The beat speaks through his feet. Nelson Spires twists his body, slides to the right and then to the left. He’s moving in unison with more than a dozen other dancers. It’s soul-line-dancing night at a ...

Cha-cha right. Cha-cha left. Step up, step back and turn and turn ... On a recent Wednesday night this summer, more than 30 women and girls danced, laughed and learned those moves during a soul line ...

Gloria Kingcade calls this her ministry. Every Wednesday, she's at the Sheller Center in North Philadelphia, leading a room full of dancers through the steps of soul line dancing. "I've been teaching ...

When Sardia Lewis took the mic on a recent Tuesday evening in the Bay Shore-Brightwaters Public Library auditorium to lead class, you would have never known it was her first time as an instructor.

The class is free and a lot of fun. "Once you get bitten, that's it," instructor Anita Mullin said. "You become a line dance junkie. You want to do it more and more and more." A sentiment shared by ...

Lynda Wallace of Bowie, Md., right, dances at a soul line dancing night in Jessup, Md., on Feb. 26. (Photo by J. Lawler Duggan for The Washington Post) The beat speaks through his feet. Nelson Spires ...