Partner / Circle Dances - Step Sheets and Instructional Videos
Partner dances share many of the steps used in line dances.
For examples, grapevines, weaves, shuffle steps, triple steps, etc. are used in both.
An instuctional video on the steps that make up many line dances with a table of contents may be found here.
For anyone interested in self-learning these dances, a sugggested sequence may be found here:
Partner Dance Self Learning Sequence
Dance: Baby You Do
Very versatile dance that goes with many moderately paced songs, e.g.
Baby You Do (Larry Fleet) (204 or 102 beats per minute)
Down to the Honkytonk (Jake Owen) (82 beats per minute)
You Are My Favorite Mistake (Sheryl Crow) (105 beats per minute)
I Lived It (Blake Shelton) (81 beats per minute)
Lookin for Love (Johnny Lee) (124 beats per minute)
Baby You Do Demo and Teach
Baby You Do Partner Dance Step Sheet
Dance: Shadow (aka Canadian slap)
Very versatile dance that goes with many songs, e.g.
She is in Love with the Boy (Trisha Yearwood) (81 beats per minute)
Play that Song (Joey and Rory) (110 beats per minute)
Senorita (Shawn Mendes) (117 beats per minute)
I will Take You There (The Staple Singers) (102 beats per minute)
Learn to Play that Song
Shadow Teach and Demo
Shadow Partner Dance Step Sheet
Dance: Sixteen Steps
Very versatile dance that goes with many songs, including faster songs, e.g.
Trashy Women (Confederate Railroad) (142 beats per minute)
Pontoon (Little Big Town) (96 beats per minute)
Pecos Promenade (Tanya Tucker) (99 beats per minute)
I am Gonna Be (500 Miles - The Proclaimers) (132 beats per minute)
Sixteen Steps Teach
Sixteen Steps Partner Dance Step Sheet
Dance: Blue Roses
For those slower dances that are not slow dances, e.g.
Blue Roses (Pam Tillis) (106 beats per minute)
Fields of Gold (Sting) (104 beats per minute unless band plays at half time of 52)
Why Do I Feel Like Running (Montgomery Gentry)
Blue Roses Teach
Blue Roses Partner Dance Step Sheet
Dance: North Carolina Stroll
Try this dance if you hear a stroll, e.g.
Rolling in the Deep (Adele) (105 beats per minute)
Ride with Me (Zane Williams) (99 beats per minute)
NC Stroll Teach and Demo
Dance: Traveling Swing
This dance goes to almost any West Coast Swing Beat - just change the speed, e.g.
Black Velvet (Alannah Myles) (91 beats per minute)
I am the Only One (Melissa Ethridge) (85 beats per minute)
Texas Time (Keith Urban) (113 beats per minute)
When Will I be Loved (Linda Ronstadt) (133 beats per minute)
Come Together (often played at 84 beats per minute)
Soak Up the Sun (Sheryl Crow) (120 beats per minute)
All About that Bass (Meghan Trainor) (134 beats per minute)
Cold Heart (Elton John Remix) (116 beats per minute)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder) (100 beats per minute)
Traveling Swing Teach
Traveling Swing Demo
Dances: Lorrie's ChaCha (non circle) and
El Paso and Hudson Valley Cha(circle)
These dances go to any ChaCha beat - just change the speed, e.g.
Under the Boardwalk (The Drifters) (114 beats per minute)
Neon Moon (Brooks and Dunn) (103 beats per minute)
Kokomo (Beach Boys) (116 beats per minute)
Smooth (Santana) (116 beats per minute)
Havana (Young Thug version) (105 beats per minute)
Your Man (Josh Turner)
Where You Gonna Go (Toby Keith)
Lorrie ChaCha Demo
Lorries ChaCha Partner Dance Step Sheet
El Paso Teach and Demo
El Paso Partner Dance Step Sheet
Hudson Valley Teach and Demo
Hudson Valley Cha Partner Dance Step Sheet
Dance: Runaway Bay
Try this dance if you hear sort of a slow southern rock song, e.g.
On and On (Stephen Bishop) (102 beats per minute)
Runaway Bay Teach and Demo
Runaway Bay Partner Dance Step Sheet
Dance: The Lovers
Try this dance if you hear hustle / disco, e.g.
The Fighter (Keith Urban) (132 beats per minute)
The Lovers Teach
The Lovers Demo
Lovers Partner Dance Step Sheet
Dance: River Waltz
Try this dance if you hear waltz, e.g.
Their Hearts Are Dancing (The Forester Sisters) (99 beats per minute)
Could I Have This Dance (Anne Murray) (88 beats per minute)
Waltz Across Texas
River waltz Demo
Dance: Rustler's Crossing (waltz)
Try this dance if you hear waltz, e.g.
Their Hearts Are Dancing (The Forester Sisters) (99 beats per minute)
Could I Have This Dance (Anne Murray) (88 beats per minute)
Rustler's Crossing Demo
Dance: Seven Summers (partners dance)
7 Summers (Morgan Wallen) (81 beats per minute)
Seven Summers with You Teach (starts at 6 minutes)
Dance: Memory Lane (partners dance)
Memory Lane (Old Dominion) (119 beats per minute)
Memory Lane Albro's Demo with voiced Instructions
Memory Lane (Albro) Partner Dance Step Sheet
Memory Lane Teach but uses a turn instead of Albro's Lindy
Dance: "Sandwich Waltz"
We do not know the formal name for this dance that goes to any waltz
It is called the sandwich waltz because the pattern inserts
different steps between pairs of balance steps.
One could extend the pattern by inserting 2 "sweeps" just like the 2 twinkles
Could I Have this Dance (Anne Murray) (81 beats per minute)
Somebody Loves You - That is Me (Scooter Lee) (102 beats per minute)
Sandwich Waltz Dance Step Sheet
Dance: Waltz Across Texas Easy Partner Dance
Could I Have this Dance (Anne Murray) (81 beats per minute)
Somebody Loves You - That is Me (Scooter Lee) (102 beats per minute)
Check to see if correct Waltz Across Texas Instructions
Waltz Across Texas Dance Step Sheet