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Introduction
Part I: Ethnography of the Balkan Music and Dance Scene ; The "Balkanites" ; Why Balkan?
Part II: Folk dancing and turn-of-the-century America ; Folk dancing and the settlement movement ; Folk dancing and the physical education and recreation movements
Part III: International folk dancing from the 1930s and 1950s ; Dance and be merry ; Emergence of the new folk dance leaders: Vytautas Beliajus, Song Chang, Michael Herman ; Folk dance as a national trend
Part IV: 1950s and beyond ; International folk dance and the "Balkan craze" ; The rise of the Balkan scene
conclusion.
Part I: Ethnography of the Balkan Music and Dance Scene ; The "Balkanites" ; Why Balkan?
Part II: Folk dancing and turn-of-the-century America ; Folk dancing and the settlement movement ; Folk dancing and the physical education and recreation movements
Part III: International folk dancing from the 1930s and 1950s ; Dance and be merry ; Emergence of the new folk dance leaders: Vytautas Beliajus, Song Chang, Michael Herman ; Folk dance as a national trend
Part IV: 1950s and beyond ; International folk dance and the "Balkan craze" ; The rise of the Balkan scene
conclusion.