This book describes the terminology, dancing and teaching techniques used for modern line dancing. It describes the skills and competencies required for participants in all facets of the line dance industry, from dancer and instructor, through to choreographer, event coordinator, DJ and stage performer.
For anyone writing up a line dance dance sheet, this book should be essential reading. Way too many dance sheets do not consider the consumers of the dance sheet and are far too brief and ambiguous. The information in this book will assist in producing a much clearer sheet, enabling the dance to be more likely to be understood and adopted.
I have attempted to capture what works for me and my organisation over the past quarter century. I have proposed a lot of things that work for us, that are likely to be very different from what others are doing. If this book makes people think about what they are doing, and commences a standardisation process across the world, then I will have achieved my major goal.
Table of Content
Introduction
What is Line Dancing?
Origins of Line Dancing
What is the appeal of Line Dancing?
For the Dancers
Can you become a Line Dancer?
Health Benefits of Line Dancing
Where can you go to learn Line Dancing?
Line Dance Choreography Structure
Dancing Technique for Line Dancing
Music
Body Mechanics
Line Dance Specific Terminology
Choosing a Class
Line Dancer Competencies
Advanced Line Dance Techniques
For the Coach
Performance Line Dancing
Competition Line Dancing
For the Instructor
Venues
Know your Dancers and Yourself
Selecting the Dance Choreography to Teach
Cueing the Dance
Reading a Dance Sheet while Teaching
Theoretical Competency and Training Models
Voice Production
Teaching Techniques
Sound Equipment
Research and Training
Line Dance Instructor Competencies
For the Celebrity or Workshop Instructor
Find Out your Customers Expectations and Experience
Gather your Material
Select your Material
For the Line Dance Event Coordinator
Socials
Workshops
Longest, Largest, Line Attempts
Competitions
For the Event DJ
Making a Programme of Social Dances
Other tasks for a DJ
For the Line Dance Manager
Employee Run Line Dance Activities
Entrepreneur Run Line Dance Activities
For the Distributors
Step Sheet Content and Format
Corrections
Searching
Website costs
For the Sheet Writers
Dance File Format
Dance Description
Music Information
Proof Reading the Sheet
For the Choreographers
Collaboration
Choosing a Dance Name
Music
Set the Correct Level of Your Dance
Choreographer Competencies
Outstanding Issues in Line Dancing
Plagiarism in Line Dancing
Legacy Line Dances
About the author
Peter started teaching line dancing in 1993 after international success over 15 years as both a Square Dance caller and Round Dance cuer. He set up a line dance organisation which quickly became the largest commercial line dance teaching organisation in the world. Peter’s successful plan was to become the ‘Mc Donalds’ of line dancing. All his teachers use the same terminology teaching techniques and format to ensure a quality product every time.
Peter is also a semi-retired computer programmer, and has utilised those skills to develop translation algorithms to enable standard line dance sheets both on paper and in electronic format.
Peter and his wife Liz have travelled the world, researching the line dance industry, to ensure the most up to date teaching methods and choreography are being used in their organisation. They have also developed a network of contacts to gather access to unique and quirky choreography and music, in addition to the mainstream material commonly available to others.
Peter and Liz have had national and international success with dances that they have choreographed, winning awards for ‘Bicycle Waltz’ and ‘Dance Our Way’.
They specialise in lower level dances for the inexperienced dancers in the line dance community.
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