A caller is a person who prompts dance figures in such dances as line dance, square dance, and contra dance. The caller might be one of the participating...

Look up caller in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Caller may refer to: Caller (telecommunications), a party that originates a call Caller (dancing), a person...

is led by a caller who teaches the sequence of moves, called "figures," in the dance before the music starts. In a single dance, a caller may include...

formations of dance are used. Also called old-time square dance or quadrilles by some older New England callers in recognition of the dance it descended...

Dancer Backup dancer Caller (dancing) Exotic dancer Majorette (dancer) Showgirl Taxi dancer Répétiteur Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Dance" . Encyclopædia...

Unlike square dance and round dance, céilí dances are generally not called by a caller; the flow of dance is defined by its name. Céilí dances when performed...

The American Callers Association (ACA) is the second largest association of square dance callers in the United States. ACA is a non-profit organization...

of lessons. Dance figures (sequences of basic movements) that are called in a set order and repeated, rather than improvised by the caller. (In Southeastern...

a live band and a caller. Modern western square dance is often confused with barn dancing in Britain. Barn dances, as social dances, were popular in Ireland...

Modern western square dance, like traditional square dance, is directed by a caller. In modern western square dance the caller strings together a sequence...

of square dancing Providing employment and training opportunities to square dance callers. This is not an exclusive list, and square dance clubs are constantly...

led by a caller, hand-holding or arm-linking between participants, and fixed musical forms known as caroles. Some, such as the maypole dance are common...

Charisse as Ballerina in “Here’s to the Ladies” and “Beauty” Keenan Wynn as Caller Dance director was Robert Alton, Astaire's second-most-frequent choreographic...

dancing. A call in square dancing is a command by a caller to execute a particular dance figure. In round dancing, calls are called cues. See "Caller"...

After the initial couples (pairs of dancers) form a circle, dance moves are then called out by one person, a caller (or "líder" or "cantante" in Spanish)...

Western square dancing, as it is practiced throughout the world, standardized by Callerlab, the International Association of Square Dance Callers, and as generally...

Season Three episode of the TV series Midnight Caller entitled "Sale Away: Part 2". "The Humpty Dance" is one of the most sampled songs recorded by a...

1949 – May 6, 2024) was an American professional square dance, contra dance and folk dance caller and choreographer who was active in the region surrounding...

when the caller notices that women passed the complete circle). Jamming (dance) Jack and Jill (dance) Charles J. Coll, Gabrielle Rosiere, Dancing Made Easy...

The caller may fractionalize the call by specifically requiring the dancers to promenade only ¼, ½, or ¾ of the way around the ring. The caller may also...

placed the musicians on stage with a square dance caller calling the steps; from its 1976 revival the caller was eliminated, the orchestra placed in the...

caller's first instructions for each dance are usually to move the dancers into their starting positions according to the choreography for that dance...

dancing, the dancers interpret the caller's directions (calls) to determine whom to act with, where to go, and how to get there. All square dancers learn...

contra dances consist of a sequence of about six to twelve individual figures, prompted by the caller in time to the music as the figures are danced. As...

of British bingo nicknames. In the game of bingo in the United Kingdom, callers announcing the numbers have traditionally used some nicknames to refer...

series Midnight Caller (1988–1989) and Reasonable Doubts (1991–1993). For her role in the episode "After It Happened" of Midnight Caller, she won a Primetime...

allemande at the command of a caller. The performance of one or more dancers in bird costumes leading a crowd in the dance is quite common. A 1981 video...

acoustical element for the house dance. Sets differs from square dance and round dance in that it does not require a caller: the sequence of figures is predefined...

and melodic style typical of the blues, each caller had his own signature. The effectiveness of a caller to move his men has been likened to how a preacher...

They may choose to follow steps 'called' either by a designated Caller or by each dancer in turn. In this called context, the group perform the same step...