Folk Dancing

by Erica Nielsen

Book Overview

This overview of folk dancing in the United States showcases an important historical movement and explains how folk dance communities evolved to fulfill the needs of specific groups of people over time.

While the general term "folk dance" encompasses a surprising variety of specific dances, there are three major recreational communities or forms: international folk dance, modern western square dance, and contra dance. Throughout the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313376883
• ISBN13: 9780313376887
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"