Many states of the United States have adopted official dances as one of their state symbols. The practice has extended to U.S. territories and Washington, D.C.Official State Dances, NetState.com, accessed April 21, 2006.
Starting in the 1970s, many states adopted square dance as their state dance, the result of a campaign by square dancers to make it the national dance.
Table State, district, or territory Dance Year adopted Alabama Square dance 1981 Arkansas Square dance 1991 California West Coast Swing 1988 Square dance (Official folk dance) Colorado Square dance 1992 Connecticut Square dance 1995 Delaware None (Maypole proposed in 2016–2017 legislative session) District of ColumbiaHand dancing1999 Georgia Square dance 1996 Hawaii Hula 1999 Idaho Square dance 1989 Illinois Square dance 1990 Kentucky Clogging 2006 Louisiana Square dance 1999 Maryland Square dance 1994 Massachusetts Square dance 1990Folk dance of the Commonwealth, General Laws of Massachusetts, Chapter 2, Section 32. Minnesota None (Square dance was proposed in 1992 and 1994) Mississippi Square dance 1995 Missouri Square dance 1995 Nebraska Square dance 1997 New Jersey Square dance (Official folk dance)1983 North Carolina Clogging (Official folk dance) 2005 Carolina shag (Official popular dance) North Dakota Square dance 1995 Oklahoma Square dance 1988 Oregon Square dance 1977 Pennsylvania Polka 1990 South Carolina Square dance (State American Folk Dance)1994The Shag1984 Tennessee Square dance 1980 Texas Square dance 1994 Utah Square dance 1994Utah State Folk Dance - Square Dance from pioneer.utah.gov "Pioneer - Utah's Online Library" page. Retrieved on 2008-09-08 Virginia Square dance 2011 Washington Square dance 1979 Wisconsin Polka 1993
See also
Lists of U.S. state insignia Flags of the U.S. states
References
External links "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