Forget your grandma’s line dancing. A new generation is heel-toeing its way onto the dance floor in an explosive revival of the genre with a modern twang. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get ...

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 ...

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IT IS A frigid mid-week evening in New York; snow has been pushed into large mounds on the pavement. But inside Desert 5 Spot, a Western-themed bar in Brooklyn, a group of 20-somethings is bringing ...

Believe it or not, we’re unsure where line dancing originated. The method of dancing in a line or a square to a series of choreographed steps is usually associated with country music. But similar ...

One recent Wednesday night in Atlanta, dozens of people gathered in a studio space armed with water bottles, hand fans, towels and an expectation to be in sync. There were hugs among the regulars ...

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 ...