List of dances
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;Specific dances are listed below in alphabetical order, and only should be listed one time. Variants of a specific dance should be listed as indented items, and not as separate items. For example Waltz has several variants. This makes the list easier to read, and avoids redundant links.
See following for categorized lists:
Dances listed on these specialized (categorized) lists should also be included in this general index.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1
- 18th century dance
A
- Aerobic dance, dance exercise
- Air Drumming, playing an imaginary drum
- Air guitar, playing an imaginary guitar
- Allemande (historical, court, baroque)
- Antikrystos (Greece), face-to-face traditional dance
- Apache (see Lindy Hop)
B
- Barynya
- Bachata (Latin Club, Folk)
- Bagiye (Assyria)
- Balboa (Swing)
- Ballet, category, also known as classical dance
- Ballroom dance, category
- Ballu tundu (Sardinia)
- Barn dance, category
- Baroque dance, category
- Basse danse (Basse-dance, Bassedanse, Bassadanse) (a category of Renaissance French & Italian (Bassa danze, Bassadanze, Basse danze) dances)
- Beguine (dance), dance of Caribbean origin
- Belly dance (entertainment)
- Bergamask (Bergomask) folk dance, from Bergamo, Italy
- Bhangra
- Bharatanatyam
- Big Apple (Line dance)
- Bihu dance
- Black Bottom (see Lindy Hop)
- Blitz (dance) - also known as Blitz Jive, Blitz Modern Jive (Modern Jive, Club)
- Blues (Club dance, Swing)
- Bolero (American Ballroom, Cuban, European)
- Bomba (African, Caribbean)
- Bon Odori (Japanese)
- boogie woogie (Swing)
- Bop, see Bop music, also ABA at List of dance organizations
- Bossa Nova (dance) (Brazilian, see Bossa nova music)
- Bouree (Bourree) (historical)
- Branle (Bransle) (historical)
- Breakaway (see Lindy Hop)
- Breakdancing
- Bunny Hop
- Butoh (Japanese)
- Buyo (Japanese)
C
- Cajun One Step (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
- Cajun Two Step (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
- Cajun Jitterbug (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
- Cajun Waltz (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
- Cakewalk
- Canaries dance (historical, Renaissance, court)
- Can-can (Cancan, can can)
- Capoeira (dance and martial art, Brazilian)
- Carioca
- Carol (Medieval)
- Céilí (Ireland)
- Ceilidh (Scotland)
- Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club)
- Chacarera (Argentina?)
- Chaconne
- Cha cha - also known as Cha cha cha (Latin Ballroom Social)
- Chamame (Chamamé, Argentina?)
- Charleston
- Chasapiko (Greece)
- Cheerleading
- Chicken Dance
- Chodzony (Poland)
- Cinquepace, Cinque-pace
- Circle dance
- Clogging
- Collegiate Shag
- Competitive dance
- Conga
- Contact improvisation
- Contemporary dance
- Contradance
- Cotillion
- Country dance
- Country/western dance
- Country/Western Two Step
- Country/Western Swing (Country Swing)
- Courante (historical)
- Court dance
- Cross Step Waltz
- Crowd surfing
- Cumbia (Latin, Club)
- Czardas, Csardas (Folk, Hungarian)
D
- Dances of Universal Peace
- Disco
- Dragon dance
- Drifter
- Drobushki
E
- East Coast Swing (Swing, American Ballroom) abbrn: ECS
- Electric Slide
- Ethnic dance
F
- Fad dance
- Fandangos
- Farandole (Provencal)
- Farruca
- Flamenco (Spanish/gypsy)
- Fly
- Folk dance
- Formation dance
- Foxtrot (Ballroom Social)
- Freddy (dance)
- Frug
- Fysouni (Greece)
G
H
- Habanera
- Hambo (Scandinavian, Folk)
- Hasapiko (Greece)
- Hardcore Dance
- Headbanging
- Hip Hop
- Historical dance
- Hitch hike
- Hokey Pokey, also known as Hokey-cokey, Okey-cokey
- Hootchy-Kootchy
- Hora- many named versions (Folk, Israeli, Romanian)
- Hornpipe Ireland
- Hula
- Hully Gully
- Hustle (Club)
- New York Hustle
- Latin Hustle
- Humppa (see Music of Finland)
I
- Ice dancing
- Ikariotikos (Greece)
- Intercessory dance
- Interpretive dance
- Irish Dance
J
- Japanese traditional dance (Japanese)
- Jazz Dance
- Jazzjive (Modern Jive, Club)
- Jenkka (see Music of Finland)
- Jerk
- Jig Ireland
- Jig (Scottish country)
- Jitterbug (Swing)
- Jitterbug stroll (Line dance, Swing)
- Jive (Ballroom, International Latin)
- Joged (Indonesian}
K
- Kalymnikos (Greece)
- Kamarinskaya (Russian)
- Karagouna (Greece)
- Karsilamas (Antikrystos, Marinella) (Greece)
- Kastrinos (Greece)
- Kathak (India)
- Kathakali (India, incorporates dance)
- Kazachok (Russian folk dance)
- Kerkyraikos (Greece)
- Khasapiko (Greece)
- Kolo ring-of-dancers folk dance of various Slavic peoples
- Khorovod(Folk, Russian)
- Kleistos (Greece)
- Koftos (Greece)
- Kotsari (Greece)
- Krakowiak (Poland)
- Krumping (Western USA)
- Kujawiak (Poland)
L
- Lambada
- Lap dance
- Latin dances
- Lavolta
- leJive (Modern Jive, Club)
- Lerikos (Greece)
- LeRoc (Modern Jive, Club)
- Letkajenkka (also known as Letkajenka, Letkiss, Letka-Enka)
- Leventikos (Greece)
- Limbo (dancers pass under horizontal pole)
- Lindy Chorus (Line dance)
- Lindy hop (Swing)
- Line dance
- Lion dance
- Liquiding
- Long Sword
- Loure (historical)
M
- Macarena
- Madison (Line dance)
- Malaguena
- Mambo (American Ballroom, of Cuban origin)
- Marinella (Greece)
- Mashed Potato
- Matachin (Matachines)
- Maypole dance
- Maxixe (Social)
- Mazur (dance) (Poland)
- Mazurka(Poland)
- Medieval dance
- Menousis (Greece)
- Merengue (Latin Club)
- Mexican Hat Dance
- Milonga (see Argentine Tango)
- Minuet
- Mo'jive (Modern Jive, Club)
- Modern dance
- Modern Jive - umbrella term (Club)
- Molly dance
- Monkey
- Morris dance
- Moshing
N
O
P
- Partner dance
- Participation dance
- Passacaglia (Passacaille) (historical)
- Passepied (historical)
- Pasillo
- Paso Doble (Ballroom, International Latin)
- Pavane (historical)
- Pentozalis (Greece)
- Pidikhtos (Greece)
- Pendozalis (Greece)
- Pogo (A punk dance, consisting of jumping up and down)
- Pogonisios (Greece)
- Pole dance
- Polka - many named versions (Ballroom, Folk, Historical)
- Polka-mazurka
- Polonaise
- Pony
- Pols (Norvegia, Folk, see Polska)
- Polska (pl.: Polskor; Sweden, Folk)
- Prophetic dance
- Punk dance
- Push (Swing, Texas)
Q
R
- Rapper sword
- Raqs Sharqi ("belly dance")
- Rebetiko dances (Greece)
- Redowa
- reel Ireland
- reel (Scottish country)
- Regency dance
- Renaissance dance
- Rigaudon
- Rock and Roll
- Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll
- Rouga (Greece)
- Round dance (two kinds: circular chain, couples)
- Rumba (International Ballroom, American Smooth, Folk)
- Cuban Rumba (Ballroom dance as of the beginning of the century, e.g., "The Peanut Vendor" piece)
- Rhumba (heavily overlaps with "Rumba", but some insist on distinctions in the usage)
S
- Salon dance
- Salsa (Latin Club)
- Salsa Rueda (Latin Club, Round)
- Samba (dance) (Ballroom, International Latin; also Brazilian traditional, see Samba (music))
- Samba de Gafieira
- Carnival Samba
- Sarabande (Saraband)
- Sardana (Catalonia)
- Sattriya dance
- Schottische
- Scottish country dance
- Scottish highland dance
- Seguidilla (Spanish, folk)
- Sequence dance
- Serra (Greece)
- Set Dance Ireland
- Shag (Swing)
- Carolina Shag
- Collegiate Shag
- St. Louis Shag
- Shake
- Shaykhane (Assyria)
- Shim Sham (Line dance)
- Shimmy
- Shuffle
- Siganos (Greece)
- Single Swing
- Single Time Swing
- Sirtaki (Syrtaki, Zorba) (Greece)
- Slängpolska (Sweden, Folk, see Polska)
- Slip jig (Ireland)
- Slow Foxtrot - also known as Foxtrot and Slowfox (Ballroom)
- Social dance
- Sousta (Greece)
- Square dance
- Traditional square dance
- Western square dance
- Sta tria (Greece)
- Stage diving
- Step dance Ireland
- Street dance
- Striptease
- Stroll
- Svarniara (Greece)
- Swim
- Swing (both as family of dances and as specific Texas dance)
- Swing Jive (Modern Jive, Club)
- Swing Roc (Modern Jive, Club)
- Suzie Q
- Syrtos (Syrto) (Greece)
T
- Table dance
- Tango (Ballroom, Social, Club)
- Argentine Tango - also known as Tango Argentino (Social)
- Brazilian Tango - see Maxixe
- Tap dance
- Tap Charleston (see Lindy Hop)
- Tarantella (Italian, folk)
- Texas Tommy (see Lindy Hop)
- Tik (Greece)
- Time Warp
- Tourdion (historical)
- Traditional dance
- Trata (Greece)
- Treedancing (A special way of dancing on technoparades, e.g. loveparade)
- Trepak (Russian, folk)
- Troika (Folk, Russian, Cajun)
- Tsakonikos (Greece)
- Tsamiko (Greece)
- Tsifteteli (Tsifte-Teli) (Greece)
- Tsirigotikos (Kythiraikos, Bourdaris) (Greece)
- Tsyganochka
- Tumba
- Twist
- Two Step
- Cajun Two Step
- Country/western two-step
- Nightclub two-step - also known as California two-step, abbrn: NC2S
- Progressive Double Two
U
- Universal Peace, Dances of
- Upa, Upa Habanera, claimed by some to be the origin of merengue (music) and Merengue (dance).
V
- Verbunkos
- Vintage dance
- Volte, Volta, La volta, Lavolta (historical)
W
- Wals (social) (see also Argentine tango)
- Waltz (ballroom, social)
- Cajun Waltz
- Cross-step Waltz (Cross Step Waltz)
- Five-step Waltz (Five Step Waltz)
- Slow Waltz - known as Waltz in ballroom context (ballroom)
- Viennese Waltz (ballroom, social)
- Watusi
- Welly boot dance
- West Coast Swing (swing) abbrn: WCS
- Western Swing
- Classic WCS
- Funky WCS
- Sophisticated Swing (an older name of WCS)
- Western promenade dances
- Whip (Swing), (Texas)
- Worship dance
X
Y
Z
- Zapateado
- Zeibekiko (Zeibetiko, Zembetiko, Zebetiko, Zembekiko) (Greece)
- Zonaradiko (Greece)
- Zorba dance (Greece)
- Zouk
- Zydeco (Louisiana, USA Regional)
See also
- Dance basic topics, a list of general dance topics
- List of songs inspired by dance moves
External links
- Streetswing.com's Dance History Archives hosts a large information base about more than thousand dances.
