wide variety of ethnic
folk
dances from around the world: Eastern and Western Europe,
Middle East
and Mediterranean, and the Americas. Come dance with us!
Friday Night Request
Dancing
suspended until further notice
First Evangelical Lutheran Church at 1311 Holman. Visitors welcome, no partner needed. Admission is $5 (age 25 and under free). Park on the street or in the lot on the corner of Holman and Austin.
Monday Night Introductory Dancing
suspended until further notice
Oddfellows
Hall, 115 E 14th St.
Beginning and intermediate level dances taught. Newcomers
welcome, no partner needed. Admission is $4 donation.
Oddfellows Hall is a two-story brick building; entry is on right side of the building, dancing is on the second floor (may not be handicap accessible). Park on 14th St, Heights or Harvard.
In addition to the wonderful Friday night dances described below,
a calendar full of many other wonderful events can be found on Dale Adamson's site
Virtual dances by HIFD/AIFD are planned every Friday. Doors open at 7:15 Dancing from 7:30 to 9:30
An introduction to using Zoom can be found here.
Houston will host the May 22 dance and every two weeks thereafter. Draft program posted here.
The URL to join the Houston dances is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84175139859?pwd=YnpiTHBXSlh0UFpQSW9TNXc5emhudz09
If you have any dance requests for the Houston sessions, send them to John Bloom (jnjbloom@gmail.com) - no later than Thursday noon.
Austin will host the May 29 dance and every two weeks thereafter
The URL to join the Austin dances is https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84580035452?pwd=Q1JYQzZweE5oRmlFNmgrSVpYMW4yUT09
Information on the dances will be posted in several places
including this website and the HIFD Facebook page.
HIFD Code of Conduct
Calendar of Folk Dance Events
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Contact HIFD: houstonfolkdance@yahoo.com
or write to Houston International Folk Dancers, P.O. Box
542322, Houston, TX 77254
Phone 713-723-6332
Related Items of Interest
Some interesting videos
Special dances
- Dance Notes
Other recreational dance groups:
Austin International Folk Dancers (AIFD)
Hellenic Professional Society of Texas
Houston
Area Traditional Dance Society
- Contra Dances
every second and fourth Saturday
- English
Country Dances on first and third Thursdays
Texas International Folk Dancers (TIFD)
Links for ethnic dance resources:
Dance notes and links to videos
Featured HIFD Videos
Vintage American dance
Dance Workshop Bulgarian
News Story featuring HIFD Monday Night dancing which aired on Houston Public Radio 88.7 FM
About HIFD
Founded in 1947, HIFD is a not-for-profit (501c3) organization dedicated to the preservation and enjoyment of ethnic dance from around the world. Primarily a recreational group that meets twice weekly, HIFD also stages folk dance performances for events and festivals throughout the calendar year.
HIFD membership is open to all, and currently numbers about seventy-five, including a pool of approximately 20 dancers who are active in public performances. The group’s repertoire includes more than 300 dances from 39 countries, with emphasis on those of Europe, the Middle East, and Mediterranean areas. While some performances present a mixture of dances and costumes from various countries, others focus on a single ethnic theme.
Local folk dance teachers well-versed in many ethnic traditions provide teaching at the occasional HIFD folk dance workshops, in which participants can request what they would like to have taught or reviewed. In addition, our statewide counterpart, Texas International Folk Dancers, sponsors a four-day workshop each year during the Thanksgiving holidays, and the weekend-long San Antonio Folk Dance Festival in March at Spring Break. These give HIFD members even more exposure to internationally known folklorists, teachers and musicians.
HIFD welcomes the opportunity to bring song, dance and music from other cultures to interested parties, and hopes that by so doing, we help preserve the uniqueness of the individual cultures as well as promote peace among all ethnicities.
Houston International Folk Dancers is affiliated
with Texas International Folk Dancers
