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Hai la joc

Hai la Joc is a dance group for international dance in Groningen that enthusiastically rehearses weekly and performs on average once a month. Under capable leadership, we continue to strive to improve both our dance technique as well as appearance and presentation. Hai la joc has an extensive number of international choreographies: from Dutch to Bulgarian, from Turkish to Mexican. We dance in matching costumes, either from the region itself or made by ourselves according to original models. New international choreographies are also regularly added to our repertoire, keeping both watching and dancing at Hai la joc interesting, varied and challenging! More information, contact the national section here

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Dancegroup Paloina Amsterdam

Paloina is a dance group consisting of 30 young dancers and 6 musicians who perform a program of Dutch music and dance in traditional Dutch costumes. The original Dutch music and dances are prepared for stage performances, so the traditional elements can be fully enjoyed by a large audience.

The group is based in Amsterdam, but is asked for shows all over the Netherlands and has been invited to many international festivals abroad.
Paloina is recommended by CIOFF festivals and many others.

In addition to their Dutch dance and music Paloina can also provide an extended repertoire of international choreographies. More information, contact the national section here

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Ralda  

Founded in 1972, Ralda brings international and Dutch folklore on stage with live music. for over 50 years now. All dances have been adapted for stage performance, while authentic elements have been preserved as much as possible.

When performing abroad Ralda shows a variety of Dutch dances, which are performed in traditional Dutch costumes from different parts of the country.
The dancers are accompanied by our live orchestra.

Beside performances on stage, Ralda also offers the opportunity to folkdance recreationally for children, teenagers and adults.

During it´s excistence, Ralda has participated in festivals in many countries, like: Germany, UK, France, Poland, Slovakia, Finland, China, Brasil, USA, Chile, Latvia, Belarus and Turkey. Ralda’s performances are generally considered to be cheerful, authentic and diverse. More information, contact the national section here

De Iesselschotsers

The Authentic Folklore group “De Iesselschotsers” from Steenderen, The Nederlands, founded on December 1, 1981, aims to propagate and honor folklore from the east of the Netherlands, through dance, music (accordion) and singing from around 1900.

The name of the group is derived from the river IJssel (Iessel) that flows past our village.

More information, contact the national section here
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Folklor Dansemble Amersfoort

Folklor Dansemble Amersfoort provides performances in folkloric dance led by Wijnand Karel; dance leader and choreographer. FDA has a versatile and extensive repertoire. We dance choreographies from Bulgaria, Macedonia, Slovakia, Hungary and Serbia, but also from Russia, Turkey, Germany and Norway.

In addition, we have a modern Dutch repertoire, with dances and original costumes from all over the Netherlands.. Each choreography tells a story about life, love or saying goodbye. In this way we allow both our own culture and international cultures to live on.

The dances are performed in beautiful, colorful and authentic costumes, often from Wijnand's private collection. His love for national and international costumes completes our folklore. FDA not only dances in the Netherlands, we also can regularly be found at festivals abroad. In recent years we have been on a festival trip to Poland, Macedonia, Romania and Hungary. At foreign festivals we mainly show our Dutch repertoire, although the local population is often very impressed by our knowledge and skills of their culture. When we dance together, we are all reminded to what it means to folk dance: having fun with each other, forgetting boundaries and making new friendships.

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Dance ensemble Phoenix

Dance ensemble Phoenix is a group of enthusiastic young dancers and is based in Apeldoorn. With both Dutch and many foreign styles in the repertoire, there is a wide choice of material that ensures varied performances. In the past 50 years that the group exists, many performances have been given at home and abroad where we proudly present Dutch folklore. Dance ensemble Phoenix is conducted by Marc Bout.

More information, contact the national section here
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KANSEMBLE

Is a relatively small group of 15 dancers, is placed in Nijmegen and will be 10 years old next season.
Kansemble has both a Dutch and an International programme. Given the specialization of the artistic director, the international program is largely focused on Balkan repertoire.
Every year Kansemble tries to put on an afternoon-filling performance, at least in collaboration with another group. More was developed with Ralda from Raalte, KUD Moravac from Düsseldorf and Veselin Maslesa from Banja Luka, Senlima from Belgium and the initial performance on June 25 will be performed together with Ivan Goran Kovacic from Zagreb.
The group is under the artistic direction of Guus van Kan.
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PODLASIE
Podlasie is a Polish dance group from Brunssum. The group, founded in 1976, has 65 members. The dancers, together with their own choir, keep Polish folk culture and its traditions alive.

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Enterse Kloomp’n Daansers 

Enter is located in the Twente region in the east of the Netherlands. It is a village where they make traditionally, by hand clogs. In 1992 the “Kloomp’n Daansers” began to continue.’s A historical tradition Our hobby is it propagating folklore from our region. In particular, dances, songs and music from the early nineteenth century. We dance in traditional costumes of the farmers in our region, with of course the world famous wooden clogs. We regularly act for various events and festivals in the Netherlands, Europe, Canada and the USA. We also regularly act for “Sunflower”, an association which for over 60 years, provides for special meetings between the sick, disabled and volunteers.
Our group, which consists of 15 couples, dancing Twente, Old Dutch and foreign folk dancing. All this is accompanied by three accordions and boembas, which in modern times is special.

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