dance steps

Waltz box pattern

Dance steps are the individual foot movements and body positions that make up a dance.

Learning a dance means learning its steps—the basic steps of the waltz, the steps of a line dance.

She taught me the steps to the cha-cha.

The term often implies choreographed sequences rather than improvised movement.

Related

pas de deux · plié · jig · footwork · step touch · ball change · polka · moonwalk · tango · grapevine · grapevine step · chassé · salsa · foxtrot · two step · promenade · arabesque · quadrille

Categories
Opposites
movement structure

dance stepsstumbling

Walking clumsily, almost falling

free movement · freestyle · improvisation · thrashing · wild gesticulation

stillness vs. motion

dance stepsstanding still

Absence of motion

immobility · stillness · motionlessness · paralysis · inertia

artistic intentionality

dance stepsstumbling

Walking clumsily, almost falling

tripping · falling · trudging · plodding

Family

dance, dancer, steps, dancing, dances, danced, dancers, danceable, breakdance

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G