There are many different types of dance. These include different styles, sounds, and movements. Below is a list of a few different dance styles and their purpose, plus a basic over-view of what each style is like. Ballet is the most common and well-known type of dance, as it is the basic structure for almost all dance styles. However, there are hundreds, even thousands of dance styles.
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A[edit]
- Acharuli (Georgian folk dance)
- Acro dance
- Allemande
- Ardha (Arab tribal war dance)
- Argentine Tango
- Arkan (Ukrainian, Hutsul)
- Attan (Pashtun)
- Azonto (Ghanaian dance)
B[edit]
- Baba Karam (Persian, Folk)
- Bachata (Latin Club, Folk)
- Baagh Naach (Folk dance from Odisha, India)
- Bagurumba (Folk dance of Assam, North-east India)
- Balboa (Swing)
- Ballet, category, also known as classical dance
- Ballos (Burçak tarlası oyunu)(Greece), (Turkey)
- Ballroom dance, category
- Ballu tundu (Sardinia)
- Bandari dance
- Bardo Chham (Folk dance of Arunachal, North-east India)
- 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)
- 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
- Bugg
- Bump and grind
- Bunny Hop
- Butoh (Japanese)
- Buyo (Japanese)
C[edit]
- Capreco From Angola
- Cat Daddy
- Cajun dance, (Louisiana, USA Regional, Cajun)
- Cakewalk (Swing)
- Calypso (Caribbean)
- Candombe (Uruguayan)
- Canaries dance (historical, Renaissance, court)
- Can-can (Cancan, can can)
- Capoeira (dance and martial art, Brazilian)
- Caporales (Bolivia)
- Cariñosa (dance of love) Philippines
- Carioca
- Carol (Medieval)
- Castle Walk
- Căluş (Romanian ritual dance)
- Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club)
- Chaabi (Moroccan Berber dance)
- Chacarera (Argentina)
- Chaconne
- Cha cha cha or Cha cha (Cuba, Latin Ballroom Social)
- Cha-Cha Slide (dance)(African American, Party Social Event)
- Chamame (Chamamé, Argentina)
- Charleston
- Chasapiko (Greece)
- Cheerleading
- Chicken Dance
- Chicken Noodle Soup
- Chhau dance (Folk Dance of Odisha, India)
- Chodzony (Poland)
- Chula (Southern Brasil)
- Cinquepace, Cinque-pace
- Circassian Dance
- Circle dance
- Clogging
- Clowning
- Cocek
- Collegiate shag
- Conga
- Contact improvisation
- Contemporary dance
- Contra dance
- Cordax Greek / Roman erotic dance
- Cossack dance
- Cotillion
- Country/western dance
- Country dance
- Country/Western Two-step
- Courante (historical)
- Court dance
- Csárdás (Folk, Hungarian; also variants in Slovak dances, Rusyn dances, (Ukrainian dances, Lemko dances))
- Cuarteto (Argentina)
- Cueca (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile)
- Cumbia (Colombia, Club)
- Cumbia Villera (Argentina)
- Cupid Shuffle
D[edit]
- Dabke (Arab folk dance native to the Levant)
- Dalkhai (Folk dance from Western Odisha, India)
- Dances of Universal Peace
- Danda nata (Folk dance from Odisha, India)
- Dandia (Folk dance of Gujarat, India)
- Dabke (Levantine)
- Danza de tijeras (Peru)
- Diablada (Bolivia, Chile, Peru)
- Dilan (a Kurdish dance, Iran, Turkey, Iraq)
- Disco
- Dappan koothu
- Doublebugg
- Dougie
- Dragon dance
- Drobushki (Russia)
- Dubotanets (Ukrainian)
- Duranguense
- Dutty Wine - a West Indian, Dancehall-inspired dance
E[edit]
- East Coast Swing
- Eisa
- Electro dance
- Electric Slide
- English Country Dance
- Ethnic dance
- Etighi [Nigeria]
F[edit]
- Fan dance (Chinese or burlesque)
- Fandango (Spain)
- Farandole (Provençal)
- Faroese dance
- Farruca
- Flamenco (Spanish/gypsy)
- Folk dance
- Formation dance
- Forró (dance from northeast of Brazil)
- Foxtrot (Ballroom Social)
- Freak dancing
- The Freddy
- Frevo
- Frug
G[edit]
- Galliard
- Galop
- Garba (folk dance of state of Gujarat, India)
- Gankino (Bulgaria)
- Gangnam Style
- Gavotte (Brittany), Gavot (historical)
- Gaudiya Nritya (West Bengal, India)
- Gigue
- Ghoomar (Folk Dance of Rajasthan, Northern India)
- Ghumura Dance (Folk dance of Kalahandi, Orissa/Odisha, India).
- Giddha (Folk dance of Northern India)
- Gotipua (Odisha, India)
- Grizzly Bear
- Grinding
- Guapacha (dance)
- Guedra (Moroccan Berber Tuareg dance)
- Gumboot dance (Africa)
H[edit]
- Haka (Māori)
- Hakken (Dutch)
- Halay (Turkish, Folk)
- Halparki (Kurdish)
- Hambo (Scandinavian, Folk)
- Hand jive
- Hardcore Dancing (Urban American Hardcore)
- Harlem Shake
- 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)
- Humppa (see Music of Finland)
- Hopak (Ukrainian)
- Hopak-Kolom (Ukrainian)
- House dance
- Hora (many named versions; folk, Bulgarian, Israeli, Romanian, Ukrainian)
- Horon (Turkish, Folk)
- Hornpipe (Ireland)
- Huaylas (Peru)
- Huayno (Peru)
- Hula
- Hully Gully
- Hustle and its variant, New York Hustle (Club)
- Hutsulka (Ukrainian, Hutsuls)
I[edit]
- Ice dancing
- Ikariotikos (Greece)
- Improv Tribal Style Belly Dance
- Intercessory dance
- International folk dance
- Interpretive dance
- Irish
- Israeli folk dancing
J[edit]
- Japanese traditional dance (Japanese)
- Jarabe tapatío
- Jazz dance
- Jenkka (see Music of Finland)
- Jerkin'
- Jig Ireland
- Jig (Scottish country)
- Jitterbug (Swing)
- 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)
K[edit]
- Kalymnikos (Greece)
- Kamarinskaya (Russia)
- Karsilama (Antikrystos, Marinella) (Greece, Gypsy)
- Karşılama (Serbia, Iran, Turkey)
- Kathak (Classical Indian Dance)
- Kathakali (India, incorporates dance)
- Kazachok (Russia)
- Keisabadi (Folk dance from Odisha, India)
- Kerala Natanam (Indian Dance created by Guru Gopinath)
- Khasapiko (Greece)
- Khattak Dance (Pashtun)
- Kizomba (Angola)
- Kolo (Slavic)
- Khon (Thai dance)
- Khorovod(Russia)
- Kleistos (Greece)
- Klezmer (Israeli Jewish)
- 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)
- Kurdish dance (Iran and Iraq)
- Kujawiak (Poland)
- Kushtdepdi (Turkmen)
L[edit]
- La Cucaracha
- Lambada
- Lambeth Walk
- 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)
M[edit]
- Macarena (Spain)
- Madison (Line dance)
- Maglalatik (Folk Dance of Philippines)
- Malaguena
- Mambo (American Ballroom, of Cuban origin)
- Maneo (Galicia, Spain)
- Manila Swing
- Manipuri (Classical Indian Dance)
- Mapale
- Marimba (Guatemala)
- Marinera (Peru)
- 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
- Morenada (Bolivia)
- Modern dance
- Modern Jive
- Mohiniyattam (Indian classical dance)
- Molly dance
- Mohiniattam
- Moonwalker
- Morris dance
- Moshing
- Muiñeira (Galicia, Spain)
N[edit]
- Nama Stap (Namibia)
- Novelty and fad dances
- The Nutbush
- Nacnī (Folk dance from Odisha/Orissa)
O[edit]
P[edit]
- Pachanga
- Palo de Mayo (Nicaragua), Afro-Caribbean influence, not to be confused with Maypole dance
- Pagode
- Panthi (Folk dance of Chhattisgarh, India)
- Pantsula (South Africa)
- Parasol dance (Japan)
- Partner dance
- Participation dance
- Para Para
- Passacaglia (Passacaille) (historical)
- Passepied (historical)
- Pasillo
- Paso Doble (Spanish 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)
- Pendozalis (Greece)
- Pogo (A punk dance, consisting of jumping up and down)
- Pogonisios (Greece)
- Pole dancing
- Polka - many named versions (Ballroom, Folk, Historical)
- Polka-mazurka
- Polonaise
- Pols (Norway, Folk, see Polska)
- Polska (pl.: Polskor; Sweden, Folk)
- Pom Squad
- Pony
- Pop, Lock, and Drop It (Hip hop)
- Prophetic dance
- Pryvit (Ukrainian)
- Punta (Honduras)
- Push (Swing, Texas)
- Pyrrhichios (Dance from Pontos; Greek Black Sea)
Q[edit]
- Qasemabadi (a northern Persian style)
- Quadrille
- Quickstep (Ballroom)
- Quebradita (Mexico)
R[edit]
- Raas
- Rain dancing
- Ramvong (Cambodia)
- Rapper sword
- Raut Nacha (Folk dance of Chhatisgarh, India)
- Raqs Sharqi ("belly dance")
- Rebetiko dances (Greece)
- Redowa
- Reel (Irish and Scottish)
- Regency dance
- Reggaeton
- Renaissance dance
- Rieldans, traditional Khoikhoi dance from South Africa and Namibia
- Rigaudon, Rigadoon
- Robot dance
- Rock and 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)
S[edit]
- Salsa (Latin Club)
- Salsa Rueda (Latin Club, Round)
- Saltatio (Roman)
- Sambalpuri (India)
- Samba
- Sarabande (Saraband)
- Sardana (Catalonia)
- Sattriya dance (Assam, India)
- Saunter
- Saya (Bolivia)
- Schottische
- Scottish country dance
- Scottish highland dance
- Sean-Nós Dance (Ireland - Irish Dance in Sean Nós "Old Style")
- Seguidilla (Spanish, folk)
- Sequence dance
- Serra (Greece)
- Set Dance Ireland
- Sevillana (Spain)
- Sega (Mauritius Island)
- Shag (Swing)
- 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)
- Slow dance
- Slow Foxtrot - also known as Foxtrot and Slowfox (Ballroom)
- Social dance
- Son (Mayan, Guatemala/Mexico)
- Sousta (Greece)
- Square dance
- Stage diving
- Stanky Legg (GS Boys)
- 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)
T[edit]
- Tambourin (Provençal)
- 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
- 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")
- Temani (Israeli Jewish dance)
- Texas Tommy (see Lindy Hop)
- Tinikling (Philippines)
- Time Warp
- Tinku (Bolivia, Peru)
- Tondero (Peru)
- 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
- Tumba
- Twerking
- 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[edit]
- 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)
V[edit]
- 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)
W[edit]
- Waacking
- Waltz (ballroom, social)
- Boston (dance)
- Cajun Waltz
- Dream Waltz
- Elizabeth 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)
- Sophisticated Swing (an older name of WCS)
- Western promenade dance
- Whip (Swing, Texas)
- Winterguard
- Wolosso (Ivory Coast)
- Worship dance
X[edit]
- Xibelani (traditional Shangaan (South Africa))
- Xuc (Traditional dance of El Salvador)
Y[edit]
- Yablochko (Russian, folk)
- Yahoozee (Nigeria)
- Yakshagana (Karnataka, India)
- Yerakina (Greece)
- YMCA
- Yowla (rifle dance from (UAE)
Z[edit]
- Zamacueca (Peru)
- Zamba (Argentina)
- Zapateado (Spain)
- Zapin (Malay traditional dancing, Malaysia)
- Zeibekiko (also spelled Zeibetiko, Zembetiko, Zebetiko, and Zembekiko; Greece)
- Zeibeks (Turkey)
- Zonaradiko (Thrace)
- Zorba's dance, another name for Sirtaki (of Greek origin)
- Zouk (Brazil, Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique)
- Zouk-Lambada (Brazil)
- Zumba (Colombia)
- Zydeco (Louisiana, U.S.)
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