Roots of American Dance traces the origin of our traditional American dances. We begin in the Eastern United States with the British and Irish influences on country dances in the original American Colonies. Our second suite takes us Down South to the city of New Orleans where Canadian French, Black, and European dance styles have been merged to form a new type of Cajun and Zydeco dancing.Lastly we travel to the Southwest and the Rio Grande border area to look at the European and Mexican sources of such cowboy dances as the schottische and polka in Texas and Arizona.

Students are invited to join in and come on stage to learn Cotton-Eyed Joe, one of the most popular of all cowboy dances.

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