Editing Dance move (section)

==Techniques==
"A [[line dance]] is made up of a number of movements called ''steps''. Each step is given a name so teachers can tell dancers to perform this step when teaching a dance. The most well known is the ''[[grapevine (dance move)|grapevine]]'' (or ''vine'' for short), a four-count movement to the side."{{citation needed|date=September 2018}}<ref name="Kinney Kinney 1914">{{cite book <!-- Citation bot bypass--> |last=Kinney |first=Troy |author-link=Troy Kinney |last2=Kinney |first2=Margaret West |author2-link=Margaret West Kinney |title=The Dance: Its Place in Art and Life |date=April 1914 |publisher=The Plimpton Press |location=Norwood, Massachusetts, US |oclc=646847081 |url=https://archive.org/details/danceitsplaceina00kinniala/page/278/mode/2up?q=grape |hdl=2027/dul1.ark:/13960/t2m66k028?urlappend=%3Bseq=384 |pages=278–279 |via=Internet Archive and HathiTrust}}</ref>

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.<ref>Allen, Jeff (2002. ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Ballroom Dancing'', p.52. Penguin. {{ISBN|9780028643458}}. "Simply placing your foot in another location is not enough. You must ''complete''<!--emphasis original--> the transfer of all your body weight over the new supporting foot." p.81: "A dance step is completed with a weight change from one foot to the next."</ref> "Dancing is stepping in time to the [[beat (music)|beats]] of the music. ... In addition to steps, there are also dance movements, such as toe touches, kicks, and hops."<ref name="Casey">Casey, Betty (1985). ''Dance Across Texas'', p.64-5. University of Texas. {{ISBN|9780292715516}}.</ref> Some genres, such as [[ballet]], have, "a clear repertoire of dance steps,"<ref>Gill, Satinder P.  (2015). ''Tacit Engagement: Beyond Interaction'', p.77. Springer. {{ISBN|9783319216201}}.</ref> thus different types of dance may be characterized by their differing and shared steps. Each dance emphasizes its own moves, but often moves are shared by several dances. The steps of a dance or pattern may be [[dance notation|listed]] in a '''step sheet'''.

Dance patterns may be described by difficulty.<ref name=Pozo>Pozo, Cal (2007). ''Let's Dance: The Complete Book and DVD of Ballroom Dance Instruction for Weddings, Parties, Fitness, and Fun'', p.60-1. Hatherleigh. {{ISBN|9781578262410}}. "Within the social level, dance patterns are often grouped into beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels."</ref> Dance patterns may be described according to combinations of quick and slow steps and often by the rhythm or [[meter (music)|meter]] of the music, for example waltz steps (three-count step patterns danced to waltz music), swing steps (four-count patterns danced to swing music), polka steps (four-count patterns danced to polka music), and shuffle steps (four-count Texas Shuffle/foxtrot patterns).<ref name="Casey"/> This may be because, "dance patterns are [[choreography (dance)|choreographed]] to fit an even distribution of musical beats and [[bar (music)|measures]]."<ref name="Pozo"/> Moves may also be described by physical technique, for example most [[tap dance|tap]] moves use landings in point/demi-point (weight on the balls of one's foot or feet) positions with the knees tightly extended while in ballet jump landings are demi-plié (knees bent outward), most elements of [[Irish dancing]] occur in the [[sagittal plane]].<ref name="Elsevier">Madden, Christopher; Putukian, Margot; McCarty, Eric; and Young, Craig (2017). ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=hWclDgAAQBAJ&dq=%22dance+moves+are%22&pg=PT1822 Netter's Sports Medicine]'', {{unpaginated}}. Elsevier Health Sciences. {{ISBN|9780323442572}}.</ref> Different dance moves cause different stresses on different parts of the body of the dancer performing the moves, for example tap, Irish, and ballet moves cause repeated pounding to the balls of the feet while demi-plié jump landings cause shock to be absorbed through the knees as well as through the balls of the feet.<ref name="Elsevier"/>