4 beats/measure, 40 measures/minute

The Two Step grew out of the nineteenth century galop and polka, social dances characterized by a variety of skipping and hopping steps, and at first it was a vivacious marching dance with interpolated skips. The Two Step became popular in the U.S. toward the end of the 1800s and in the early 1900s, pretty well pushing aside for a time the quadrilles, waltzes, and polkas that had been dominant. The patriotic music of John Phillip Sousa provided some of the stimulus for its development.

In its simplest form, the Two Step is an easy, country dance in which you take two skipping steps with the left foot and then two skipping steps with the right: quick, quick, slow; quick, quick, slow; You might say, wait a minute, that’s three steps; why is it called a “Two Step?” I’m not sure. I think you’re supposed to ignore the little closing step. You step forward, close, and step forward; that’s two forward steps. Anyway, take small steps, keeping your feet under your body. There is no rise and fall, as in Waltz.

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ROUND-A-LAB PHASE I Figures

  • BALANCE AWAY AND TOGETHER
  • BALANCE FORWARD AND BACK
  • BALANCE LEFT AND RIGHT
  • BOX
  • CIRCLE AWAY AND TOGETHER
  • CROSS WALK
  • CROSS WALK [# of steps]
  • REVERSE BOX
  • SIDE TWO STEP
  • SIDE TWO STEP APART AND TOGETHER
  • TWO STEP, BACK
  • BACK TWO STEP TWO STEP,
  • FORWARD
  • FORWARD TWO STEP

ROUND-A-LAB PHASE II Figures

  • BACK LOCK 
  • BACK LOCK BACK
  • BACK TO BACK
  • BACK TO BACK  [to ending position]
  • BASKETBALL TURN
  • BOX
  • LEFT TURNING
  • LEFT TURNING BOX
  • BOX RIGHT TURNING
  • RIGHT TURNING BOX
  • BROKEN BOX
  • CIRCLE BOX
  • OPEN BOX
  • OPEN REVERSE BOX
  • PROGRESSIVE BOX
  • SOLO LEFT TURNING BOX
  • TRAVELING BOX
  • BREAKAWAY
  • CHANGE SIDES
  • CHANGE SIDES [to ending position]
  • CHARLESTO
  • CIRCLE CHASE
  • CIRCLE CHASE  [to ending position]
  • CIRCLE PICKUP
  • CUT BACK
  • DOOR
  • FACE TO FACE
  • FACE TO FACE AND BACK TO BACK
  • FACE TO FACE & BACK TO BACK [to ending position]
  • FORWARD LOCK
  • FORWARD LOCK FORWARD
  • HITCH
  • HITCH [Forward and Back]
  • HITCH SIX or DOUBLE HITCH
  • HITCH FOUR
  • HITCH SCISSORS
  • LACE
  • LACE [ACROSS OR BACK]
  • LIMP
  • LIMP [Front]
  • FRONT LIMP
  • PROGRESSIVE BALANCE AWAY AND TOGETHER
  • PROGRESSIVE SCISSORS
  • QUICK TWO STEP
  • REVERSE TWIRL
  • REVERSE TWIRL [# of steps]
  • REVERSE TWIRL VINE
  • REVERSE TWIRL VINE [# of steps]
  • ROCK STEPS [Direction]
  • ROCK [# of steps]
  • SAND STEP
  • SCISSORS
  • SCISSORS HITCH
  • SCOOT
  • SKATE
  • SLIDING DOOR
  • SPOT SPIN                                       
  • SPIN
  • STEP SWIVEL
  • SWIVEL
  • THRU SCISSORS    
  • TRAVELING DOOR
  • TWIRL
  • TWIRL [# of steps]
  • TWIRL VINE
  • TWIRL VINE [# of steps]
  • TWISTY VINE  
  • TWISTY VINE [# of steps]
  • TWO TURNING TWO STEPS
  • VINE
  • VINE [# of steps]
  • VINE [Open]
  • OPEN VINE [# of steps]
  • VINE APART AND TOGETHER
  • VINE EIGHT
  • VINE FOUR VINE
  • THREE WHEEL
  • WHEEL [to ending position]

ROUND-A-LAB PHASE III Figures

  • FISHTAIL
  • PIVOT RIGHT FACE
  • PIVOT 2
  • STAIR FORWARD
  • FORWARD STAIR
  • STAIR SIDE
  • SIDE STAIR
  • STROLLING VINE
  • SUSIE Q
  • SCISSORS THRU
  • TWO LEFT TURNING TWO STEPS
  • WHALETAIL