Groove & Move: Soul Line Dance in Toronto
Soul & R&B Line Dancing for Everybody
Line Dance Classes, Workshops and Events to get you moving…with soul in the GTA
Where Rhythm Meets Community
Welcoming to all ages, levels and abilities
Looking for soul line dance lessons? This is your chance to move to the beat and feel free!
Soul/R&B Line Dance Classes
Classes on Sundays at 2 pm, The Pink Studio & Fitness Toronto
2053 Danforth Ave
🎶45 – 90 min sessions
🎵 Classic and new R&B / Soul hits
🎶No experience needed – just good vibes in a welcoming environment
🎵 Beginner-friendly choreography that emerged from Black social gatherings
🎶 Modifications for the steps, if you want a little challenge
🎵 Warm-up, follow-along routines, and cool down
Soul/R&B Line Dance Socials
Looking for an event in Toronto where you can learn how to line dance and enjoy a low-pressure opportunity to practice?
🎉Save the date for the next social: February 20, 2026, 7 pm at Gotta Dance Studios, 3581 Dundas St West🎉
🎈 3 hour session
✨Learn basic dances like the Electric Slide, Cupid Shuffle Boots on the Ground and more
🎈 Meet new friends
✨Enjoy refreshments
🎈Play games that facilitate connection
LEARN & GROOVE (TUTORIALS)
Watch tutorials and learn steps at your own pace.
Join the mailing list to get notified when new tutorials drop as well as upcoming line dance classes and events.
Your Line Dance Instructor
Rhea Daniels
💃🏽A passionate dance educator with a mission to make movement joyful and accessible for all
💃🏽MFA in Dance with 20+ years of experience
💃🏽Trained in Soul, R&B, and Motown-inspired line dancing, she brings fun, inclusivity, and community into every class
💃🏽Canfitpro certified group fitness instructor, trained in Dance for Parkinsons – she’ll help make line just the right amount of challenging, safe, and feel good in your body
“Best party, great people, fabulous line dancing. I’m ready for the weekend, and to come back and do this all over again.”
Yolande
Groove and Move Line Dance Social Attendee
“It fills my soul. There’s a vibe, there’s good people, and the music’s amazing.”
Kimberly
Groove and Move Line Dance Social Attendee
What is Soul and R&B Line Dance?
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It has become popular as a form of group exercise, especially in
communities across the USA and it’s beginning to take Canada by storm.No partner needed – just good vibes 🕺🏾
Inclusive and fun for all ages & levels 👩🦽
Line dancing has its roots in folk traditions and is a social dance. Soul/R&B Line Dancing in particular, often incorporates stylized footwork and body movements. Each region in which the style is practiced adds their own flair to the steps.
Soul and R&B Line Dance has its roots in African American
communities, evolving through social gatherings, family reunions,
and clubs from the 1970s onward. Inspired by earlier dance
traditions like the Electric Slide and disco-era moves, it grew
alongside soul, funk, and R&B music, creating choreographed group
dances that anyone could join, regardless of skill level. Now people
all over the world, from various backgrounds are joining the latest
Soul/R&B Line Dance wave.Groove & Move Line Dance can be enjoyed by and adapted to benefit the needs and interests of multiple demographics.
Adults including seniors: Improved balance and memory + joy through music from their era plus the stimulation from experiencing new tunes
Teens: Reduces anxiety, offers screen-free bonding time
Professionals: Mood reset, low-impact cardio, birthday celebration or social event
Dance studio regulars: challenge of exploring a different kind of dance/fitness
ACCESSSIBILITY: TOTAL BEGINNERS & TOTAL PROS
-
It has become popular as a form of group exercise, especially in
communities across the USA and it’s beginning to take Canada by storm.No partner needed – just good vibes 🕺🏾
Inclusive and fun for all ages & levels 👩🦽
Line dancing has its roots in folk traditions and is a social dance. Soul/R&B Line Dancing in particular, often incorporates stylized footwork and body movements. Each region in which the style is practiced adds their own flair to the steps.
Soul and R&B Line Dance has its roots in African American
communities, evolving through social gatherings, family reunions,
and clubs from the 1970s onward. Inspired by earlier dance
traditions like the Electric Slide and disco-era moves, it grew
alongside soul, funk, and R&B music, creating choreographed group
dances that anyone could join, regardless of skill level. Now people
all over the world, from various backgrounds are joining the latest
Soul/R&B Line Dance wave.Groove & Move Line Dance can be enjoyed by and adapted to benefit the needs and interests of multiple demographics.
Adults including seniors: Improved balance and memory + joy through music from their era plus the stimulation from experiencing new tunes
Teens: Reduces anxiety, offers screen-free bonding time
Professionals: Mood reset, low-impact cardio, birthday celebration or social event
Dance studio regulars: challenge of exploring a different kind of dance/fitness
ACCESSSIBILITY: TOTAL BEGINNERS & TOTAL PROS
-
It has become popular as a form of group exercise, especially in
communities across the USA and it’s beginning to take Canada by storm.No partner needed – just good vibes 🕺🏾
Inclusive and fun for all ages & levels 👩🦽
Line dancing has its roots in folk traditions and is a social dance. Soul/R&B Line Dancing in particular, often incorporates stylized footwork and body movements. Each region in which the style is practiced adds their own flair to the steps.
Soul and R&B Line Dance has its roots in African American
communities, evolving through social gatherings, family reunions,
and clubs from the 1970s onward. Inspired by earlier dance
traditions like the Electric Slide and disco-era moves, it grew
alongside soul, funk, and R&B music, creating choreographed group
dances that anyone could join, regardless of skill level. Now people
all over the world, from various backgrounds are joining the latest
Soul/R&B Line Dance wave.Groove & Move Line Dance can be enjoyed by and adapted to benefit the needs and interests of multiple demographics.
Adults including seniors: Improved balance and memory + joy through music from their era plus the stimulation from experiencing new tunes
Teens: Reduces anxiety, offers screen-free bonding time
Professionals: Mood reset, low-impact cardio, birthday celebration or social event
Dance studio regulars: challenge of exploring a different kind of dance/fitness
ACCESSSIBILITY: TOTAL BEGINNERS & TOTAL PROS