Challenge square dance, also known as Challenge dancing, is modern Western square dance at the most difficult or "challenging" levels. There are five dance programs at the Challenge level; these are called Basic Challenge (C1), Extended Challenge (C2), Extended Challenge (C3A), Challenge 3B (C3B) and Challenge 4 (C4). The first three of these have formal lists, maintained and organized by Callerlab, while the last two exist on a more ad-hoc basis, maintained by a small set of interested callers. As a result of this there are a few different C4 lists, mostly the same, but with various differences.
Challenge square dancing emphasizes the puzzle-solving aspects of square dancing, as typified by the extensive use of square dance concepts and phantom dancers in addition to the use of complex square dance calls.
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