List of dances sorted by ethnicity

This is a list of ethnic, folk, traditional, regional, or otherwise traditionally assiciated with a particular ethnicity, dances by ethnicity or country . These dances should also be listed on the general, noncategorized index list of specific dances.

• Belarus
  • Lawonicha

• Catalonia
  • Sardana

• China
  • Lion dance
  • Dragon dance

• Greece
  Names of many Greek dances may be found spelt either ending with o or with os, e.g., one may find both "Syrto" and "Syrtos", "Hasapiko" and "Hasapikos"
  • Antikrystos
  • Baidoushka
  • Ballos
  • Fysouni
  • Gaida
  • Hasapiko (Chasapiko, Khasapiko, Hassapiko)
    • Sirtaki (Syrtaki, Zorba)
  • Horos
  • Ikariotikos
  • Kalymnikos
  • Karagouna
  • Karsilamas (Antikrystos, Marinella)
  • Kerkyraikos (Rouga)
  • Khoros
  • Kleistos
  • Koftos
  • Kotsari
  • Lerikos
  • Leventikos
  • Makedonia (dance)
  • Menousis
  • Omal (Lemona, Dipat)
  • Pentozalis
  • Pidikhtos
    • Kastrinos Pidikhtos
    • Malevyziotiko Pidikhtos
  • Pogonisios
  • Serra
  • Sousta
    • Bulgarian Sousta
    • Cretan Sousta
    • Dodecanese Sousta
    • Macedonian Sousta
  • Sta tria
  • Svarniara
  • Syrtos (Syrto, Sirto)
    • Syrto Kritikos (Cretan Syrtos)
    • Syrto Politikos (Syrtos of The City, i.e., of Constantinople)
    • Kalamatianos Syrtos (Mainland Syrtos)
    • Kapoutzidon Syrtos
    • Nisiotiko Syrtos (Island Syrtos)
    • Silyvriano Syrtos
    • Sirtaki (Syrtaki, Zorba)
    • Xaniotiko Syrto
  • Tik
  • Trata
  • Tsakonikos
  • Tsamiko
  • Tsifteteli (Tsifte-Teli)
  • Tsirigotikos (Kythiraikos, Bourdaris)
  • Yerakina
  • Zeibekiko (Zembekiko, Zeybek, Zembetiko)
  • Zonaradiko

• Crete, Greece
  • Cretan Sousta
  • Cretan Syrtos (Syrto Kritikos)
  • Kastrinos
  • Pendozalis
  • Siganos

• Hungarian
  • Czardas (Csardas)
  • Verbunkos (XVIII century dance & music genre)

• Indian
  • Bharata Natyam
  • Kathak
  • Kathakali
  • Kuchipudi
  • Odissi

• Irish dance

• Israeli
  • Horah

• Italian
  • Tarantella
  • Sardinia
    • Ballu tundu

• Japanese
  • Butoh
  • Buyoh
  • Japanese traditional dance
    • Bon Odori

• Polish
  • Chodzony (Polonez, Polonaise)
  • Krakowiak
  • Kujawiak
  • Mazurka (Mazur)
  • Oberek (Obertas, Ober) -Oberek
  • Trojak

• Romanian
  • Hora

• Russian
  • Kamarinskaya
  • Khorovod
  • Trepak
  • Troika

• Scottish country dance
  • Jig
  • Reel
  • Ceilidh

• USA regional
  • Hawaii
    • Hula

• • Louisiana
    • Cajun
      • Cajun One Step
      • Cajun Two Step
      • Cajun Jitterbug
      • Cajun Waltz
      • Troika
    • Zydeco

• • Texas
    • Push
    • Western swing (Texas Swing, Country Swing, Aggie Swing)
    • Whip

• Ukraine
  • Hopak

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