Microphone in hand, square dance caller Mike Hogan cues up a song as groups of couples take their places on the floor. As the men and women grasp hands, the energetic Omaha man with an easy smile ...

When the National Square Dance Convention last came to Milwaukee in 1979, about 20,000 people clapped, tapped and twirled their way across the dance floor. There's fewer square dance partners to swing ...

The ages of people who enjoy traditional square dancing range from school children to those in their golden years. On the younger end, Luna teaches fourth- and fifth-graders in Jefferson every year ...

Swing your partner and dosey-do. September is National Square Dance Month. Like the culture it came from, square dance has roots in European, Native American and African practices. Square dancing ...

The traditional couples dance is making a post-COVID comeback, just in time for winter barn dances and community socials. Cowboy boots not required. Though COVID took a toll on square dancing, it’s ...

While Russia has many folk dancers, traditional American square dance is a real novelty here. A two-year-old Moscow Club has garnered some international attention. Alsu Alyusheva, a young Muscovite, ...

Square dancing sounds like something out of Little House on the Prairie, but in truth, square dancing has been a part of American entertainment for centuries. According to the Square Dance History ...