Alphabetical Jazz Steps 2 (Bigger & Longer)

Vocabulary of 84 American vernacular jazz solo movements

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0:10
Apple Jacks
Black Bottom
Boogie Back
Boogie Drop (Long)
Boogie Drop (Short)

0:42
Boogie Forward
Boogie Step
Box Step
Break (Basic Shim Sham)
Break (Full/TOBA)

1:17
Break (Half)
Break (Quarter)
Break-a-leg
Cakewalk
Camel Walk

1:52
Camel Walk (backward)
Cartwheel
Cartwheel (Skye)
Charleston (20s)
Charleston (Jump)

2:31
Charleston (Squat)
Charleston (standard)
Charleston (Sweep)
Charleston (vanilla)
Cool Breeze

3:15
Crazy legs
Cross Kicks
Crossovers
Drunken Sailor
Eagle Slide

3:47
Fall off the Log
Fishtails
Gaze Afar
Grinds
Hallelujah

4:23
Heels
Hitch Hiker
Itches
Jig Walks
Knee Slaps

5:00
Lockstep (front)
Lockstep (back)
Lockstep (double)
Lowdown
Lowdown (Kerry)

5:26
Mess Around
Mooch
Naomi Skank
Opposites
Paddle Turn

6:02
Pecks
Pushes
Ride the Pony
Rocks
Rusty Dusty

6:40
Sailor Kicks
Savoy Kicks
Scarecrow
Scissor Kicks
Shim Sham Step

7:26
Shimmy
Shish-ka-boom-ba
Shoe Shine
Short George
Shorty George (One Legged)

8:00
Skate
Skip up
Slip slops
Spank the baby
Stomp offs

8:35
Struttin'
Struttin' (inside turn)
Suzie Q
Tabby the Cat
Tack Annie

9:07
Tack Annie (Al & Leon)
TicTocs
Toe Heel
Triple Step (side-to-side)
Triple Step (front-to-front)

9:40
Triple Step (front-to-side)
Triple Step (side-to-front)
Truckin'
Turkey Trots


Intended to be a quick reference of name to the vanilla movement. Variations are part of this dance - whats in this video is not the only way to do these steps.

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00:00 Intro
00:10 Apple Jacks
00:16 Black Bottom
00:21 Boogie Back
00:28 Boogie Drop (Long)
00:36 Boogie Drop (Short)
00:42 Boogie Forward
00:50 Boogie Step
00:58 Box Step
01:06 Break (Basic Shim Sham)
01:13 Break (Full/TOBA)
01:17 Break (Half)
01:24 Break (Quarter)
01:30 Break-a-leg
01:38 Cakewalk
01:46 Camel Walk
01:54 Camel Walk (Backward)
02:04 Cartwheel
02:10 Cartwheel (Skye)
02:15 Charleston (20s)
02:22 Charleston (Jump)
02:33 Charleston (Squat)
02:44 Charleston (Standard)
02:52 Charleston (Sweep)
03:00 Charleston (Vanilla)
03:08 Cool Breeze
03:16 Crazy legs
03:21 Cross Kicks
03:29 Crossovers
03:36 Drunken Sailor
03:44 Eagle Slide
03:49 Fall off the Log
03:57 Fishtails
04:05 Gaze Afar
04:10 Grinds
04:18 Hallelujah
04:25 Heels
04:33 Hitch Hiker
04:38 Itches
04:45 Jig Walks
04:51 Knee Slaps
05:02 Lockstep (Front)
05:07 Lockstep (Back)
05:10 Lockstep (Double)
05:14 Lowdown
05:20 Lowdown (Kerry)
05:26 Mess Around
05:31 Mooch
05:39 Naomi Skank
05:48 Opposites
05:56 Paddle Turn
06:04 Pecks
06:09 Pushes
06:17 Ride the Pony
06:28 Rocks
06:34 Rusty Dusty
06:41 Sailor Kicks
06:49 Savoy Kicks
06:58 Scarecrow
07:13 Scissor Kicks
07:21 Shim Sham Step
07:28 Shimmy
07:31 Grimmy
07:35 Shish-ka-boom-ba
07:42 Shoe Shine
07:48 Short George
07:54 Shorty George (One Legged)
08:02 Skate
08:09 Skip up
08:16 Slip slops
08:22 Spank the baby
08:30 Stomp offs
08:35 Struttin'
08:41 Struttin' (Inside Turn)
08:47 Suzie Q
08:55 Tabby the Cat
09:01 Tack Annie
09:07 Tack Annie (Al & Leon)
09:19 TicTocs
09:24 Toe Heel
09:29 Triple Step (Side-to-Side)
09:35 Triple Step (Front-to-Front)
09:41 Triple Step (Front-to-Side)
09:47 Triple Step (Side-to-Front)
09:53 Truckin'
10:00 Turkey Trots
10:08 Outro

[kitkatyt]

Thank you - this was just what I needed to do tonight! I'm amazed how many of these I know but just can't do comfortably compared to last time I saw this video. There is hope for me yet.

[firstdancecharlotte]

Still love the guy who comes in during Spank the Baby...the timing! 🤣🤣

[acolleenjones]

The three angles and list of each move is awesome. Thanks so much for this reference!

[TRocksGarage]

That was one of the best dance move video's I ever seen, good job.

[VeraSalvisberg]

Wow, this is amazing! Finally a collection of the most important Jazz steps! Thank you so much guys!

[xabiaa]

Great how the dancers by the sides watched carefully to match the step.

[versluyssander]

Awesome video! So educational! Thank so much!

[efishoman]

Thank you for putting this on the internet!

[LizaLavolta]

It's funny because I started in breakdancing and now have moved into swing...and I see a lot of uprock moves (just performed with a different attitude) here. :) Very cool. Thanks!

[ministergshavonnegarvey]

This helps me a lot, with the dance project I am doing. ... The "Skate" & "Truckin" Looks like the same move by the way! (Based on the video)

[tac]

Impressive list of steps. Kudos to all of you!
I did noticed some differences in names of some steps.
Crossovers = Mambo step (Mambo walk)
Opposites = Shouts
Pushes = actually a combination of Pushes and Crossovers, may also be called Pushovers

[justinepstein]

Thank God you guys grabbed Chester because I don't know who gave you some of the names you posted. While its nice to see the influence of authentic jazz dance live on.  Its always interesting when other cultural communities falls in love with and begin practicing and educating that cultural identity without the social cultural experience, history and heritage. The influence leads to appropriation, leads to approximation and assimilation and communities are often lost, names are changed, as values and aesthetics become commodified. The responsibility of a culture is for that cultural to safe guard its intangible cultural heritage and if they don't others just have to be okay with that.

[victorix]

Thank you for this amazing tutorial, love how you showed the moves from different angles

[Skittles]

That was awesome! I think I'm gonna show it to my class for school and maybe learn some of those xD

[jmpettis]

This is such a great resource for leaning Jazz moves! Thank you Stewart and others! :)

[jsoftz]

I did some workshops with Dax and Sarah last weekend and they called "opposites" shouts.

[gerrykool]

this is so amazing funny stuff to learn different Dancestyles, i love it, i wish u can teach me in Germany, thank you....

[JCMcGee]

Thank you so much for this!
Using it as a big help with learning at our early morning Brighton Beach Charleston Club
Look us up on F' book and if you're ever in England, come dance with us on the beautiful Brighton Bandstand!

[conejitacarreno]

Maravilloso 👏👏👏, son demasiados, pero debo aprender. Gracias