Chattanooga Traditional Dance Society presents its monthly Contra Dance Open to All, featuring calling by Matt Hawkins and music by Evan Kinney and the Fly By Nights on Saturday from 7:30-11 p.m., at ...

On a chilly Saturday evening, around 50 people put on their most comfortable shoes and made their way to Goshen First Church.

Hartford Community Dance will hold its annual New Year’s Eve contra dance Friday at 6:30 p.m. at town hall, 50 S. Main St. Music will be by Perpetual e-Motion. The event includes a pot luck dinner, a ...

An eclectic crowd of 200 Contra dancers floods the floor as rich Celtic-style music energizes the gym. A funky-hatted female caller announces moves and dancers of all shapes and sizes begin swinging ...

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado – It was that one word – contra – that always puzzled me. For years, I’ve see mentions of contra dances being held in local gymnasiums and halls, but I just couldn’t get ...

Contra dancing has been around since the 1700s. If you don't know it — it's kind of like square dancing but with long lines of dancers. The dance is having a renaissance around the country thanks to a ...

SUNDELL AND FRIEND: Contra dancing comes to Arkansas. When I first heard the term contra dancing I thought it was something illicit — a guerrilla movement whose members meet for a tango in dank ...

Along with formal court dancing, parlor dancing, square dancing, hoedowning, flatfoot dancing and jigging, contra dancing has survived in the Eastern USA for generations, and Birdsboro is an epicenter ...

As the sun sets in the town of Nelson on Monday night, a crowd of people meander into Town Hall with instruments and water bottles in hand. It’s not long before cheering, stomping and the twang of ...

Three New York City dance organizations - Country Dance New York, Brooklyn Contra, and Village Contra - and the Country Dance and Song Society (CDSS) will present a celebratory weekend of contra ...