dancing step

Then, striking a jaunty dancing step, he started to cross the clearing, whistling a jolly tune.

The purpose of the time step is to get the syncopation into the dancing step, and establish the "tempo" of the dance.

But as Winifred approached more closely he gave a little dancing step into the water just beyond her reach.

The stanzas are sung alternately by two rows of children, advancing toward each other and retreating with a dancing step.

Kitty's dancing step as they returned to the house betrayed the height of her spirits.