"Square dancing" here is I think a fairly awkward translation by the author. "Square" here refers a location, as in "public square" or "field". The literal chin

"Square dancing" here is I think a fairly awkward translation by the author. "Square" here refers a location, as in "public square" or "field". The literal chinese is 广场舞. 广场: public square (like Times Square or Tiananmen Square, but more commonly an open area in a park); 舞: dance. Put it together... "square dance". Hm. Accurate in a word-by-word literal sense, but the article writer is being obtuse in ignoring the more popular usage of "square dancing". I think "field dancing" or "park dancing" might be a less confusing translation that stays relatively literal. Though... if you're searching your memory for where you've seen this before and trying to remember by dance style... honestly I'd say it significantly resembles line dancing (which still shouldn't be confused with square dancing). Usually no caller (as far as I've seen), but everyone's listening to the same music, facing the same direction, and doing the same dance moves. Generally no partners--just a grid of people individually dancing in unison. I would probably accept "line dancing grannies" as a reasonable translation. Less literal, but more descriptive.