This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance.

For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin.

Belly dance

• Belly dance

• Raqs Sharqi

• Turkish belly dance

• Oriental fusion

• Tribal belly dance

• American tribal fusion

• Saidi

• Kawleeya

• Khaleeji

• Baladi

• Dabkeh

• Romani dance

• Bharatanatyam

• Odissi

Ceremonial dances

• Haka

• Kagura

• Ritual dances of China

• Sacred dance

• Cham dance

• Drametse Ngacham

• Khon

• Prophetic dance

• Rejang dance

• Sanghyang

• Sufi whirling

• Worship dance

Disco danceDisco / Soul dance

• Bird

• Boogaloo and Electric boogaloo (Electric boogie)

• Boogie

• Boomerang

• Broadway

• Bump

• Bus stop

• Chicken

• Duck

• Waacking

• Fly

• Free step

• Hitch hike

• Horse

• Hurry Gurry

• Hustle

• Jerk

• Mashed Potato

• Monkey

• Penguin

• Philly dog

• Pony

• Popcorn

• Robot

• The Shake

• Shimmy

• Spank

• Watergate

• Watusi

Free and improvised dance

• 5Rhythms

• Bogo lelo dance

• Contact improvisation

• Dance improvisation

• Ecstatic dance

• Free dance

• Fusion dance

• Interpretive dance

• Modern dance

Historical danceHistorical dance

• Ballet

• Baroque dance

• Medieval dance

• Regency dance

• Renaissance dance

• Ultapulta dance

• Highland dance

Latin dance / Rhythm

American Rhythm

• Bolero willy

• East Coast Swing

• Mambo

• Rumba

• Bachata

• Cha Cha

• Corridos

• Cumbia

• Duranguense

• Forró

International Latin

• Argentine tango

Capoeira

• Maculelê

• Danza

• Jive

• Merengue

• Milonga

• Reggaeton

Rumba

• Rueda

• Salsa

• Samba (ballroom dance)

• Samba (Brazilian dance)

• Samba de Gafieira

• Zouk

• Lambada

• Pasodoble

• Quebradita

• Samba de roda

• Samba enredo

• Tejano dance

Zapateado:

• Zapateado (Mexico)

• Zapateado (Spain)

Novelty and fad dancesNovelty and fad dances

• Animal dance

• Bossa Nova

• Bunny hop

• Conga line

• Freddie

• Frug

• Go-go

• Hitch hike

• Jitterbug

• Lambada

• Madison

• Mule

• Pony

• The Shake

• Swim

• Floss

• Turkey trot

• Twist

• Watusi

Social danceSocial dance

• Country dance, Contra dance

Participation dance

• Solo dance

Partner dance

• Circle dance

• Line dance

• Round dance

• Square dance

• Slow dance

Street danceStreet dance / Electronic dance

Hip-hop dance

Funk Styles

• Electric boogaloo

• Locking

• Popping

• Tutting

• Robot dance

• Breakdancing

• Uprock

• Cabbage patch dance

• Cat Daddy

• Dougie

• Gangsta Walking

• Jerkin'

• Turfing

• Krumping

• Harlem shake

• Litefeet

• Lyrical hip-hop

• Flexing

• Majorette

House dance

• Footwork

• Electro dance

• Melbourne Shuffle

• Jumpstyle

• Vogue

  Waacking

Swing (dance)Swing dance

• Balboa

• Big Apple

• Black Bottom

• Blues dance

• Boogie-woogie

• Breakaway

• Bugg

• Carolina Shag

• Charleston

• Collegiate Shag

• East Coast Swing

• Hand dancing

• Hand Jive

• Jitterbug

• Jive

• Jumpin' Joe

• Leroc

• Lindy Hop

• Modern Jive

• Rock and Roll

• Single Swing

• Skip jive

• St. Louis Shag

• West Coast Swing

• Robert R Dance

• Country Swing

Other

• Acrobatic dance

• Bhangra

• Broadway dance

• Calypso

• Competitive dance

• Concert dance

• Contemporary dance

• Dance squad

• Fire dance

• Flamenco

• Flying Men dance

• Ice dance

• K-pop

• Liturgical dance

• Lyrical dance

• Nordic Folkdance

• Pole dance

• Rhythmic gymnastics

• Vintage dance

• Wuju

References

Further reading

• Carter, A. (1998) The Routledge Dance Studies Reader. Routledge.

• Sharp, C. J. (1924) The dance; an historical survey of dancing in Europe. Rowman and Littlefield.

• Thomas, H. (2003) The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory. Palgrave Macmillan.

• Feliksdal, B (2003) Modern Tap Dance, Bekebooks

• Feliksdal, B (2004) Jazz Dance Syllabus Jazz, Rhythm, Body and Soul. Bekebooks. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Flamenco

• Feliksdal, B (2009) Urban Dance-Jazzdans, Bekebooks. Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Shipter Fan, B (2009) "Urban Dance-Jazzdans", Bekebooks. Amsterdam, Netherlands