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List of all basic calls.
For review: use this list to test your memory of the moves associated with each call.
Click on each link below, to play a different dance call.
To help you learn to dance, we've provided links
to demonstrate each call. Several formats:
- video
- animation
- condensed list (when printed)
- flash cards (prints 2 column)
Use "inner" scroll bar to move down this list.
Alamo Wave
Allemande left
Allemande Left to an Allemande Thar
Balance
Bend the Line
Box the Gnat
California Twirl
Cast Off 3/4
2 ladies chain
4 ladies chain
4 ladies chain 3/4
Chain down the line
Circle left and right
Circle to a line
All 8 Circulate
Split Circulate
Boys Circulate
Girls Circulate
Couples Circulate
Column Circulate
Cloverleaf
Courtesy turn
Dive Thru
Dixie Style to an Ocean Wave
Do Paso ("Partner by the left!")
Dosado
Eight chain four (thru)
Extend
Ferris Wheel
First Couple Go Left, Next Couple Go Right
Flutterwheel
Reverse Flutterwheel
All 4 ladies flutterwheel
Fold
Cross-fold
Grand square
Wrong way grand
Hinge
Couples Hinge
Ladies in, men sashay
Lead Right
Pass Thru
Double Pass Thru
Pass to the centre
Pass the Ocean
Promenade
4 ladies (gents) promenade
Heads (sides) promenade 1/2
Single file promenade
Star Promenade
Put Centres In
Recycle
Right and left grand
Right and left thru
Roll away with 1/2 sashay
Girls / Boys Run
Cross Run
Scoot Back
Separate, Go Around One (come into the middle)
Shoot the star
Slide Through
Slip the clutch
Spin Chain Thru
Spin the Top
Split the outside two
Square Thru (2, 3, 4)
Left Square Through
Left and right-hand stars
Star Thru
Step to an Ocean Wave
Sweep a quarter (after ferris wheel)
Swing Thru
Left Swing Thru
Swing your partner
Tag the Line
Tag the Line 1/2 way
Touch a Quarter
Boys (Girls) Trade
Couples trade
Partner Trade
Trade by
Turn Thru
U-Turn Back
Veer left (right)
Walk and Dodge
Walk around your corner
Walk Around Your Corner, Seesaw Your Own
Weave the ring
Wheel and Deal from 2-faced lines
Wheel and Deal from outfacing lines
Wheel Around
Zoom
Designation of heads, sides, couples 1-4
That's a lot of calls! Great work, everyone!