square dancing

square dancing
A type of dance in which eight dancers are arranged in a square as four couples, with a caller calling or singing out the movements that the dancers are to perform.

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  • square-dancing — squareˈ dancing noun • • • Main Entry: ↑square …   Useful english dictionary

  • square dancing — noun American country dancing in which couples form squares • Syn: ↑square dance • Derivationally related forms: ↑square dance (for: ↑square dance) • Hypernyms: ↑country dance, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • square dancing — n. square dance, American country dance for four couples who form a square; country dance in which dancers dance in pairs or sets to lively music played on fiddles and a caller who calls out the steps …   English contemporary dictionary

  • square dancing — ➡ folk dancing * * * …   Universalium

  • square dancing — noun see square dance …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • European Association of American Square Dancing Clubs — Die European Association of American Square Dancing Clubs e. V. (EAASDC) ist ein Verband der mitteleuropäischen Vereine für Square Dance, Round Dance, Contra Dance und Clogging. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte 2 Tanzsparten 3 Situation …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Square dance club — Square dance clubs are the primary form for organization within the recreational activity of square dancing, and more specifically modern Western square dance. This article s focus is the modern Western square dance club, and it is understood in… …   Wikipedia

  • square dance — square dancer. square dancing. 1. a dance by a set of four couples arranged in a square or in some set form. 2. hoedown (def. 1). [1865 70] * * * Dance for sets of four couples standing in square formation. The most popular type of U.S. folk… …   Universalium

  • square dance — n. a lively dance with various steps, figures, etc., in which the couples are grouped in a given form, as a square square dance vi. square danced, square dancing …   English World dictionary

  • Square dance — This article is about differences between two forms of square dance. For specific details on the traditional form, see Traditional square dance. For specific details on the Western form, see Modern Western square dance. For George Balanchine s… …   Wikipedia

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