Other names for line dancing include "country Line Dancing" bootscooting or boot scootin', but I guess you could branch out to include "Soul Line Dancing" and Hip Hop Line Dancing.

The cupid shuffle

During the 1980's, line dances began to be created for popular country songs.

Line dancing is believed to have originated from folk dancing, which has many similarities. Contra dancing, a form of American folk dance in which the dancers form two parallel lines and perform a sequence of dance movements with different partners down the length of the line, probably had a huge influence on the line dancing steps we a familiar with today.

line dancing has 4 steps.