--- title: "Watch & read · Putian University Folk Dance Club" source: "https://www.ptufdc.com/en/resources/" lang: "en" --- # Watch & read · Putian University Folk Dance Club PTUFDC / OPEN THE ARCHIVE # Come a little closer, see our world. A dance on film, a gathering remembered, and the people who take folk dance further. [Enter the club archive](/en/archive/) 01 / WATCH ## Start with a performance Return to the stage: the music, the formations and the connection between dancers. ![Alumni stage performance pictured in a 2022 university report](/images/homecoming-stage.jpg) Past performances ### The complete 2024 club performance The full performance from 25 May 2024, running for about two hours and nine minutes. From opening to curtain call, revisit a whole evening of dancing together. [Watch on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRc6HMnAhXc) [View the video’s source listing](https://blog.udn.com/nokia2100/180764361) Photograph: 2022 alumni performance, from the School of Foreign Languages report. YouTube · Past performances ### [10th club performance · Scottish suite](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktwJUwwddBQ) Maypole, Scottish country dance and Highland dance: explore another world of steps and music. About 8 minutes 42 seconds. [View the source listing](https://blog.udn.com/nokia2100/183727742) YouTube · Past performances ### [8th club performance · Let’s Dance](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXa8lZmYA6U) A stage recording including Artist’s Life and Poolside Shadows. About 17 minutes 16 seconds. [View the source listing](https://blog.udn.com/nokia2100/183727742) Explore the fellow dancer’s listings for more recordings from past years. 02 / READ THE RECORD ## Meet the club through its reports Piece together the club’s history through original reports, with sources for further reading. Kinmen Daily News · Event report · 2025-08-25 ### [2025 international folk dance exchange in Kinmen](https://www.kmdn.gov.tw/1117/1271/1272/580167?cprint=pt) Kinmen Daily News records the club’s participation in an international folk dance event and its Indian-style performance, Journey. [Read our local archive](/en/archive/kinmen2025/) University Youth League Committee · 2023-09-08 ### [Active Club of the Year, 2022–2023](https://www.ptu.edu.cn/tw/info/1078/3871.htm) The university’s published awards list names the club an Active Club of the Year, under the School of Foreign Languages. [Read our local archive](/en/archive/award2023/) School of Foreign Languages · 2022-11-25 ### [Back to the dance floor after graduation](https://www.ptu.edu.cn/wgyxy/info/1061/3120.htm) A university report records 59 alumni and seven teachers from Taiwan returning for a performance with current students. [Read our local archive](/en/archive/homecoming/) Knack Cordial · Signed article · 2017-11 ### [Florence’s reflections on Hungarian folk dance](https://knackcordial.wixsite.com/kcfg/blank-7) Florence recalls taking students to Hong Kong for a Knack Cordial performance in 2017, offering a glimpse of the club’s exchanges with other dancers. [Read our local archive](/en/archive/hongkong2017/) Southeast Net · Putian news · 2013-04-13 ### [A Taiwanese food sale beyond the dance floor](https://pt.fjsen.com/xw/2013-04/13/content_11121575.htm) A 2013 report tells how Zheng Ruoyi and club members sold Taiwanese braised pork rice to help a student who was ill. [Read our local archive](/en/archive/charity2013/) 03 / KEEP EXPLORING ## Beyond the dance floor, keep reading Psychology of China · Research paper · 2021-09-23 ### [A case study of Putian University Folk Dance Club](https://www.sciscanpub.com/index/journals/ainfo/pc/2860.html) A 2021 study by He Xiaobin, Zheng Ruoyi and Cai Zhengzhong records the club’s history and culture of dancing together. [Read our local archive](/en/archive/research2021/) SciScan Publishing · PDF ### [Read the paper as a PDF](https://www.sciscanpub.com/uploads/2021/09/23/pc20211142v3.pdf) Explore the complete research background, interviews and references. Jendow encyclopedia · Independent historical entry ### [Putian University Folk Dance Club · Historical encyclopedia entry](https://www.jendow.com.tw/wiki/%E8%8E%86%E7%94%B0%E5%AD%B8%E9%99%A2%E5%9C%9F%E9%A2%A8%E8%88%9E%E7%A4%BE) An account of the club’s early organization, festivals and performances, offering leads into its past. Wikipedia · Background reading ### [Folk and traditional dance](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9C%9F%E9%A2%A8%E8%88%9E) Explore the terms and the dance traditions of different regions through Wikipedia’s folk dance entry. Folk Dance forum · Historical discussion · 2007 ### [Early conversations in the Folk Dance forum](https://www.okc.folk-dance.org/Talk/viewthread.php?extra=&page=2&tid=4013) Early online memories of members and fellow dancers discussing steps, teaching and performances. ## Find the club today Activity schedules, committee lists and rules in historical sources may have changed. Check today’s recruitment and events through WeChat, Douyin or the club’s QQ account. [WeChat & contact links](/en/join)