Dances composed for full orchestra have long been a staple of Central and Eastern Europe. Well-known examples include Brahms' Hungarian Dances and Dvorak's Slavonic Dances, which still form part of the modern classical music repertoire. There are also less well-known collections, including the Moravian Dances collection by Czech composer Leoš Janáček, dating from 1888. I thought you might enjoy hearing them.
If you enjoyed that, try his Lachian Dances, based on themes from the Moravian Wallachian region.
There are lots of orchestrated folk songs and dances in the classical world. They repay exploration.
Peter
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