Every month there is a House of Traditional Dances organized by the Dragúni NGO – a dance party in the centre of Bratislava where you have a chance to learn how to dance to the classic folk music or music of various minority groups. The idea of these events is that there are no performers and spectators, there is just dancing and fun! So what is House of Traditional Dances all about?

Rich cultural resources, unique geographic location preserving various shades of temperament, natural communicativeness of music, dance and interactions with the public are the fundamental pillars on which the project The House of Traditional Dances was built. It has been organised in different towns and cities of Slovakia regularly since 2002. The art project applicable in any region of the world makes space for active entertainment – direct enjoyment and development of traditional music-dance art in its entire spectrum.

A flexible and well-working concept based on knowing the history and traditions, and respecting it, has the ambition to enable all participants to experience first-hand – and help create – a splendid atmosphere of live music, making it a good prospect for applying the project in local, national, international and inter-genre context.

This Dance House, first in the new year, has two parts. In the first part, the instructors use video projection of authentic records, focusing on teaching one or two folk dances. In the second part, participants try what they have learned in the first part in a form of free entertainment.

Taking place at KC Dunaj in Bratislava city centre on January 17th, 2019, this edition of The House of Traditional Dances will be except the Carnival dance variations dedicated to folk dances from Zemplín cultural region in eastern part of Slovakia and Trnava cultural subregion and the capital city surroundings, both in western part of the country. As a guest of the evening, the Folklore Ensemble Živel celebrating its 5th anniversary will take part. You can also look forward to a concert of Roma group Parno Graszt from Hungary with their euphoric and energetic show known for a mixture of motives from the Balkans, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Spain, infused with a Gypsy punk resulting in a new style of music.

Come over to enjoy the evening under the leadership of František Morong and Barbora Morongová as well as Ján Michálik and Katarína Galbičková with their guests. Pure joy of life expressed in dance will be this time presented through czardas from village Ostrov in southern part of Zemplín region and also through funny couple dances from the west of Slovakia, particularly from Trnava subregion and areas around Bratislava. Music will be provided by fabulous Michal Noga Folk Band, so do not hesitate.