1 Apr
2025
1 Apr
'25
4:23 p.m.
Yes, Balfolk is absolutely a thing in Europe, especially in France,
Netherlands and Germany. Here's a list of events (including a few in the
Northeast USA): https://folkdance.page/?styles=balfolk
Perhaps not quite the same as described above, there is a bubble (sort)
folk dance: https://youtu.be/Iv3vgjM8Pv4
Cheers,
Brian
On Tue, 1 Apr 2025, 22:01 Luke Donforth via Contra Callers, <
contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
I think this video is a good depiction of what balfolk
can be:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8OUy5JM6Jw
As I understand it, balfolk (or bal folk) means a folk ball. The wikipedia
article gives a more in-depth description:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfolk
but as a folk activity, there's a lot of variation and places where it has
its own flavor.
As for the John Cage link, yes, sorry. I debated between linking to the pertinent
wikipedia article <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3>or
this other one <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYBUbBu4W08&t=8s>and
apparently in my indecision broke the link.
So Balfolk is a real thing, but Bubblefolk is just for April Fools.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM Luke Donforth <luke.donforth(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
I think this video is a good depiction of what
balfolk can be:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8OUy5JM6Jw
As I understand it, balfolk (or bal folk) means a folk ball. The
wikipedia article gives a more in-depth description:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balfolk
but as a folk activity, there's a lot of variation and places where it
has its own flavor.
As for the John Cage link, yes, sorry. I debated between linking to the pertinent
wikipedia article <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4%E2%80%B233%E2%80%B3>or
this other one <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYBUbBu4W08&t=8s>and
apparently in my indecision broke the link.
On Tue, Apr 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM Gregory <glibguide(a)protonmail.com> wrote:
> To make matters more confusing for me, I've found an unlisted youtuve
> video on a Bal Folk playlist which has an italian name and film maker
> (Produzioni Clandestine), with people dancing Bal Folk who are all speaking
> Spanish, to French music, and the title of the video is "Bal Folk
Scottish"
>
> ....help me out?
>
> Greg
>
>
>
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> On Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 at 11:39 AM, Gregory via Contra Callers <
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>
> Im trying to understand this. What is Bal Folk? I gather from
> preliminary research
>
>
> - bal is short for ballroom? because it's primarily partner dances?
> kind of like what old time waltzing and polka is? some sort of mixture of
> partner dances with structure patterns sort of like squares or English
> major dances
>
>
>
> - why is it done to french music? is it french? At first I assumed
> Bal was short for Balkan and envisioned people in lines holding hands
> (which would be fun to 60's pop for sure)
>
>
> Luke - you were missing a link for "John Cage Classics".
>
> Thanks
>
> Greg
>
>
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> On Tuesday, April 1st, 2025 at 5:02 AM, Luke Donforth via Contra Callers
> <contracallers(a)lists.sharedweight.net> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm not sure if you've experienced it where you are, but up here in
> Vermont, the big hot thing lately has been Bal Folk dancing. Driven by the
> beautiful music, it seems to be popping up like mushrooms after a
> thunderstorm. Bal Folk is happening in southern Vermont, with a monthly
> dance in Brattleboro <https://www.rachelbellmusic.com/calendar>, as
> well as occasional ones in Burlington
> <https://www.marywesley.com/gig/burlington-balfolk-party/>.
>
> But the real sign that Bal Folk has come into the mainstream is that
> there's now a splinter style. Just as contra beget techno contra, Bal Folk
> has spawned Bubble Folk. Yes, that's right, it's Bal Folk dances but
> instead of traditional French tunes it's done to Bubblegum Pop from the
> 1960s like Sugar, Sugar by the Archies
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7T4aQMxTTM>. These rocking classics
> increase the intergenerational appeal, as does the fact that everyone can
> chew gum while dancing; popping bubbles in time with the music of course.
>
> Stay tuned for next year, as the smart money is on ECD; with
> trendsetters now embarking on writing dances for John Cage classics
> <http:///>.
>
> Happy dancing!
> Luke Donforth
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