Line Dance · Improver

Tush Push

One of the most-danced line dances in the world. Hip bumps and cha-chas.

Tush Push 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

ImproverJim Ferrazzano’s sheet

Danced to

VariousVarious

Structure

40 count4 walls

Choreographed by

Jim Ferrazzano in 1979

Choreographers own their work. We credit them by name and send you to their official step sheet rather than reprinting it. Official step sheet on CopperKnob

Why this one is in the library

Choreographed at Gilley's in Texas; on nearly every 'most popular' list written since.

The cheat sheet

What you are walking into

Older than most people on the floor and still gets called. Named for the hip push, which is the whole personality of it.

What catches people out

The hips are not decoration — the push is the count. Dance it flat-footed and you will be early every time.

How to get through it

Let the hip lead and the feet follow. If it feels a bit much, you are doing it right.

Moves it leans on

Shuffle Kick Ball Change Heel Dig Pivot Turn Hip Bump

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

40 counts · 4 walls · Improver

Choreographed at Gilley's in Texas. Danced to Chattahoochee most often, but it goes with any up-tempo track. There are at least six documented variations of the opening — the room will pick one.

1–8

Heel taps

Touch your right heel forward, in, forward, forward, then step it together. Mirror it on the left.

9–12

Heel, heel, heel, clap

Right heel forward and in, left heel forward and in, then right heel forward and clap.

13–20

The hips

Rock onto your right and bump the hip twice. Recover onto the left and bump twice. Then bump right, left, right, left, finishing with your weight on the left. This is the part the dance is named after — commit to it.

21–28

Cha-cha forward and back

Cha-cha forward on the right, rock forward on the left and recover. Cha-cha back on the left, rock back on the right and recover.

29–36

Cha-cha with half turns

Cha-cha forward right, step forward left and turn a half right. Cha-cha forward left, step forward right and turn a half left.

37–40

Quarter, stomp, clap

Step forward right, turn a quarter left, stomp your right in beside the left and clap.

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