Caller (dancing)
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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 i
Will Mentor calls a square dance at the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina.
Contra dance
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Contra dance is a form of folk dancing made up of long lines of couples. It has mixed origins from English country dance, Scottish country dance, and French dance styles in the 17th century. Sometimes
Caller (dancing)
…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. In round dance a person who performs this function…
Musicians play for a contra dance at the John C. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown, North Carolina, 2023
Caller and musician Dudley Laufman, a significant figure in the contra dance revival of the mid-20th century
Contra dancers swing at a Friday night dance at Glen Echo Park in the suburbs of Washington, D.C.