“Dance has no language” - it is often said at concerts and festivals. In fact, to understand the beauty of dance and what dancers want to express it is not necessary to know a particular language, therefore Kazakh, Russian, Korean, German, Chinese etc. they will perceive the dance performance in the same way. Traditional dance involves not only dance performance, but also music, costumes and national traditional attributes. Thus, through traditional folk dances, people can learn about the culture of one or the other. However, according to Bridget Rose Nolan (2008, 8) the nature of traditional dances is very complex and the question of how traditional such dances are is debatable. He states that "dance is undoubtedly one of the most difficult forms of cultural expression to transmit unchanged from one person to another, let alone from one generation to another across hundreds of years." As Brennan (1999, 15) said, “dance is, by its nature, ephemeral.” Brennan points out that traditional dance itself has undergone a process of evolution. However, culture is learned, so it can be changed and does change slightly from one generation to another, and the traditional dance as part of the culture also changes. This will not mean the eradication of culture. Therefore modern traditional dances can be considered part of culture and can be considered as a way to understand a particular culture. This article focuses on this, more precisely, how traditional dances influence the understanding of culture. First, the research problem will be described. Subsequently we will proceed to describe the practical part, in particular the field work, the methods and expectations of participant observation. Furthermore, there will be a document that will ensure that choreography students do not identify with any culture, including their own, during the dance performance. Thus, expectations about changes in behavior due to the influence of folk customs and attributes were met, although expectations about the feelings of other cultures were not met. Therefore, folk dances can present the culture of a particular people, but performances of folk dances do not always imply understanding of the culture. Bibliography Brennan, H. The Story of Irish Dance. Ireland: Mount Eagle Publications, 1999.Haviland, William A., Harald EL Prins, Bunny McBride, and Dana Walrath. Cultural anthropology: the human challenge. Wadsworth Publishing, 2011.Nolan, B. R. “Tradition, Modernity and Authenticity in Riverdance.” Annual meeting of the American Sociological Association. Boston, 2008. 1-17.