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Beginner: Discover (Frisse) Folk!

Welcome to the wondrous world of folk dance!

As a start, folk dance and the folk dance environment evokes for us:

  • A wide variety in traditional dances from Western Europe
  • An accessible dancing environment, where beginners can have fun right from the start, with continuous challenges for more advanced dancers
  • Discovering the pleasure of improvisation, guiding and following in couple dances
  • A very open and diverse public of all ages, so you’ll easily meet new people
  • Swinging (live) music with traditional roots
  • Dance classes which are about more than the right steps: having fun, de-stressing after a day at work, meeting new people, having a drink with the group after class, meeting up during the weekend to go dancing,…

In short, folk dancing will quickly become an addiction hard to overcome. Consider yourself warned!

At the bottom of this page, you’ll find an overview of everything Frisse Folk offers to beginners:

  • Dance classes level 1 for beginners
  • Dance classes level 2 for semi-beginners (Please see “What is my level” in the menu “dance classes” to find out whether you are ready for this)
  • Dance workshops for beginners on Saturday or Sunday
  • Folkbals and practicals (= folkbals without live music, so with the iPod), as you don’t need experience to have fun

We invite you to watch the movie below. It will tell you what folk is and you’ll meet Elena, Koen and the various projects of Frisse Folk.

DANCE CLASSES FOR BEGINNERS

*NederDans: Group dances in Dutch
Mon 14 Sep 19:00
GC De Maalbeek
Etterbeek
Spots available
Dance class level 1
Tue 15 Sep 18:00
GC De Pianofabriek
Saint-Gilles
Spots available

WORKSHOPS FOR BEGINNERS

Intensive folk dance summer school @AKDT
5 Jul 2026 to Sun 12 Jul 09:00
AKDT
Athénée Royal de Neufchâteau
Neufchâteau
Stages Koen & Bals Naragonia Quartet @ Gennetines
4 Aug 2026 to Sat 8 Aug 02:45
Le Grand Bal de l'Europe
Gennetines

FOLK BALLS

Bal Tropical
30 Jun 2026
GC De Pianofabriek
Rue du Fort 35
Saint-Gilles
DJ Koen & BBB Brussels Balfolk Band & Trio MD&A
Spots available
Open air folk practica
7 Jul 2026
Esplanade Parlement Européen
Place Luxembourg
Ixelles
DJ Sophie
Spots available

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