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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.
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Baagh Naach
Bacchu-ber
Bachata (Dominican Republic, Latin Club, Folk)
Bachatango
Baagh Naach (Folk dance from
Odisha , India)
Bagurumba (Folk dance of Assam, North-east India)
Baile de la Conquista
Baishou Dance
Bajidor Kahot
Bal-musette
Baladi
Balboa (Swing)
Ball dels Cossiers
Ballet
Ballo
Ballos (Burçak tarlası oyunu) (
Greece ), (
Turkey )
Ballroom dance
Ballu tundu (
Sardinia )
Bamboula
Bandari dance
Bar
Barachum
Bardo Chham (Folk dance of Arunachal, North-east India)
Baris
Barn dance
Baroque dance
Barynya (Russian, folk)
Basse danse (also Basse-dance, Bassadanse,Bassadanze. French and Italian
Renaissance dances )
Basque dance
Baton Twirling
Batuque
BBoying (Breakdance)
Bear Dance
Béarnaise dance
Bedara Vesha
Bedhaya
Bélé
Belly dance
Beguine , dance of Caribbean origin
Berd
Bereznianka
Bergamask (Be dance, from
Bergamo , Italy
Bhagavata Mela
Bhairab Naach
Bhangra (Folk Dance of Northern India)
Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance)
Big Apple (Line dance)
Bihu dance (Folk dance of Assam, India)
Binasuan
Biyelgee (Mongolian)
Bizhu dance
Black Bottom (see
Lindy Hop )
Blues (Club dance, Swing)
Bolero (American Ballroom, Cuban, European)
Bollywood (Indian)
Bomba (Ecuador)
Bomba (Puerto Rico) (African, Caribbean)
Bon Odori (Japanese)
Bondar
Boogaloo
Boogie-woogie (Swing)
Borborbor
Border Morris
Borrowdale (
Zimbabweean , see
Museve music)
Bossa nova (
Brazil , see
Bossa nova music)
Boston
Bourrée (historical)
Branle (
Bransle ) (historical)
Brazilian Zouk
Breakaway (see
Lindy Hop )
Breakdancing
Breton dance
Buchaechum
Bugaku
Bugg (a swing dance from
Sweden )
Bump
Bunny Hop
Burlesque dance
Buta Kola
Butoh (Japanese)
Butterfly dance (American contemporary)
Buyō (Japanese)
Byeongsin chum
Bygdedans
C
Cabbage Patch
Cachucha
Cajun dance (
Louisiana , United States Regional,
Cajun )
Cakalele
Cakewalk (Swing)
Calabrian Tarantella
Calypso (
Caribbean )
Can-can (Cancan, can can)
Canaries dance (historical, Renaissance, court)
Candle dance
Candombe (
Uruguayan )
Capoeira (dance and martial art,
Brazil )
Caporales (
Bolivia )
Carabinier (
Haiti )
Carimbó
Cariñosa (dance of love)
Philippines
Carioca
Carnavalito
Carpaea
Castle Walk
Cat Daddy
Căluş (
Romanian ritual dance)
Ceili dance
Cendrawasih
Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club)
Chaabi (Moroccan
Berber dance)
Chacarera (Argentina)
Cha cha cha or Cha cha (
Cuba , Latin Ballroom Social)
Chaconne
Chaiti ghoda dance
Chakacha
Chakkirako
Chamamé (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay)
Chang Lo
Chapelloise
Charikawi
Charkula
Charleston
Chasapiko (
Greece )
Cheerleading
Cheoyongmu
Cheraw dance
Chicken Dance
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chhau dance (Folk dance of
Odisha , India)
Chhayam
Chholiya
Choobazi
Choreia
Choreography
Chukano horo
Chukchu
Ch'unchu
Chula (Southern
Brasil )
Chumak
Chumba (Garifuna people in several Central America)
Chunaengjeon
Cibi
Cilveloy
Cinquepace ,
Cinque-pace
Circassian Dance
Circle dance
Cirebon mask dance (Java, Indonesia)
Clog dance (British)
Clogging
Clowning
Clutha
Cocek
Cocolo
Collegiate shag
Compas (
Haiti ,
Guadeloupe ,
Martinique )
Competitive dance
Condong
Conga
Contact improvisation
Contemporary dance
Contra dance
Cordax Greek / Roman erotic dance
Cornish dance
Corridinho
Corrido
Cossack dance
Cotillion
Country/western dance
Country dance
Country/Western Two-step
Coupé-décalé
Courante (historical)
Court dance
Crip walk
Crnogorka (dance)
Crpi voda, Jano
Csárdás (Folk, Hungarian; also variants in
Slovak dances,
Rusyn dances, (
Ukrainian dances ,
Lemko dances))
Cuarteto (
Argentina )
Cuban rumba
Cuban salsa
Cueca (
Argentina ,
Bolivia ,
Chile )
Cumbia (
Colombia , Club)
Cumbia Villera (
Argentina )
Cupid Shuffle
D
Dab (America)
Dabke (Arab folk dance native to the
Levant )
Daggering
Dalkhai (Folk dance from
Western Odisha , India)
Dance of Osman Taka
Dance video games (emotes from video games)
Dancer's Delight (Scottish)
Dances of Universal Peace
Danda Nata (Folk dance from
Odisha , India)
Dandiya Raas
Danza de los Viejitos
Danza de los Voladores
Danza de tijeras (
Peru )
Danzantes de Levanto
Danzón
Dappankuthu
Dashing White Sergeant
Daychovo horo
Deer dance
Deknni
Deodhani dance
Devil's Sword Dance
Dhaanto
Dhalo (from Goa, éIndia)
Dhamail or Dhamal (from Sylhet, Bangladesh)
Dhimsa
Diablada (
Bolivia ,
Chile ,
Peru )Dab
Dilan (a
Kurdish dance ,
Iran ,
Turkey ,
Iraq )
Dipat
Diplos horos
Dirk dance
Disco
Discofox
Djolé
Do-si-do
Dollu Kunitha
Domkach
Domni
Double bugg (a swing dance from
Sweden )
Dougie
Dragon dance
Duke of Perth
Dumhal
Dunhuang dance
Duranguense
Dutty Wine - a West Indian, Dancehall-inspired dance
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Hacha'a
Hai-hak dance
Haka
Hakken (Dutch)
Halay (Turkish, Folk)
Halling
Hambo (Scandinavian, Folk)
Hand jive
Hardcore Dancing (Urban American Hardcore)
Harlem Shake
Hasapiko (
Greece )
Hatzichristos
Headbanging
Highland dancing
Hip hop dance
Hiragasy
Historical dance
Hitch hike
Hivinau
Hoedown
Hojagiri
Hokey Pokey , also known as Hokey-cokey, Okey-cokey
Holubka
Hakari
Hootchy-Kootchy
Hopak (
Ukrainian )
Hopak-Kolom
Hop-tu-Naa
Hora (many named versions; folk, Bulgarian, Israeli, Romanian, Ukrainian)
Horon (Turkish, Folk)
Hornpipe (Ireland)
House dance
Huaconada
Huapango
Huayno (
Peru )
Hula
Hulivesha
Hully Gully
Humppa (see
Music of Finland )
Hunguhungu
Hustle and its variant, New York Hustle (Club)
Hutsulka
Hyporchema
Hakiri
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P'aquchi
Pa'o'a
Pachanga
Padayani
Padhar dance
Pagode
Paidushko horo
Pakurumo
Palamakia
Palo de Mayo (
Nicaragua ), Afro-Caribbean influence, not to be confused with
Maypole dance
Pambiche
Pandanggo
Pangalay
Panthi (Folk dance of
Chhattisgarh , India)
Pantsula (
South Africa )
Panyembrama
Para Para
Parai Attam
Partalos
Participation dance
Partner dance
Passacaglia (Passacaille) (historical)
Passepied (historical)
Pasillo
Pasodoble (Spanish Ballroom, International Latin)
Pavane (historical)
Pavri Nach
Peabody (ballroom)
Peacock dance
Peewee style (originated by
Pee-wee Herman in
Pee-wee's Big Adventure )
Pembe
Pendet
Pentozali (
Greece )
Perini Shivatandavam
Perinița
Perkhuli
Persian dance (
Iran )
Petrunino Horo
Phulpati dance
Pidikhtos (
Greece )
Pilioritikos
Pirgousikos
Piva
Pizzica
Plataniotiko Nero
Plena
Poco-poco
Podaraki
Pogo (A punk dance, consisting of jumping up and down)
Pogonishte
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
Popping
Pop, Lock, and Drop It (
Hip hop dance )
Potrčulka
Poustseno
Povrateno
Pravo
Prophetic dance
Proskinitos
Pryvit (
Ukrainian )
Puliyattam
Pung cholom
Punta (Honduras)
Pyrrhichios (Dance from Pontos; Greek Black Sea)
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