This dance style involves very intricate footwork with lots of spins and body movement. Another northern dance style, Jingle dress originated in Canada. By the 1940 s it had spread to the Northern Plains tribes of the United States. Jingle Dance dresses are immediately noticeable from the sound produced by the rolled tin cones that decorate them. The dress cones are usually made from the lids of snuff cans attached to the dress with fabric ties.
Dancers keep one hand on a hip, and hold a large fan in the other.
The dance style is a graceful, subtle combination of steps that is not as fast as Fancy dancing, but equally as complex. In recent years it has become Traditional Dance, it has spread well beyond the Northern Plaines. Modern Grass Dance suits are heavily fringed with yarn, which emphasizes a flowing dance style. Grass dances often make complicated moves while keeping one foot in the air with a great deal of upper body movement, especially the head and shoulders. Slow songs provide the best opportunity to appreciate the fluid movements of the Grass Dance.