▁taught . ▁ ▁The ▁ste pping ▁and ▁style ▁of ▁dan cing ▁var ies ▁by ▁region ▁and ▁by ▁period . ▁ ▁Wilson , ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 0 , ▁wrote , ▁" Country ▁Dance ▁Fig ures ▁are ▁certain ▁Mov ements ▁or ▁Dire ctions ▁formed ▁in ▁Circ ular , ▁Half ▁Circ ular , ▁Ser pent ine , ▁Angular , ▁Stra ight ▁L ines , ▁etc . ▁etc . ▁drawn ▁out ▁into ▁different ▁L ength s , ▁adapted ▁to ▁the ▁various ▁Stra ins ▁of ▁Country ▁Dance ▁Music ." ▁. ▁Again , ▁the ▁possible ▁figures ▁are ▁limited ▁only ▁by ▁the ▁imagination ▁of ▁the ▁ch ore ograph er . ▁ ▁Ex amples ▁of ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁figures ▁are ▁provided ▁in ▁the ▁G loss ary ▁of ▁country ▁dance ▁terms . ▁ ▁The ▁music ▁most ▁commonly ▁associated ▁with ▁country ▁dan cing ▁is ▁folk / country / trad itional / histor ical ▁music , ▁however ▁modern ▁bands ▁are ▁experiment ing ▁with ▁count less ▁other ▁gen res . ▁ ▁While ▁some ▁d ances ▁may ▁have ▁origin ated ▁on ▁village ▁gre ens , ▁the ▁vast ▁majority ▁were , ▁and ▁still ▁are , ▁written ▁by ▁Dan cing ▁Masters ▁and ▁ch ore ograph ers . ▁ ▁Each ▁dance ▁consists ▁of ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁figures , ▁hopefully ▁smooth ly ▁linked ▁together , ▁designed ▁to ▁fit ▁to ▁the ▁chosen ▁music . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁common ▁form ▁of ▁music ▁is ▁ 3 2 ▁bar ▁j igs ▁or ▁re els , ▁but ▁any ▁music ▁suitable ▁for ▁dan cing ▁can ▁be ▁used . ▁ ▁In ▁most ▁d ances ▁the