Wikipedia / List of dances
Wikipedia / List of dances
This is the main list of dances. It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances. It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances. For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances.
See following for categorized lists:
Categories listed on these specialized (categorized) lists should also be included in this general index.
A
Acharuli (Georgian folk dance)
Angama (from Japan's Yaeyama Islands)
Ardah (Arab tribal war dance)
Assyrian folk dance (Assyrian folk dances)
Azonto (Ghanaian dance)
B
Baagh Naach (Folk dance from Odisha, India)
Bachata (Dominican Republic, Latin Club, Folk)
Bagurumba (Folk dance of Assam, North-east India)
Balboa (Swing)
Bardo Chham (Folk dance of Arunachal, North-east India)
Barynya (Russian, folk)
Basse danse (also Basse-dance, Bassadanse, Bassadanze. French and Italian Renaissance dances)
BBoying (Breakdance)
Beguine, dance of Caribbean origin
Bhangra (Folk Dance of Northern India)
Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance)
Big Apple (Line dance)
Bihu dance (Folk dance of Assam, India)
Biyelgee (Mongolian)
Black Bottom (see Lindy Hop)
Blues (Club dance, Swing)
Bolero (American Ballroom, Cuban, European)
Bollywood (Indian)
Bomba (Puerto Rico) (African, Caribbean)
Bon Odori (Japanese)
Boogie-woogie (Swing)
Borrowdale (Zimbabweean, see Museve music)
Bossa nova (Brazil, see Bossa nova music)
Bourrée (historical)
Burlesque dance
Butoh (Japanese)
Butterfly dance (American contemporary)
Buyō (Japanese)
C
Cajun dance (Louisiana, United States Regional, Cajun)
Cakewalk (Swing)
Can-can (Cancan, can can)
Canaries dance (historical, Renaissance, court)
Cariñosa (dance of love) Philippines
Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club)
Chacarera (Argentina)
Cha cha cha or Cha cha (Cuba, Latin Ballroom Social)
Chamamé (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
Chhau dance (Folk dance of Odisha, India)
Chula (Southern Brazil)
Chumba (Garifuna people in several Central America)
Cirebon mask dance (Java, Indonesia)
Cordax Greek / Roman erotic dance
Courante (historical)
Csárdás (Folk, Hungarian; also variants in Slovak dances, Rusyn dances, (Ukrainian dances, Lemko dances))
D
Dab (America)
Dalkhai (Folk dance from Western Odisha, India)
Dance video games (emotes from video games)
Dancer's Delight (Scottish)
Danda Nata (Folk dance from Odisha, India)
Dhalo (from Goa, éIndia)
Dhamail or Dhamal (from Sylhet, Bangladesh)
Dilan (a Kurdish dance, Iran, Turkey, Iraq)
Double bugg (a swing dance from Sweden)
Dutty Wine - a West Indian, Dancehall-inspired dance
E
Engolo (combines dancing and martial arts)
F
Fan dance (Chinese or burlesque)
Fandango (Spain)
Farandole (Provençal)
Flamenco (Spanish/Roma)
Floss (Western)
Forró (dance from northeast of Brazil)
Foxtrot (Ballroom Social)
G
Gankino (Bulgaria)
Garba (folk dance of state of Gujarat, India)
Gato (Argentina, Uruguay)
Gaudiya Nritya (West Bengal, India)
Ghoomar (Folk Dance of Rajasthan, Northern India)
Ghumura Dance (Folk dance of Kalahandi, Orissa/Odisha, India).
Giddha (Folk dance of Northern India)
Gombey (Bermuda)
Gumboot dance (Africa)
H
Hakken (Dutch)
Halay (Turkish, Folk)
Hambo (Scandinavian, Folk)
Hardcore Dancing (Urban American Hardcore)
Hokey Pokey, also known as Hokey-cokey, Okey-cokey
Hora (many named versions; folk, Bulgarian, Israeli, Romanian, Ukrainian)
Horon (Turkish, Folk)
Hornpipe (Ireland)
Humppa (see Music of Finland)
Hustle and its variant, New York Hustle (Club)
I
J
Jitterbug (Swing)
Jitterbug Stroll (Line dance, Swing)
Jive (Ballroom, International Latin)
Jota (Spanish dance)
Jove Malaj Mome (Bulgarian folk dance)
Jumpstyle (Techno based dance)
K
Kachāshī (Okinawa, Japan)
Kamarinskaya (Russia)
Kathakali (India, incorporates dance)
Kerala Natanam (Indian dance created by Guru Gopinath)
Khorovod (Russia)
Klompendansen (Dutch)
Kolo (Slavic)
Kopanitsa (Bulgaria)
Krishnanattam (India)
Kurdish dance (Iran and Iraq)
L
Lavani (Indian, Maharashtra)
Ländler (Austria)
LeRoc (Modern Jive, Ceroc)
Letkajenkka (also known as Letkis, Letkajenka, Letkiss, Letka-Enka, Let's Kiss Jenka, La Yenka)
Lezginka (Russian Caucasus Region)
Limbo (dancers pass under horizontal pole)
Lindy Hop (Swing)
Liscio (Italian traditional music and dance inspired to Waltz, Polka and Mazurka)
Loure (historical)
M
Macarena (Spain)
Madison (Line dance)
Maglalatik (Folk Dance of Philippines)
Mambo (American Ballroom, of Cuban origin)
Maxixe (Social)
Melbourne Shuffle (Australia)
Merengue (Latin Club)
Metelytsia ((Ukrainian), khorovod)
Milonga (see Argentine Tango)
Murga (Argentina, Uruguay, Spain)
N
O
Ojapali (folk dance from Assam, India)
P
Palo de Mayo (Nicaragua), Afro-Caribbean influence, not to be confused with Maypole dance
Panthi (Folk dance of Chhattisgarh, India)
Passacaglia (Passacaille) (historical)
Passepied (historical)
Pasodoble (Spanish Ballroom, International Latin)
Pavane (historical)
Peabody (ballroom)
Peewee style (originated by Pee-wee Herman in Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
Pogo (A punk dance, consisting of jumping up and down)
Polka - many named versions (Ballroom, Folk, Historical)
Polska (pl.: Polskor; Sweden, Folk)
Punta (Honduras)
Pyrrhichios (Dance from Pontos; Greek Black Sea)
Q
Quickstep (Ballroom)
Quebradita (Mexico)
R
Raut Nacha (Folk dance of Chhattisgarh, India)
Red River Jig (Canadian Métis)
Rhumba (a.k.a. ballroom rumba; International Latin & American Rhythm)
Cuban rumba (Cuba)
Round dance (two kinds: circular chain, couples)
S
Salsa (Latin Club)
Salsa Rueda (Latin Club, Round)
Sarabande (Saraband)
Sattriya dance (Assam, India)
Sean-Nós Dance (Ireland - Irish Dance in Sean Nós "Old Style")
Seguidilla (Spanish, folk)
Semba (Angola)
Set Dance Ireland
Sevillanas (Spain)
Shag (Swing)
Shim Sham (Line dance)
Single Swing (Single Time Swing)
Slängpolska (Sweden, Folk, see Polska)
Slip jig (Ireland)
Slow Foxtrot - also known as Foxtrot and Slowfox (Ballroom)
Step dance (Ireland)
Stiletto dance (American contemporary solo dance)
The Strictly (British television dance)
Swing (both as family of dances and as specific Texas dance)
Kalamatianos Syrtos (Mainland Syrtos) (Greece)
T
Tango (Argentina) (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
Thirayattam (Indian Ethnic dance)
Thiriyuzhichil
Tanoura (Egyptian dance)
Tap Charleston (see Lindy Hop)
Tarantella (Italian, folk)
Tau'olunga (Tongan or Samoan - Polynesian origins)
Tecktonik ("tck")
Texas Tommy (see Lindy Hop)
The Thistle (Scottish ladies' solo step dance))
Tourdion (historical)
Tranky Doo (Swing, Line dance)
Trepak (The Nutcracker) (Russian dance; character dance from the ballet The Nutcracker)
Tromakton
Tropak (folk)
Tsifteteli (Tsifte-Teli) (Çifte-telli) (Turkish) (Greece)(Romani)(Arabic)
Nightclub two-step - also known as California Two-step, abbrn: NC2S
U
'upa'upa, claimed to be the origin of merengue music and dance
Uprock (as known as Rock Dance or Rocking)
V
W
Watusi (fad dance)
West Coast Swing ("WCS"; Swing, United States)
Western swing (United States)
Sophisticated Swing (an older name of WCS)
Wolosso (Ivory Coast)
X
Y
Yablochko (Russian, folk)
Yakshagana (Karnataka, India)
Yosakoi (Japanese)
Z
Zorba's dance, another name for Sirtaki (of Greek origin)
Zouk (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti, Brazil)
Zwiefacher (Germany)
See also
Outline of dance, a list of general dance topics in our world today and from history.