cross-step

Feet crossing sideways

Cross-step is a sideways walking pattern where one foot crosses in front of or behind the other, used in dance, sports, and footwork drills.

In partner dancing like waltz or tango, cross-steps create elegant movement across the floor.

In surfing, cross-stepping is the technique of walking toward the nose of a longboard: She cross-stepped to the tip and hung ten.

dance

ballroom

Venue for formal dances

  • waltzDance in three-quarter time
  • tangoLatin ballroom with sharp stops
  • foxtrotSmooth partner dance

swing · salsa · cha-cha · partner · lead · follow · choreography · sequence · promenade · diagonal

footwork

pivot

Point of rotation

balance · coordination · agility · placement · maneuver · grapevine · weave · lateral · precision

Categories
Opposites
footwork pattern

cross-stepsidestep

Evade by moving aside

side step · lateral shuffle · shuffle · chassé · basic step

movement complexity

cross-stepbasic step

Simplest unit of choreography

walking · shuffle step

Family

step, cross, crossing, footstep, crossed, sidestep, crisscross, crosswalk, crossword

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G