Cowboy Dances

Cowboy boots are not just good for walking they are perfect for dancing too! If you are thinking of participating in a western dance, you can make use of this as a guide.

The most popular dances in the west are social dances. Western dances usually include the Polka, the Two Step, Waltz, Cowboy Chaha, Schottische, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, among others. For group dances, the most popular are the following: line dance, modern western square dance, and traditional square dance.

Much like your regular cowboy boots i.e. the simpler ones, country dances are quite informal. In fact, they are relaxed and very casual. They are not as exotic or elaborate as other dances in the world but these dances are just oh-so-cowboy. If you are planning on dancing one of these dances, you better make sure that you have a good pair of cowboy boots to show off.

There is such a thing as cowboy etiquette and this usually involves the cowboy hat but if you are fond of dancing cowboy dances, you should follow the dance floor etiquette in the West too. Usually, several kinds of dancing take place in one dance floor. The progressive dances just stay outside of the dance floor itself while the others such as swing are found either right smack on the center of the floor together with the line dancers or out side of the dance floor.

It is also interesting to note that these dances involve the man setting the pace. He decides how long the stride should be and decides when to change step –the woman follows him. However, if the woman is better at dancing, she would have to do a rather tactful push and pulling to guide her partner. This should never be obvious though because as soon as the male learns how to dance a certain routine, he would take the lead.

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