Many

states State most commonly refers to: * State (polity), a centralized political organization that regulates law and society within a territory **Sovereign state, a sovereign polity in international law, commonly referred to as a country **Nation state, a ...

of the

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

have adopted official

dance Dance is an The arts, art form, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often Symbol, symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

s as one of their state symbols. The practice has extended to

U.S. territories Territories of the United States are sub-national administrative divisions and dependent territories overseen by the federal government of the United States. The American territories differ from the U.S. states and Indian reservations in th ...

and

Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

Official State Dances
''NetState.com'', accessed April 21, 2006. Starting in the 1970s, many states adopted

square dance A square dance is a dance for four couples, or eight dancers in total, arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, facing the middle of the square. Square dances are part of a broad spectrum of dances known by various names: country dan ...

as their state dance, the result of a campaign by square dancers to make it the national dance.

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* "The State Folk Dance Conspiracy: Fabricating a National Folk Dance", originally published in ''Old-Time Herald'', v.4(7) pp. 9–12, Spring 1995.
The State Folk Dance Conspiracy: Fabricating a National Folk Dance
Accessed 8 Dec 2017 {{DEFAULTSORT:Dances .List U.S. state dances Lists of United States state symbols

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