Kalinka Dance Ensemble of Baltimore  is a performer of traditional (charachter)  Russian and Central European dance in Baltimore/Washington DC area. We offer dance lessons for children and adults, participate in folklore and Community  Festivals, and provide cultural  entertainment at weddings, corporate parties, churches, schools, and community celebrations.

The Kalinka dancers, aging from 6 to 50, represent over 20 different ethnicities and nationalities, including Germany, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, Latvia, Uzbekistan and more. United by a passion for Russian and Eastern European dance as a form of traditional art, we carry a mission of preserving and disseminating Russian and Eastern European folk-dance traditions in the United States.

We’ve performed at venues such as the Russian Embassy in Washington DC, The Lyric Opera House, the Russian Noble Society Ball, Northern Virginia Community College, the Gordon Center for Performing Arts, the Kennedy Center, Hillwood Estate and Museum, the Russian Festival in Baltimore, and many more.