dance step
Grapevine, for one
A dance step is a prescribed movement or sequence of foot movements that forms a basic unit of a dance.
Dancers learn individual steps—the waltz step, the grapevine, the box step—then combine them into complete routines.
She practiced the dance steps until they became automatic.
- footworkSkilled lower-limb movement
- shuffleRandomize by mixing
- kick ball changeThree-part dance step
- moonwalkBackward-gliding dance step
- arabesqueFlowing ornamental design
turn · schottische · jeté · glissade · grapevine · cha cha slide · pirouette · gavotte · lindy hop · tendu · pas de deux · relevé · quickstep · sashay · whisk · mazurka · krumping · jazz square
- danceballet, breaking, folk dances, b-boying, ballroom
- stepsfootstep, pace, stride, baby steps, tread
- figure-8 shapesinfinity symbol, figure-eight knot
motion vs. stillness
dance stepstillness
Complete lack of motion
standing still · freeze · pause · motionlessness · immobility
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