The summer heat often makes outdoor exercise difficult for seniors but a 67-year-old dance instructor is keeping it cool inside with a twist on the typical line dance.

Enter soul line dancing. Soul line dancing – like country line dancing – is really just choreographed dance moves that you do in a group, without a partner. The Electric Slide is a classic ...

But soul line dancing goes deeper. Many soul-line-dancing devotees – nearly all of whom are African American – take classes, attend socials and even travel together in line-dancing groups.

There are similarities among soul-line dancing, oldies and country-line dances. But the more intricate country-line dancing sequences require at least one class, said Hancock, 59.

Soul line dancing has a slow-your-roll pace, subtly sexy and not as hurried or jumpy as dances like the Wobble, accessible to all ages and fitness levels, with a lot of space for personal expression.

For those who have not experienced Southern Soul Line Dancing, lessons are taught every week at the E Center in downtown Killeen.

Philadelphians, including Mayor Michael Nutter, gathered to try and dance their way to the largest organized Soul Train Line ever.

They're trying to break a record at Potawatomi Casino Thursday for the longest Soul Train Dance line ever.