BALFOLK WORKSHOP & BALL

PROGRAMMA

12:00 – Workshop
15:00 – Einde Workshop
15:30 – Inloop voor het bal
16:00 – Yanyk
17:30 – Potluck
18:45 – Joachim Montbord (Man Encantada Solo)
20:15 – Mr. Folxlide
21:45 – Eind bal

WORKSHOP

RONDEDANSEN VAN DE HAUTE BRETAGNE & POITOU

Round dances of the Haute Bretagne and Poitou

Rond de Barbatre. Passepied de Plaintel. Rond de Sautron. Demi-rond de l’Île d’Yeu. Rond Paludier. Tour. And maybe more! Widen your horizons beyond the usual an dro and hanter dro of balfolk dancefloor and discover some of the quirky dances from the region where patois is the language and fun is the law!

Why should you? Because we will step beyond the steps and cover these dances also as a source of natural movement concepts, that will allow you to enjoy dancing together in a more dynamic, yet more connected way. At the end of the day, you will embrace the new fluidity and aim, and hopefully enjoy round dances more than ever.

Note: this workshop will be taught in English

ABOUT THE TEACHER

Mikuláš Bryan has been sharing his love for dancing since 2003, with teaching experience ranging from small, focused workshops to classes for several hundreds of people at festivals like Gennetines or Boombal. He studied folk dancing in Brittany, dancing and performing with Cercle Celtique de Rennes, but also took a deep dive into couple dancing at several blues camps.

His other dancing background consists of tango, swing, salsa and balboa with occasional jazz and contemporary workshops. While approaching every dance with deep respect for its roots and traditions, he always aspires to expand its horizons and create a bridge between tradition and modernity. The same way he does it with his musical projects ba.fnu, BAL LAB, Yanyk and Mr. Folxlide.

BALL

For this ball we have invited musicians from the far corners of Europe to come and play for us. You will find some well known artists, but also with new band compositions. Brought back from the dead, Yanyk, the Czech duo (Mikuláš Bryan en Jan Bartošek) will bring us a set of traditional tunes with a modern tone from Bretagne, Poitou, Gascony and the Auvergne played on violin and squeezebox. After the potluck, Man Entantada Solo, Joachim Montbord, will lure us deeper into Gascony with his energetic rhythms and spells. To recover from this enchantment, we finish the ball with the slow groove of Mr. Folxlide and his well known fusion of folk and blues.

TICKETS, PRICES AND CONDITIONS

You can buy a ticket in advance by clicking the big button labelled ‘Koop direct een kaartje’ at the top of this page.

You can ordertickets for just the Ball, a Combination ticket for the Ball + the Workshop before the ball, or a ticket for just the Workshop.

To keep the ball accessible, we have multiple price options: Korting(Discount) for dancers that are tight on money, Normaal for the regular ticket, and Fair-Trade for dancers that want to contribute to fair compenstaion for teachers and musicians.

To order a ticket you must agree to our privacy policy and registration conditions.

NB! If you have not gotten a ticket in advanced, you can pay for one by cash or by QR code (iDeal, Bancontact) at the door. Later in the evening, we will move the cash register to the bar. If you do not have cash with you, there is an ATM at Albert Heijn on Voorstraat. Unfortunately, we cannot offer the option to pay by pin.

FAIR TRADE

Do you think it is important that teachers and musicians are paid fairly?Do you want Balfolk Utrecht to deliver quality? Then payFair Trade! Because, good teachers and musicians deserve more than basic tea biscuits with their coffee. Seduce them to come to our events with galettes. Choose Fair Trade 🙂

FOOD AND DRINKS

We have a cloakroom where you can leave your belogings. Please do not leave them on the couches near the dancing floor.

There will be a potlock in the evening: we will put a number of tabels in the middle of the room labelled vegetarion, vegan, fish and non-fish meat. Here we’ll make a buffet of all sorts of delicious food brought by participants – what are you bringing? Since there are balfolkies with allergies (e.g. nuts, gluten, lactose, shrimp, etcetera), we would appreciate it if you could list the ingredients of your dish.

Please make sure to bring your own plate, cutlery and serving spoon, as we don’t have any of those at the Moira. Afterwards, it would be nice if you could clean up and / or throw out your own waste after the potluck.

The Moira has a bar where you can order drinks.

GUIDELINES

We want everyone at Balfolk to feel free to be themselves and feel safe to express their needs. We therefore think it is important that everyone who comes to our balls is aware of a number of guidelines that we adhere to. In this way we make the community as safe and pleasant as possible for everyone. The guidelines for our balls: Guidelines.
In principle, all balfolk events that you can find on balfolk.nl must adhere to these general guidelines.

LOCATION

The ball takes place in the Moira, a nice hall in the center of Utrecht. The address is Wolvenstraat 10 (at the end of Plompetorengracht). Take the blue door on the right and go down the stairs into the hall.