Welcome to Dance Around the World!
The date for the 2012 Dance Around the World Festival will be 20-21 October!
The twelth annual Dance Around The World Festival of World Dance will take place on the week-end of 20th - 21st October 2012 at Cecil Sharp House in Camden Town, London, U.K.! The 2012 programme will have a similar format to previous years, but with a few inovations. PDF's of last year's programme can be downloaded from the righthand side of this page. You can also view the programmes of previous years by clicking on the archived programmes on the right hand side of the Events page. Click here for information about last year's programme.
Click here for Youtube to see a few examples of the many Demonstrations that run continuously both days. At the same time there is a choice of Dance or Music Workshops. You can watch demonstrations all day or try different dance styles in the workshops. No previous experience is necessary and you don't need to bring a partner. Saturday evening is the Spectacular Latin night in the main hall upstairs, and at the same time downstairs, there will a social dance but the style of dance for this year's event has not yet been decided. On Sunday there will be an International/English dance suitable for everyone with music by the versatile Coudburst band.
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Dance Around The World is a community festival which celebrates traditional dance cultures from all parts of the world. In two explosively exciting and energetic days of dance, performers and teachers provide a non-stop programme of extraordinary variety from 10.00am to 11.00pm each day.
Visitors to the event will be able to watch and try for themselves traditional dance forms from all over the world. They will be able 
to choose from styles as varied as Flamenco, Indian, Hip-Hop, South East European, Tango and much, much more!
Dance Around The World is for everyone - whether you're young or old, an experienced dancer or a novice. If you've ever danced, wanted to dance or wondered why people dance then this festival is for you.
Dance Around The World is an entirely voluntary event. All the performers, teachers and organisers donate their services free. We do not have a budget to bring groups from overseas, so in general all the groups come from the greater London area. It is our policy to set entrance prices at the most moderate rates possible.
