Dancing in the Round, We Move Forward - The Maine Journal of Conservation and Sustainability

By Aurora Green The locality, organization, and intimacy of contra dancing mirror the values of sustainability. Friends and strangers carpooling to distant barns to spin and do-si-do through the night. What could better embody Maine’s rural community spirit? Many dances in contra are performed “in the round” (i.e. orbitally). To me, these formations echo read more