WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

footwork
    n 1: the manner of using the feet
    2: skillful maneuvering or dealing; "she needs some fancy
       footwork to cover all those lies"

Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "footwork":
   ambling, ambulation, backpacking, footing, footing it,
   going on foot, hiking, hitchhiking, hitching, hoofing, legwork,
   lumbering, marching, pedestrianism, perambulation, sauntering,
   staggering, strolling, thumbing, thumbing a ride, toddling,
   tottering, tramping, treading, trudging, waddling, walking