NewsCommunity Dance Night
On Thursday, 9/10/2026 we hosted a night of music and a celebration of local dance traditions at the Floyd Country Store with our Virginia Folklife Program. The Mustard Cutters played …
EventSwing Your Partner! The History of Square Dancing in Virginia
Join Encyclopedia Virginia managing editor Patti Miller, traditional dance historian Phil Jamison, and McEver Dugan of RVA Square Dance to learn how square dancing came to Virginia, why the Virginia …
EventSwing Your Partner! The History of Square Dancing in Virginia
Join Encyclopedia Virginia managing editor Patti Miller, traditional dance historian Phil Jamison, and McEver Dugan of RVA Square Dance to learn how square dancing came to Virginia, why the Virginia …
EventSwing Your Partner! The History of Square Dancing in Virginia
Join Encyclopedia Virginia managing editor Patti Miller, traditional dance historian Phil Jamison, and McEver Dugan of RVA Square Dance to learn how square dancing came to Virginia, why the Virginia …
EventDance Revolution at Richmond Folk Festival
The Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities presents “Dance Revolution” at the 2026 Richmond Folk Festival, on Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11, 12 to 6pm. Community dance groups …
NewsVirginia Joins “By the People” Initiative for America’s 250th
Events and programming will celebrate community dance and joyful movement across the commonwealth Virginia Humanities, Virginia’s state humanities council, is excited to announce our participation in By the People: Conversations Beyond …
NewsVirginia Joins “By the People” Initiative for America’s 250th
Virginia Humanities, Virginia’s state humanities council, is excited to announce our participation in By the People: Conversations Beyond 250, a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils across the United …
NewsMid-Atlantic Arts Announces Two Virginia “Walking Together” Grantees
The US Regional Arts Organizations (USRAO) today announced the grant recipients of Walking Together: Investing in Folklife in Communities of Color. A total of $3.34 million has been awarded to 96 grantees. Fifty-six …
EventCultural Crossroads in Traditional Music & Dance
Join the Montgomery Museum for Cultural Crossroads an event celebrating the cultural influences of traditional Appalachian music and dance!
NewsNelly Zapata & Paloma Zapata
The Beauty of Bolivian Dance A line of dancers wearing gold and red move in step, the tassels and beads of their costumes shaking. Black shields on their chests are …
NewsJoshua Purnell & Tom Norris
For dancer Joshua Purnell and his apprentice Tom Norris, blues dancing is a means to build and maintain community in their hometown of Norfolk.
NewsMargarita “Tata” Sanchez Cepeda & Isha M Renta Lopez
Bomba Dance Bomba is, as Margarita “Tata” Sanchez Cepeda puts it, “all about love. I was taught under love, bomba is a form of love, and we continue to carry …
