Country/western dance

Country/western dance encompasses many dance forms or styles, which are typically danced to country-western music, and which are stylistically associated with American country and/or western traditions. In this article I use the terms "country/western", "country-western" and "western" interchangeably.

These dance forms or styles fall into two basic categories:

• Partner dances, also known as western couple dancing
• Group dances

Western couple dancing is a form of social dance. There are many specific dance styles, among these are Two Step, Shuffle, Western promenade dances, as well as western-style variants of the Waltz, Polka and Swing. This style of dancing is not recognized within competitive ballroom dancing. There are however separate competions for this style of dancing.

Western group dances include the following:

• Line dance
• Square Dance
  • Traditional square dance
  • Western square dance

Clogging is also a country/western dance which is danced both individually or in groups.

Country/western dancing is practiced in country-western dance bars, social clubs, dance clubs and ballrooms worldwide.

See also Wikipedia:Dance basic topics, Country dance.