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Capital-Saratoga Region Contra Dances
Contradancing, also known as New England style country dancing, is related to square dancing, but has a rather different feel. Instead of four couples dancing in a square set, any number of couples arranged in long lines to make up a contradance set. (It's not at all like country/western line dancing.) The structure of the dance is simple: you and your partner dance a series of movements with another couple, then you and your partner move on to dance the same pattern with a new couple, and so on, until you have danced with all the other couples in your set. . more....