Square Dancing

	旋转你的舞伴

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

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阿拉巴马州的地平线农场(Skyline Farms)，1937年
　

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Square dance calling to "Chicken Reel" 1939

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方块舞(Square Dancing)

舞步指挥是一个依音乐节奏，及时喊出接下来舞步的人，这个舞步指挥完全是美国人的发明；刚开始时，舞者会记下特定舞蹈的所有的舞步；但是到了最后，舞蹈变的过于复杂，以致于必须有人大声提示舞者接下来的动作，这样一来舞者也不需要记忆那么多的舞步。舞步指挥不是只要大叫「互换您的舞伴」 (do-se-do your partner) ，一位好的舞步指挥会在各提示间穿插一些生动的话语或机智的台词，如：「不要局促不安，也不要害怕；在华尔滋舞会的角落摇摆。」舞步指挥也可能提出新的跳舞步骤和动作。

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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出处: 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.