Four New Articles — Dance and the Art of Riding
New pages have just opened in two very different series.
On the dance side, the History of Western Dance series welcomes two new chapters:
Clogging, Flatfooting, and Buck Dancing — the first dance born on American soil, when the foot becomes an instrument at the crossroads of four continents in the Appalachians.
The Square Dance — when America danced in squares: from the European quadrille to the caller, an African American invention long erased from the official record.
On the riding side, a brand-new series begins — Western vs. Classical — Two Philosophies, Two Worlds — with its first two installments:
Two Histories, Two Original Missions — on one side, war, aristocracy, and the riding arena; on the other, cattle, the open range, and survival.
The Rider's Position — two ways of sitting a horse: one frames its mount at every moment, the other suggests, then lets it work on a loose rein.
✦ From the dance floor to the saddle, the western spirit keeps writing itself.
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