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1. www.youtube.com › watchIt's Not a Square Dance: It's a Contra Dance! - YouTube

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   Sep 26, 2017 · - YouTube. It's Not a Square Dance: It's a Contra Dance! Connect STL from HEC Media. 2.45K subscribers. Subscribed. 143. 23K views 6 years ago. Contra dancing: It has nothing to do with...

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2. www.youtube.com › watchContra Dancing - YouTube

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   Jan 11, 2006 · 55 subscribers. Subscribed. 248. 402K views 18 years ago. Contra dancing is a type of old folk dance which is hard to explain... as such, I've uploaded a video to give a general idea....

   • Date: Jan 11, 2006
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   Where did contra dancing come from?

   • Contra dancing traces back to seventeenth-century country dances. Throughout history, the contra dance has evolved. Contradanses: In the seventeenth century, contra dances made their way from Britain to France, where they were adapted into new dances called contra-dances or contredanses, which translates roughly to "opposite dance."

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   What is a contra dance event?

   • A contra dance event is a social dance that one can attend without a partner. The dancers form couples, and the couples form sets of two couples in long lines starting from the stage and going down the length of the dance hall. Throughout the course of a dance, couples progress up and down these lines, dancing with each other couple in the line.

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   How are contra dances arranged?

   • Contra dances are arranged in long paired lines of couples. A pair of lines is called a set. Sets are generally arranged so they run the length of the hall, with the top or head of the set being the end closest to the band and caller. Correspondingly, the bottom or foot of the set is the end furthest from the caller.

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   When did contra dance become popular?

   • During the eighteenth century, contra dances became a popular form of American social dance and were typically referred to as country dances. In the nineteenth century, contra dance fell out of popularity in favor of other couple dances, such as the waltz and the polka.

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4. www.youtube.com › watchWhen Hippies & Old Timers Contra Danced Together - YouTube

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   It seems like 1964 when I was a young filmmaker, is a long time ago. I'm happy to see that contra dancing which was popular in New England at the time, has c...

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5. www.youtube.com › watch1950s, 1960s USA, New England Contra Dance, Folk Music

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   1950s, 1960s USA, New England Contra Dance, Folk Music from the Kinolibrary Archive Film Collections. Clip ref MF58. For commercial projects only.

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6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Contra_danceContra dance - Wikipedia

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   A contra dance event is a social dance that one can attend without a partner. The dancers form couples, and the couples form sets of two couples in long lines starting from the stage and going down the length of the dance hall. Throughout the course of a dance, couples progress up and down these lines, dancing with each other couple in the line.

7. www.yidio.com › movie › contra-dance-the-oldWatch Contra dance: the old-fashioned way Online - Yidio

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   This Documentary film was made in 1964 in Northern Vermont. It shows a traditional very realistic contra dance in a small dance hall on a winter's night. It is a beautiful portrait of New England contra dancing at its best. www.thehoffmancollection.com. Where to Watch Details. Add to Watchlist.

8. www.spokeandblossom.com › stories › 2020/1/6I’d Rather Dance: Old-Time Contra Dances Still Serenade ...

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   Jan 7, 2020 · Denae Nesbit, 28, had been attending contra dances for four and a half years when she met her future husband Carl at a dance two years ago. When they married a year later, they invited Fifth Reel to perform at the reception. “Most people at our wedding had never contra danced before; it made for a memorable wedding,” she says.