I am, at heart, a partner dancer. I primarily do two-step and lindy hop. I’ll line dance if the song is right, but it has never moved me the way two people dancing hand in hand does. This past winter, ...

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 ...

From the time I was a young child and attended high holiday services, I always felt a shiver up my spine during the prayer where the community begs God not to abandon them like the way elders are ...

Joyous melodies in 4/4 time compel the assembled to their feet, which move in synchronized steps. As a lifelong Catholic, this collective motion has an inherently liturgical feeling to me, a concerted ...

With caller Bob Nicholson offering instruction, contra dancers form a circle in the hall at St. Faustina Parish Center in Nanticoke. You can expect a similar scene this Sunday, April 6, at St.

North Berkshire Community Dance is in North Adams for the summer of 2026. The July 11th monthly contra dance will feature ...

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 ...

Ali Moxley For the Chronicle Mar 24, 2026 Mar 24, 2026 It’s a busy night at the Bozeman Senior Center as an unexpected group gathers together for a weekend of contra dancing. Long lines form on the ...