Founder Welcome Message:

You’ve found us – welcome! - This folkXplorer Portal of the Bulgarian Folklore Music and Dance Association, is especially designed to help you open the doors on the fascinating world of folk dance. Inside this site you’ll meet the movers and shakers of the past, present and future; discover how dance developed as an art form from the diferent part of the Balkans; explore the various elements – on native folklore to the digital dance– that go into creating a dance performance.Dance can be a fleeting art form, tricky to capture on film and sometimes not accompanied by a script or score. But its magic lies in the sheer physical and emotional sensations one can experience by simply coming closer and giving it a good look. It’s like trying a new style or author or taste - once you do, you’ll likely get hooked.

Dance can break down barriers of language, culture, religion and social class – it can be for everyone, a reflection of who we are and how we are growing. And dance is about today’s world, a contemporary expression of what is shaping our lives in the here and now. Whether re-interpreting folk dance or exploring avant-garde technology, choreographers and dancers are communicating with you, the public they are encountering now, in the present. So step up to folkXplorer – explore these pages, and let them in turn take you to discover dance far and wide. We know the journey will be worthwhile, time and again.

Bon voyage!
Maria Drazheva, Founder & Choreographer