This glossary of dance moves gives brief descriptions of various dance moves commonly used various contemporary social dances. This list includes
- Simple dance steps and actions that require 2-3 sentences to describe.
- Summaries of moves used in many dances.
The rest may be searchable via the category:Dance moves and via lists specific to particular dances.
See also: Glossary of ballet terms, Glossary of partner dance terms
Famous quotes containing the words dance and/or moves:
“When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the songs of the Wanyamwezi or of the Wahehe? Many of us have learnt to dance the rumba, or the cha cha, to rock and roll and to twist and even to dance the waltz and foxtrot. But how many of us can dance, or have even heard of the gombe sugu, the mangala, nyang’umumi, kiduo, or lele mama?”
—Julius K. Nyerere (b. 1922)
“Speech and prose are not the same thing. They have different wave-lengths, for speech moves at the speed of light, where prose moves at the speed of the alphabet, and must be consecutive and grammatical and word-perfect. Prose cannot gesticulate. Speech can sometimes do nothing more.”
—James Kenneth Stephens (1882–1950)