Microphone in hand, square dance caller Mike Hogan cues up a song as groups of couples take their places on the floor. As the men and women grasp hands, the energetic Omaha man with an easy smile ...
Carla Roberts of Wild West Squares wants to teach you how to square dance. The Durango resident teaches classes in town and in Pagosa Springs and has been a caller – a person who announces specific ...
Seeking new blood, 67-year-old group gets down every week at Willow Pass Community Center; lessons start Sept. 14 There just isn’t a lot of buzz about square dancing. Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart ...
Memory is muscular. It inhabits our bodies. A sudden, unaccustomed movement can shake awake the sleeping giant of the past. Sometimes, it mutters, stretches, rolls over, goes back to sleep. Sometimes, ...
Swingin’ Beavers Square Dance Club is offering several opportunities to give square dancing a whirl in the next few weeks. People of all ages, and especially those with no previous dance experience ...
The traditional couples dance is making a post-COVID comeback, just in time for winter barn dances and community socials. Cowboy boots not required. Though COVID took a toll on square dancing, it’s ...
The music is what you hear first, swirling throughout the spacious room, punctuated by the tap of feet. Then come the dancing figures, advancing and retreating, turning in circles, dipping in and out ...
Whether you’re hoping to impress at an upcoming party or looking to revamp your exercise routine, these nine easy moves will help you start dancing on the right foot. There are countless factors that ...
While Russia has many folk dancers, traditional American square dance is a real novelty here. A two-year-old Moscow Club has garnered some international attention. Alsu Alyusheva, a young Muscovite, ...