Missouri Traditional Dance
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This attractive and informative website explores Missouri music and dance traditions. It opens with an introduction to the subject, includes information on throwing a square dance, and is divided into four main sections: Music, People, Dances, and Events.
"Square dance is a general term for a whole family of dances which consist (usually) of four couples arranged in a square formation. While there are a huge variety of styles and configurations, just as in fiddling, here we’ll describe the most common in Missouri. This is definitely not an attempt to say these dances are more traditional or local than any others (they’re not); it’s simply a record of what kinds of dances people are currently doing in our neck of the woods."
Collection: Southern Appalachian
Subjects: Southern / Ozark & Midwest
Tags: Missouri
Subjects: Southern / Ozark & Midwest
Tags: Missouri
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Citation
Missouri Traditional Fiddle & Dance Network, “Missouri Traditional Dance,” Square Dance History Project, accessed February 23, 2025, http://squaredancehistory.org/items/show/1890.
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Missouri Traditional Dance
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This attractive and informative website explores Missouri music and dance traditions. It opens with an introduction to the subject, includes information on throwing a square dance, and is divided into four main sections: Music, People, Dances, and Events.
"Square dance is a general term for a whole family of dances which consist (usually) of four couples arranged in a square formation. While there are a huge variety of styles and configurations, just as in fiddling, here we’ll describe the most common in Missouri. This is definitely not an attempt to say these dances are more traditional or local than any others (they’re not); it’s simply a record of what kinds of dances people are currently doing in our neck of the woods."
"Square dance is a general term for a whole family of dances which consist (usually) of four couples arranged in a square formation. While there are a huge variety of styles and configurations, just as in fiddling, here we’ll describe the most common in Missouri. This is definitely not an attempt to say these dances are more traditional or local than any others (they’re not); it’s simply a record of what kinds of dances people are currently doing in our neck of the woods."