LINEDANCE TERMINOLOGY -L-M-N-O-P-Q-R-

LINE OF DANCE (LOD) - Line Of Dance/Direction In Which You Travel. The imaginary line around the dance floor followed when doing speciality dances, two-steps and waltzes. The LOD is usually Counter Clockwise (CCW)around the dance floor. Dances which travel clockwise around the dance floor are described as traveling "against the line of dance".

LOCK STEP - Step forward and slide the unweighted foot up to the opposite side of the weighted foot ending with the ankles crossed

LOUIE LOUIE - With feet 12 inches apart and with your weight on both feet, swivel your heels apart then, with your weight still on the balls of both feet, swivel your Left heel to your right and your Right heel to your left (your Left heel should be slightly in front of your Right heel). Bend your knees slightly during this step move.

MILITARY PIVOT - See STEP TURN

MILITARY TURN - See STEP TURN

MONTEREY TURN - See MONTEREY SPINS/TURNS

NC2S - Nightclub two-step, sometimes called "California" or "L.A." two-step, is a slow, soft, romantic dance that has a simple "Quick Quick Slow" (QQS) rhythm with a moderate accent on the downbeat (odd numbered dance counts) and a very strong accent on the backbeat (even numbered dance counts). It's typically counted "One and TWO, Three and FOUR" and is performed to "light rock" music. The dance was developed in the early 1980's by Buddy Schwimmer, a prominent California dance pro and has achieved reasonable but not overwhelming popularity in the ballroom community over the last decade.

OPEN SOCIAL POSITION - See CAPE POSITION

PIGEON TOES - See HEEL SPLITS

PIGEONS - See HEEL SPLITS

PIVOT - See STEP TURN

POINT - To point your free foot to the left, right, forwards, backwards or crosswise

POLKA - See SHUFFLE

POPCORN - Usually done to two beats of music. Roll your knee while keeping the ball of your foot in place. For example for a POPCORN LEFT:
1. Roll your Left knee in a semi circle to your left
2. Roll your Left knee in a semi circle beck to the center
Simply reverse the above for A POPCORN RIGHT

PROMENADE POSITION - See CAPE POSITION

PROMENADE - See SHUFFLE

PUSH STEP - A STEP-BALL-CHANGE move to the left, right, forwards or backwards.

QUICK STEP - This is two steps to one beat of music. This step is used in Cha Cha's, Shuffle Steps, Sailor Steps, etc. See also Two Step.

RHYTHM BREAK - A deliberate break in the music accompanying the dance. Sometimes dances are "Cut At The Break" and will finish at that point. However some dances have been choreographed to the whole music "Track" including the "Breaks". In these circumstances it is customary to "Acknowledge the "Break" and then continue with the dance

ROCK STEP - Left Rock Step: Weight is on your Right foot. Step forward on your Left foot, and rock back onto your Right foot
Right Rock Step: Weight is on your Left foot. Step forward on Rright foot, and rock back on Left foot

ROLLING GRAPEVINE - A grapevine type pattern which incorporates a -turn or more throughout the entire motion of steps

ROUTINE - A choreography in which the steps and moves are performed to exactly fit the phrasing of a certain rendition of a song. The routine usually has a fixed pattern but will be altered with "tags" and/or "truncations" in order to match the phrasing of the song being used. See TAGS, TRUNCATIONS

RUNNING MAN - 1. Step forward on your right foot
&. Scoot backwards on your right foot while lifting your left knee
2. Step forward on your left foot
& Scoot backwards on your left foot while lifting your right knee up
3. Step forward on your right foot
& Scoot backwards on your right foot while lifting your left knee up
4. Step forward on your left foot