{"id":20,"date":"2016-08-05T15:43:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T15:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/dance\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2019-08-08T15:16:47","modified_gmt":"2019-08-08T19:16:47","slug":"country-dancers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/dance\/country-dancers\/","title":{"rendered":"Country Dancers"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”91″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since 1938, the Berea College Country Dancers have been performing and leading workshops regionally, nationally, and internationally, bringing dances of Europe and the Appalachian region to exuberant audiences, and sharing the joy of dancing. The group has toured Denmark, England, Japan, Mexico, and Central America, as well as much of the United States. Visits to a school or community may last a day, a week, or longer. For example, the Country Dancers conducted a week-long residency in a Minnesota school system. In the fall semesters, we usually travel to nearby dance communities and schools, such as our recent trips to Louisville, Carcassonne, and Sand Gap Kentucky. In the\u00a0 spring, our longer break allows us to travel farther afield, such as New York and northern New Jersey; Nashville, Tennessee; Washington, D.C., Helvetia, West Virginia; or the Florida coast. The Country Dancers have performed at many festivals from the Apple Festival in Paintsville, Kentucky to the Wimborne Folk Festival in southern England. Please click on the links below to experience the flavor of a Country Dancers performance.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Country Dancers offer a program demonstrating similarities between local dances and their European counterparts:<\/p>\n