With a tucked-in plaid shirt and a cowboy hat atop his head, Christopher Gonzalez stands upon a stage and shouts out instructions in what sounds like an odd language. “Grapevine, step back, quarter ...
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 ...
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 ...
It started as a night out in California in 2018, sitting in the corner of a bar and observing lines of dancers shimmy and stomp in unison. Now, Keshia Hinson is front and center, teaching others how ...
At Stud Country, a weekly queer country and western line dancing class, there are no drinks allowed on the dance floor. To the couples and friends gathered for a night out under the glitter of a giant ...
For over 50 years, Oil Can Harry’s in Studio City was considered a cornerstone of L.A.’s LGBTQ+ community. More than just a humble western bar, it was also a community hub for LGBTQ+ country-lovers, ...
If you weren’t line dancing at honkytonks in the 1990s to “Achy Breaky Heart,” the name Diane Horner probably means nothing to you. But her face might ring a bell. She was the Midwestern fitness ...