Newfoundland Stepdance Suite

This collection of four dances, brought to the stage by the Canadian Folk Dancers, represents one of the older styles of social dance in Canada. Newfoundland folkdance is performed "close to the floor" and these dances embellish the style and character of the "Newfoundland" people.

Cajun Suite

As the Acadians were driven out of Nova Scotia early in the 1900's , they travelled south into the U.S. and finally settled in the southern state of Louisiana.  Cajun (from "A-ca-jan" or "Acadian") and the Cajun people have since had a revived sense of cultural pride and although the original circle dances of the region had long been forgotten, new dance styles were born