Western Dance History

    Modern Western dance can be traced to the taverns of Ireland and to the ballrooms of Europe, to the Czarist palaces of Russia, and further back still to the fluid tribel rituals of Africa.  Representatives from all these cultures brought their native dances when they landed in America, gathered, and danced on common ground.  Slowly a dance that was specifically “western” began to evolve, with the most important influence coming from the cowboy.