I've been taking Body Step for about 3 years now, and I have to agree with sgchs. I just took the new release for the first time tonight, and I've never seen anything as absurd or monotonous as the "Running Woman" step. I'm willing to tolerate looking like an idiot to a certain extent while I work out, but that exceeded my tolerance.
And the accompanying musical track for that step was indescribably bad. Please, please--ditch the tendency toward hip-hop and rap styled arrangements that has invaded Body Step and Body Pump. You need to realize that at many gyms, the core age group for Body Step is not in the 18 to 28 range. Most of us are over thirty, and have grown up with some incredible music. We want to hear more original versions (I still shudder over the "Pour Some Sugar On Me" arrangement from a previous Body Step release!): more 80s, 90s, and 2000 era rock and pop and country. Also, please encourage your musical arrangers to avoid what I call the Garage Band trap, where they pick a 4-8 bar segment of music and just keep repeating it. That might make choreography easier, but 4-5 minutes of the same music and lyrics being repeated over and over makes for a miserable exercise experience. I've come to dread new releases, and am more likely to skip exercising until our instructors are allowed to cycle older releases back into use. You can't miss if you incorporate more Nickelback, Aerosmith, Evanescence, Def Leppard (NEW as well as older album material!), Eagles, etc into the repertoire. The only country song I've ever heard in Step was "9 to 5". You could do a fantastic agility track to "T-R-O-U-B-L-E" by Travis Tritt.
Also, the standing ab work isn't as effective as the floor crunches and leg lifts and after 45-50 minutes of leg work the extra risers are very hard on the knees. Remember, not all participants are at peak fitness level like the program choreographers, and fatigue contributes to injury. The riser in the cooldown can go, too. Please take your cooldown choreography cues from the Body Pump folks. Their leg stretching sequences are fantastic and consistently leave me pain-free. I find myself going home after Step and going through the Pump cooldown in my living room because otherwise I just don't feel as if I've had a good stretch.