Highway line dancers

Music and dancing have inspired me since childhood.

At first it was jazz dance, later oriental dance. In addition to the line dance, Salsa, Bachata and Kizomba has also been my great passion for many years.

In January 2010 I discovered the line dance for myself. I was looking for a dance that can also be danced without a partner. I always liked Country Music and so I registered with Bea Huwiler (Crazyfoot) in Nebikon for a workshop. I learned over 200 choreographies with great enthusiasm (many of them alone at home). In the meantime I have stopped counting the trained dances. And I also forgot many of them. My favorite dances and the latest choreographies are reliably stored in my legs.

At the different events I was often asked if I teach. And so I decided to start teaching myself in summer 2011. In 2012 I completed the Teacher Training at the Swiss Association for LineDance SCWDA.

Line dance fits very well into today's time. At the numerous country nights in the region, young and old meet to dance together. It is a kind of social dance in which everyone dances for themselves. The group forms several lines and dances synchronously the defined, repetitive step sequences.

Every piece of music - often from the country genre - has its own choreography.

LineDance is a young direction of dance that has only been danced since about 1980 - as we know it today. Line dance occurred in the USA. That is why it is probably the European folk dances of those who emigrated there that can be seen as the roots of the line dance. In the beginning, LineDance was in no way closely connected to Country Music. With "Achy Breaky Heart"Billy Ray Cyrus then became a Linedance with Country Music. This influence took a while, but it has decreased significantly since the late 1990s.

In Switzerland, majority is still dancing to Country today. But many dances from other music styles (pop, hip hop, latin, current charts) are also very popular.

This mixture is reflected in my courses, so I teach about 70 % country choreos and 30 % other.