Line Dancing Classes in Austin | Beginner Classes, No Partner Needed
Adults dancing a line dance together in rows during a beginner group class at Dance With Me
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Line Dancing Classes in Austin

Stop copying the row in front of you.

Beginner line dancing at Dance With Me Austin in Domain NORTHSIDE — a real group class on the studio's monthly schedule, in a studio instead of a bar. And no, it isn't two-stepping: a line dance is danced on your own, in rows, to a set sequence. No partner, no experience, no cover charge.

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01 At a Glance Everything a first-timer asks before booking, in one table.

Line Dancing Classes in Austin at a Glance

Line dancing classes in Austin for complete beginners, taught in a real studio at our Austin dance studio in Domain NORTHSIDE. First, the thing most Austin pages skip: line dancing is not two-stepping. You dance it on your own, in rows. The Texas Two-Step is a partner dance.

You don't need a partner or any experience. What you get instead of a crowded bar lesson is a class that breaks each dance down, repeats it, and corrects you by name, with free garage parking a few minutes off MoPac and I-35. Dance With Me was founded by Maksim and Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Tony Dovolani, and most beginners leave their first class having danced one full line dance, start to finish.

In short

Line dancing classes in Austin teach choreographed group dances performed in rows — no partner, no experience needed. Line dancing is not two-stepping: two-step is a partner dance that travels around the floor, while a line dance is danced solo, in formation, to a repeating sequence. At Dance With Me near The Domain, most beginners learn a full dance in their first class.

Line dancing at Dance With Me Austin
What you'll learnCountry, modern and party line dances — built from a small set of core steps you learn first
LevelsBeginner → Improver → Social-ready
Class formatGroup class, plus private lessons and group bookings
Location11600 Rock Rose Ave, Suite 110, Domain NORTHSIDE — free garage parking
Price$49 private intro lesson · $30 group class · $20 practice party
What to wearComfortable clothes and smooth-soled shoes or boots — not grippy sneakers
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02 Line Dance vs Two-Step If you searched for line dancing and landed on a two-step school, this is why.

Line Dancing or Two-Stepping? The Difference Most Austin Pages Skip

Line dancing and two-stepping are not the same thing. Two-step is a partner dance that travels counter-clockwise around the floor. A line dance is danced alone, in rows, to a repeating sequence — no partner required.

Line dancing vs. Texas two-step
QuestionLine DancingTexas Two-Step
PartnerNone — you dance alone, in rowsRequired — it's a partner dance
How the floor movesEveryone faces the same wall and turns togetherCouples travel counter-clockwise around the floor
StructureA fixed sequence, usually 32 or 64 counts, repeatedA lead-and-follow pattern with improvised turns
What you have to learnThe choreography for each danceThe rhythm, the frame, and how to lead or follow
Hardest part for beginnersRemembering the sequence and the wall changesConnection and timing with another person
First one takesAbout one classAbout one class for the basic, longer to feel smooth
Where you'll use it in AustinLine dance nights at the dance halls, weddings, partiesAlmost every honky-tonk in town
Which one did you see?People in rows, all facing the same wayCouples circling the floor

Austin mixes the two up more than most cities, and for a good reason: most of the paid country dance lessons in town are two-step lessons. The honky-tonks on South Lamar, South Congress and West 5th teach couples to travel the floor. The line dancing mostly happens on a few weeknights further north, and it's drop-in.

On a busy dance-hall floor you'll see both at once. The couples use the outside lane and circle it counter-clockwise — that lane is called the line of dance, which is the two-step idea, not the line dance one. The line dancers stay in the middle, in rows, facing a wall and turning together. Knowing which is which is half of not getting in the way on your first night out.

You'll probably want both eventually. Austin floors switch between them all night. Start with line dancing because you can do it on your own, and add the two-step in a private lesson when you're ready — tell us at your intro which one you came for and we'll plan around it.

“Line dancing and two-stepping get used interchangeably in Austin and they're completely different skills. Two-step is a partner dance that travels. A line dance is you, in a row, hitting the same 32 counts as everyone else. If you learn the grapevine, the heel dig and the four-wall turn, you can pick up most line dances by watching one rotation — you don't have to memorize them one at a time.”
Dance tipDance With Me Austin

Not sure which one you want? We teach both. Tell us in your intro lesson and your instructor will point you at the right one in about five minutes.

03 Curriculum Nobody else in Austin publishes one. Every other line dance option in town is drop-in.

What You'll Actually Learn

We teach the steps first and the dances second. Almost every line dance is built from the same short list of moves, arranged in a different order. Learn the moves properly and each new dance stops being something to memorize from scratch — you watch it once and recognize the pieces. That's the difference between a class and a free lesson at a bar, where you get one dance, once, at full tempo. If you want the background first, here is what line dancing is and how it's structured.

  1. Grapevine (the vine)Step to the side, cross behind, step to the side, touch. The single most common pattern in line dancing.
  2. Heel dig and toe touchTap a heel forward or a toe beside you without putting weight on it — the move that trips up most beginners.
  3. Kick-ball-changeA small kick, a quick step onto the ball of the foot, then a change of weight. Fast, and it gets easy.
  4. Shuffle (triple step)Three quick steps in two counts — the "cha cha" inside the Cowboy Cha Cha.
  5. Rock stepRock your weight forward or back and return. It's how most dances change direction.
  6. Pivot turnStep forward and turn a quarter or a half on the balls of your feet. This is what makes you face a new wall.
  7. Stomp, hitch and scuffThe country accents: a stomp with weight or without, a knee lift, a heel brushed along the floor.
  8. Counts, walls and restarts32 or 64 counts; 1-wall, 2-wall and 4-wall dances; and the tags and restarts that throw people off.

Three levels, in order

Beginner Steps before dances

The core steps above, counting in eights, and your first full 32-count dance facing all four walls. Most people get their first complete dance in the first class.

Improver More dances, faster

Longer sequences, turns and restarts, tempo changes, and reading a step sheet. This is where you start picking dances up by watching instead of being walked through them.

Social-ready On a real floor

Dancing at tempo, in a crowd, with no counting out loud — plus the etiquette: where to stand, how to join a dance already running, and staying out of the two-step lane.

The three kinds of line dance you'll learn

Country & Western Line Dances

The dance-hall standards — what you'll see when the band or the DJ calls a line dance in Austin. Heel digs, shuffles, stomps and quarter turns, usually to a two-step or cha-cha rhythm.

Two Texas traditions, the Ten Step and the Schottische, travel around the floor like a two-step and are danced in lines or with a partner — we teach where they fit. More in a beginner's guide to country line dancing.

Boot Scootin' BoogieCotton-Eyed JoeCowboy Cha ChaTush PushCopperhead RoadWatermelon Crawl

Modern & Viral Line Dances

The newer choreography that keeps the floor young: dances built on current country and crossover hits, including the ones that spread through TikTok during the 2024–25 country crossover wave.

This list changes every few months, so it's the lane your instructor updates most. Ask for the one you saw at a wedding or online — if it's being danced in Austin, it goes on the list.

Party & Crossover Line Dances

The four that get called at almost every wedding, birthday and office party, whatever the rest of the music is. Short, repetitive and forgiving — the fastest win for anyone who wants to stop sitting these out.

Also the best place to start if a wedding or an event is the reason you're here.

Electric SlideCupid ShuffleWobbleCha Cha Slide

Dance list checked September 2026 and refreshed every quarter.

Try one before your first class

Three short Dance With Me tutorials. Each takes under a minute — enough to know what the first ten minutes of class will feel like.

Cupid Shuffle tutorial video thumbnail Cupid ShuffleTutorial · 0:36 Electric Slide tutorial video thumbnail Electric SlideTutorial · 0:58 Cha Cha Slide for beginners video thumbnail Cha Cha SlideFor beginners · 0:24
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04 Programs Every program starts with the same $49 private intro lesson.

Our Line Dance Programs in Austin

Five ways in, depending on whether you want a weekly habit, fast progress, or one great night. All of them run at the Domain NORTHSIDE studio, and the private options fit around your schedule — we're on the floor from 11 in the morning until 9:30 at night on weekdays. If a wedding is the reason you're here, the wedding dance lessons in Austin page covers the first dance itself.

01 A beginner group line dance class dancing in rows, all facing the same wall

Weekly Group Line Dance Class

The main event: a beginner-friendly group class on the studio's monthly schedule, small enough that the instructor knows your name and fixes your feet. Each week builds on the last — new steps, then a new dance made from them — so you're progressing, not starting over. No partner, no experience, and you can drop in once you've had your intro.

Monthly ScheduleNo PartnerProgressive Book this program 02 An instructor giving a one-on-one private dance lesson at Dance With Me Austin

Private Line Dance Lessons

The fastest way to get good. One instructor, your pace, and whatever you want to learn — the dance your friends always do at the Spoke, the one from the wedding video, or the footwork you keep losing in class. Private lessons run from 11am on weekdays — daytime line dance instruction, which the dance-hall scene can't offer.

1-on-1Daytime SlotsAny Dance Book this program 03 A group of friends learning a line dance together at a private group session

Bachelorette, Birthday & Group Bookings

Your own class, your own group, the whole floor to yourselves. We teach two or three dances everyone can do by the end — ideal before a night on Sixth Street or Rainey, a birthday, or a team offsite that isn't another escape room. Tell us the group size and the date and we'll build the session around it.

BachelorettesBirthdaysCorporate Book this program 04 Wedding guests dancing together on the floor at a reception

Wedding Reception Line Dances

In Austin the reception almost always gets to a line dance. A short program gets the couple — and anyone in the wedding party who wants in — through the three or four that will actually be called, so you lead the floor instead of watching it. Easy to add on to a first dance program.

Reception SetWedding PartyAdd-On Book this program 05 Students dancing together at a studio practice party

Socials & Practice Parties

Where class turns into dancing. Our Friday social — the September edition was "Denim & Diamonds" — includes a line dance set alongside the partner dancing, so you get floor time at tempo in a room where everybody is still learning. Practice parties are $20, and free with a social membership.

Fridays$20Floor Practice Book this program
05 Pricing No Austin line dance provider publishes a class price. Here's ours, and everyone else's.

How Much Do Line Dancing Lessons Cost in Austin?

Line dancing in Austin runs from free at a dance hall to about $30 for a studio group class and $120–$155 for a private hour. At Dance With Me Austin you start with a $49 private intro lesson, then group classes are $30.

What line dancing costs in Austin
FormatTypical Austin rangeWhat you get
Free line dancing at a dance hall$0One dance at a time, in a crowd — no progression, usually 21+
Bar lesson with a cover chargeAbout $5–$15A taught lesson, then a social night; still drop-in, and usually two-step
Studio group classAbout $30 per classA structured level, a real curriculum, corrections by name
Private lessonAbout $120–$155 per hourOne-on-one — learn a specific dance fast
Dance With Me intro offer$49A full private, one-on-one intro lesson with a Dance With Me Austin instructor

$49 is not the cheapest line dancing in Austin — free is. The free nights are a great night out and you should go to them. What they can't do is teach you: one dance, taught once, at tempo, to a room of a hundred people, and a different dance next week.

The $49 buys a private lesson where somebody watches your feet. You leave knowing the core steps, having danced a full line dance, and knowing which of our programs fits what you actually want — a weekly class, a few privates before a wedding, or a group booking. Nobody chases you afterwards if the answer is none of them.

The dance floor at the Dance With Me Austin studio in Domain NORTHSIDE Your first lesson
$49Intro lesson

Private, one-on-one. The way everyone starts.

$30Group class

The weekly line dance class, per class.

$20Practice party

Floor time at tempo with the studio.

$199Social membership

Unlimited group classes and parties.

$123–155Private lessons

Depending on program. Package discounts available.

Claim the $49 Intro Questions? (512) 672-8222
06 The Free Scene Austin's free line dancing is good. Here's exactly what it is — and isn't.

Free Line Dancing in Austin — and What It Does and Doesn't Teach You

Yes, there is free line dancing around Austin. The best known is Tuesday night at Maverick's Dance Hall North in Pflugerville — free line dancing from 7pm, with a $5 advanced lesson at 6:30. Wild West in Cedar Park runs all-levels line dance lessons on Thursday and Saturday evenings. Most of the other lessons you'll hear about — Broken Spoke, The White Horse, Donn's Depot, Sagebrush — are two-step lessons, not line dancing.

Free dance-hall line dancing vs. a studio class
QuestionFree line dancing at an Austin dance hallStudio line dance class
CostFree to about $10 coverAbout $30 per group class
WhenWeeknights, usually starting 6:30–8:00pmA fixed weekly class, plus private lessons from 11am
AgeOften 21+No 21+ door, no drink minimum
Class sizeLarge — often the whole floorSmall enough to be corrected by name
PaceOne dance, once, at tempoBroken down, repeated, built up
If you fall behindYou follow the person in front of youThe instructor stops and fixes it
ProgressionNone — a different dance next weekA curriculum that builds step vocabulary
Best forA great night out, and free practiceActually learning to dance

Use both. The honest answer is that the free nights and a class do different jobs. The dance hall is where you use line dancing; a class is where you get it. The best plan is to take the class and keep going out on a Tuesday or a Thursday — just without standing at the edge of the floor for the first hour.

The one gap the free scene can't close is age and time. Nearly every honky-tonk lesson in Austin is 21 and over and starts in the evening, which leaves out anyone who isn't 21 yet, anyone who'd rather learn before dinner than at 10pm, and anyone who'd rather not learn in a bar at all.

Learn them properly — start with $49
07 Your First Class The part nobody tells you before you walk in.

What Happens in Your First Line Dancing Class

Everyone starts with a private, one-on-one intro lesson, so by the time you join the group you already know the core steps and you've already met an instructor. Here's how the first hour goes.

  1. Park free in the Domain NORTHSIDE garage and walk in.Suite 110 on Rock Rose Avenue. Arrive ten minutes early for your first time and bring water.
  2. Warm up by walking and clapping on the beat.Finding the "one" in country music is the first skill, and the one people skip.
  3. Learn the core steps one at a time, slowly.Grapevine, heel dig, rock step and a pivot turn — no music yet, just counts.
  4. Chain the steps into one short 32-count sequence.This is the whole dance. Most line dances are only 32 counts long.
  5. Add the quarter turn and dance it to all four walls.The turn is what makes it a line dance — and the step most people lose at a bar.
  6. Dance the full routine to music at real tempo.Twice through, then once more with nobody counting. That's your first line dance.
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The studio floor at Dance With Me Austin in Domain NORTHSIDE, where line dance classes are taught Rock Rose Ave · Suite 110
Dance With Me instructors demonstrating three line dances
08 Watch

Three Line Dances in One Minute

The Macarena, the Cotton-Eyed Joe and the Electric Slide, back to back, in sixty seconds. Watch it once and notice two things. The steps repeat — the same handful of moves in a different order. And it goes by fast.

That speed is exactly what a free lesson on a busy floor feels like: a dance shown once, at tempo, and then the music starts. In class we slow each one down, count it, fix it, and build it back up — so the next time you see this at full speed, you're in it.

Start with the $49 intro
09 Your Team Certifications across the network include the National Dance Council of America, the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and DVIDA.

Meet Your Austin Line Dance Team

A line dance class lives or dies on whether the person at the front can break a sequence into pieces a beginner can hold. That's the skill we hire for — and the rest of our Domain NORTHSIDE floor are professional ballroom and Latin dancers, which matters more than it sounds: the footwork that makes a rumba look clean is the same footwork that makes a pivot turn land on the count.

Diego Gallego, dance instructor at Dance With Me Austin in Domain NORTHSIDE

Diego Gallego

Dance Instructor · Wedding Programs

  • Salsa champion
  • Bachata
  • Argentine Tango
  • Choreography
15+Years teaching
& competing
7U.S. cities
competed in
3Countries
outside the U.S.

Colombian-born, fifteen-plus years as a teacher, competitor, performer and choreographer, and the instructor who teaches a large share of the wedding programs here. One couple wrote that he “did amazing with what little talent we could possibly provide” — roughly the job description.

Read Diego’s full profile

Where he comes from

Diego was born and raised in Colombia and brings more than fifteen years of experience as a teacher, competitor, performer and choreographer. He trained in acrobatic gymnastics and was a high-performance athlete in soccer, swimming and cycling before dance took over.

What he teaches

A salsa champion, experienced in tricks, salsa on1, salsa on2, salsa Caleña, sensual and traditional bachata, and Argentine tango. That range is why couples get handed to him when the song doesn't fit a neat category.

Competition

He has competed nationally and internationally — Colombia, Panama and Puerto Rico, and in Miami, Oklahoma, New York, New Jersey, Atlanta, Houston and Chicago.

On wedding couples

His stated aim is creating life long memories on the dance floor, which is as close to a first-dance brief as it gets. Reviews are consistent on two points: it's fun, and nobody is made to feel behind.

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Amanda Merritt, dance instructor at Dance With Me Austin in Domain NORTHSIDE

Amanda Merritt

Dance Instructor

  • Professional competitor
  • Ballroom
  • Latin
  • Beginners
2Age she
started dancing
13Age she
started teaching
2022Joined Dance
With Me

Ask for Amanda if the two of you are arriving with very different confidence levels and one of you needs more convincing than the other. One of her students took first in the Newcomer division at the 2025 Austin Open after starting as a complete beginner.

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Where she comes from

Amanda started dancing at two and grew up in the DFW area training and competing in ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop and contemporary, earning high-scoring solo awards, scholarships and the chance to train with some of the industry's top teachers and performers.

Ballroom and competition

She began ballroom at sixteen and moved into professional competition with her partner Eyne. She joined Dance With Me in July 2022.

Teaching

She has been teaching since she was thirteen, choreographing routines and directing performance teams. Her students describe her as supportive and genuinely knowledgeable about the craft — patient with beginners without ever being vague about technique.

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Crystal Woo, in-house coach at Dance With Me Austin in Domain NORTHSIDE

Crystal Woo

In-House Coach

  • Korea National Latin Champion
  • Asian Games
  • Professor of Dance
  • Ballet & Modern
6Age she
started ballet
BA+MAEwha Women's
University
Asian
GamesRepresented
South Korea

Crystal is the in-house coach — she coaches the instructors who teach you. A national Latin champion who represented South Korea internationally and taught dance at university level before moving to the U.S.

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Seoul

Myeonghee is originally from Seoul, South Korea. She started ballet at six and graduated from Seoul Arts School specialising in ballet and modern dance, then earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees from Ewha Women's University.

Professor and champion

She became a professor of Modern Dance and Latin American Dance at a top Korean university, competed internationally in Latin, became Korea's National Latin Champion and represented her country at the Asian Games. Before relocating to the United States she owned her own dance studio in Seoul.

Why that matters to a wedding couple

You are unlikely to be taught by Crystal directly — she is the person raising the standard of whoever is teaching you.

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Johnny Carvalho, dance instructor at Dance With Me Austin in Domain NORTHSIDE

Johnny Carvalho

Dance Instructor

  • Multiple championship titles
  • International style
  • American style
  • Pro-Am coach
10Age he
started dancing
10+Years teaching
Pro-Am
2Style systems
Intl & American

The instructor to ask for if you want to know exactly what you're doing wrong. One student wrote that he is “exceptional in his detailed instruction and experienced eye to be able to see exactly what you may be missing and reframe it so that you can easily understand and adapt your technique.”

Read Johnny’s full profile

Portugal

Born and raised in Portugal, Johnny discovered his passion for dance at the age of ten. That early interest turned into competitive success and multiple championship titles.

Teaching

With over a decade of teaching Pro-Am students, he specialises in both International and American styles and has guided students to a long list of competitive achievements. He describes what he builds as a supportive, results-driven environment where each student can reach their full potential.

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Vlad Pop, dance instructor at Dance With Me Austin in Domain NORTHSIDE

Vlad Pop

Dance Instructor

  • IDO World Champion 2023
  • International Latin
  • Showdance
  • Beginners
2023IDO Showdance
World Champion
2005Dancing
since
5Countries trained
& worked in

A world champion who is unusually easy to start with. One student put it as making “even the most nervous of dancer feel immediately part of the group” — useful if one half of the couple has already decided they can't do this.

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Romania to Hungary

Originally from Romania, Vlad started his ballroom dancing journey in 2005, training in International Ballroom and Latin before specialising exclusively in Latin. His competitive development included advanced training abroad, particularly in Hungary under Professional Latin World Champions.

Competition

His career has taken him to India, Russia and Ukraine. Beyond his competitive success in Latin Dancesport, he took the World Championship Title of 2023 in IDO Showdance with his partner Jhinuk.

Teaching

His stated aim is to bring the best out of every student he gets to work with, and reviewers reach for the same two words: talented, and approachable.

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Vivian, dance instructor at Dance With Me Austin in Domain NORTHSIDE

Vivian

Dance Instructor

  • 10+ years teaching
  • Latin & ballroom
  • Core Rhythms
  • Zumba & STRONG
6Age she started
performing
10+Years
teaching
3Countries
taught in

A decade of teaching across three countries, and a fitness background that shows in how she builds stamina — useful if your routine runs the full song and you'd rather not be out of breath halfway through it.

Read Vivian’s full profile

Venezuela to Austin

Vivian is originally from San Cristóbal, Venezuela, where her love for performing began at just six years old. She started teaching ballroom dance at nineteen while living in Indiana, and after teaching in McAllen, Texas she moved to Austin to continue pursuing her dream career.

Training and certifications

She trained with Julia Powers (Gorchakova) as a Core Rhythms dance fitness instructor and holds certifications in Zumba and STRONG Nation.

Experience

Over ten years of teaching across Venezuela, Mexico and the United States.

Book with Vivian

Full bios, certifications and the group class schedule are on the Dance With Me Austin studio page.

09 Your Team Certifications across the network include the National Dance Council of America, the Imperial Society of Teachers of Dancing and DVIDA.

Meet Your Austin Line Dance Team

A line dance class lives or dies on whether the person at the front can break a sequence into pieces a beginner can hold. That's the skill we hire for — and the rest of our Domain NORTHSIDE floor are professional ballroom and Latin dancers, which matters more than it sounds: the footwork that makes a rumba look clean is the same footwork that makes a pivot turn land on the count.

Leads the weekly line dance class

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Diego Gallego, dance instructor at Dance With Me Austin

Diego Gallego

Dance Instructor

From Colombia, with more than fifteen years teaching, competing and choreographing. A salsa champion whose private lessons are known for being fun and never leaving anyone feeling behind.

Amanda Merritt, dance instructor at Dance With Me Austin

Amanda Merritt

Dance Instructor

Dancing since the age of two — ballet, jazz, tap, hip hop and contemporary before ballroom at sixteen. Competes professionally and has taught at Dance With Me Austin since July 2022.

Crystal Woo, in-house coach at Dance With Me Austin

Crystal Woo

In-House Coach

From Seoul, a former Korean National Latin Champion who once owned her own studio there. She coaches the Austin instructors — the person who makes sure your teacher's teaching holds up.

Johnny Carvalho, dance instructor at Dance With Me Austin

Johnny Carvalho

Dance Instructor

From Portugal, dancing since he was ten and teaching International and American styles for more than a decade, with multiple competitive titles.

Vlad Pop, dance instructor at Dance With Me Austin

Vlad Pop

Dance Instructor

IDO Showdance World Champion in 2023 — a choreographer's eye for how a sequence should look from the back row, not just the front.

Vivian, dance instructor at Dance With Me Austin

Vivian

Dance Instructor

From Venezuela, teaching for more than ten years across three countries. Core Rhythms, Zumba and STRONG Nation certified — group energy and counting on the beat are her home ground.

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10 The Austin Week Which room, which night, what's actually taught, and who gets in the door.

Where to Line Dance in Austin After Class

For line dancing specifically, head north: Tuesday nights at Maverick's Dance Hall North in Pflugerville, and Thursday and Saturday evenings at Wild West in Cedar Park. The famous south and central Austin rooms are brilliant nights out, but the lessons they run are two-step lessons.

The Austin line dance week
VenueWhenWhat's taughtDoor
Maverick's Dance Hall North
Pflugerville		Tuesdays, 7–9pm; $5 advanced lesson at 6:30. Beginner nights the first week of each monthLine dancing — free21+
Wild West
Cedar Park		Thursdays 6:15–7pm · Saturdays 9:15–10pmLine dancing, all levels. Two-step Wed & Fri 7:30pmCheck the venue — Saturday has an early teen night
Broken Spoke
South Lamar		Wednesday–Saturday, 8–9pm; sign up by 7:30Two-step — $10 plus coverCheck the venue
The White Horse
East Austin		Thursday–Saturday, 7pmTwo-step — donation-based21+
Donn's Depot
West 5th Street		Wednesdays, 7:30pmBeginner two-step — free21+
Sagebrush
South Congress		Several nights a week — check the events calendarTwo-step and country lessons, usually with a $10–$15 cover21+

Checked on each venue's own site, September 21, 2026. Nights change — confirm with the venue before you go.

Your first night out: how not to panic

01

Go on a beginner night

Maverick's runs them the first week of each month — the night the room is expecting newcomers.

02

Stand in the middle rows

When the line turns, the back row becomes the front. The middle is always covered — someone is in front of you on every wall.

03

Watch one full rotation first

A 32-count dance repeats four times on a 4-wall dance. See it once through, spot the steps you know, then join at the top.

04

Stay out of the outside lane

That's the two-step lane — couples traveling counter-clockwise. Line dancers keep to the center of the floor.

11 Visit Free garage parking, and open until 9:30 on weeknights — so class can come after work.

Line Dancing Classes Near You in Austin

From The Domain, North Burnet and the Arboretum

Dance With Me Austin is on Rock Rose Avenue in Domain NORTHSIDE, a few doors from the restaurants — which is why a lot of students turn class night into dinner. If you live or work around The Domain, North Burnet, the Arboretum, Braker or Gracy Farms, this is the close one.

From Crestview, Allandale, Hyde Park, Mueller, Downtown or East Austin it's a straight run up MoPac or I-35. It's also the natural studio for Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville and Leander — handy, since the north-side line dance nights at Maverick's and Wild West are up that way too. From South Congress, South Lamar, Westlake, Buda or Kyle, come on a private lesson in the daytime and miss the traffic.

Address

11600 Rock Rose Avenue, Suite 110
Austin, TX 78758

Phone

(512) 672-8222

Hours

Monday – Friday · 11 AM – 9:30 PM
Saturday · 9 AM – 3 PM
Sunday · Closed

Parking

Free garage parking throughout Domain NORTHSIDE.

Getting here

Just off MoPac (Loop 1) near Braker Lane, and a few minutes from I-35 and US-183. About 20 minutes from downtown, traffic depending.

Nearby

The Domain · North Burnet · The Arboretum · Crestview · Round Rock · Cedar Park · Pflugerville · Leander · Westlake

The main dance floor at Dance With Me Austin in Domain NORTHSIDE
A group dance class in progress at the Dance With Me Austin studio
Inside the Dance With Me dance studio on Rock Rose Avenue in Austin, Texas
12Why Us

Why Choose Dance With Me for Line Dancing in Austin

A Class, Not a Drop-In

A fixed weekly time and a curriculum that builds, week on week. Every other line dance option in Austin is drop-in — a different dance each night and no one checking your feet.

A Real Studio Floor

A proper dance floor at our Domain NORTHSIDE studio with room to turn — not a corner of a bar at 10pm with the band warming up.

No 21+ Door, No Cover

Most honky-tonk lessons in Austin are 21 and over and start in the evening. Ours aren't in a bar, and private lessons run from 11 in the morning.

A World-Class Standard

Dance With Me was founded by Maksim and Valentin Chmerkovskiy and Tony Dovolani. Our Austin team is professional, competing and coached in-house — and hired for teaching beginners.

Published Prices, No Contracts

$49 to start, $30 a group class, and nothing you have to sign up for. Nobody in Austin publishes a line dance class price — we'd rather you knew before you came.

Good for You, Too

A class is an hour of steady moving that doesn't feel like exercise. Harvard Health reports that moderate-intensity dancing was linked to a lower risk of cardiovascular death.

13 Reviews 4.9★ on Google. Every review below is public on the Dance With Me Austin profile.

What Our Austin Students Say

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“I had my first private lesson with Diego this week and it was delightful. It was fun, clear, thoughtful…”
Tandy GutierrezIntro private lesson · Google review
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“Diego was our teacher for our wedding dance and did amazing with what little talent we could possibly provide lol. He was fun and understanding…”
Nick B.Wedding dance with Diego · Google review
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“…Kristoffe turned what could have been a stressful part of wedding prep into one of our favorite memories together.”
NikkiFirst dance with Kristoffe · Google review

Read all of them on the Dance With Me Austin Google profile.

14 Questions Something not covered? Call (512) 672-8222 — the studio answers until 9:30 on weekdays.

Frequently Asked Questions About Line Dancing Classes in Austin

No. Line dancing is danced on your own, in rows, to a fixed sequence that everyone performs together while facing the same wall. The Texas Two-Step is a partner dance: couples travel counter-clockwise around the outside of the floor, with one person leading. Most of the country dance lessons in Austin teach two-step. We teach both, and line dancing is the easier place to start because you don't need a partner.

Our beginner line dance class runs every month at our Domain NORTHSIDE studio. New students start with a private, one-on-one intro lesson first, so you join the group already knowing the core steps. Private line dance lessons are available any time the studio is open, from 11am on weekdays.

At Dance With Me Austin you start with a $49 private intro lesson. After that, a group class is $30, a practice party is $20, and a $199 social membership covers unlimited group classes and parties. Private lessons run $123 to $155 depending on the program. Across Austin, free dance-hall line dancing costs nothing and bar lessons usually run $5 to $15 plus cover.

No. Line dancing needs no partner at all — everyone dances their own steps in rows — and our beginner class assumes you have never danced before. Most people come on their own or with a friend. If you can walk in time to music, you can learn a full line dance in your first class.

Yes. Maverick's Dance Hall North in Pflugerville has free line dancing on Tuesday nights, and Wild West in Cedar Park runs line dance lessons on Thursday and Saturday evenings. They are a great night out, but they are drop-in: one dance, taught once, at tempo, often in a 21+ venue. A studio class breaks each dance down and builds on it week to week.

Not at our studio. Many of Austin's dance-hall lessons are held in 21+ bars in the evening, but our classes are in a dance studio, so there is no 21+ door, no cover charge and no drink minimum. If you are under 18, call the studio at (512) 672-8222 before booking and we will talk you through it.

Most beginners dance their first complete line dance in their first class. Most line dances are only 32 counts built from the same handful of steps, so learning the steps is the real work. After a few weeks of classes you start recognizing the pieces, and new dances go from something you memorize to something you pick up by watching one rotation.

Wear comfortable clothes you can move in and shoes with smooth or leather soles so you can turn. Cowboy boots are ideal, so bring them if you have them. Avoid rubber-soled sneakers and flip-flops, which grip the floor and make pivot turns hard on your knees.

For line dancing specifically, the main nights are Tuesday at Maverick's Dance Hall North in Pflugerville and Thursday and Saturday at Wild West in Cedar Park. Broken Spoke, The White Horse, Donn's Depot and Sagebrush are famous Austin dance halls, but the lessons they run are mostly two-step. Check each venue's calendar before you go, because nights change.

Yes. We run private group line dance sessions at the studio for bachelorettes, birthdays and corporate teams. Your group gets its own instructor and the floor to itself, and everyone learns two or three dances they can do by the end of the session. Tell us the group size and the date on the form and we will plan it with you.

Yes. “Austin” is also the name of a popular line dance, so a search for “Austin line dance” turns up tutorials for the dance as often as classes in the city. This page is about line dancing classes in Austin, Texas. If the dance called Austin is the one you want, tell your instructor at your intro lesson.

Dance With Me Austin is at 11600 Rock Rose Avenue, Suite 110, Austin, TX 78758, in Domain NORTHSIDE, with free garage parking. We are open Monday through Friday from 11am to 9:30pm and Saturday from 9am to 3pm, and closed on Sunday. It is just off MoPac and an easy drive from Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Leander and Downtown. Call (512) 672-8222.

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Start Line Dancing in Austin This Week

A real weekly class, no partner needed, a studio floor at The Domain, and a published price. Start with a $49 private intro lesson: you'll learn the core steps, dance your first full line dance, and leave knowing whether the weekly class, a few private lessons or a group booking fits what you want.

Prefer to talk to a person? Call (512) 672-8222 — Monday to Friday until 9:30 PM, Saturday until 3.

Your first lesson is private

One-on-one with an instructor. Nobody watching but them.

No partner, no experience, no contract

$49 is the whole commitment. Nobody chases you afterwards.

Booking a group?

Pick "group or bachelorette" on the form and tell us the size and the date.

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Free garage parking at Domain NORTHSIDE, and evenings until 9:30.

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