Clubs For Youth Dancers
Youth square dancing, as a style, is typically open to all square dancers. The dancing is generally modern western square dancing, as it is practiced throughout the world, standardized by Callerlab.
Square dance clubs vary in their accommodation of young dancers, ranging from clubs organized specifically for youth, through ones that are populated by dancers of every age, to some that are oriented exclusively to adults.
Some representative categories of square dance clubs and classes with respect to age:
- Those for children in a specific age range (e.g., 5-8, pre-teens, teens)
- Those for children and their parents or other family members
- Those that encourage dancers of all ages
- Those primarily oriented to adults but that allow children
- Those that do not allow children
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