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Many folk dances are danced in unison in a Line dance is sometimes thought of as originating in the Wild West. Including: Waltz, West Coast Swing, Celtic, Pop, Rock, Big Band, Folk, andĪlmost anything else that has a regular beat. Playlist, with the balance spread over a variety of musical styles both new and

Today, country music makes up the minority of a line dance DJ's Line dancing now features a wide range of music.ĭances often originate with songs in videos featuring what later become lineĭances. But this began to change in the 1970s, when the hustle Line dancing has a cowboy image, and it was originally danced predominantly toĬountry-western music. Have two sets of lines with the dancers facing each other. Music and not simply repeat the same sequence of steps for an entire song.Ĭontra line dances, choreographed to such songs as such as Believe by Cher, These phrased dances require dancers to be more conscious of the Portions of the dance, are all devices that are used to follow the phrasing in Tags, bridges, and skipping over, or repeating Phrased line dances are written to go with The inclusion of unusual or unfamiliar sequences of stepsĪlso makes a dance more challenging. General, higher-count sequences are more difficult. Than they execute the maneuvers at the same time.Īlthough line dances can be fairly simple, as with the 18-count 4-wall beginnerĮlectric Slide, increasing complexity can be created through several means. ThereĪre usually no moves that require any interaction between the dancers, other In this parallel line formation, theĭancers dance in a synchronized manner, but independently of each other. In a small group there may be only one line, but usually there are several Western-style variants of the waltz, polka and swing. Such as two-step, shuffle, and western promenade dances, as well as Sometimes combined on dance programs with other forms of country-western dance,

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Line dancing is practiced and learned in country and western dance bars, socialĬlubs, dance clubs and ballrooms worldwide. Line dancers are not in physical contact with each More lines, all facing the same direction, and executing the same choreographed A line dance is a formation dance in which a group of people dance in one or