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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.
Square dancing requires lessons to learn the standard set of steps. Find out more at an Introductory Open House from 7-8 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 22, at the Tallahassee Senior Center second floor ...
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]
In square dancing, and in particular modern western square dance, when a promenade is called it is understood to be a "couples' promenade" involving all four couples.The couples assume a promenade position, each turn to the right as a unit, and walk counterclockwise around the ring.
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.
The steps of a dance or pattern may be listed in a step sheet. Dance patterns may be described by difficulty. [7] Dance patterns may be described according to combinations of quick and slow steps and often by the rhythm or meter of the music, for example waltz steps (three-count step patterns danced to waltz music), swing steps (four-count ...
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