country dances
Rural group movements
Country dances are traditional social dances performed by groups of couples, typically arranged in long facing lines or squares.
The forms originated in rural England and spread throughout Europe and the American colonies.
Dancers follow called patterns—do-si-dos, promenades, reels—often to fiddle music.
The term covers a family of related traditions including English country dance, contra dance, and square dance.
- hornpipeSailor's traditional dance
- folkRegular common people
- folk musicCommunity-born acoustic songs
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- polkaBouncy partnered folk step
reel · swing your partner · sean-nós singing · ceilidh · contradance · social · seasonal celebrations · village green · village hall · traditional · allemande · tin whistle · community · do-si-do · harvest · social gatherings · ballads · live band
- folk traditionsfolk songs, folk tunes, folklore, harvest festivals, wedding traditions
- Rural Traditionsharvest festivals, village fairs, folk traditions, quilting bees, barn raisings
- Colonial MusicYankee Doodle, Chester, shape-note singing, folk hymns, fife
- folk tunesfiddle tunes, jigs, reels, hornpipes, Irish jigs
- folklorefairy tales, fairytales, folktales, folk tales, folk tale
- Celtic Folkjigs, reels, bodhrán, Irish jig, Irish jigs
country dancesballroom dancing
Formal partnered dance styles
cotillion · waltz · foxtrot · Viennese waltz · minuet
country dancessolo performance
Unaccompanied artistic presentation
ballet solo · interpretive dance · dance recital · breakdancing · stage performance
country dancesdisco dancing
Rhythmic movement to funk
hip-hop dance · breakdancing · contemporary dance · street dance · voguing
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