Your American History Reference Guide! - List of dances
List of dances
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.
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B
Barynya
Bachata (Latin Club, Folk)
Bagiye (Assyria)
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) , dance of Caribbean origin
Belly dance (entertainment)
Bergamask (Bergomask ) folk dance, from Bergamo , Italy
Bhangra
Bharatanatyam
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)
Bop , see Bop music , also ABA at List of dance organizations
Bossa Nova (dance) (Brazilian , see Bossa nova music)
Bouree (Bourree ) (historical)
Branle (Bransle ) (historical)
Breakaway (see Lindy Hop )
Breakdancing
Bunny Hop
Butoh (Japanese )
Buyo (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 (historical, Renaissance, court)
Can-can (Cancan, can can)
Capoeira (dance and martial art, Brazilian )
Carioca
Carol (Medieval)
Céilí (Ireland )
Ceilidh (Scotland )
Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club)
Chacarera (Argentina?)
Chaconne
Cha cha - also known as Cha cha cha (Latin Ballroom Social)
Chamame (Chamamé, Argentina?)
Charleston
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)
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R
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X
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See also
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