European and Middle Eastern Folk Dance by Andrew Carnie is now available online as an open-access resource.
This new folk dance book is organized into the following sections:
- What Is Folk Dance?
- Dances of Western Europe and Its Colonies
- Dances of Central and Northern Europe
- Dances of the Balkans
- Dances of Anatolia, the Caucasus, and the Middle East
- Recreational International Folk Dance
- Folk Dance Fundamentals and Terminology
Please note that this is a pre-publication version. The final published edition is not yet available, and a physical book has not been released at this time.
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