Square Dance

The result is a folk dance in the United States. We use a variety of dance figures in this dance such as the Morris Dance, English Country Dance and Quadrille. The dance is popular throughout the world. After the Second World War he came to Germany. There are four couples in a square opposite. The movements or character sequences are performed to music.

The interesting thing is that this set by announcements by a so-called caller by exclamations or singing are. The whole is then assembled into a dance. The calls are standardized and globally speaking in English, so that different dancers from different countries without any difficulties together without communication problems to have. There are two types of square dancing: Once the "Traditional Square Dance" and the "Western Square Dance". This is also called "Modern Western Square Dance" and "Modern American Square Dance called". This modern form is international and is the official folk dance of most states of the USA. In the traditional square dance, it is fixed predetermined choreography. This is the modern square dance was not the case.

There is more spontaneous and only the caller knows which piece is danced next. For music, it looks similar. In the traditional square dancing is danced to country, but in the Western Square Dance on versatile music such as Pop, and Broadway musicals. Only occasionally one can observe the traditional square dance. The Mordern American Square Dance lived in the 90 years to once again properly.