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Learn the Electric Slide Line Dance, Step by Step

Learn the Electric Slide Line Dance, Step by Step — video by Line Dance with Coral Play · 8:10

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Coral builds the Electric Slide in small pieces (grapevines, back steps, rocks, then the quarter turn), walks through all four walls and tells you it is as easy as line dancing gets. A perfect first party dance.

  • 8 min
  • Beginner
  • Low impact (no jumping)
  • No equipment
  • Line dance

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Step by step 8

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  1. Grapevine right: weight on your left foot, step right, left foot behind, step right, then touch the left. 0:15
  2. Grapevine left: step left, right foot behind, step left and touch the right; then both grapevines together. 0:53
  3. Back steps: back on the right, left foot together, back on the right, then touch the left beside it. 2:00
  4. Rocks: rock forward on the left and touch the right behind, then rock back on the right and touch. 3:15
  5. Step and scuff the right foot as you make a quarter turn over your right shoulder to the next wall. 4:15
  6. The whole dance from the top, turning straight into the next wall to start again. 5:30
  7. Second wall: practise starting again facing the new direction, where the turn often trips people up. 5:56
  8. Full run-through: all four walls, finishing back at the front wall. 7:08

The steps are a summary in our words, checked against the video — the coach shows every move.

Form cues from the coach

  • Grapevine right: step side, step behind, step side, then touch; repeat to the left
  • Back, together, back, touch, then forward touch and back touch
  • Step and scuff while turning a quarter turn to start the next wall

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Joints it uses light on the joints

  • Hips movesgrapevines, back and forward touches
  • Knees movesgrapevines, back steps, rocks, quarter turn
  • Ankles & feet movesgrapevines, touches, step-scuff turn

A guide to the joints this video’s moves load, from what the coach does — not medical advice. Some ache is normal; stop if a joint hurts sharply. How joints are rated

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Video by Line Dance with Coral; the summary, steps, cues, body areas and joint notes are Notbroken’s, written from what the coach actually does in the video and checked a second time. Warm up first, take the easier options until a move feels easy, and stop if you feel sharp pain, chest pain or dizziness. General instruction, not advice for your body. About & safety