Square Dancing

	旋轉你的舞伴

Music for square dance, Skyline Farms, Alabama, 1937.

正在演奏方塊舞音樂的人們
阿拉巴馬州的地平線農場(Skyline Farms)，1937年
　

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Square dance calling to "Chicken Reel" 1939

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方塊舞(Square Dancing)

舞步指揮是一個依音樂節奏，及時喊出接下來舞步的人，這個舞步指揮完全是美國人的發明；剛開始時，舞者會記下特定舞蹈的所有的舞步；但是到了最後，舞蹈變的過於複雜，以致於必須有人大聲提示舞者接下來的動作，這樣一來舞者也不需要記憶那麼多的舞步。舞步指揮不是只要大叫「互換您的舞伴」 (do-se-do your partner) ，一位好的舞步指揮會在各提示間穿插一些生動的話語或機智的台詞，如：「不要侷促不安，也不要害怕；在華爾滋舞會的角落搖擺。」舞步指揮也可能提出新的跳舞步驟和動作。

The caller--someone who calls out the dance steps in time to the music--was a completely American invention. At first dancers memorized all the steps for a particular dance, but eventually the dances became so complicated that it was necessary to have someone yell out cues so that dancers didn't have to remember so many steps. The caller didn't just call out "do-se-do your partner"; a good caller also came up with colorful sayings or witty lines that he would say in between the cues such as "Don't be bashful and don't be afraid. Swing on the corner in a waltz promenade." A caller might also come up with new dance steps and routines.

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出處: Shahn, Ben, photographer. "Music for square dance, Skyline Farms, Alabama." 1937. America from the Great Depression to World War II: Photographs from the FSA and OWI, ca. 1935-1945, Library of Congress.
AUDIO CREDIT: Harp, Walter, square dance calling. 'Square dance calling accompanying "Chicken reel".' Recorded by Sidney Robertson Cowell March 10, 1939. California Gold: Northern California Folk Music, Thirties, Library of Congress.