Nordic Dancers of Washington, DC

03/26/2024

No session this week, March 27. See you next Wednesday April 3rd.

08/23/2023

We're resuming in-person sessions on Wednesday, September 6, at 7:30 at Highland View Elementary School in Silver Spring, Maryland and will meet regularly on Wednesdays through May 22. Come any Wednesday and learn traditional dances of Iceland, Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. Music is provided by fiddler, Paul Carlson. Newcomers are welcome; no prior dance experience is necessary.
Covid policy: Masks optional, vaccination required. (Full details on the website)
https://sites.google.com/site/nordicdancersdc/
To verify the meeting room, call 301-864-1596 or send a message to [email protected] or here.

Velkommen! Tervetuloa! Välkommen! Velkomnir! We are a Nordic folk dance group that was founded in 1972. The group preserves the traditions of community dance groups (folkdansgille, folkdanslag, tanhuryhmä) that were brought to this country by immigrants from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and

04/21/2023

We were happy to participate in the Windmills International Festival last Saturday at the Lithuanian Hall in Baltimore!

04/07/2022

We're looking forward to participating this year's Manassas Viking Festival on May 14th!

The Manassas Viking Festival will have some amazing, talented musicians and dancer to keep the fun going at the Harris Pavilion May 14th. This will be the best show in town with Kinnfolk, The Crossjacks, Celtic Machinations Nordic Dancers of Washington, DC and the Phoenix Irish Dance Academy - VA

03/15/2022

🇺🇦 March 19th, 3 PM, Lithuanian Hall, Baltimore, MD

🇺🇦 March 26th, 7 PM, Adventure Theater at Glen Echo Park, MD

🇺🇦 April 3rd, 2 PM, All Souls Unitarian Church, Washington, DC

Please see our page for details for all upcoming events!

03/04/2022

Now that the local covid rates have subsided, we have resumed sessions! Proof of full vaccination status and booster as well as good-quality masks will be required. We would love to welcome new dancers, regardless of level of experience, but please contact us at [email protected] if you would like to join us once we resume practice.

01/06/2022

If you're looking to play traditional Nordic music, our local Spelmanslag has online sessions.

Click on the links below for sheet music and on the audio player to listen.

01/05/2022

As of January 4th, 2022, our sessions are on hold during the local covid surge until further notice. We hope to be able to resume in February, but please stay tuned - and stay healthy! When we do resume, proof of full vaccination status and booster as well as masks will be required. We would love to welcome new dancers, regardless of level of experience, but please contact us if you would like to join us once we resume practice.

In the meantime, kick your shoes off, listen to some wonderful music, and dance in your kitchens or living rooms. Here are links to the last Nisswastämman (Nordic music festival in Minnesota), held virtually in 2021:
https://youtu.be/qyRG6Dm_NsA
https://youtu.be/ktw2--cza-g

The Nisswastämma Friday Night Concert & Dance 2021 premieres on YouTube at 7 pm, CDT on June 11, 2021. PayPal link: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/Nisswasta...

12/04/2021

A good way to stay warm

02/18/2021

The Nordic Dancers remember our dear friend and teacher, Pascal A. Peterson, who shared with us his lifelong experience and joy in dancing. Rest in peace, Pascal.

09/10/2020

Most years, we would have had our first session of the season last night. But this isn't most years, is it?

As much as we miss dancing together, it isn't safe during the pandemic. We are on hiatus until further notice, hopefully resuming during the early months of 2021.

In the meantime, Scandia DC , MAND (see below for link), and other dance groups are hosting monthly Zoom sessions, and we encourage you to join them (even if only to listen to beautiful live music)!

We're also watching dance videos, remembering what we love about dancing, and thinking about when we can do so again. Here's a new sampler of our recent performances https://youtu.be/L22bc98gYFM

Please stay tuned and stay safe. Let's look forward to dancing together again.

A sampler of recent folk dance performances by the Nordic Dancers of Washington, D.C.