At its core, line dancing is simply a group dance where people move in sync while facing the same direction, which makes it easy to join without needing a partner.

The dance steps come in on the lyric, “Did your boots stop workin’?”: Right heel, left heel, right heel, lift and tap the right foot forward then back, pivot turn, and swirl an arm overhead like a ...

Katya Grokhovsky’s “Slow Dance,” with passersby invited to slow dance on the street, part of the 2014 Art in Odd Places (all photographs by the author for Hyperallergic) This year, Art in Odd Places ...

This story originally appeared in the January 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. New Year’s resolutions often focus on traditional ways to get fit, like running or working out at the gym. Line dancing ...

On Wednesday evenings in Hampstead, dancers gather at The Coon Club, a hunting club, bar and dance space tucked behind trees off a rural Carroll County road. On a recent Wednesday, a group of 22 ...

Early into my tenure as a new line-dancing enthusiast, I found myself in Chatsworth, alone on a Friday night. I was looking for action — the country dance kind. It was not yet dusk when I entered the ...