English Country Dance

English Country Dance All are Welcome!
3:30pm, Beginners' Session
4:00pm, Dance
Leader
Live Music
Admission: $10 for members of the Old Farmers Ball
$12 for non-members

English Country Dance is the forerunner of Contra Dance. Country dances were danced out in the countryside of England as far back as 1500's. The general formation is two lines facing each other. There is a leader who walks the dancers through the figures of a particular dance, and then the music begins, and the dancers dance to the prompts of the leader.The dances moved across to France whose dancers called it "contredanse." The settlers brought English Country Dance to America. The dance figures soon began to evolve with new twists and thus began to be called Contra Dance, from "contredanse." Although English Country Dance still remained its own style, and still does today. Each dance has a tune that is played for just that particular dance. The name of the dance and the name of the tune are the same. It's designed to go perfectly with dance figures and musical phrases. Examples of English Country Dance may be seen in film adaptations of Jane Austen novels, such as Pride and Prejudice.

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Jewish Community Center; 236 Charlotte Street
Asheville, NC
28801

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4pm - 6:30pm

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(828) 230-8449

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