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:

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 guitar, playing an imaginary guitar
Allemande (historical, court, baroque)
Antikrystos (Greece), face-to-face traditional dance
Apache (see Lindy Hop)

B

Bachata (Latin Club, Folk)
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 of Caribbean origin
Belly dance (entertainment)
Bergamask (Bergomask) folk dance, from Bergamo, Italy
Bhangra
Bharata Natyam
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), see Boogie woogie music
Bop, see Bop music, also ABA at List of dance organizations
Bossa Nova (dance) (Brasilian, see Bossa nova music)
Bouree (Bourree) (historical)
Branle (Bransle) (historical)
Breakaway (see Lindy Hop)
Breakdancing
Bunny Hop
Butoh (Japanese)
Buyoh (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 (historica, Renaissance, court)
Can-can (Cancan, can can)
Capoeira (dance and martial art, Brazilian)
Carioca
Carol (Medieval)
Céilí (Ireland)
Ceilidh (Scotland)
Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club)
Chaconne
Cha cha - also known as Cha cha cha (Latin Ballroom Social)
Charleston (dance)
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

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

Gaida (Greece)
Galliard
Galop
Gavotte, Gavot (historical)
Gigue

H

Habanera
Hambo (Scandinavian, Folk)
Hasapiko (Greece)
Hardcore Dance
Headbanging
Hip Hop
Historical dance
Hitch hike
Hokey-cokey, also known as Okey-cokey
Hokey Pokey
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)
- Cajun Jitterbug
Jitterbug stroll (Line dance, Swing)
Jive (Ballroom, International Latin)

K

Kalymnikos (Greece)
Kamarinskaya (Russian)
Karagouna (Greece)
Karsilamas (Antikrystos, Marinella) (Greece)
Kathak (India)
Kathakali (India, incorporates dance)
Kazachok (Russian folk dance)
Kerkyraikos (Greece)
Khasapiko (Greece)
Kastrinos (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
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

Novelty dance

O

Oberek (Obertas, Poland)
Odissi (India)

P

Partner dance
Participation dance
Passacaglia (Passacaille) (historical)
Passepied (historical)
Pasillo
Paso Doble (Ballroom, International Latin)
Pavane (historical)
Pentozalis (Greece)
Pidikhtos (Greece)
- Kastrinos Pidikhtos (Greece)
- Malevyziotiko 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

Quadrille
Quickstep (Ballroom)

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
Seguidilla (Spanish, folk)
Sequence dance
Serra (Greece)
Set Dance Ireland
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)
Slängpolska (Sweden, Folk, see Polska)
Slip jig (Ireland)
Slow Foxtrot - also known as Foxtrot and Slowfox (Ballroom)
Social dance
Sousta (Greece)
- Bulgarian Sousta (Greece)
- Cretan Sousta (Greece)
- Dodecanese Sousta (Greece)
- Macedonian 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)
- Cretan Syrtos (Greece)
- Kalamatianos Syrtos (Mainland Syrtos) (Greece)
- Kapoutzidon Syrtos (Greece)
- Nisiotiko Syrtos (Island Syrtos) (Greece)
- Silyvriano Syrtos (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)
Troika (Folk, Russian, Cajun)
Tsakonikos (Greece)
Tsamiko (Greece)
Tsifteteli (Tsifte-Teli) (Greece)
Tsirigotikos (Kythiraikos, Bourdaris) (Greece)
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
- 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

Yerakina (Greece)
YMCA

Z

Zapateado
Zeibekiko (Zeibetiko, Zembetiko, Zebetiko, Zembekiko) (Greece)
Zonaradiko (Greece)
Zorba dance (Greece)
Zouk
Zydeco (Louisiana, USA Regional)

See also Dance basic topics for a list of general dance topics.

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