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List of dances

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This is the main list of dances. It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. There may also be listed dances which could either be considered a specific dance or a family of related dances, depending on your perspective. For example ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be considered a single dance style or a family of related dances. The purpose of the page is to have as complete an index as possible.

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:

• List of dance style categories
• List of folk dances sorted by origin
• List of novelty/fad dances

Dances listed on these specialized (categorized) lists should also be included in this general index.

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Contents:		Top   0–9 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

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[edit] A

• Acro dance
• Allemande
• Arkan (Ukrainian, Hutsul)
• Ardha (Arab tribal war dance)
• Argentine Tango
• Anaconda ([Snake Dance])
• Arial
• Attan (Pashtun)
• acharuli ([georgian folk dance])

[edit] B

• Baba Karam (Persian, Folk)
• Bachata (Latin Club, Folk)
• Balboa (Swing)
• Ballet, category, also known as classical dance
• Ballos (Burçak tarlası oyunu)(Greece), (Turkey)
• Ballroom dance, category
• Ballu tundu (Sardinia)
• Bandari dance
• Barn dance, category
• Baroque dance, category
• Barynya (Russian, folk)
• Basse danse (also Basse-dance, Bassadanse, Bassadanze. French and Italian Renaissance dances)
• Basque dance
• BBoying (Breakdance)
• Belly dance
• Beguine, dance of Caribbean origin
• Bereznianka (Ukrainian, Carpathian Ruthenia)
• Bergamask (Be dance, from Bergamo, Italy
• Bhangra (Folk Dance of Northern India)
• Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance)
• Big Apple (Line dance)
• Bihu dance (Folk dance of Assam, India)
• Black Bottom (see Lindy Hop)
• Blues (Club dance, Swing)
• Bolero (American Ballroom, Cuban, European)
• Bollywood (Danced in Indian Movies)
• Bomba (African, Caribbean)
• Bon Odori (Japanese)
• Boogaloo
• Boogie-woogie (Swing)
• Bop, see Bop music, also ABA at List of dance organizations
• Bossa nova (Brazilian, see Bossa nova music)
• Borrowdale (Zimbabweean, see Museve music)
• Boston
• Bourrée (historical)
• Branle (Bransle) (historical)
• Breakaway (see Lindy Hop)
• Breakdancing
• Bump and grind
• Bugg
• Bunny Hop
• Butoh (Japanese)
• Butterfly (Urban, USA/Caribbean)
• Buyo (Japanese)

[edit] C

• cat daddy
• Cajun dance, (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
  • Cajun Jig or Cajun One Step
  • Cajun Jitterbug and Two Step
  • Cajun Waltz
  • Zydecko
• Cakewalk (Swing)
• Calypso (Caribbean)
• Candombe (Uruguayan)
• Canaries dance (historical, Renaissance, court)
• Can-can (Cancan, can can)
• Capoeira (dance and martial art, Brazilian)
• Cariñosa (dance of love) Philippines
• Carioca
• Carol (Medieval)
• Castle Walk
• Căluş (Romanian ritual dance)
• Céilidh (Ireland, Scotland and Northern England)
• Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club)
• Chacarera (Argentina)
• Chaconne
• Cha cha cha or Cha cha (Cuba, Latin Ballroom Social)
• Chamame (Chamamé, Argentina)
• Charleston
• Charmander (dance)
• Chumak (Ukrainian)
• Chasapiko (Greece)
• Cheerleading
• Chicken Dance
• Chodzony (Poland)
• Chula (Southern Brasil)
• Cinquepace, Cinque-pace
• Circassian Dance
• Circle dance
• Clogging
• Clowning
• Cocek
• Collegiate shag
• Compas (Haiti)
• Conga
• Contact improvisation
• Contemporary dance
• Contra dance
• Cordax Greek / Roman erotic dance
• Cossack dance
• Cotillion
• Country/western dance
• Country dancing
• Country/Western Two-step
• Country Swing or Western Swing
• Courante (historical)
• Court dance
• Cueca (Chile)
• Cumbia (Colombia, Club)
• Cupid Shuffle
• Csárdás (Folk, Hungarian; also variants in Slovak dances, Rusyn dances, (Ukrainian dances, Lemko dances))
• Chowpurulia W.B. INDIA

[edit] D

• Dances of Universal Peace
• Dandia (Folk dance of Gujarat, India)
• Dabke (Levantine)
• Dilan (a Kurdish dance, Iran, Turkey, Iraq)
• Disco
• Dappan koothu
• Doublebugg
• Dougie
• Dragon dance
• Drobushki (Russia)
• Dubotanets (Ukrainian)
• Duranguese
• Dutty Wine - a West Indian, Dancehall-inspired dance

[edit] E

• East Coast Swing
• Eisa
• Electro dance
• Electric Slide
• English Country Dance
• Ethnic dance

[edit] F

• Fat dance
• Fandango
• Farandole (Provençal)
• Faroese dance
• Farruca
• Flamenco (Spanish/gypsy)
• Folk dance
• Formation dance
• Forró (dance from northeast of Brazil)
• Foxtrot (Ballroom Social)
• The Freddy
• Frug
• Freak dancing
• Funk Brazil

[edit] G

• Gaida (Greece)
• Galliard
• Galop
• Garba (folk dance of state of Gujarat, India)
• Gankino (Bulgaria)
• Gavotte (Brittany), Gavot (historical)
• Gigue
• Grinding (dance)
• Grizzly Bear
• Guapacha (dance)
• Gumboot dance (Africa)
• Giddha (Folk dance of Northern India)
• g-slide by Lil Mama

[edit] H

• Habanera
• Haka (Māori)
• Hakken (Dutch)
• Halay (Turkish, Folk)
• Hambo (Scandinavian, Folk)
• Hand Dance (Swing, Washington DC and Baltimore MD metropolitan areas, regional)
• Hardcore Dancing(Urban American Hardcore)
• Hasapiko (Greece)* Headbanging
• Highland dancing
• Hip hop dance
• Historical dance
• Hitch hike
• Hokey Pokey, also known as Hokey-cokey, Okey-cokey
• Hootchy-Kootchy
• Holubka (Ukrainian, Hutsul, Bukovina, Carpathian Ruthenia)
• Hopak (Ukrainian)
• Hopak-Kolom (Ukrainian)
• House dance
• Hora (many named versions; folk, Bulgarian, Israeli, Romanian, Ukrainian)
• Horan (Crimean Tatars)
• Horon (Turkish, Folk)
• Hornpipe (Ireland)
• Hula
• Hully Gully
• Hustle and its variant, New York Hustle (Club)
  • Latin Hustle
• Humppa (see Music of Finland)
• Hutsulka (Ukrainian, Hutsuls)

[edit] I

• Ice dancing
• Ikariotikos (Greece)
• Improv Tribal Style Belly Dance
• Intercessory dance
• International folk dance
• Interpretive dance
• Irish
  • Irish Dance
  • Irish Sean-Nós Dance
  • Irish Stepdance
• Israeli folk dancing

[edit] J

• Japanese traditional dance (Japanese)
• Jarabe tapatío
• Jazz dance
• Jazz Funk
• Jenkka (see Music of Finland)
• Jerkin'
• Jig Ireland
• Jig (Scottish country)
• Jitterbug (Swing)
  • Cajun Jitterbug
• Jitterbug Stroll (Line dance, Swing)
• Jive (Ballroom, International Latin)
• Joged (Indonesian)
• John Wall dance
• Jota (Spanish dance)
• Jove Malaj Mome (Bulgarian folk dance)
• Jumpstyle (Techno based dance)
• Jabbawokeez

[edit] K

• Kalinka (Russia)
• Kalymnikos (Greece)
• Kamarinskaya (Russia)
• Karsilama (Antikrystos, Marinella) (Greece, Gypsy)
• Karşılama (Serbia, Iran, Turkey)
• Kandian ([sri Lanka])
• Kathak (Classical Indian Dance)
• Kathakali (India, incorporates dance)
• Kazachok (Russia)
• Kerala Natanam (Indian Dance created by Guru Gopinath)
• Khasapiko (Greece)
• Khattak Dance (Pashtun)
• Kizomba (Angola)
• [{Kizomba De Roda - New way to Dance Kizomba}] ({[Angola}])
• Kolo (Slavic)
• Khon (Thai dance)
• Khorovod (Russia)
• Kleistos (Greece)
• Koftos (Greece)
• Kolbasti (Turkey)
• Kolomyjka (Ukrainian)
• Kopanitsa (Bulgaria)
• Kotsari(Armenian: Քոչարի; Turkish: Koçari; Greek: Κότσαρι; Georgian: ქოჩარი; Laz: Koçari; Azerbaijani: Köçəri)
• Kozachok (Ukrainian)
• Krakowiak (Poland)
• Krishnanattam (India)
• Krumping)
• Kuchipudi (Classical Indian Dance)
• Kuki Lenkhawm Laam (Classical dance form of the Kuki people practised during the times of the Sukte Dynasty)
• Kurdish dance (Iran and Iraq)
• Kujawiak (Poland)
• Kushtdepdi (Turkmen)

[edit] L

• La Jota
• LambadaKochari(Armenian folk dance)
• Lambeth Walk
• Lancer (Quadrille)
• Landler (Quadrille)
• Lap dance
• Latin dance
• Lavani
• Lavolta
• Ländler (Austria)
• Lerikos (Greece)
• LeRoc (Modern Jive, Ceroc)
• Letkajenkka (also known as Letkis, Letkajenka, Letkiss, Letka-Enka, Let's Kiss Jenka, La Yenka)
• Leventikos (Greece)
• Limbo (dancers pass under horizontal pole)
• Lindy Hop (Swing)
• Line dance
• Lion dance
• Liscio (Italian traditional music and dance inspired to Waltz,Polka and Mazurka)
• Locking
• Long Sword
• Loure (historical)
• Lyrical hip hop dance
• Lyrical jazz dance
• Lyrical contempery

[edit] M

• Macarena
• Madison (Line dance)
• Maglalatik (Folk Dance of Philippines)
• Malaguena
• Mambo (American Ballroom, of Cuban origin)
• Mandra (Mandilatos) (Balkan)
• Maneo (Galicia)
• Manila Swing
• Manipuri (Classical Indian Dance form)
• Mapale
• Marinera
• Marinella (Greece)
• Mashed Potato
• Matachin (Matachines)
• Maypole dance
• Maxixe (Social)
• Mazur (dance) (Poland)
• Mazurka(Poland)
• Medieval dance
• Melbourne Shuffle (Australia)
• Merengue (Latin Club)
• Metelytsia ((Ukrainian), khorovod)
• Milonga (see Argentine Tango)
• Minuet
• Modern dance
• Modern contemporary
• Modern Jive
• Molly dance
• Mohiniattam
• Monkey
• Moonwalker
• Morris dance
• Moshing
• Muiñeira (Galicia)
  • Carballesa
  • Chouteira
  • Contrapaso
  • Golpe
  • Muiñeira ribeirana
  • Muiñeira vella
  • Pandeirada
  • Piruxada
  • Redonda
  • Regueifa
• Walk it out

[edit] N

• Novelty and fad dances
• The Nutbush
• Nama Stap (Namibia)

[edit] O

• Oberek (also called Obertas or Ober, Poland)
• Odissi AKA orissi (Orissa, India)
• Onei
• Over/Under

[edit] P

• Pachanga
• Palo de Mayo (Nicaragua), Afro-Caribbean influence, not to be confused with Maypole dance
• Pagode
• Pangalatok (Philippines)
• Pantsula (South Africa)
• Parasol dance (Japan)
• Partner dance
• Participation dance
• Para Para
• Passacaglia (Passacaille) (historical)
• Passepied (historical)
• Pasillo
• Paso Doble (Ballroom, International Latin)
• Pavane (historical)
• Peabody (ballroom)
• Peewee style (originated by Pee-wee Herman in Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
• Pentozalis (Greece)
• Persian dance (Iran).
• Pidikhtos (Greece)
  • Kastrinos Pidikhtos (Greece)
  • Malevyziotiko Pidikhtos (Greece)
• Pendozalis (Greece)
• Pole dancing
• Pop, Lock, and Drop It (Hip hop)
• Pogo (A punk dance, consisting of jumping up and down)
• Pogonisios (Greece)
• Polka - many named versions (Ballroom, Folk, Historical)
• Polka-mazurka
• Polonaise
• Pony
• Pols (Norway, Folk, see Polska)
• Pom Squad
• Polska (pl.: Polskor; Sweden, Folk)
• Prophetic dance
• Pryvit (Ukrainian)
• Pyrrhichios (Dance from Pontos; Greek Black Sea)
• Push (Swing, Texas)

[edit] Q

• Qasemabadi (a northern Persian style)
• Quadrille
• Quickstep (Ballroom)
• Quebradita (Mexico)
• FINE (United States of America)

[edit] R

• Raas
• Rain dancing
• Ramvong (Cambodia)
• Rapper sword
• Raqs Sharqi ("belly dance")
• Rebetiko dances (Greece)
• Redowa
• Reel (Irish and Scottish)
• Regency dance
• Reggae
• Reggaeton
• Renaissance dance
• Rigaudon, Rigadoon
• River Dancing
• Robot dance
• Rock and Roll
  • Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll
• Round dance (two kinds: circular chain, couples)
• Rumba (Ballroom: International Latin & American Rhythm, Folk)
  • Cuban Rumba (Ballroom dance as of the beginning of the century, e.g., "The Peanut Vendor" piece)

[edit] S

• Salsa (Latin Club)
• Salsa Rueda (Latin Club, Round)
• Saltatio (Roman)
• Sambalpuri (India)
• Samba
  • Samba dance
  • Samba de Gafieira
  • Samba (ballroom)
• Sarabande (Saraband)
• Sardana (Catalonia)
• Sattriya dance
• Saunter
• Schottische
• Scottish country dance
• Scottish highland dance
• Schoolcraft
• Sean-Nós Dance (Ireland - Irish Dance in Sean Nós "Old Style")
• Seguidilla (Spanish, folk)
• Sequence dance
• Serra (Greece)
• Set Dance Ireland
• Sevillana (Spain)
• Shag (Swing)
  • Carolina Shag
  • Collegiate Shag
  • St. Louis Shag
• Shake
• Shim Sham (Line dance)
• Shimmy
• Shuffle
• Siganos (Greece)
• Single Swing (Single Time Swing)
• Sirtaki (Syrtaki, Zorba) (Greece)
• Skank (dance)
• Skip jive
• Slängpolska (Sweden, Folk, see Polska)
• Slip jig (Ireland)
• Slosh (Scotland)
• Slow dance
• Slow Foxtrot - also known as Foxtrot and Slowfox (Ballroom)
• Social dance
• Son (Mayan, Guatemala/Mexico)
• Sousta (Greece)
  • Bulgarian Sousta (Greece)
  • Cretan Sousta (Greece)
  • Dodecanese Sousta (Greece)
  • Macedonian Sousta (Greece)
  • Megarian Sousta (Greece)
• Square dance
  • Traditional square dance
  • Modern Western square dance
• Stage diving
• (Do The) Standing Still (The Table, 1977)
• Step dance Ireland
• Street dance
• 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 (Greece)
  • Cretan Syrtos (Greece)
  • Kalamatianos Syrtos (Mainland Syrtos) (Greece)
  • Kapoutzidon Syrtos (Greece)
  • Nisiotiko Syrtos (Island Syrtos) (Greece)
  • Silyvriano Syrtos (Greece)

[edit] T

• Tambourin (Provençal)
• Tango (Ballroom, Social, Club)
  • Argentine Tango - also known as Tango Argentino (Social)
  • Uruguayan Tango - also known as Tango Uruguayo (Social)
  • Ballroom Tango - competitive and social dance styles
  • Brazilian Tango - see Maxixe
  • Finnish tango
  • Chinese tango
• Tanoura (Egyptian dance)
• Tap Charleston (see Lindy Hop)
• Tap dance
• Tarantella (Italian, folk)
• Tau'olunga (Tongan or Samoan - Polynesian origins)
• Tecktonik ("tck")
• Texas Tommy (see Lindy Hop)
• Thizz Dance
• Tik (Greece)
• Tinikling (Philippines)
• Time Warp
• Tourdion (historical)
• Traditional dance
• Tranky Doo (Swing, Line dance)
• Trata (Greece)
• Trepak (Russian, folk)
• Tribal Style Belly Dance
• Troika (Folk, Russian, Cajun)
• Tropotianka (Ukrainian, Rusyn, Carpathian Ruthenia, Bukovina, Hutsuls)
• Troubadou (Haiti)
• Tsakonikos (Greece)
• Tsamiko (Greece)
• Tsifteteli (Tsifte-Teli) (Çifte-telli) (Turkish) (Greece)(Gypsy)(Arabic)
• Tsirigotikos (Kythiraikos, Bourdaris) (Greece)
• Tsyganochka, ("Gypsie Girl") Russian
• Turf Dancing
• Tumba
• Twist
• Two-step
  • Cajun Two Step
  • Country/Western Two-step
  • Nightclub two-step - also known as California Two-step, abbrn: NC2S
• Theatre jazz
  • Progressive Double Two

[edit] U

• Universal Peace, Dances of
• Ukrainian dance
• Upa or Upa Habanera, claimed by some to be the origin of merengue music and dance.
• Uvyvanets (Ukrainian, Carpathian Ruthenia, Rusyns, Lemkos, Hutsuls)
• Pole Dancing

[edit] V

• Valeta (a dance to waltz music)
• Vals (Argentina, tango style)
  • Valse à deux temps (Valse à deux pas)
• Verbunkos
• Vesnianka (Ukrainian, a type of khorovod)
• Vintage dance
• Vogue (dance)
• Volte (also Volta, La volta, or Lavolta, Renaissance)

[edit] W

• Waltz (ballroom, social)
  • Boston (dance)
    • Walking Boston
  • Cajun Waltz
  • Dream Waltz
  • Elizabeth Waltz
  • Cross-step Waltz (Cross Step Waltz)
  • Five-step Waltz (Five Step Waltz)
  • Hesitation Waltz
  • Slow waltz - known as Waltz in ballroom context (ballroom)
  • Viennese Waltz (ballroom, social)
  • Valse à deux temps (Valse à deux pas)
• Watusi (fad dance)
• West Coast Swing ("WCS"; Swing, United States)
• Western swing (United States)
  • Classic WCS
  • Funky chick
  • Sophisticated Swing (an older name of WCS)
• Western promenade dance
• Whip (Swing, Texas)
• Winterguard
• Wolosso (Ivory Coast)
• Worship dance

[edit] X

• Xibelani (traditional Shangaan (South Africa))

[edit] Y

• Yablochko (Russian, folk)
• Yerakina (Greece)
• YMCA
• Yakshagana (India, Karnataka)
• Yowla (rifle dance from (UAE)

[edit] Z

• Zapateado (Spain)
• Zeibekiko (also spelled Zeibetiko, Zembetiko, Zebetiko, and Zembekiko; Greece)
• Zeibeks (Turkey)
• Zonaradiko (Thrace)
• Zorba's dance (of Greek origin)
• Zouk (Brazil, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique)
• Zouk-Lambada (Brazil)
• Zumba (Colombia)
• Zydeco (Louisiana, U.S.)

[edit] See also

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