Line dancing has become a staple of the Black community‘s culture as it naturally provides a sense of comfort, unity and pride at any festivities. No matter where Black people are, when “Candy” by ...

The "Electric Slide" now has a Creative Commons license. Just how the iconic line dance came to be governed by that Internet-friendly license starts with a video of a software engineer and his friends ...

If you’ve spent even a few minutes scrolling online lately, chances are you’ve seen groups of stylish Black folks, dressed in denim, fringe, and cowboy hats, doing all of the latest line dances. Maybe ...

If you think line dancing went out of style after its big moment in movies and TV in the 1980s and ’90s, think again. From ...

The “Electric Slide,” a line dance widely known in the Black community, was popularized after Marcia Griffith’s 1989 remix to the song, “Electric Boogie,” and its corresponding video showcasing the ...

At this year’s Houston Rodeo, the dance floor has been just as lively as the bull riding arena, thanks to an electric lineup of Black line dances keeping the crowd moving. From timeless classics like ...

If I have to do a line dance at an event, that’s the one you can count me in for. I hate the Cha Cha Slide. Like, I will never ever get up and do it at a wedding, graduation party, funeral party or ...

In the 1990s, creativity was at an all-time high when it came to dancing. Musicians were developing their own moves and writing songs about them. Crazes ranged from popular line dances like the ...

The inventor of the "Electric Slide," an iconic dance created in 1976, is fighting back against what he believes are copyright violations and, more important ...

Kenya (Robinson) had a revelation on a cruise, and it had nothing to do with the amount of food that was served. No, it was the dancing. Specifically the line dancing or all those moves done at ...

If you’ve been to a wedding, birthday party, school dance, or bar and bat mitzvah in the past 50 years, chances are you’re familiar with the dance, the Electric Slide. Known both as The Electric and ...

Move over, Electric Slide! The hillbillies of the Deep South have come up with this decade’s dancing fad (and it involves raccoons, of course). Ladies and gentleman, the “Hillbilly Slide.” The man ...