| Brushes |
| BRUSH |
BR |
hitting the floor with the ball in a pushing motion. |
| PULL |
PL |
A brush back w/ball of foot. Note: many dancers and instructors use BRUSH BACK or SPANK for this move. Brush starts with foot in the air, spank with the heel down and toe up. Substitute. |
| SCUFF |
SC |
fwd brush with heel. End in air. |
| SHUFFLE |
SH-FL |
brush forward w/ball, pull back w/ball. Basically, a BRUSH-SPANK. |
| RIFF |
RF |
brush-scuff forward. End in air. |
| RIFFLE |
RF-FL |
brush-scuff-pull. Basically, a shuffle with an included scuff between the brush and pull. |
| Steps (change weight to other foot) |
| STEP |
ST |
on flat foot or on ball, note context to choose. |
| FLAP |
FL-AP |
brush fwd and down on ball w/weight. a "brush-ball" |
| SLAP |
SL-AP |
brush fwd and down on ball w/NO weight, a "brush-ball" |
| STAMP |
SP |
full foot step that gets weight change. "Lick it and STICK it!" |
| STOMP |
SM |
full foot step that does NOT get a weight change. |
| BALL-CHANGE |
BL-CH |
two quick steps, one behind heel (BL) of other. |
| HOP |
HP |
leaving ground and landing on same foot. |
| JUMP |
JP |
leaving ground and landing on opposite foot. This action also called LEAP while JUMP involves both feet. |
| TOE |
TO |
stepping on ball of foot, in combination with HL. |
| HEEL |
HL |
dropping heel in combination with BL or TO. |
| DROP |
DP |
dropping heel of support leg when ball is down. |
| CRAMP ROLL |
CR |
four steps crammed together. Toe, toe, heel, heel. Can be started R or L. If done as a pickup to a downbeat it's performed 'triplet-down' with the free foot lifted as the last heel drops. |
| CHUG |
CH |
slide support leg forward, dropping heel. |
| TAPS (no weight change) |
| DIG |
DG |
tap heel of free foot into floor. End on flr. |
| PADDLE |
PD |
using the free foot to perform a heel DIG followed by a TAP -or PULL- in quick succession. Also called SCUFFLE. |
| STOMP |
SM |
full foot step with no weight change. |
| TAP |
TP |
step on ball of foot w/o a weight change. If it's back it will be tip of foot. |
| FLAP |
FL-AP |
a BRUSH-BALL step using same foot. Two sounds. |
| CLAP |
CLAP |
self-explanatory. Bring hands together for sound. |