When I was living in Barcelona, weekends were full of Country Music and line dancing. But, for working reasons, I moved to Madrid in 2003. When I arrived in Madrid, I surfed Internet searching for a place to line dancing. The result of my searching was a disappointment for there was no place in the whole province of Madrid to line dancing, none. So, I started to teach people how to line dancing. In the beginning, we gather eight people. It was enough for starting. With constancy, effort, and the help of Maria, my wife, today in Madrid there are several places to line dancing to the rhythm of country music and many instructors, some of them old pupils of mine.
I have to say that I am more interested in teaching rather than creating. Nonetheless, I’ve built six choreographies, so far. And I’m working on the next one. My first choreography was “Hell Yeah I like beer”. My goal with it was the people that were just starting to dance. With that easy choreography, they could learn important steps like grapevine, jazz box, ½ turn pivots, kick ball change, and so on. It was a success. My last one is “Alfredo’s BBQ” which I did as an homage to Alfred Gradus, the owner of the Texans restaurants in Madrid ‘Alfredo’s BBQ’ and one of my best friends.
Currently, I teach how to Line Dancing on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday in Madrid, at The Círculo de Baile dance academy, and at the Legend’s Honky Tonk in Tres Cantos, Madrid. I teach Country Line Dance Catalan Style, which is the most extended style in Europe and original of my city of birth, Barcelona.
Contact:
Email: xavier_barrera@hotmail.com
Web (Spanish): https://aprendecountrylinedance.com
Youtube (English): http://bit.ly/Youtube-HowToLineDancing
Youtube (Spanish): http://bit.ly/AprendeCountryLineDance-CanalYoutube
Xavi Barrera has choreographed 16 dances, of which none have been co-choreographed. Their first published stepsheet on CopperKnob is Getaway Truck from March 2015, with their most recent stepsheet of Out of Style in October 2019.
Choreographer Stepsheets
48 Count 2 Wall Intermediate Music: Im so Outta Style - Deryl Dodd
64 Count 2 Wall Intermediate Music: Honey Bee - Johnny Brady
80 Count 2 Wall Intermediate Music: Your One and Only - Jim Devine
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Every Little Thing - Carlene Carter
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Ain't Nobody Hotter - Kyle Park
64 Count 2 Wall Intermediate Music: In My Heart - Charla Corn
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Run - Pat Green
48 Count 2 Wall Phrased Intermediate Music: You Can't Roller Skate In a Buffalo Herd - Roger Miller
64 Count 2 Wall Intermediate Music: So Good - Kimberly Dunn
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Motor City Man by Bruce Robinson & Kelly Willis
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: I Gotta Get Drunk - Willie Nelson
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Death, Taxes and Texas - Deryl Dodd
64 Count 2 Wall Intermediate Music: Hey Good Lookin' - The Mavericks
32 Count 4 Wall Beginner Music: Hell Yeah, I Like Beer - Kevin Fowler
100 Count 1 Wall Phrased Intermediate / Advanced Music: The Heart of Life - Aaron Watson
32 Count 4 Wall Intermediate Music: Getaway Truck - Aaron Watson
