This page describes the terminology used in two-step. Some of it bleeds over from west coast swing, also salsa, and other dance formalisms. I generally try to make this dictionary complete, and if a move is eg from swing but it practiced in two-step, I will still list it here.
There are articles with videos and effective, consice explanations for some moves. On the bottom of the page is a plain list of terms that I'm still working on, converting to readable study-able form.
Take a look also at Two-Step Curriculum.
- Arm catch
- Baseball throw
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr2KOCAsdGo
- Basics (steps):
- quick quick slow, slow
- ratchet step
- Bowtie: upper bowtie, lower bowtie
- Check
- Check weave
- Combo: Burst (adv)
- Combo: Flip flop (adv)
- Corkscrew
- Cuddle
- Dips: back breaker
- dips: dolly dip
- Dips: Monkey bar dip
- Dips: neck dip
- Dips: sweetheart dip
- Dips: ragdoll dip
- Double overhead slide
- Drop
- Ducks: duck out, killer duck
- Grips: Packman grip, pinky side grip
- Hammer lock
- Hand change (in the back)
- Hathaway
- Hip grab (turn)
- Lace (same as a weave)
- Lifts: Can Opener
- Lifts: Basic Flip
- Lifts: shoulder jump
- Neck wrap
- Pattycakes (adv)
- Promenade
- Rides
- From whip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIOgsOPd_i0
- Shadow (sweetheart), reverse shadow, mirror shadow, backward mirror shadow
- Shoulder check
- Shoulder roll
- Skaters position
- Slot
- Syncopation
- Turns:
- Cheney turn
- Pivot turn
- Weave (same as Lace)
- window
- Wrap
References: