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 ...

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 ...

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, ...