American line dance

By Evangeline
 What is
American Line
Dance?
A line dance is choreographed
routine done with a group of people
that has a repeated sequence of
steps. Line dancing is great fun
because it can be danced with or
without a partner! Country Line
Dancing is popular throughout the
United States and is a favorite in
country nightclubs, weddings and
fitness centers
What instruments are
used in American
Line Dance?
The instrument they usually use are:
The banjo
Steel guitar
Harmonica
Accordion
Drums
What clothes do American Line
Dancers wear?
• They typically wear cowboy like boots or trainers with
low waisted jeans accompanied by a big belt. For the top
they usually wear plaid tops with long sleeves. Some
women wear shorts or flowy skirts if they feel that the
jeans are too restricting.
American Line Dance
Origins
• Although line dancing has its roots in
cultural folk dances, its modern form
mainly evolved in the USA in the 1970s
and 1980s. The 1990s saw the rapid and
broad expansion of line dancing.
Originally only performed to country
music, line dancing has expanded to
include a wide range of musical styles.
 What music is used in
American Line Dancing?
Line dances have accompanied many popular music styles since the early
1970s including pop, swing, rock and roll, disco, Latin (salsa suelta),
rhythm and blues and jazz
Some famous music from American line dance is:
Cotton eye joe
Boot scootin’ boogie
Cha cha slide
Cupid shuffle
Time Signature

• The music typically will have

a 4/4 time signature, but dancers
count beats in sets of 8, hence line
dance choreography is grouped and
taught in sets of 8 or with “8-count.”
Next, line dances are known for
having one, two or four walls.
What Wall does American line
dance have?
• American line dance is normally a four-wall dance
• In a four-wall dance, the direction faced at the end of the
sequence is 90 degrees to the right or left from the
direction in which they faced at the beginning (quarter
turn). As a result, the dancers face each of the four walls
in turn at the end of four consecutive repetitions of the
sequence, before returning to the original wall.