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 ...

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 ...

An English Country Dance will be held as part of a continuing group class on Saturday, Feb. 24 from 4-6 p.m. at Brainerd United Methodist Church’s Lundy Hall Gym, 4315 Brainerd Road in Chattanooga.

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 ...

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 ...

Though unknown to many people, contra dancing is practiced with great devotion and abandon throughout the United States by fans of this lively dance form. What’s striking is that a remarkably high ...

At first glance, a room full of contra dancers looks like mildly organized chaos. But look more closely, and patterns emerge: Four dancers with right hands touching create a spinning star. Long lines ...

Fifty years ago, Scott Russell and his girlfriend, Susan Davis, saw an ad in Creative Loafing for international folk dancing at Garden Hills Recreation Center. They decided to attend and joined about ...