Editing Contra dance (section)

===Techno contras===
[[File:Kingfisher at Spark in the Dark 2022-08-27- BusStop.webm|thumb|upright=1.3|A BIDA techno contra dance in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., in 2022]]
In recent years, younger contra dancers have begun establishing "crossover contra" or "techno contra" – contra dancing to techno, hip-hop, and other modern forms of music.<ref name=Forbes>{{cite news|last1=Forbes|first1=Jeff|title=Asheville and WNC folks helping grow 'Techno contra' dancing phenomenon |url=https://mountainx.com/arts/art-news/asheville_and_wnc_folks_helping_grow_techno_contra_dancing_phenomenon/|access-date=15 June 2014|work=Mountain Xpress|date=17 September 2011}}</ref><ref name=Neff>{{cite news|last1=Neff|first1=Erin|title=Contra Dance, Then and Now|url= https://portlandcountrydance.org/newsletters/footnotes_2010/2010-07%20Footnotes%20web.pdf |access-date=15 June 2014|work=Footnotes|issue=July–August 2010|publisher=Portland Country Dance Community}}</ref> While challenging for DJs and callers, the fusion of contra patterns with moves from hip-hop, tango, and other forms of dance has made this form of contra dance a rising trend since 2008. Techno differs from other contra dancing in that it is usually done to recorded music, although there are some bands that play live for techno dances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddysystemband.com/|title=Buddy System|access-date=12 Sep 2017}}</ref> Techno has become especially prevalent in [[Asheville, North Carolina]], but regular techno contra dance series are spreading up the East Coast to locales such as [[Charlottesville, Virginia]];<ref>{{cite web|url=https://contracorners.com/clubcontra|title=Club Contra|access-date=12 Sep 2018|archive-date=29 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229063619/https://contracorners.com/clubcontra|url-status=dead}}</ref> Washington, D.C.;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fsgw.org/contra-sonic|title=ContraSonic|access-date=12 Sep 2017}}</ref> [[Amherst, Massachusetts]]; [[Greenfield, Massachusetts]]; and various North Carolina dance communities, with one-time or annual events<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mountainx.com/arts/after-midnight-leafs-late-night-lineup-is-worthing-staying-up-for/|access-date=12 Sep 2018|title=After midnight: LEAF's late-night lineup is worth staying up for|date=8 October 2014 }}</ref> cropping up in locations farther west, including California, [[Portland, Oregon]], and Washington state. They also sometimes appear as late night events during contra dance weekends.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.technocontra.com/events/|access-date=12 Sep 2018|title=Full Spectrum Contra|archive-date=25 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200125204928/http://www.technocontra.com/events/|url-status=dead}}</ref> In response to the demand for techno contra, a number of contra dance callers have developed repertoires of recorded songs to play that go well with particular contra dances; these callers are known as DJs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rushfestcontra.com/|title=Rushfest|access-date=12 Sep 2018}}</ref> A kind of techno/traditional contra fusion has arisen, with at least one band, Buddy System,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddysystemband.com/|title=Buddy System|access-date=12 Sep 2018}}</ref> playing live music melded with [[synthesizer|synth]] sounds for techno contra dances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.buddysystemband.com/live-electronic/|title=Live Electronic - Buddy System|access-date=12 Sep 2018}}</ref>