Folk Art Festival-goers travel around world through dance

AUBURN - A picture may well be worth a 1,000 words, but a dance can say far more.

That is the belief of Dr. Felicia “Faye” McMahon, a professor of folklore and culture at Syracuse University.

Beginning in 2002, McMahon has helped organize the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center's Folk Arts in Central New York Festival, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts, which kicked off Wednesday night with a celebration of folk dancing.