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Five moves, three dances.

You do not need to learn everything before your first night. Learn these five moves and these three dances and you will get through most of a country floor. Everything else builds on them.

The five moves

Nearly every line dance is stitched together from these. Learn them once and step guides stop looking like a foreign language.

The three dances

All three are absolute-beginner, and all three get played constantly. Copperhead Road looks intimidating and is not — its own choreographer rates it the easiest level there is.