The Library
Every dance,
at your speed.
These are the dances actually played at West Michigan country nights. No instructor talking you through it — just the dance, at whatever speed you need, looped as many times as you want.
Every dance below links to the clearest tutorial we could find, credited to whoever made it. We are filming our own versions with West Michigan instructors — because there is no single official version of most of these, and the one that matters here is the one your instructor teaches.
Brand new? Start with five moves and three dances rather than the whole list. Otherwise: nearly every dance below is built from the same twenty-five moves — grapevine, jazz box, rock step, coaster. Learn those twenty-five once and every step guide on this site starts making sense.
Nothing in the library matches yet. The list grows as our instructors film. Teach one we are missing?
Start here
Nothing to learn but the pattern. If you have never danced a step, begin with one of these.
Classic
Canadian Stomp
40 count4 walls
Classic
Copperhead Road
24 count4 walls
Everyone knows it
Cupid Shuffle
32 count4 walls
Trending
Wagon Wheel
32 count4 walls
Once you have one
A little more to remember, but still forgiving. Most of the floor is doing these.
Classic
Achy Breaky Heart
32 count4 walls
Classic
Boot Scootin' Boogie
32 count4 walls
Everyone knows it
Cha Cha Slide
Classic
Cowboy Cha Cha
20 count4 walls
Trending
Cowgirl
32 count2 walls
Classic
Electric Slide
18 count4 walls
Trending
Fancy Like
28 count4 walls
Classic
Footloose
32 count4 walls
Classic
Slap Leather
42 count4 walls
Trending
The Git Up
Trending
Wild Ones
32 count4 walls
Getting comfortable
Assumes you already know a grapevine and can hold a count.
When you are ready
More turns, more restarts, faster. Worth learning once the basics are automatic.
Trending
A Bar Song (Tipsy)
32 count4 walls
Classic
Black Velvet
Classic
Cotton Eye Joe
32 count4 walls
Classic
Country Girl (Shake It For Me)
32 count4 walls
Classic
Duck Dynasty (Double D)
32 count4 walls
Trending
Gives Me Shivers
32 count4 walls
Trending
I Had Some Help
32 count4 walls
Classic
My Maria
32 count4 walls
Classic
Redneck Girl
Classic
Tennessee Twister
Everyone knows it
The Wobble
32 count4 walls
Classic
Tush Push
40 count4 walls
Classic
Watermelon Crawl
40 count4 walls
Trending
Whiskey Glasses
32 count4 walls
Partner dances
These need a second person. Different skill, and the floor moves counter-clockwise.