Both partners take a step forward, and then the lady walks in a half-circle in front of the man from his right to his left side. The wing is a move in waltz and other Standard dances.

In various rhythmic ballroom/social dances, time step sometimes refers to steps in place that mark the characteristic rhythm of the dance, '2-3-cha-cha-cha' for Cha-cha-cha, '1,2,3,4' for pasodoble, '1,2,3.5,6,7.' for 'salsa on one', etc.

Time steps is a figure in International Style cha-cha-cha.

While these are the universal time steps, dancers often choose to create their own time steps, following the pattern two bars repeated three times with a two bar break. The basic rhythm and tempo remain the same but the number of sounds that happen on the second and sixth count of an eight-count phrase denotes single (often a single step) double (usually a flap or slap-tap) or triple (commonly shuffle-step). Common tap time steps are classified as single, double and triple. The term comes from the time of great tap dancers that used their distinctive time step to tell the band the desired tempo.

In tap dancing, the time step is a recognizable rhythmic tap combination.

This motion is repeated to the beat of the music. To perform this dance one must raise one hand and then with the second hand meet the first one half way making a clapping sound that hand must then fully extend. The thunder clap is a form of dance that incorporates clapping in the air with a sliding motion.

(Alternatively, the non-ambiguous terms 'left turn' and 'right turn' may be used.) However, if the follower's left arm is used to initiate the turn, the intended direction of turning may be opposite. Since in these dances the follower's right arm is normally used to lead a turn (most commonly by the leader's left arm, but sometimes by the leader's right arm when a cross-hand or 'handshake' position is used), an inside turn is normally a left (counter-clockwise) turn, while an outside turn is a right (clockwise) turn. In dances such as swing and salsa, inside and outside turns most commonly refer to underarm turns done by the follower.

The meaning is intuitively clear, but it may be performed in numerous ways and in different handholds, so that even accomplished dancers are confused. Basically, it denotes a turn where the arm of the partner doing the turn begins by moving towards the 'inside' of the couple (the line running from the center of one partner to the center of the other). The term is applied to an individual turn of a partner in the couple.

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