How to Perform Heel Toe and Puppet Dance Steps in Hip Hop

Foot work like the popular heel toe or the puppet walk is performed in hip hop and break dancing all over the world. They are somewhat complicated but once mastered can wow any crowd. Learn how to do both the heel toe and the puppet walk.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Heel Toe

1. Stand with your feet together.

2. Jump out with one foot forward and one foot back. Land on the heel of your front foot forward at a 45-degree angle across the body. Keep the knees slightly bent and your upper body forward just a bit.

3. Twist the front foot, on the heel, outwards. As you twist out with the front foot, the back foot will step out on the toe in the opposite direction. So if the right foot is front it twists right and the back foot steps out to the left.

4. Hop and switch feet so that the other foot is forward at a 45-degree angle across the body, twist out on the heel and step on the back foot's toes.

5. Continue hopping and twisting on the heel and toe from side to side then add an extra twist to one side.

Puppet Walk

6. Bend your arms at the elbows and relax your wrists so that they hang down loosely.

7. Stand hips width apart and take a step forward at a 45-degree angle. As you step, move your arms up and down with your leg. Bring your chest up and down with the step as well.

8. Repeat to the other side.

9. Add a pop to the movements to make the puppet more of a pop-lock style of move.

Tips & Warnings

• When doing the heel toe, your upper body should stay pretty still, so take small hops and keep your knees bent.
• For the puppet dance, imagine you're a puppet on strings and move your body together from side to side like a puppet.