page_title: Square dance
hierarchical_section_title: Square dance
context_page_description: Square dances are sequence dance for four couples in a square. Each couple faces the centre of the square.
  Square dances were first written about in 16th-century England, and were also common in France and throughout Europe. They came to North America with the European settlers. Square dances are a type of folk dance.
context_section_description: Square dances are  sequence dance for four couples in a square. Each couple faces the centre of the square. 
  Square dances were first written about in 16th-century England, and were also common in France and throughout Europe. They came to North America with the European settlers. Square dances are a type of folk dance.
caption: Bent Creek Ranch Square Dance Team dancing at the Mountain Music Festival, Asheville, North Carolina.
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