The Hungarian Institute for Musicology in Budapest has a large collection of research films dating from the 1950s to the 1990s. Unlike most “state folklore research institutes” this institute can be visited in Budapest, the collection index is searchable online, and a sizable collection of films are digitised and some …read more

GT Niculescu-Varone – part 1: collector of dance words GT Niculescu-Varone – part 3: locations It is clear that Niculescu-Varone was primarily interested in strigături (rhythmic shouts) that accompany dancing, although he sometimes adds a paragraph describing the context and action at the dance event. His commentary on the dances …read more

GT Niculescu-Varone – part 1: collector of dance words GT Niculescu-Varone – part 2: table of dances names This map shows all locations where his publications include a reference to a dance name. We can guess the locations that he visited and made detailed research, versus locations that he only …read more

GT Niculescu-Varone – part 2: table of dances names GT Niculescu-Varone – part 3: locations (One of the) first folk dance collectors in Romania was G.T. Niculescu-Varone (1884-1984). Varone, a Romanian folklorist, was born in Bucharest in 1884. He graduated in law from Bucharest University in 1908, and between 1905 …read more

Over the past century more than 200 collections of national and traditional dances have been published in Romania. The table below includes all that I know about, however, there are more books, particularly those with small print runs and those that have been produced more recently. A few are authored …read more

Anca Giurchescu (1930-2015), etnochoreologist and Romanian dance researcher, published numerous works in many languages during her career covering over six decades. This page lists the majority of her works in the table below. Anca’s academic publications can be roughly divided by years into three groups: 1) 1957-1979 – Articles published …read more

This is a list of the academic articles published following the symposia of the ICTM Study Group on Music and Dance in Southeastern Europe. Those who know us will know that we keep everything databased and indexed! We are not aware this reference information is available elsewhere, so I have …read more