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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.
Traditional square dance calls at a dance in Concord, Massachusetts. Square dance movements are known as calls, and some forms of the dance, such as traditional and modern western square dancing, use a caller to direct the dancers through different calls. In some forms of traditional square dancing, the caller may be one of the dancers or ...
A square dance tip is usually composed of a combination of patter calls and singing calls, the two types of square dance calls. Modern western square dancing is a non-competitive activity. There are no dance competitions, and apart from fun events, no prizes are ever offered or sought for 'best dancer' or 'best square'.
Will Mentor calls a square dance at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina. A caller is a person who prompts dance figures in such dances as line dance, square dance, and contra dance. The caller might be one of the participating dancers, though in modern country dance this is rare.
CALLERLAB is the international association of square dance callers, and is the largest square dance association in the United States.CALLERLAB provides guidance and education, certifying caller coaches, maintaining standardized lists of calls and definitions, and generally promoting the square dance activity.
Challenge square dance, also known as Challenge dancing, is modern western square dance focused on the puzzle-solving aspects of square dancing at the most difficult or "challenging" levels. In modern square dancing, the dancers interpret the caller's directions (calls) to determine whom to act with, where to go, and how to get there.
In modern western square dancing, the usual spelling is Dosado which is the closest to the original French form as it’s pronounced in French [Dozado] (used by Callerlab, the largest international association of square dance callers) [5] or DoSaDo (used by the American Callers Association). [6] Dos-a-dos is still in current use in some dances.
Tony Parkes (November 10, 1949 – May 6, 2024) was an American professional square dance, contra dance and folk dance caller and choreographer who was active in the region surrounding Boston, Massachusetts, in the United States. [2] He wrote the book Contra Dance Calling – A Basic Text in 1992 and updated it in 2010. [3]