Basic Country-Western Swing Dancing Steps

Part of the Video Series Country-Western Swing Dancing for Beginners

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Learn basic country-western dance steps in this free instructional video on Texas swing dancing.

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Posted by MissKacieLou on Monday, 18 February, 2008 at 1:01 AM

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I really don't think y'all should be calling this the "Country Two-Step" or "Texas Two-Step", because I have never seen anyone try and dance a two-step like that in a Texas dance hall. I go out dancing every Thursday night, and if someone did that they would be promptly stepped on by their partner. I have even danced with members of my university's prominent exhibition Country and Western dance team when I was noticed as an excellent dancer at the hall. They were doing the exact same thing everyone else was, and the exact same thing that they do during their exhibition shows and lessons. Go down to Texas, find a REAL dance hall, and learn the real "Texas Two-Step". Try Gruene Hall (pronounced green) in New Braunfels, Texas, or go to a little town called College Station and check out The Texas Hall of Fame on the Thursday night, Austin (that is our capital), Houston, and Dallas all have some too. However, the smaller towns have a much better down home country feel to them. Gruene Hall is our oldest dance hall, and always a lot of fun especially when some good ol' Texas country is playing. Really though, THAT is NOT a two-step you will ever see in a dance hall in Texas.

Video Transcript

Basic Country-Western Swing Dancing Steps
On behalf of Expert Village, I'm Kelly Anne and I'm George. We'll be demonstrating country two step. Country dancing has five popular steps; line dancing, el paso, west coast swing, county cha cha, and the two step. Also known in other parts of the country as Texas two step. The rhythm for country two step is quick, quick, slow, slow. Quicks are one count and slows are two counts. The basic step is...quick, quick, slow, slow, and we'll demonstrate that for you right now. It's quick, quick, slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, slow. For the lady, she will be going backwards with right, left, right, left. Now she'll progress the steps. The gentleman is going to start off on the right on the left foot. Normally, what we do is once you're on beat the men will start on their left and the women will follow by going back on their right foot. I'll show it to you again. Quick, quick slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, slow. Thank you for watching our demonstration of country two step and line dancing. I'm Kelly Anne and I”m George. For more information you can visit my website 56dance.com, and we're in Hollywood, Florida.

About the Expert

Expert: Kelly-Anne is a Professional Ballroom & Theatrical Musical Dance coach in South Florida USA. She is a highly versatile seasoned pro, having worked for 15+ years. Read More