Editing Direction of movement (section)

===Basic directions of movement with respect to the room===
[[File:Movement directions in ballroom.svg|thumb|upright=2|Basic directions of movement with respect to the room]]
Dancers can align their bodies and move in any of these directions:
* [[Ballroom glossary#Line of dance|line of dance]] (LOD)
* against LOD
* center (C)
* wall (W)
* diagonal center (DC)
* diagonal wall (DW)
* diagonal center against LOD (DC against LOD)
* diagonal wall against LOD (DW against LOD)

These directions may be taken either ''facing'' if the dancer's feet are pointing in the direction of the movement, or ''backing'' if the dancer's feet are oriented in the opposite direction and the dancer is moving backwards with respect to their body. For example, "backing DC against LOD" means that a dancer is moving diagonally to the center against the line of dance, but as they are dancing backwards, the feet (and, roughly, the body) are pointing diagonally to the wall.<ref name="DanceCentral">{{cite web|url=http://www.dancecentral.info/ballroom/resources/glossary/alignment-diagram|title=Alignment diagram|publisher=DanceCentral.info|accessdate=2020-04-30|archive-date=2020-04-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428234935/http://www.dancecentral.info/ballroom/resources/glossary/alignment-diagram|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="BallroomDancers">{{cite web|url=https://www.ballroomdancers.com/Learning_Center/Technique/Alignments|title=Alignments|publisher=BallroomDancers.com|accessdate=2020-04-30}}</ref>

The term ''pointing'' refers explicitly to the direction the feet are pointing, which is useful if they are not, or not yet, aligned with the orientation of the body. For example, a dancer can be pointing DW while facing the wall.<ref name="DanceCentral" /><ref name="BallroomDancers" />