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.

OWASSO, Okla. — Two groups of women from the Owasso Community Center are getting ready for a line dancing contest this weekend. Dancing is a passion for several of the ladies involved. A passion that ...

Cha-cha right. Cha-cha left. Step up, step back and turn and turn ... On a recent Wednesday night this summer, more than 30 women and girls danced, laughed and learned those moves during a soul line ...

It was 4:30 on a Saturday afternoon and sophomore Tamir Poindexter was demonstrating two line dances he hadn’t planned on teaching to a room full of Tufts students. By this point, the group had ...

Enter the East Chattanooga Recreation Center on a Tuesday or Thursday evening and you’re likely to hear the faint squeaks of athletic shoes on a gym floor amidst the sounds of “Come Get to This” by ...

This story originally appeared in the January 2025 issue of Town&Gown magazine. New Year’s resolutions often focus on ...

Remember when the only dances you needed to know were the Cupid Shuffle, the Wobble, and maybe, if you were from the old school, the Electric Slide? Simpler times. Nowadays, that’s not enough. Whether ...

There's a safe space in Alpharetta, Georgia, for LGBTQ line dancers. Phillis Welden travels an hour and a half to be there. Welden, a 73-year-old straight ally from Winder, Georgia, puts in 200 miles ...

Gloria Kingcade calls this her ministry. Every Wednesday, she's at the Sheller Center in North Philadelphia, leading a room full of dancers through the steps of soul line dancing. "I've been teaching ...