Swing your partner and dosey-do. September is National Square Dance Month. Like the culture it came from, square dance has roots in European, Native American and African practices. Square dancing ...

If there’s an Oktoberfest event at the Germanic-American Institute in St. Paul, a polka mass at St. Boniface Catholic Church ...

With roots dating back to the 17th century in England, Ireland and Scotland, American square dance remained popular throughout the mid-to-late 20th century. Congress, too, recognized its cultural ...

There was a time when Henry Ford weaponized square dancing to fight the growth of jazz music, which he claimed was a Jewish attempt to subvert wholesome American culture. The Detroit Square Dance ...

ALEX LASSITER: Hello, lovely people! It’s Alex Lassiter with the Minnesota Daily, and you’re listening to In The Know, a podcast dedicated to the University of Minnesota. At the time of this episode ...

SPRING, Texas -- Need some steps? Square dancing is a traditional American folk dance with lots of turns and moves. In Houston, there are more than a dozen square dancing groups, including The ...

NEW YORK — Ballet, which began life in Western Europe during the Renaissance, is danced all over the globe with many accents. The many ways in which it can be (and seem) American often occupied the ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio --Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will be at Playhouse Square for three performances, Friday, Jan. 31 and Saturday, Feb. 1. The company’s U.S. tour, which kicks off in Cleveland, ...

Square dancing is a remarkable thing. If you’ve ever stumbled into a saloon or old roadhouse and seen people in groups or standing in lines on the dance floor performing the moves with their thumbs in ...