Square dance
Square dances are sequence dance for four couples in a square. Each couple faces the centre of the square.[1]
Square dances were first written about in 16th-century England, and were also common in France and throughout Europe. They came to North America with the European settlers. Square dances are a type of folk dance.
Square Dance Media
A square dance diagram from The English Dancing Master (First published in 1651)
Modern Appalachian square dancing
Quadrille variation involving five couples dancing at a Colonial Ball in the Albert Hall, Canberra September 2016 (sepia)
Traditional square dance calls at a dance in Concord, Massachusetts
Old-time fiddlers often accompany traditional square dances.
American-style square dancers performing outdoors in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany in 2014
Square dance in Gjoa Haven, northern Canada
References
- ↑ Mayo, Margot 1943. The American Square Dance. New York: Sentinel books.