Free Educator Workshop: Square & Contra Dance with African American Dance Caller Pathways

Free Educator Workshop!

Learn squares and contras and the rarely-taught African American culture within each tradition.

African American Dance Caller Pathways is a pilot initiative connecting experienced instructors to a cohort of African American-identified aspiring dance callers to teach dance calling technique and the Black cultural and historical roots of traditional square and contra dance.

Workshop instructors:

• Dr. Clover Washington- Dance Caller; Educator; Co-Creator, Dancing in the Well: Art for Healing Trauma; Organizer, Southern Illinois Contra Dance
• Phil Jamison- Nationally-known Dance Caller; Old-Time Musician; Flatfoot Dancer; Author, Hoedowns, Reels, and Frolics: Roots and Branches of Southern Appalachian Dance
• Becky Hill- Percussive Dancer; Square Dance Caller; Choreographer; Community Organizer; Educator; Programming Specialist, National Council for the Traditional Arts

Callers in Training:

• Audra Scott- Vocalist, Songwriter, Music Educator
• Briar- Singer; Music Educator; Structural Leadership Team, The Rhapsody Project
• Carol July- Musician, Composer, Retired Music Educator

African American Dance Caller Pathways is an initiative under the Fort Worth African American Roots Music Festival, a program of Decolonizing the Music Room.