American Folk Dance – BYU Performing Arts Management

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American Folk Dance

Taking the folk history of the United States around the world, American Folk Dance Ensemble creates a colorful tapestry of the rich cultural history of the USA. Each performance is a cultural expression, strongly associated with a specific group or people as a reflection of American custom and belief. Their fast-paced, superbly staged program includes Appalachian flat-footing, Southern waltzes, traditional clogging, square dancing, the western swing, and other performances.

The group is accompanied by the BYU Mountain Strings band. Compromised of seven talented instrumentalists, who perform with a variety of traditional folk instruments, American Folk Dance Ensemble not only brings the history of the U.S. to the stage through dance but also through weaving toe-taping music that explores the musical past of the U.S.

Festival History: https://pam.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AFD-Festival-History-2023-2024-1.pdf

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Six dancers in coordinated western outfits perform a high-kick routine. The women wear turquoise embroidered shirts, jeans, and black cowboy boots, while the men wear matching black embroidered shirts, jeans, and boots. All are smiling as they kick in unison against a plain white background.

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A group of dancers in pairs perform a folk dance, smiling as they hold hands in raised arches. The women wear white dresses with colorful quilt-patterned designs on the skirts and sleeves, while the men wear bright shirts in red, green, yellow, and black with suspenders. The dancers form a lively, flowing line against a plain white background.

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A line of folk dancers perform a high-energy routine. The women, wearing blue and green patterned dresses with ruffled skirts, kick their legs high in unison while the men, dressed in vests, white shirts, and black pants, hold them around the waist. The dancers are smiling and mid-motion against a plain white background.

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A group of folk dancers cheer as one male dancer leaps high into the air from a barrel, raising his fist triumphantly. The women wear long pioneer-style skirts and blouses in shades of red, orange, and brown, while the men wear coordinating shirts with suspenders. The group looks up in excitement against a plain white background

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Four folk dancers, two men and two women, perform in pairs while facing each other with smiles. The women wear pioneer-style skirts and blouses, while the men wear patterned shirts with suspenders. All hold playful dance poses with bent arms and legs against a plain white background.

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Four female dancers perform in colorful prairie-style dresses with aprons. Their skirts—blue, green, yellow, and teal—flare outward as they lift one leg and extend their arms gracefully. All smile brightly while dancing in unison against a plain white background.

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Five male dancers dressed as cowboys leap into the air in unison. They wear cowboy hats, white shirts, brown vests, tan chaps with fringe, and black boots, holding their belts with big smiles as they perform a high-energy western dance against a plain white background.

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About

American Folk Dance

Taking the folk history of the United States around the world, American Folk Dance Ensemble creates a colorful tapestry of the rich cultural history of the USA. Each performance is a cultural expression, strongly associated with a specific group or people as a reflection of American custom and belief. Their fast-paced, superbly staged program includes Appalachian flat-footing, Southern waltzes, traditional clogging, square dancing, the western swing, and other performances.

The group is accompanied by the BYU Mountain Strings band. Compromised of seven talented instrumentalists, who perform with a variety of traditional folk instruments, American Folk Dance Ensemble not only brings the history of the U.S. to the stage through dance but also through weaving toe-taping music that explores the musical past of the U.S.

Festival History: https://pam.byu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/AFD-Festival-History-2023-2024-1.pdf

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I'm So Blessed

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1 I'm So Blessed

2 Amazing Grace (My Chains Are Gone)

3 Nearer, My God, to Thee

4 Presto from Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 8, RV 315, “Summer”

5 God Be with You Till We Meet Again

6 Nearer, My God, to Thee

7 Orin

8 Three Latin Dances

9 The Man From Snowy River

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