Balkan night at the Fonó

Six dance groups from Bulgaria, Serbia and Greece in one night, then two dance houses that run on to midnight. You are meant to get up and join in rather than watch.

About the event

The Friday dance house turns into an international meeting for the night, and it is rare even here for this many groups to come at once. Zharava, KOLO RA and Hortse, vintse i oshte neshto travel from Bulgaria, Sveti Sava and Prva Iskra from Serbia and Lazareta from Thessaloniki, between them covering different regions and generations, from quick circle dances to particular local traditions. Berka then take the main hall for Moldavian dancing with the dance master Fábián Gyurka while a string band plays in the foyer. Martenica close it on Balkan folk instruments, and their dancers teach the steps of the horo and the rachenitsa. A ticket for the Bulgarian dance house covers Berka's rooms too.

Dates and times

• Friday 13 NovemberBalkan dance groups from 19:00, Berka's Moldavian dance house from 20:30, Martenica's Bulgarian dance house from 22:00, all running to midnight

Getting there