BENEFITS OF CONTRA DANCING

CARDIO

Moving at about 120 steps per minute, contra dance can really get your heart going and all that weight-sharing will build up your core strength!

INCLUSIVITY

Contra dance is for everyone. Feel like you’re not coordinated? Think you could never dance? We invite you to reconsider. We believe if you can walk, you can contra dance.

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LIVE MUSIC

You’ll always dance to live music at a contra dance. This is a different feel than dancing to a recording: the energy from the band feeds the dancers, who then transfer that energy back to the players.

COMMUNITY

Contra dance is a community dance. You don’t need to come with a partner. Everyone dances with everyone else eventually, and anyone can ask anyone else to dance.

SMILES

…they’re infectious! You will see plenty of them on the dance floor – you may even find one on your face as you dance the night away!