Line Dance · Absolute Beginner

Cupid Shuffle

The dance that calls its own steps. Nobody has an excuse.

Cupid Shuffle Line Dance Tutorial

We did not make this video — we found the clearest one and linked it. There is no single official version of most line dances, so we are filming the version taught on West Michigan floors with local instructors. Teach it here?

Level

Absolute BeginnerBernard Bryson’s sheet

Danced to

Cupid ShuffleCupid

Structure

32 count4 walls

This version choreographed by

Bernard Bryson

Most standards have been choreographed several ways. The steps below follow this choreographer’s sheet; we credit them and link it rather than reprinting it. Their step sheet on CopperKnob

Why this one is in the library

One of the 'big three' wedding line dances.

The cheat sheet

What you are walking into

The song tells you what to do. Genuinely the safest first dance of your life.

What catches people out

Nothing. If you can hear the words, you can do this one.

How to get through it

Listen for 'to the right' and go right. That is the entire instruction manual.

Moves it leans on

Grapevine Kick Ball Change Paddle Turn

These are ours, written for someone who has not danced it yet — not a step sheet. For exact counts, see the choreographer's sheet linked above, or come to a night and let someone teach you.

How it goes

32 counts · 4 walls · Absolute beginner

The song calls every section out loud. If you can hear the words you can do this.

1–8

Right, right, right, right

Step right and bring your left to meet it, four times. On the last one just touch rather than step.

9–16

Left, left, left, left

The same going left.

17–24

Kick, kick, kick, kick

Touch one heel forward, bring it back. Then the other. Twice through.

25–32

Walk it by yourself

Eight counts marching on the spot, gradually turning a quarter left. This is the free bit — bend the knees, do whatever you like.

Written in our own words from the most-voted step sheet, so you can read it before you go. It is not the choreographer’s own notation — for that, see their sheet. Most of these dances have several versions; your room may do a different one.

Go dance this week

We do not claim to know which night plays which song. What we do know is where country dancing happens — here are three of the region's nights, and the calendar has the rest.

Stomp
Verified

Wednesday · Grand Rapids