Line dance

A line dance is a formation dance in which a group of people dance in a line formation or in lines, and they all execute the same dance moves individually.

History

Line dance is popularly thought of as originating in the Wild West. In fact, its roots go back far in history. Folk dances, including the "Virginia Reel", are danced in line formation. There have been line dances during the heyday of many modern popular music styles, including swing, rock and roll, and disco.

Related Topics:
Wild West - Virginia Reel - Swing - Rock and roll - Disco

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Line dancing's current popularity grew out of the disco period, when the country-western dance and music communities continued to explore and develop this form of dancing.

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Billy Ray Cyrus' 1992 hit Achy Breaky Heart, helped catapult western line dancing back into the musical mainstream's public consciousness, and in 1998, manufactured band Steps created further interest with the song 5678. Line dancing is a popular recreation activity and is practiced and learned in country-western dance bars, social clubs, dance clubs and ballrooms worldwide. It avoids the problem of imbalance of male/female partners that plagues ballroom/swing/salsa dancing clubs. It is sometimes combined on dance programs with other forms of country-western dance, such as two-step, shuffle, western promenade dances, as well as western-style variants of the waltz, polka and swing.

Related Topics:
Billy Ray Cyrus - Achy Breaky Heart - Steps - 5678 - Country-western dance - Two-step - Shuffle - Western promenade dances - Waltz - Polka - Swing

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Two popular dances that technically classify as line dances are the Nutbush (performed to Nutbush City Limits by Tina Turner) and the Macarena.

Related Topics:
Tina Turner - Macarena

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