To advance and preserve folk arts representing national, local and ethnic customs as they exist throughout the United States of America; to promote and encourage the exchange of folk dance and dance related to folklore in the USA and abroad and to effectively network those who support these objectives.

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  • June Camp 2026

    Lake Forest Academy 1500 West Kennedy Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States
    June Camp is an international folk dance camp which in 2026 features Caspar Bik, along with nightly live music by the June Camp Trio of Tom Pixton, Ralph Iverson, and Brian Wilson. Held June 11-14, 2026, at Lake Forest Academy,…

  • New Mexico Dance Camp 2026!

    United World College New Mexico 39300 Hwy 41, Montezuma, NM, United States
    New Mexico Camp 2026! Dates: July 16-19, 2026 Where: United World College 39300 Hwy. 41, Montezuma, New Mexico 87731 uwc-usa.org About  New Mexico Camp Celebrating 42 years, New Mexico Camp  is a premier camp, held this year on the campus…

  • Mountain Playshop 2026!

    Montreat Conference Center 401 Assembly Drive, Montreat, United States
    Mark your calendars for Friday, September 25th, 4:00 p.m. to Sunday, September 27th, 11:00 a.m. for the Mountain Playshop weekend is held in Montreat, North Carolina. Mountain Playshop is a regional dance weekend that attracts folk dancers from North Carolina…

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National Folk Organization of the United States of America

Our Mission: Provide resources, networking, programming, and education in order to encourage respect for cultural traditions through research, preservation, advancement, and dissemination of information. We support all folk dance and folk arts advocates in furthering these goals.

Our  Vision: Promote advancement and sharing of cultural traditions in order to keep them alive as treasures for the world.

Our Values:

Synergy: NFO fosters connections and mutual awareness to strengthen community involvement in cultural traditions.

Respect: NFO respects cultural traditions and the people that create and practice them.

Diversity: NFO supports a wide range of viewpoints and practices pertaining to cultural traditions.

Education: NFO believes that obtaining knowledge relating to cultural traditions is essential to their practice and preservation.

Curiosity: NFO encourages everyone to be curious about cultural traditions, and to approach such traditions with the goal of appreciative inquiry.

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