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Community Focus
Location
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WA, Irish
Location
Edmonds, WA
Grafton Street Academy offers Irish Step Dance lessons for children and adults. Serving beginning dancers through championship levels in Lynnwood, Edmonds, Seattle, Everett, Bothell, Shoreline, and throughout Seattle and the Eastside.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Kent, WA
Allegro offers classes in the performing arts for all ages and levels. Quality training with a caring, family atmosphere... dance training is life training!
Community Focus
WA, Scottish
Location
Bellingham, WA
Community Focus
North European, WA, European, Scottish
Location
Bellingham, WA
The Bellingham Pipe Band is a self-supporting/non-profit organization dedicated to promoting, teaching and playing at a high standard, Scottish Highland bagpiping and drumming in the Bellingham and North Puget Sound region.
Community Focus
WA, Spanish
Location
Redmond, WA
Community Focus
WA, American (US), Filipino
Location
Lacey, WA
The Filipino American Community of South Puget Sound seeks to preserve and promote Filipino heritage and identity in the culturally diverse society of the United States.
Community Focus
WA, American (US), Filipino
Location
Vancouver, WA
The Filipino American Association of Vancouver, Washington (FAAV), is a nonprofit cultural organization based in Vancouver, Washington, USA, a city adjacent to Portland, Oregon.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Seattle, WA
The Good Foot Arts Collective is a Seattle community-based non-profit with a mission of Youth Violence Prevention through Arts Education.
Community Focus
WA, Caribbean, Cuban, Latina/e/o/x
Location
Seattle, WA
Orchestra Zarabanda is known for it's trademark sound of sultry melodies contrasted with syncopated and exacting rhythms. The band is comprised of latin rhythm section, trombones, flute and vocals. Influences include Felix Chappotín, Celia Cruz, Eddie Palmieri and Los Van Van.
Community Focus
Drag, WA, Two Spirit, Native American
Location
, WA
Weaving Spirits Festival of Two-Spirit Performance features local and national Native American Artists whose offerings range from traditional music to experimental performance and drag.
Community Focus
WA, South Asian, Asian, Indian
Location
Issaquah, WA
This Dance school is started by Ms. Ojasvi Sinha Balaji. She has learnt Kathak and Bharatnatyam and has performed many types of dances including folk. Dance classes are offered to kids and adults.
Community Focus
South Asian, WA, Asian, Indian
Location
Bellevue, WA
Nrityangan Kathak studio is a place where Chandrayee & her students learn, dance & explore their passion for dance.
Community Focus
WA, For All
Location
Lynnwood, WA
Northwest Folk Dancers Incorporated (NFDI) is a non-profit "umbrella" organization that promotes folk dancing and ethnic events. NFDI sponsors folk dance festivals and other folk events, provides dance descriptions and practice tapes at a nominal charge for NFDI members, and seeks new ways to promote all forms of ethnic dance.
Community Focus
South Asian, WA, Asian, Indian
Location
Seattle, WA
Nrityalaya School of Dance was founded by Vidyalakshmi Vinod in 2002 in greater Seattle area to teach students the ancient Indian classical dance, Bharatanatyam.
Community Focus
West European, WA, Austrian, European
Location
Bothell, WA
Austria Club of Washington is a non-profit organization, incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington, USA.

The Austria Club of Washington was founded in 1976 thanks to the dedicated efforts of ten, Austria born immigrants. They were: Inge Waltz, Alma Kramer, Maria Highton, Bill and Trude Leimer, Fritz and Grete Duchon, Otto and Heide Waniczek, Alex and Trude Schwarz. The first meeting was held at the Camlin Hotel in Seattle, on February 26, 1976. Inge Waltz became the club’s first president.

The club functions under the direction of an elected board, consisting of a president, vice president, secretary, treasurer and several trustees. In addition, the club forms various committees to plan and organize various social events, manage special projects, recruit new members, publish a newsletter, handle telephone calls, maintain contact with other ethnic groups and fulfill “sunshine lady” responsibilities.

Community Focus
WA, Brazilian
Location
Seattle, WA
America's oldest Brazilian music ensemble
Community Focus
WA, Indigenous
Location
Seattle, WA
Quichua Mashis is the culmination of fifteen years of dedication and determination. The members have worked together playing traditional and current music from the Andes Mountains.
Community Focus
WA, American (US)
Location
Seattle, WA
Preserving, promoting and extending America's mandolin ensemble tradition since 1968.
Community Focus
North European, WA, European, Irish
Location
Seattle, WA
Seattle Irish Dance Company is the premier professional Irish dance company based in the Pacific Northwest, and we're excited you're here.
Community Focus
African American, WA, Jewish, Black, Japanese, Latina/e/o/x, Native American, Settler
Location
Seattle, WA
Living Voices is a nationally touring educational theatre bringing life to history through the power of live theatre, video, and personal discussion