
"Dancing is stepping in time to the beats of the music.

In ballroom dancing a "dance step" is defined as, or requires, the shifting of one's body weight from one foot to the other in time to the music. The most well known is the grapevine (or vine for short), a four-count movement to the side."

Each step is given a name so teachers can tell dancers to perform this step when teaching a dance. "A line dance is made up of a number of movements called steps. The names of moves may be somewhat arbitrary and vary from person to person and city to city. For example, relationship could describe the movement of two or more different dancers. These two movements show time, space, relationship, quality and focus. Also there are two different movements: concrete and abstract. Generally, they are memorized in sets of eight counts. In most cases, dance moves by themselves are independent of musicality, which is the appropriateness of a move to the music (for a notable exception, see Bharatanatyam). However, more complex movements are influenced by musicality and lyrical relevance to express emotions or refer to a message.ĭance moves tend to emphasize the concepts of lead and follow and connection.

One, self-contained, planned sequence of movements while dancingĭance moves or dance steps (more complex dance moves are called dance patterns, dance figures, dance movements, or dance variations) are usually isolated, defined, and organized so that beginning dancers can learn and use them independently of each other.
