Oct 10 & 11, 2026, 12:00-6:00 PM
The Virginia Folklife Program of Virginia Humanities presents “Dance Revolution” at the 2026 Richmond Folk Festival, on Saturday, October 10, and Sunday, October 11, 12 to 6pm. Community dance groups from across the Commonwealth will offer performances and workshops that explore how Virginians can step into the future, together. Moving together, with joy, might be just exactly the revolution we need now.
“Dance Revolution” is the result of a year-long partnership between Virginia Folklife and five community dance groups that each tell a different side of Virginia’s story: Red Crook-ed Sky, Intertribal Native American dance, Hampton Roads; The Crooked Road: Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail, regular flatfoot, clogging, and square dances in Fries, Coeburn, and Blacksburg; Semilla Cultural, Puerto Rican bomba and plena dance, Fredericksburg; Soul line dance, Positive Force Line Steppaz, Buckingham County; and Bharatanatyam, South Indian classical dance with Thapasya School of Dance, Ashburn.
This program is part of By the People: Conversations Beyond 250, a series of community-driven programs created by humanities councils in collaboration with local partners. The initiative was developed by the Federation of State Humanities Councils and the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
