Основные элементы и шаги в танцах

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A step on the spot, with twisting foot and the weight on the heel, like this.

Ball change is a movement where the dancer shifts the weight from the ball of one foot to the other and back. This is mostly used in jazz and jive.

A basic figure is the very basic step that defines the character of a dance. Often it is called just thus: "basic movement", "basic step" or the like. For some dances it is sufficient to know the basic step performed in different handholds and dance positions to enjoy it socially.

In this the dancer moves the body like a wave in standing position from head to legs, like this.

This is a dance movement common in salsa, where the two dance partners facing each other change positions. The dance partners keep contact with one or two hands while stepping to rotate concentrically over 180 degrees around the same point in opposite directions.

The feather step is a basic figure in International Style foxtrot, in which the leader makes three or four steps forward, with the third one (right foot) done outside the follower.

In lead and follow dance, a dance turn performed without partner contact.

A step taken forward into the space occupied by the partner, while the partner steps backwards. During this step feet tracks of both partners overlap. See also outside partner step.

The term is applied to an individual turn of a partner in the couple. Basically, it denotes a turn where the arm of the partner doing the turn begins by moving towards the "inside" of the couple (the line running from the center of one partner to the center of the other). The meaning is intuitively clear, but it may be performed in numerous ways and in different handholds, so that even accomplished dancers are confused. In dances such as swing and salsa, inside and outside turns most commonly refer to underarm turns done by the follower. Since in these dances the follower's right arm is normally used to lead a turn (most commonly by the leader's left arm, but sometimes by the leader's right arm when a cross hand or "handshake" position is used), an inside turn is normally a left (counter clockwise) turn, while an outside turn is a right (clockwise) turn. However, if the follower's left arm is used to initiate the turn, the intended direction of turning may be opposite. (Alternatively, the non ambiguous terms "left turn" and "right turn" may be used.) See Direction of movement for more detail.

Moving the knee upwards and then quickly kicking downwards with the foot. The ankle is stretched, that is, the toes are pointing down.

A ballroom dance figure in which during the last step the moving foot passes the support foot, rather than closes to it.

A step taken with the partner beside the moving foot (e. g., to the left of the left moving foot). During this step feet tracks of both partners do not overlap. See also inside partner step.

Cf. Inside turn. The term is applied to an individual turn of a partner in the couple. Basically, it denotes the lead/follow connection directed "outside" of the center of the spinning individual. Inside and outside terminology can not be determined by relativity to partnership as such position alternates every 180 degrees of rotation. Connection points and application of active side are consistent only with regard to the axis of rotation and direction of spin. See Direction of movement for more detail.

A pirouette usually means turning or spinning on one foot while touching the standing leg with the opposite leg in a bent position.

Reverse turns and some other figures are those in which the dance couple rotates to the left (counter clockwise).

See Ballet glossary#Rond de jambe. A toe of the straight leg draws a semicircle on the floor. In ballroom dances the direction is usually from the front to back.

The Running man is a dance move in which the person stays in the same place and creates an illusion like a running man by dragging his feet.

A forward walk with twisted knees originally performed by George Snowden.

The natural spin turn is a common right turning move in international standard waltz and quickstep. It can be used, for example, to navigate a corner of the ballroom.

The sprinkler is a dance move that simulates the motion of a garden irrigation sprinkler.

Suzie Q or Suzy Q is a step where the feet perform alternating cross steps and side steps with swivel action.

The thunder clap is a form of dance that incorporates clapping in the air with a sliding motion. To perform this dance one must raise one hand and then with the second hand meet the first one half way making a clapping sound; that hand must then fully extend. This motion is repeated to the beat of the music.

In tap dancing, the time step is a recognizable rhythmic tap combination. The term comes from the time of great tap dancers that used their distinctive time step to tell the band the desired tempo. Common tap time steps are classified as single, double and triple. The basic rhythm and tempo remain the same but the number of sounds that happen on the second and sixth count of an eight count phrase denotes single (often a single step) double (usually a flap or slap tap) or triple (commonly shuffle step). While these are the universal time steps, dancers often choose to create their own time steps, following the pattern two bars repeated three times with a two bar break. Time steps is a figure in International Style cha cha cha. In various rhythmic ballroom/social dances, time step sometimes refers to steps in place that mark the characteristic rhythm of the dance, "2 3 cha cha cha" for Cha cha cha, "1,2,3,4" for pasodoble, "1,2,3, 5,6,7, " for "salsa on one", etc.

the move looks like this.

The walk is probably the most basic dance move. It exists in almost every dance. Walks approximately correspond normal walking steps, taking into the account the basic technique of the dance in question. (For example, in Latin dance walks the toe hits the floor first, rather than the heel.) In dance descriptions the term walk is usually applied when two or more steps are taken in the same direction. A single step, e. g., forward, is called just thus: "step forward". Walks can be done in various dance positions: in closed position, promenade position, shadow position, sweetheart position, etc. Curved walks are done along a curve, rather than along a straight line.

The various kinds of whisk are dance moves in International Standard and American Smooth dances. They are characterised by the partners crossing their outside legs behind their inside legs, arriving in promenade position.

The wing is a move in waltz and other Standard dances. Both partners take a step forward, and then the lady walks in a half circle in front of the man from his right to his left side.

The Worm is a move in which the person makes rhythmic wave like movements lying on the ground.