folk dance

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This 1898 divertissement by Marius Petipa, to the melodious music of Alexander Glazunov, is accented with moves shaped by Hungarian folk dance and has long been a staple of various classical ballet companies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Arm in arm, young people of different faiths perform the dabke, an Arabic folk dance, in the Italian port of Ostia, elated by a visit from Pope Leo XIV.

From Barron's • Oct. 18, 2025

It has no single origin, but draws on folk dance traditions across Europe and Africa and was consolidated as a dance style within the US country music scene in the 20th Century.

From BBC • Sep. 12, 2025

This is the polka chinata, or crouched polka, a nearly defunct Bolognese folk dance.

From New York Times • Jul. 21, 2023

We take folk dance together and our families are close.

From "The House That Lou Built" by Mae Respicio