Caller is a person that calls dance figures in round dances, line dances, square dances, contra dances, etc. The caller may be one of the participating dancers, as well as a designated person. This is the list of dance terms that are not names of dances or types of dances. ... Dance moves or Dance steps, are the building blocks of many dances. ... There are two distinct dance categories called Round dance. ... A line dance is a formation dance in which a group of people dance in a line formation or in lines, and they all execute the same dance moves individually. ... Square dance is a folk dance for four couples that was first described in 17th century England but was also quite common in France and throughout Europe, but which has become associated with the United States of America due to its historic development in that country. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

The caller is usually an experienced dancer who is supposed to know the calls and the moments when the calls should be made. Moreover, the caller has to have a good understanding of overall choreography of the dance in question, of the level of the participating dancers, and of the means of "troubleshooting" when the dance goes out of order. Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ...

In Salsa Rueda, hand signs are used to complement the voice calls; these are useful in noisy venues, where spoken calls might not be easily heard. Salsa Rueda (Rueda de Casino) was developed in Havana, Cuba in the 1950s, as a particlular type of round dancing of Salsa. ... Pupils in a traditional classroom situation signal to their teacher that they want to be heard Manual communication systems use articulation of the hands (hand signs), gestures, body language and facial expressions in place of the voice to mediate a message between persons. ...