Bukaniea variant of kulawy step, appearing in Warmia and Masuria dances, which involves imitating the step of an old, limping, clumsy person (for example, in baba dance).

Cupkanie – typical for Podhale region dances; light stamping in place performed to end a part of dance in a suite or to end the entire dance (for example, in góralski). Derived from the word cupnoć, meaning “to stamp” in Podhale local dialect.

Cwała leaping step, always performed sideways in the direction of dance, with a slight jump onto the closing foot (basic step in krakowiak). If performed while facing the direction of dance, it is called galop.

Harkan (harkan step) - in harkan, closing the feet is accompanied by a distinctive raising of the leg diagonally in the direction of dance: if with the right leg against the sun (counterclockwise), then the left leg is raised diagonally to the right, in front of the right leg; if with the left leg with the sun (clockwise), then the right leg is raised diagonally to the left (in front of the left leg). After a sequence of two steps to the right and two to the left, the same steps (with raising the legs diagonally) are repeated twice in place, followed by a triple stomp with the free foot (left, if the circle was moving with the sun, or right, if the circle started to move against the sun).

Hołubiec - a dance step involving heel clicks while jumping, for example, in krakowiak.

Kolebanie (kolebany step) – distinctive swaying to the right or left combined with placing the foot on the floor and shifting weight to the right or left foot, for example, in kujawiak.

Krzesanie (krzesany step) - a step in Podhale dances in which the dancer strikes the heel sharply against the floor and then “throws” the leg to the front or diagonally, not too high (for example, Podhale krzesany, krakowiak).

Obyrtka (obyrtany step) - the name is applied to a dance with rotations or to a distinctive step in Podhale and Beskid highlander dances which involves closing the feet with slightly bent knees while whirling and keeping the torso upright.

Przytrampywanie - stamping with alternating feet to the rhythm of music or an accompanying song (przyśpiewka); a relic of former procession dances.

Szłapok - a step in Silesian dances which involves stepping from one foot to the other while turning (the term often simply means “a step”).

Szkrobok - a step in Silesian dances with a distinctive flat-foot brush on the floor with the free leg, followed by a fast return, and accompanied by a slight hop on the supporting foot. It resembles a low scissor leap (step), for example, in kowalik and zajączek dances.

Trzęsionka (trzęsiony step) - a step performed on flat feet, with very short steps and distinctive vertical shaking of the entire body (for example, polka trzęsiona).

Zwyrtanie - in highlander dialect, zwyrtanie means “rotations”; in Podhale highlander dances, it means different ways of turning solo or in pairs. It can be performed by men (like in zbójnicki) and by women, when góralski dance ends and the women turn under men’s arms.