ballet
Tap
hip hop
jazz
100

When you bend your legs when your in a stands, what is this move called. A movement in which a dancer bends the knees and straightens them again, usually with the feet turned out and heels firmly on the ground.

100

 A lift the foot and place it flat against the floor with NO weight on it

A stomp

100

a dance with a gliding motion, in which the dancer appears to be moving forward but in fact is moving backwards.

(created by Michael Jackson ❤)

Moonwalk

100

Ball change is a dance move that consists of two steps: a partial weight transfer on the ball of a foot (placed e.g., behind), followed by a step on the other foot.

A Ball Change
200

when a dancer is performing a series of turns on both feet, picking up each foot back and forth in order to keep moving in a line or circle.

Chaînés or “chaîné turns”

200

A swing foot forward (front or diagonally side) hitting only the ball tap

brush

200

 a simple dance move in which a person drops the head into the bent crook of a slanted arm.

A Dab

200

STAG LEAP: A jazz leap jumping from both feet and placing one leg in a bent leg position and the other leg is straight. STRADDLE: A position of the legs when both legs or extended out to the side.


Jazz Leap
300

A jump in which a dancer springs from one foot to land on the other with one leg forward of their body and the other stretched backward while in the air.

Grand jete'

300

flap HEEL heel SPANK heel TOE heel

Browdway

300

A modern dance move that involves raising your arm and swinging it back down

The Whip

400

 a classical ballet term meaning “cat's step.” It gets its name because the step resembles how a cat jumps. A dancer does a pas de chat by starting in fifth position with the right foot in back.

A pa de chat

400

 Single Traditional - shuffle HOP step FLAP step

    Double Time Step Traditional -shuffle HOP flap FLAP step

     Triple Time Step Traditional - shuffle HOP shuffle step FLAP step

Time step

400

A hand is often put straight up to steady oneself, and the move is often performed whilst grinding a dance partner that the dropper is trying to impress. The term is a compound word combining the word "drop", reflecting the move and the act of dropping one's body lower to the ground.

Drop


500

Pirouette a la seconde is a classical ballet term meaning a “spin with leg to the side” or “spin with leg in second position.” A dancing performing a pirouette a la seconde will be turning on their supporting leg with their other leg to the side and straight with a pointed foot.

A Pirouette a la seconde

500

single-(cross foot in front) step SHUFFLE STEP

double- (cross foot in front) flap SHUFFLE STEP

Bufalo

500

The Melbourne Shuffle (also known as Rocking or simply The Shuffle) is a rave and club dance that developed in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... The basic movements in the dance are a fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music.

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