Country/western dance encompasses many dance forms or styles, which are typically danced to country-western music, and which are stylistically associated with American country and/or western traditions. In this article I use the terms "country/western", "country-western" and "western" interchangeably.
These dance forms or styles fall into two basic categories:
- Partner dances, also known as western couple dancing
- Group dances
Western group dances include the following:
- Line dance
- Square dance
- Traditional square dance
- Western square dance
Country/western dance is practiced in country-western dance bars, social clubs, dance clubs and ballrooms worldwide.
The United Country Western Dance Council establishes standards and sanctions dance competitions for this form of dancing.
See also Wikipedia:Dance basic topics, Country dance.