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Contra dance (also contradance, contra-dance and other variant spellings) is a form of folk dancing made up of long lines of couples. It has mixed origins from English country dance , Scottish country dance , and French dance styles in the 17th century.
This movement is adapted from the eponymous dance "Petronella," a traditional contra dance derived from a Scottish country dance of the same name. Some dancers clap twice on beats 3.5 and 4 of the 4-beat movement. Promenade Facing in the same direction, shoulder to shoulder with the lady on the right, a couple walks where the caller directs.
An alternative movement within some contra dance communities emphasizes "positional calling", in which dancers are referred to by the positions ("lefts and rights") they occupy. This requires more care and effort by the dance caller, but attempts to sidestep controversies over the merits of tradition and inclusivity.
Contradanza (also called contradanza criolla, danza, danza criolla, or habanera) is the Spanish and Spanish-American version of the contradanse, which was an internationally popular style of music and dance in the 18th century, derived from the English country dance and adopted at the court of France.
The United States of America is the home of the hip hop dance, swing, tap dance and its derivative Rock and Roll, and modern square dance (associated with the United States of America due to its historic development in that country—twenty three U.S. states have designated it as their official state dance or official folk dance) and one of the major centers for modern dance.
Kontradans or the French-Haitian Contredanse, [1] is creolized dance music formed in the 18th century in the French colony of Saint-Domingue [2] that evolved from the English contra dance, or (country dance), which eventually spread throughout the Caribbean, Louisiana, Europe and the rest of the New World from the Creoles of Saint-Domingue.
Swing dance was unique from other dance forms in that it provided human touch. This aspect of the dance separated it from other dance forms in which touch is not involved. [3] Swing dancers purposefully tried to "revitalize partner dancing and [reclaim] a vital form of social interaction based on closeness". [3]
Contra dance (2 C, 14 P) S. Square dance (39 P, 2 F) Pages in category "American folk dances" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.