Open to Lexington residents of all ages!

What do you get when you combine Lexington’s rich history, its diverse community, and a DJ?  Come find out at the “300th Dance around the World”.  
 
As part of the Lexington 300th Incorporation Weekend activities, this special event promises to be one-of-a-kind and will be held on March 16, 2013 at LHS from 6:00-10:30 pm.  Please wear comfortable shoes, your ethnic clothes and be prepared to dance the night away!  Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Capstone Mortgage, the event is free!

The evening is packed with exciting segments and there is something for everyone!  There are Classical/Folk dance performances where you can learn and practice some new dance moves from around the world followed by a high energy,  DJ led dance party with LHS student leading some of the popular dances.  There is even a unique fusion dance that highlights how music bridges across cultures.  You can visit cultural booths from our diverse community and enjoy delicious ethnic food. 
Click here to print the flyer all event details. Make sure to tell your friends and neighbors and bring them along!

We are also looking for volunteers.  Planning an event this large requires a lot of help in coordination, decoration, setup, and clean up!  Please consider assisting us and bring a friend if you can.  You will be a part of Lexington’s history and make new friends and if you are an LHS student, volunteering and get community service hours!  The shifts average ,bout 1.5 hour each, so you will still have plenty of time to dance.  Click here to sign up. 

Click here to see a copy of our wonderful new poster, which you will see around town shortly. 

Please contact the organizers of the “300th Dance Around the World”, Melanie Lin at or Geetha Padaki if you have any questions.

Classical / Folk Dance Performances

These are photographs of our talented multicultural dance performers. Please click here to learn more about them.

Dance Revelasian (Chinese)
China has 56 minority tribes.  Each ethnic group has its own culture. Folk dances which reflect their religious, cultural and history.YangGe is a distinct style of the Han ethnic dance. People use this to passing on folklores, celebrating festivities or entertaining themselves. The most
popular props are fans, ribbons, drums and handkerchiefs.  Today we will be learning the handkerchief YangGe.  Dance Revelasian is the premier Chinese dance group in Boston. It’s made up of a group of well-established, experienced dancers, drawn together by their interest and passion for dancing. Our mission is to promote Chinese culture through traditional dance. 

Sons & Daughter of Alexander the Great 
Each region of Greece has its own typical dance and music. But there are some common elements, such as line dances. In line dancing there is a leader, and dancers join hands or lock arms together. The Sons and Daughters of Alexander the Great perform dances typical of Northern Greece. The group has trained over 1,100 young pro-fessionals over the past forty years, and is well known throughout the
Boston area. There are now twenty young men and women who perform dances from Macedonia, Epirus, Thessaly, Florina, Naousa, and Thrace. Their costumes are authentic and hand-made in Greece. They will perform four dances featuring different styles from Northern Greece, Enteka, Aristidis, Tsamiko, and Syrto, and will then teach the Kalamatiano - a line dance consisting of twelve simple repeating steps. Come join in and don’t forget to shout opa!

Bharathakalai School of Dance
Bharathanatyam is a centuries old dance form that originates from the Hindu Temples of Southern India. It is a dance form that delivers the performer and the viewer unto another, peaceful liberated plane. 
This is perhaps the most codified and documented ancient dance form in the entire world! Jayshree has been a practitioner of this Great Indian Dance form for over 35 years and has been teaching for 25 years.  She has received numerous awards for both performing and teaching,  the most recent being a special Citation from the Massachusetts House of Representatives for her 25 years of
teaching this art form.  
Bharathakalai School of Dance was founded in 1987 in New Delhi,
India and moved to the Massachusetts with its founder, Jayshree Bala Rajamani in
1995.  The school is dedicated to
promoting and preserving the ancient Indian dance form of Bharathanatyam, both
through formal training and through lecture-demonstrations and workshops at
various schools, universities and museums.

Rikudei Emunah (Dances of Faith)
Israeli folkdance has evolved greatly since the early 1900's. 
It began as
an expression of joy by the early pioneers who built the country.  Nowadays
it expresses the spirit of the people of Israel and their varied backgrounds and countries of
origin.  People of all ages gather in Israel itself as well as around the
world to dance the same dances.  The music for the majority of Israeli
dances is comprised of songs whose text is drawn from the Hebrew Bible “The Song
of Solomon” and the Psalms are favorite sources. Tonight our performance
reflects the development of Israeli folkdance from exclusively circles to line
dances. (There are also partner dances, which we will not be performing.) We
begin with a classic circle dance called the horah, considered the "landmark" of
Israeli dancing.  We follow with a
debka, a line dance once only for men, their stomping representing horses'
hooves.  At the end of the dance we shout "Shalom," which means hello,
goodbye and peace.