Bognor Regis
International Dance Ensemble
The Bognor Regis International Dance Ensemble is a nonprofit group whose aim is to increase local opportunities for international folk dancing. It is is an associated group of the Society for International Folk Dancing (SIFD). The regular weekly classes are an opportunity for children to learn and enjoy folk dances from around the world.
Children dancing in Danish costume
The group is run by Janet Douglas who is an approved teacher of the Society for International Folk Dancing
(SIFD). More importantly she understands that dance lessons for children are as much about fun as education. The children
learn more if they are enjoying themselves.
Every year we prepare a display team to perform international folk dancing at local fetes and
carnivals. This year some of the group danced in an old Saxon church as part of a festival,
and the children showed English country dances outside on the green. They also performed at Butlins
in Bognor Regis and made a return visit to the Victoria Embankment Gardens.
Some of the dancers in Ukrainian costume
The display team of all ages enjoy international folk dancing, dressing up and performing in public. The grown-ups in the display team have monthly practice meetings. They also meet to practise folk dances learnt during workshops.
We arrange for foreign folk dance
teachers to take weekend workshops in Bognor Regis and are the UK contact for folk dance holidays organised by friends in
Europe.
