WHAT IS CONTRA DANCE?

Check out these links for definitions, instructional videos, dance primers, and just plain fun information.

A Contra Dance Primer http://www.freenet.hamilton.on.ca/link/jig/a_contra_dancers_primer.htm

 

What is Contra Dance?  Answering that question since February 1995 Created and maintained by Gary Shapiro   http://www.sbcds.org/contradance/whatis/

 

Wikipedia's definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contra_dance

 

Dance History Archives http://www.streetswing.com/histmain/z3contre.htm

 

Step by Step Guide to Contra Dancing  http://www.tftm.org/contradancing/Dance%20Moves.pdf

 

What is contradance? Chattahoochee Country Dancers http://contradance.org/html/what_is.php

 

Michael Dyck's Contra Dance Index (100's of Contra Dances by author, title, formation, etc.)

http://www.ibiblio.org/contradance/index/

 

Instructional Videos http://contrausa.com/

 

Additional local Contra Dance Information On The Web http://omahafolk.8m.com/

 

Other Traditional Music and Dance In Omaha   http://www.folkdancing.org/nebraska.html

 

Folk Dancing in Nebraska  http://www.folkdancing.org/nebraska.html

 

New Mexico Folk Music & Dance Society • FolkMADS  http://folkmads.org/index.html

 

Lincoln Contra Dance Face Book http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=65066505174&ref=ts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Updated    12/25/09

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