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WHO WE ARE
Kiwilers Square Dance Club was founded by Richard and Heather Muir in 2000. Originally from Invercaegill in New Zealand, Richard and Heather have been dancing for over 38 years. Richard began his calling career in 1985.
Check out our schedule of dance evenings, special events and classes. And feel free to contact us for more information.
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HISTORY OF SQUARE DANCE
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Square Dance emerged from a variety of European (folk) dances; in particular the French quadrille and the English morris and contra dances; and goes back to the Middle Ages in its roots. During the colonization of North America from the 16th century, the settlers spread their own dances and took over other characters.Â
This is how a unique mixture was created over many decades. Some moved from place to place in order to get to know and pass on the regionally very different dances. Around 1930, the now almost forgotten Square Dances were rediscovered.Â
Later, a group of callers set about assembling and standardizing the existing characters.
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PRESENT DAY SQUARE DANCING
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Square Dance is a form of folk dancing that consists of one or more "squares" each with four couples. Dancers' movements to the music are prompted on-the-fly by the "caller" who strings together a sequence of individual "calls" to create a pattern that is beautiful to spectators and fun for the dancers.
The number of active dancers on the floor is always a multiple of eight, and each square generally dances independently of each other.
Members of a square dance together usually for two calls/songs. Each song can consist of dozens of individual calls which tend to mix up the couples and dancers inside the square, with the caller periodically resetting the square by bringing the couples back together at home position.
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