Dudley Laufman

Dudley Laufman (born 1930) is an American contra and barn dance caller and musician widely credited with helping spur the revival of contra in the 20th century.

[1] Laufman attended his first dance as a boy while working at the Mistwold Farm in Fremont, New Hampshire in 1948.

[4] At times, he was the only remaining callers of contra dances with live music.

Beginning in 1978, Laufman started working with the New Hampshire Artists-in-the-Schools program, teaching contra dances to children.

[1] Laufman is a recipient of a 2009 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.