All Nia choreography is based on these 52 basic movements or variations on these movements.  Here is the complete list, organized from the ground up!

Base

1. Heel Lead
2. Whole Foot
3. Ball of Foot
4. Relevé
5. Rock Around the Clock
6. Squish Walk
7. Duck Walk
8. Toes In, Out, Parallel
9. Closed Stance (the post “Thin Ice” looks at all the stances)
10. Open Stance
11. “A” Stance
12. Riding (Sumo) Stance
13. Bow Stance
14. Cat Stance
15. Sink & Pivot Table Wipe
16. Stepping Back Onto the Ball of Your Foot
17. Cross Front
18. Cross Behind
19. Travelling in Directions
20. Lateral Traveling
21. Cha Cha Cha
22. Slow Clock
23. Fast Clock
24. Front Kick
25. Side Kick
26. Back Kick
27. Knee Sweep

Core

28. Pelvic Circles
29. Hip Bumps
30. Chest Isolations
31. Shimmy
32. Undulation
33. Spinal Roll
34. Head and Eye Movements

Upper Extremities

35. Blocks – Upward, Downward, Inward & Outward
36. Punches – Upward, Outward, Across & Downward
37. Elbow Strikes
38. Touching
39. Fist
40. Pumps
41. Strikes
42. Chop Cut
43. Webbed Spaces
44. Palm Directions
45. Finger Extentions – Thumb/Nurture, Index/Desire, Middle/Power, Ring/Commitment, Little/Boundaries
46. Finger Flicks
47. Creepy Crawlers
48. Spear Finger
49. Catching Flies
50. Claw Hand
51. Power Finger Crossover – Index and Ring
52. Balance Finger