a dance to country music in which dancers line up in a row without partners and follow a choreographed pattern of steps.
a dance performed by a line of people.
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In the community centre, a group of mainly elderly people are talking and laughing and being led in a line dance to the song Candy by Cameo.
From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025
At the “pressure test” events, they lurk nearby, observing, but sometimes participating — Kelly will pole and line dance; London will get a tattoo.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2025
The song came with its own signature line dance inspired by the Chicago stepping movement.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2023
Some experts say it resembles the Madison, a 1950s and ’60s line dance, or ’70s disco dances like the car wash and the hustle.
From New York Times • May 25, 2023
It’s the theater boys—Simon, Martin, Cal, and a few others—and they’re doing what appears to be a country western line dance.
From "Leah on the Offbeat" by Becky Albertalli
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