A Graph-Theoretic Approach to the Analysis of Contra Dances
Matthew Thomas and Crystal Peebles

Proceedings of Bridges 2016: Mathematics, Music, Art, Architecture, Education, Culture
Pages 285–292
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Abstract

Contra dance is an American folk dance comprised of combinations dance moves announced by a caller, similar to those of square dance. Because of their structured nature, we propose a new approach that considers these dances as paths through a directed multigraph. In this paper, we describe the motivation and construction of this extensible approach.

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