Square Dance Australia

What Is Modern Square Dancing?

Group Dynamics: Danced in squares of four couples, it’s all about teamwork and coordination.
Caller-Led Choreography: The caller guides dancers through a series of moves, often improvising to keep things fresh and fun.
Musical Diversity: From Rock ‘n’ Roll to Country, Jazz to Top 40 hits — the music is as varied as the dancers themselves.
Levels of Progression: Beginners start with Basic, then move through Mainstream, Plus, and even Advanced levels like A1 and A2.

Why People Love It

Mental & Physical Exercise: It’s great for brain health and physical fitness — no fancy footwork required, just walking in rhythm.
Social Connection: With over 200 clubs and 160 active callers across Australia, it’s a fantastic way to meet people and build lasting friendships.
Health Benefits: Square dancing has been linked to improvements in conditions like anxiety, depression, and even arthritis.

If you’re curious to explore more or find a club near you, this a great place to start.
If you’re already part of the community — keep dancing, keep smiling, and keep spreading the joy!

Next National Convention

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The 2026 Australian National Square Dance Convention will be held in Hobart Tasmania – Click Logo above for More Information

How:

Modern Square Dancing: Where Every Step Is a Surprise!
Forget what you think you know—square dancing today is fast, fun, and totally freestyle!
Callers mix up the moves to match the dancers, turning every song into a brand-new challenge.
It’s a workout, a hoedown, and a party all in one.
Join the rhythm, meet new friends, and dance like nobody’s watching.
Discover more here at Square Dance Australia

A Healthy Activity:

Many people try Modern Square Dancing as a way to socialize others go for exercise, meeting new friends, fun, fitness, stress relief, ‘brain food’ and all the health benefits associated with an energetic aerobic workout they can enjoy.
Square dancing has been shown to counter the effects of Anxiety, Depression, Asthma, Obesity, Alzheimer’s, Arthritis, Stress, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Aging and many other curses of “growing older”, so the sooner you start – the greater the benefits
It’s a great way to become more coordinated, physically & mentally healthy and socially interactive so why not act – belong & commit to a Square Dance club near you – “Do it now”. (See More)

Social:
There are over 160 active square dance callers and approximately 200 clubs located throughout Australia. You can dance daily, weekly, fortnightly or even monthly if you wish.

Each club offers something different in it’s own special way. Perhaps you could try to visit and dance at as many clubs as possible to experience the wonderful diversity in Australian modern square dance.

Levels:
Modern Square Dancing is structured in levels to make it easy for you to learn.
The first level is Basic, this will get you dancing.
Next comes Mainstream, This is the level danced at most clubs and at National Conventions.
The next level up is Plus and it goes on to higher levels eg: A1 & A2 & higher if you wish to learn more, so Modern Square Dancing gives you plenty of challenges at a level you can enjoy.

Music:
The diverse range of music and songs used in Modern Square Dancing also makes it a very attractive alternative to people from other dance activities like swing, zumba, ceroc, vogue, tango, bokwa, boot scooting, line dance, round dance, ballroom, salsa, latin, old time, flamenco and clogging.

Related Activities:
Most Square Dance Clubs also offer Round Dancing with others including Line and Contra dancing.

Major Events:
An Australian National Square Dance Convention (ANSDC) is held each year in a different State or Territory and we have included a list of past and upcoming Conventions on our events page.

These conventions are the feature dance of the year with people coming from oversees and all around Australia to join in and celebrate this magnificent event.

What Languages are Used:
One of the joys of Modern Square Dancing is that once learned, you can dance in any country as all the calls are done in English, So once you learn how to Square Dance at Mainstream level, you can travel and Square Dance all over the world.

More:
On this Square Dance Australia site you can follow links to each State to locate clubs and callers nearest to you in – Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, & Western Australia.

This is a very brief overview of square dancing in Australia with lots more fascinating facts to learn and explore.
Kept short and sweet Square Dance is a great way to have fun!

Learn:
If you wish to inquire about learning how to square dance – Please visit our “Learn to Square Dance” page, where you will find links to clubs in your area.

We wish you fun times and hope to meet you on a square dance floor soon .

Introduction Videos:

Click on the videos below, to watch what Modern Square Dancing is all about

Try Modern Square Dancing

The Joy Of Square Dancing

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