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A square dance is a dance for four couples, or eight dancers in total, arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, facing the middle of the square. Square dances are part of a broad spectrum of dances known by various names: country dances, traditional dances, folk dances, barn dances, ceilidh dances, contra dances, Playford dances, etc.
A square dance program or square dance list is a set of defined square dance calls or dance steps which are associated with a level of difficulty. Programs and program lists are managed and universally recognized in modern western square dance. Upper-level dance programs include not only square dance calls, but also square dance concepts.
Right and left grand, also known as grand right and left, is a square dance move in which all eight dancers in the set, moving in a circular fashion, execute a series of four alternating hand pull-bys (right pull by, left pull by, right pull by, left pull by). Men (or gents) travel counter-clockwise around the ring, and ladies travel clockwise.
Promenade is a basic dance move in a number of dances such as English Country Dance, contra dance, and square dance. The name comes from the French word for "walk" and is a basic description of the dance action.
When the National Square Dance Convention last came to Milwaukee in 1979, about 20,000 people clapped, tapped and twirled their way across the dance floor. There's fewer square dance partners to ...
Box step is a basic dance step named after the pattern it creates on the floor, which is that of a square or box. It is used in a number of American Style ballroom dances: rumba, [1] waltz, [2] bronze-level foxtrot. While it can be performed individually, it is usually done with a partner. This is the most common dance step in the waltz.
The term is a corruption of the original French term dos-à-dos for the dance move, which means "back to back", as opposed to "vis-à-vis" which means "face to face". [2]Do-si-do is the most common spelling in modern English dictionaries [3] and is the spelling used in contra dance, sometimes without hyphens. [4]
A basic figure is the very basic step that defines the character of a dance. Often it is called just thus: "basic movement", "basic step" or the like. For some dances it is sufficient to know the basic step performed in different handhold [broken anchor] s and dance positions [broken anchor] to enjoy it socially.