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 Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

ballroom dance Ballroom dance is a set of European partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects. Ballroom dancing is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and te ...

and

folk dance A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, Ritual, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances. Ritual dances ...

can be single dance styles or families of related dances. See following for categorized lists: * List of dance styles *

List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin This is a list of dances grouped by ethnicity, country, or region. These dances should also be listed on the general, noncategorized index list of specific dances. Albania * Dance of Osman Taka * Entarisi ala benziyor * Gusharaveli * Napoloni ...

* List of national dances Categories listed on these specialized (categorized) lists should also be included in this general index.

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Abayı Abayi () is an Azerbaijani dance with its origins in the Shaki and Zaqatala regions of Azerbaijan. The subject matter of the dance is middle age Middle age (or middle adulthood) is the age range of the years halfway between childhood and old ...

* Abbots Bromley Horn Dance * Acharuli (Georgian folk dance) *

Acro dance Acro dance is a style of dance that combines classical dance technique with acrobatic elements. It is defined by its athletic character, its unique choreography, which blends dance and acrobatics, and its use of acrobatics in a dance context. I ...

Adana Adana is a large city in southern Turkey. The city is situated on the Seyhan River, inland from the northeastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the administrative seat of the Adana Province, Adana province, and has a population of 1 81 ...

* Adowa dance *

Affranchi ''Affranchi'' (, ) is a former French legal term denoting a freedman or emancipated slave, but also a pejorative term for free people of color. It is used in the English language to describe the social class of freedmen in Saint-Domingue, and ...

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Haiti Haiti, officially the Republic of Haiti, is a country on the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and south of the Bahamas. It occupies the western three-eighths of the island, which it shares with the Dominican ...

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Agbadza Agbadza is an Ewe people, Ewe music and dance that evolved from the times of war into a very popular recreational dance. It came from a very old war dance called Atrikpui and usually performed by the Ewe people of the Volta Region of Ghana, part ...

* Agir Karadagi * Agwara * Ai Georgis * Akogo * Alanta dance * Alkayida *

Allemande An ''allemande'' (''allemanda'', ''almain(e)'', or ''alman(d)'', French: "German (dance)") is a Renaissance and Baroque dance, and one of the most common instrumental dance styles in Baroque music, with examples by Couperin, Purcell, Bach ...

* Amaggunju * An Dro * Angaliastos * Angama (from Japan's Yaeyama Islands) *

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* Animal dance * Antikristos * Antipatitis * 'Aparima * Apu Inka * Arab dance * Aragonaise * Arcan * Ardah (Arab tribal war dance) *

Argentine Tango Argentine tango is a musical genre and accompanying social dance originating at the end of the 19th century in the suburbs of Buenos Aires. It typically has a Time signature, or rhythmic time signature, and two or three parts repeating in pat ...

* Arkan ( Ukrainian,

Hutsul The Hutsuls (Rusyn language, Hutsul/; ; ) are an East Slavs, East Slavic ethnic group spanning parts of western Ukraine and northern Romania (i.e. parts of Bukovina and Maramureș). In Ukraine, they have often been officially and administra ...

) * Armenian line dance * Asma kasma * Assiko * Assyrian folk dance ( Assyrian folk dances) * Asyik * Atilogwu * Atsiapat * Attan ( Pashtun) * Awki awki * Azonto (Ghanaian dance)

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* Baagh Naach (Folk dance from

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

, India) * Bacchu-ber * Bachata (Dominican Republic, Latin Club, Folk) * Bachatango * Bagurumba (Folk dance of Assam, North-east India) * Baile de la Conquista * Baishou Dance * Bajidor Kahot * Bakisimba * Bal-musette * Baladi * Balboa (Swing) * Ball dels Cossiers *

Ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of ...

* Ballo * Ballos (Burçak tarlası oyunu) (

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

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Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

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Ballroom dance Ballroom dance is a set of European partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world, mostly because of its performance and entertainment aspects. Ballroom dancing is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and te ...

* Ballu tundu (

Sardinia Sardinia ( ; ; ) is the Mediterranean islands#By area, second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, and one of the Regions of Italy, twenty regions of Italy. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula, north of Tunisia an ...

) * Bamboula * Bandari dance * Bar * Barachum * Bardo Chham (Folk dance of Arunachal, North-east India) * Baris *

Barn dance A barn dance is any kind of dance involving traditional or folk music with Folk dance, traditional dancing, occasionally held in a barn, but, these days, much more likely to be in any suitable building. The term “barn dance” is usually ...

Baroque dance Baroque dance is dance of the Baroque era (roughly 1600–1750), closely linked with Baroque music, theatre, and opera. English country dance The majority of surviving choreographies from the period are English country dances, such as those in ...

* Barynya (Russian, folk) * Basse danse (also Basse-dance, Bassadanse,Bassadanze. French and Italian

Renaissance dance Renaissance dances belong to the broad group of historical dances, specifically those during the Renaissance period. During that period, there was a distinction between country dances and court dances. Court dances required the dancers to be trai ...

s) * Basque dance *

Baton Twirling Baton twirling is a sport that combines dance and Color guard (flag spinning), color guard to create coordinated routines. Instead of such implements as a flag, rifle, sabre, or other props, it requires a "baton" which is a metal rod, typically j ...

* Batuque * BBoying (Breakdance) * Bear Dance * Béarnaise dance * Bedara Vesha * Bedhaya * Bélé * Belly dance *

Beguine The Beguines () and the Beghards () were Christianity, Christian laity, lay religious orders that were active in Western Europe, particularly in the Low Countries, in the 13th–16th centuries. Their members lived in monasticism, semi-monastic ...

, dance of Caribbean origin * Berd * Bereznianka *

Bergamask Bergamask, bergomask, bergamesca, or bergamasca (from the town of Bergamo in Northern Italy), is a dance and associated melody and chord progression. Reputation It was considered a clumsy rustic dance copied from the natives of Bergamo, reput ...

(Be dance, from

Bergamo Bergamo ( , ; ) is a city in the Alps, alpine Lombardy region of northern Italy, approximately northeast of Milan, and about from the alpine lakes Lake Como, Como and Lake Iseo, Iseo and 70 km (43 mi) from Lake Garda, Garda and Lake ...

, Italy) * Bhagavata Mela * Bhairab Naach * Bhangra (Folk Dance of Northern India) *

Bharatanatyam ''Bharatanatyam'' is a Indian classical dance form that came from Tamil Nadu, India. It is a classical dance form recognized by the Sangeet Natak Akademi, and expresses South Indian religious themes and spiritual ideas of Hinduism and Jainism.< ...

(Indian classical dance) * Big Apple (Line dance) * Bihu dance (Folk dance of Assam, India) * Binasuan * Biyelgee (Mongolian) * Bizhu dance * Black Bottom (see

Lindy Hop The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the African-American communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then. It was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Lindy is a fusion of ...

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Blues Blues is a music genre and musical form that originated among African Americans in the Deep South of the United States around the 1860s. Blues has incorporated spiritual (music), spirituals, work songs, field hollers, Ring shout, shouts, cha ...

(Club dance, Swing) *

Bolero Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition. Unrelated to the older Spanish dance of the same name, bolero is characterized by sophisticated lyrics dealing with love. It h ...

(American Ballroom, Cuban, European) *

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

(Indian) *

Bomba (Ecuador) Bomba or Bomba del Chota is an Afro-Ecuadorian music and dance form from the Chota Valley area of Ecuador in the province of Imbabura Province, Imbabura and Carchi. Its origins can be traced back to Africa via the middle passage and the use of Afr ...

* Bomba (Puerto Rico) (African, Caribbean) * Bon Odori (Japanese) * Bondar *

Boogaloo Boogaloo or bugalú (also: shing-a-ling, Latin boogaloo, Latin R&B) is a music genre, genre of Latin music and dance which was popular in the United States in the 1960s. Boogaloo originated in New York City mainly by stateside Puerto Ricans with ...

* Boogie-woogie (Swing) * Borborbor * Border Morris * Borrowdale (

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ean, see Museve music) * Bossa nova (

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

, see Bossa nova music) *

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

** Walking Boston * Bourrée (historical) * Branle ( Bransle) (historical) * Brazilian Zouk * Breakaway (see

) *

Breakdancing Breakdancing or breaking, also called b-boying (when performed by men) or b-girling (women), is a style of street dance originated by African Americans and Nuyorican, Puerto Ricans in The Bronx borough of New York City. Breakdancing consist ...

* Breton dance * Buchaechum * Bugaku * Bugg (a swing dance from

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

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Bump Bump or bumps may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Bump (dance), a dance from the 1970s disco era * ''BUMP'' (comics), 2007-08 limited edition comic book series Fictional characters * Bobby Bumps, titular character of a series of American si ...

* Bunny Hop * Burlesque dance * Buta Kola * Butoh (Japanese) * Butterfly dance (American contemporary) * Buyō (Japanese) * Bwola * Byeongsin chum * Bygdedans

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* Cabbage Patch * Cachucha * Cajun dance (

Louisiana Louisiana ( ; ; ) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It borders Texas to the west, Arkansas to the north, and Mississippi to the east. Of the 50 U.S. states, it ranks 31st in area and 25 ...

, United States Regional,

Cajun The Cajuns (; French: ''les Cadjins'' or ''les Cadiens'' ), also known as Louisiana ''Acadians'' (French: ''les Acadiens''), are a Louisiana French ethnicity mainly found in the US state of Louisiana and surrounding Gulf Coast states. Whi ...

) ** Cajun Jig or Cajun One Step ** Cajun Jitterbug and Two Step * Cakalele * Cakewalk (Swing) * Calabrian Tarantella * Calypso (

Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...

) * Can-can (Cancan, can can) * Canaries dance (historical, Renaissance, court) * Candle dance * Candombe (

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

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Capoeira Capoeira () is an Afro-Brazilian martial art and game that includes elements of dance, acrobatics, capoeira music, music, and spirituality. It likely originated from enslaved Mbundu people, of the Kingdom of Ndongo, in present-day Angola. The ...

(dance and martial art,

) *

Caporales The Caporales is a traditional Bolivia, Bolivian dance originated in Yungas Road, Los Yungas of La Paz. Caporales were created and presented to the public for the first time in 1969 by the Estrada Pacheco brothers, who were inspired in the charac ...

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Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

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Carabinier A carabinier (also sometimes spelled carabineer or carbineer) is in principle a soldier armed with a carbine, musket, or rifle, which became commonplace by the beginning of the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. The word is derived from the identical F ...

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) * Carimbó * Cariñosa (dance of love)

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

Carioca Carioca ( or ) is a demonym used to refer to residents of the City of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil and their culture. Like other Brazilians, ''Cariocas'' speak Portuguese. The ''carioca'' accent and sociolect (also simply called "''carioca''", ...

* Carnavalito * Carpaea *

Castle Walk Castle Walk is a dance originated and made famous by Vernon and Irene Castle. The moniker was coined from the Castle's signature dance step styling, and their touring stage show of 1913 lead with this as their signature. The Castle Walk became po ...

* Cat Daddy * Căluş (

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n ritual dance) * Ceili dance * Cendrawasih * Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club) * Chaabi (Moroccan

Berber Berber or Berbers may refer to: Ethnic group * Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa * Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages Places * Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile People with the surname * Ady Berber (1913–196 ...

dance) * Chacarera (Argentina) * Cha cha cha or Cha cha (

Cuba Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba (largest island), Isla de la Juventud, and List of islands of Cuba, 4,195 islands, islets and cays surrounding the main island. It is located where the ...

, Latin Ballroom Social) * Chaconne * Chaiti ghoda dance * Chakacha * Chakkirako * Chamamé (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay) * Chang Lo * Chapelloise * Charikawi * Charkula * Charleston * Chasapiko (

) *

Cheerleading Cheerleading is an activity in which the participants (called cheerleaders) cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense Physical exercise, physical activity. It can be performed to motivate s ...

* Cheoyongmu * Cheraw dance *

Chestnut The chestnuts are the deciduous trees and shrubs in the genus ''Castanea'', in the beech family Fagaceae. The name also refers to the edible nuts they produce. They are native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Description ...

* Chicken Dance * Chicken Noodle Soup * Chhau dance (Folk dance of

, India) * Chhayam * Chholiya * Choobazi * Choreia *

Choreography Choreography is the art of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which Motion (physics), motion or Visual appearance, form or both are specified. ''Choreography'' may also refer to the design itself. A chor ...

* Chukano horo * Chukchu * Ch'unchu * Chula (Southern Brazil) * Chumak * Chumba (Garifuna people in several Central America) * Chunaengjeon * Cibi * Cilveloy * Cinquepace, Cinque-pace * Circassian Dance *

Circle dance Circle dance, or chain dance, is a style of social dance done in a circle, semicircle or a curved line to musical accompaniment, such as rhythm instruments and singing, and is a type of dance where anyone can join in without the need of Partne ...

* Cirebon mask dance (Java, Indonesia) * Clog dance (British) * Clogging * Clowning * Clutha * Cocek * Cocolo * Collegiate shag * Compas (

Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an Overseas departments and regions of France, overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre Island, Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galant ...

Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

) * Competitive dance * Concert dance * Condong * Conga *

Contact improvisation Contact Improvisation (CI) is a postmodern dance practice that explores movement through shared weight, touch, and physical awareness. Originating in the United States in 1972, contact improvisation was developed by dancer and choreographer Steve ...

Contemporary dance Contemporary dance is a genre of Concert dance, dance performance that developed during the mid-twentieth century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, with particularly stron ...

* Contra dance * Cordax Greek / Roman erotic dance * Cornish dance * Corridinho * Cossack dance * Cotillion * Country/western dance * Country dance * Country/Western Two-step * Coupé-décalé *

Courante The ''courante'', ''corrente'', ''coranto'' and ''corant'' are some of the names given to a family of triple metre dances from the late Renaissance and the Baroque era. In a Baroque dance suite an Italian or French courante is typically pair ...

(historical) * Court dance *

Crip walk The Crip Walk, also known as the C-Walk, is a dance move that was created in the 1970s by first generation Crips, Crip members as a method of expression and communication, and has since spread worldwide without its linguistic aspects. Overview ...

* Crnogorka (dance) * Crpi voda, Jano *

Csárdás Csárdás (, ; ), often seen as Czárdás, is a traditional Hungarian folk dance, the name derived from ' (old Hungarian term for roadside tavern and restaurant). It originated in Hungary and was popularized by bands in Hungary as well as neighb ...

(Folk, Hungarian; also variants in Slovak dances, Rusyn dances, ( Ukrainian dances,

Lemko Lemkos (; ; ; ) are an ethnic group inhabiting the Lemko Region (; ) of Carpathian Ruthenia, Carpathian Rus', an ethnographic region in the Carpathian Mountains and Carpathian Foothills, foothills spanning Ukraine, Slovakia, and Poland. Lemkos ...

dances)) * Cuarteto (

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

) * Cuban rumba * Cuban salsa * Cueca (

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

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Cumbia Cumbia refers to a number of musical rhythms and folk dance traditions of Latin America, generally involving musical and cultural elements from American Indigenous peoples, Europeans, and Africans during colonial times. Cumbia is said to have com ...

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Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuel ...

, Club) * Cumbia Villera (

) * Cupid Shuffle

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* Dab (America) * Dabke (Arab folk dance native to the

Levant The Levant ( ) is the subregion that borders the Eastern Mediterranean, Eastern Mediterranean sea to the west, and forms the core of West Asia and the political term, Middle East, ''Middle East''. In its narrowest sense, which is in use toda ...

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Daggering Daggering is a form of dance originating from Jamaica. The dance incorporates the male dancer ramming his crotch area into the female dancer's buttocks, and other forms of frantic movement. Daggering is not a traditional dance; it is of recent orig ...

* 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

, India) * Dandiya Raas * Danza de los Viejitos *

Danza de los Voladores The ''Danza de los Voladores'' (; "Dance of the Flyers"), or ''Palo Volador'' (; "flying pole"), is an ancient Mesoamerican ceremony/ritual still performed today, albeit in modified form, in isolated pockets in Mexico. It is believed to have ...

* Danza de tijeras (

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

) * Danzantes de Levanto *

Danzón Danzón is the official genre and dance of Cuba.Urfé, Odilio 1965. ''El danzón''. La Habana. It is also an active musical form in USA and Puerto Rico. Written in time, the danzón is a slow, formal partner dance, requiring set footwork ...

* 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 (

)Dab * Dilan (a Kurdish dance,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

) * Dingi dingi * Dipat * Diplos horos * Dirk dance *

Disco Disco is a music genre, genre of dance music and a subculture that emerged in the late 1960s from the United States' urban nightclub, nightlife, particularly in African Americans, African-American, Italian-Americans, Italian-American, LGBTQ ...

* Discofox * Djolé *

Do-si-do Do-si-do, also spelled dosado, do-se-do, or dos-à-dos, is a dance move found in several forms of social dance, including square dance, contra dance, English country dance, and Scottish country dance. The move involves two dancers approaching ea ...

Dollu Kunitha Dollu Kunitha, is a major popular drum dance of Karnataka. Background In all temples of Beereshwara, the major instrument Dollu is hung by means of a thick thread tied to hooks in the ceiling. Every time worship is offered to Beereshwara, there ...

* Domkach * Domni * Double bugg (a swing dance from

) * Dougie *

Dragon dance Dragon dance () is a form of traditional dance and performance in China, Chinese culture of China, culture. Like the lion dance, it is most often seen during festive celebrations. The dance is performed by a team of experienced dancers who man ...

* Duke of Perth * Dumhal * Dunhuang dance * Duranguense * Dutty Wine - a West Indian, Dancehall-inspired dance

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* Earsdon Sword Dance * East Coast Swing *

Écossaise The Écossaise (in French, "Scottish") is a musical form and a type of contradanse in a Scottish style – a Scottish country dance at least in name – that was popular in France and Great Britain at the end of the 18th century and at the beg ...

Ecstatic dance Ecstatic dance is a form of dance in which the dancers, sometimes without the need to follow specific steps, release themselves to the rhythm and move freely as the music takes them, leading to trance and a feeling of ecstasy. The effects of ecs ...

* Edonga * Egg dance * Eisa * Ekitaguriro * Ekizino * Electro dance * Electric Slide * Endeka Kozanis * English Country Dance * Engolo (combines dancing and martial arts) * Entarisi ala benziyor * Entogoro * Errenzhuan * Eskista * Espringale * Etighi * Ewoya Dance

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Fa'ataupati The Fa'ataupati is a dance indigenous to Samoans. In English it is simply the "Samoan Slap Dance". It was developed in Samoa in the 19th century and is only performed by males. History The word ''pati'' in Fa'ataupati means "to clap", Fa'atau ...

Fan dance In the West, a fan dance (i.e., a dance performed with fans) may be an erotic dance performance, traditionally by a woman, but not exclusively. Beyond eroticism it is a form of musical interpretation. The performer, sometimes entirely nude ...

(Chinese or burlesque) *

Fandango Fandango is a lively partner dance originating in Portugal and Spain, usually in triple metre, triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, tambourine or hand-clapping. Fandango can both be sung and danced. Sung fandango is u ...

(Spain) * Fanga * Farandole (Provençal) * Faroese dance * Farruca * Festejo *

Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, with its introduction occurring at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympi ...

* Fisounis *

Flamenco Flamenco () is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the Gitanos, gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Region of Murcia, ...

(Spanish/Roma) * Floss (Western) *

Folk dance A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, Ritual, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances. Ritual dances ...

Formation dance Formation dance is a style of ballroom dancing. It is pattern or shadow team dancing by couples in a formation team. The choreography may be based on a particular dance or a medley of dances. Formation dancing may be done for exhibition or for com ...

Forró The term forró () refers to a musical genre, a rhythm, a dance and the event itself where forró music is played and danced. Forró is an important part of the culture of the Northeastern Brazil, Northeastern Region of Brazil. It encompasses ...

(dance from northeast of Brazil) *

Foxtrot The foxtrot is a smooth, progressive dance characterized by long, continuous flowing movements across the dance floor. It is danced to big band (usually vocal) music. The dance is similar in its look to waltz, although the rhythm is in a time ...

(Ballroom Social) * Freak dancing * The Freddy * Frevo * Frug * Freestyle * Fugdi * Funaná * Furiant * Furlana

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* Gainjeonmokdan * Gair dance * Gaitanaki *

Galliard The ''galliard'' (; ; ) was a form of Renaissance dance and Renaissance music, music popular all over Europe in the 16th century. It is mentioned in dance manuals from England, Portugal, France, Spain, Germany, and Italy. Dance form The ''gal ...

* Galop * Gambols * Gambuh * Gammaldans * Gandrung * Ganggangsullae * Gankino (Bulgaria) *

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* Gankino horo * Ganggangsullae * Garadi * Garba (folk dance of state of Gujarat, India) * Garland dance * Gato (Argentina, Uruguay) * Gaudiya Nritya (West Bengal, India) * Gaur Maria Dance *

Gavotte The gavotte (also gavot, gavote, or gavotta) is a French dance, taking its name from a folk dance of the Gavot, the people of the Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Pays de Gap region of Dauphiné in the southeast of France, where the dance originated, accordin ...

(Brittany), Gavot (historical) * Gay Gordons * Gending Sriwijaya * Geommu * Gerontikos * Ghoomar (Folk Dance of Rajasthan, Northern India) * Ghumura Dance (Folk dance of Kalahandi,

Orissa Odisha (), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is a state located in Eastern India. It is the eighth-largest state by area, and the eleventh-largest by population, with over 41 million inhabitants. The state also has the thir ...

, India). * Giddha (Folk dance of Northern India) *

Gigue The gigue ( , ) or giga () is a lively baroque dance originating from the English jig. It was imported into France in the mid-17th centuryBellingham, Jane"gigue."''The Oxford Companion to Music''. Ed. Alison Latham. Oxford Music Online. 6 July ...

* Giknas * Gluvo-nemo * Gombey (Bermuda) * Gombhira * Goravara Kunitha * Goria dance * Goseong ogwangdae *

Gotipua ''Gotipua'' (Odia language, Odia- ଗୋଟିପୁଅ, pronounced ''goṭipuå'') is a traditional dance form in the state of Odisha, India, and the precursor of Odissi classical dance. It has been performed in Orissa for centuries by young ...

(

, India) * Grancharsko horo * Grida dance * Griddy * Grinding *

Grizzly Bear The grizzly bear (''Ursus arctos horribilis''), also known as the North American brown bear or simply grizzly, is a population or subspecies of the brown bear inhabiting North America. In addition to the mainland grizzly (''Ursus arctos horr ...

* Guaguancó * Guapacha * Gumboot dance (Africa) * Gusharaveli

H

* 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 The hasapiko (, , meaning “the butcher's ance��) is a Greek folk dance from Constantinople. The dance originated in the Middle Ages as a battle mime with swords performed by the Greek butchers' guild, which adopted it from the military of ...

(

) * Headbanging * Highland dancing *

Hip hop dance Hip hop dance is a range of street dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture. It is influenced by a wide range of styles that were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in ...

* Hiragasy * Historical dance * Hitch hike * Hivinau * Hoedown * Hojagiri * Hokey Pokey, also known as Hokey-cokey, Okey-cokey * Holubka * 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 (

) *

Hula Hula () is a Hawaiian dance form expressing chant (''oli'') or song (Mele (Hawaiian language), ''mele''). It was developed in the Hawaiian Islands by the Native Hawaiians who settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli ...

* Hulivesha * Hully Gully * Humppa (see Music of Finland) * Hunguhungu * Hustle and its variant, New York Hustle (Club) ** Latin Hustle * Hutsulka * Hyporchema

I

* Ikariotikos (

) * Improv Tribal Style Belly Dance * Indlamu * Innaby * Intercessory dance * International folk dance *

Interpretive dance Interpretive dance is a family of modern dance styles that began around 1900 with Isadora Duncan. It used classical concert music but marked a departure from traditional concert dance, as a rebellion against the strict rules of classical ballet ...

Irish dance Irish dance refers to the traditional dance forms that originate in Ireland, including both solo and group dance forms, for social, competitive, and performance purposes. Irish dance has evolved over centuries and is believed to have its roots i ...

* Irish Sean-Nós Dance * Irish Stepdance * Isios * Isos Sinasos * Israeli folk dancing

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* Ja'i * Janger * Jangi * Jarabe tapatío * Jarana yucateca *

Java Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea (a part of Pacific Ocean) to the north. With a population of 156.9 million people (including Madura) in mid 2024, proje ...

* Jazz dance * Jenkka * Jerkin' *

Jhijhiya Jhijhiya (also called Jhijhari) is a cultural folk dance of Mithila (region), Mithila region of India and Nepal. It is performed during the Vijayadashami, Dusshera festival, in the Hindu month of Ashvin (month), Ashwin (September/October). The da ...

* Jhum dance * Jhumair * Jhumar * Jig Ireland * Jig (Scottish country) *

Jitterbug Jitterbug is a generalized term used to describe Swing (dance), swing dancing. It is often synonymous with the lindy hop dance but might include elements of the Jive (dance), jive, east coast swing, collegiate shag, Charleston (dance), charlesto ...

(Swing) ** Cajun Jitterbug ** Jitterbug Stroll (Line dance, Swing) * Jive (Ballroom, International Latin) * Joged (

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

n) * Joget * John Wall dance * Jookin * Jota (Spanish dance) * Jove Malaj Mome (Bulgarian folk dance) * Juego de maní *

Jumpstyle Jumpstyle is an electronic dance music, electronic dance style and music genre popular in Western Europe, originally in Belgium. Jumpstyling is often referred to as "Jumpen": a combination of the English word 'Jump' and the Dutch and German suf ...

(Techno based dance)

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* Kabasaran * Kachāshī (Okinawa, Japan) * Kakilambe *

Kalamatianos The Kalamatianós (Modern Greek Συρτός Καλαματιανός ''Syrtós Kalamatianós'', but usually only called Καλαματιανός ''Kalamatianós'') is one of the best-known dances of Greece. It is a popular Greek dances, Greek fol ...

(

) * Kalbelia * Kalikapatadi * Kalymnikos (

) * Kamarinskaya (Russia) * Kamilierikos * Kamrupi dance * Kancet Papatai * Kandyan Dance(

Kandy Kandy (, ; , ) is a major city located in the Central Province, Sri Lanka, Central Province of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the Sinhalese monarchy from 1469 to 1818, under the Kingdom of Kandy. The city is situated in the midst of ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, also known historically as Ceylon, is an island country in South Asia. It lies in the Indian Ocean, southwest of the Bay of Bengal, separated from the Indian subcontinent, ...

) * Kanella * Kangeli * Kangilu * Kaosikii dance * Kapitan Louka * Karakattam * Karana * Karikázó * Karma Naach * Karsilamas ** Entarisi ala benziyor * Kastorianos * Kaşık Havası *

Kathak ''Kathak'' is one of the eight major forms of Classical Indian dance, Indian classical dance. Its origin is attributed to the traveling bards in ancient northern India known as ''Kathakar'' ("storyteller"), who communicated stories from the ...

(

Classical Indian dance Indian classical dance, or ''Shastriya Nritya'', is an umbrella term for different regionally-specific Indian classical dance traditions, rooted in predominantly Hindu musical theatre performance,, Quote: All of the dances considered to be part ...

) * Kathakali (India, incorporates dance) * Katsabadianos * Kebyar duduk * Kecak * Kechagiadikos * Keisabadi (Folk dance from

, India) * Kenshibu * Kerala Natanam (Indian dance created by Guru Gopinath) * Kerkiraikos * Khaleegy * Khanchobany * Khasapiko (

) * Khattak Dance ( Pashtun) * Khigga ( Assyrian folk dance) * Khon ( Thai dance) * Khorovod (Russia) * Khorumi * Kikkli * Kinigitos * Kizomba (

Angola Angola, officially the Republic of Angola, is a country on the west-Central Africa, central coast of Southern Africa. It is the second-largest Portuguese-speaking world, Portuguese-speaking (Lusophone) country in both total area and List of c ...

) * Klezmer ( Israeli

Jewish Jews (, , ), or the Jewish people, are an ethnoreligious group and nation, originating from the Israelites of History of ancient Israel and Judah, ancient Israel and Judah. They also traditionally adhere to Judaism. Jewish ethnicity, rel ...

) * Klompendansen (Dutch) * Kochari * Koftos (

) * Kolannalu * Kolata * Kolbasti (

) * Kolo (Slavic) * Kolomyjka ( Ukrainian) * Kontradans (

) * Kopačka * Kopanitsa (Bulgaria) * Körtánc * Kotsari or Kochari (; ; ; ka, ქოჩარი; Laz: Koçari; ) * Koutsos * Kōwakamai * Kozachok ( Ukrainian) * Kpanlogo *

Krakowiak The Krakowiak or Cracovienne is a fast, syncopated Polish folk dance in duple time from the region of Kraków and Lesser Poland. The folk outfit worn for the dance has become the national costume of Poland, most notably, the rogatywka peaked hat ...

(

Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...

) * Krishnanattam (India) * Kromanti dance * Krumping * Kuchipudi (

) * Kuda Lumping * Kuduro * Kujawiak (

) * Kullawada * Kumi Odori * Kumina * Kummi * Kurdish dance (

and

) * Kwassa kwassa

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* Lafina * Lahasua * Lakalaka * Lambada * Lambeth Walk * Lambri Kamara * Lap dance * Larakaraka * Lasya * Latin dance *

Lavani Lavani is a genre of music popular in Maharashtra, India. Lavani is a combination of traditional song and dance, which particularly performed to the beats of ''Dholki'', a percussion instrument. Lavani is noted for its powerful rhythm. Lavani h ...

(Indian, Maharashtra) * Ländler (Austria) * Lebang Boomani dance * Legényes * Legong * Lerikos (

) * LeRoc (Modern Jive, Ceroc) * Les Lanciers * Letkajenkka (also known as Letkis, Letkajenka, Letkiss, Letka-Enka, Let's Kiss Jenka, La Yenka) * Leventikos (

) * Lezginka (Russian Caucasus Region) * Lezim * Likok Pulo *

Limbo The unofficial term Limbo (, or , referring to the edge of Hell) is the afterlife condition in medieval Catholic theology, of those who die in original sin without being assigned to the Hell of the Damned. However, it has become the gene ...

(dancers pass under horizontal pole) * Linđo *

(Swing) *

Line dance A line dance is a choreographed dance in which a group of people dance along to a repeating sequence of dance step, steps while arranged in one or more lines or rows. These lines usually face all in the same direction, or less commonly face each ot ...

Lion dance Lion dance ( zh, s=舞狮, t=舞獅, p=wǔshī, c=, first=t) is a form of traditional dance in Culture of China, Chinese culture and other Asian countries in which performers mimic a Asiatic lion, lion's movements in a lion costume to bring good l ...

* Lipothymiarikos * Liscio (Italian traditional music and dance inspired to Waltz, Polka and Mazurka) * Llamerada * Locking * Long Sword * Loulouvikos * Loure (historical) * Lyrical dance

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* Maanch * Macarena (Spain) * Maculelê * Madison (Line dance) *

Maglalatik The ''Maglalatik'' (also known as ''Manlalatik'' or ''Magbabao'') is a folk dance from the Philippines performed by male dancers. Coconut shell halves are secured onto the dancers' hands and on vests upon which are hung four or six more cocon ...

(Folk Dance of Philippines) * Mahari dance * Mak Inang * Makedonia * Makedonikos antikristos * Makrinitsa dance * Mak Sa'moa *

Mako , better known by the mononym name Mako (sometimes stylised MAKO), is a Japanese Voice acting in Japan, voice actress, singing, singer and a member of the band Bon-Bon Blanco, in which her prominent role is as the maraca player. She has also perf ...

* Malaguena *

Malhão The Malhão is a Portuguese circle dance and song in Duple time, time from Estremadura Province (historical), Estremadura. The first line of one version is "Malhão, malhão, o malhão do norte", which can be translated as "winnower, winnower, o wi ...

* Malwai Giddha *

Mambo Mambo most often refers to: *Mambo (music), a Cuban musical form *Mambo (dance), a dance corresponding to mambo music Mambo may also refer to: Music * Mambo section, a section in arrangements of some types of Afro-Caribbean music, particul ...

(American Ballroom, of Cuban origin) * Mamita * Mandilatos * Maniatikos * Manipuri (

Classical Indian Dance Indian classical dance, or ''Shastriya Nritya'', is an umbrella term for different regionally-specific Indian classical dance traditions, rooted in predominantly Hindu musical theatre performance,, Quote: All of the dances considered to be part ...

) * Mapalé * Mapouka * Mardana Jhumair * Marinera (

) * Mascherata * Mashed Potato *

Masque The masque was a form of festive courtly entertainment that flourished in 16th- and early 17th-century Europe, though it was developed earlier in Italy, in forms including the intermedio (a public version of the masque was the pageant). A mas ...

* Matachin
Matachines
* Matki dance * Māʻuluʻulu * Maypole dance * Maxixe (Social) * Mazur (dance) (

) * Mazurka (

) * Medieval dance * Meʻetuʻupaki * Meke * Melbourne Shuffle (Australia) * Menora * Merengue (Latin Club) * Méringue (

) * Metelytsia (( Ukrainian), khorovod) * Metsovitikos * Mihanikos * Milonga (see

) *

Minuet A minuet (; also spelled menuet) is a social dance of French origin for two people, usually written in time. The English word was adapted from the Italian ''minuetto'' and the French ''menuet''. The term also describes the musical form tha ...

* Mirzayi * Mixer dance * Mizmar *

Modern dance Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert dance, concert or theatrical dance which includes dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th ...

* Modern Jive * Mohiniyattam (

Indian classical dance Indian classical dance, or ''Shastriya Nritya'', is an umbrella term for different regionally-specific Indian classical dance traditions, rooted in predominantly Hindu musical theatre performance,, Quote: All of the dances considered to be part ...

) * Molly dance * Monferrina * Monodiplos *

Moonwalker ''Moonwalker'' is a 1988 American experimental film, experimental anthology film, anthology musical film starring Michael Jackson. Rather than featuring one continuous narrative, the film expresses the influence of fandom and innocence through ...

* Moraego * Morenada (

) * Moresca * Moreška *

Morris dance Morris dancing is a form of English folklore, English folk dance. It is based on rhythmic stepping and the execution of choreographed figures by a group of dancers in costume, usually wearing bell pads on their shins, their shoes or both. A ban ...

* Mosak sulmani dance *

Moshing Moshing (also known as slam dancing or simply slamming) is an extreme style of dancing in which participants push or slam into each other. Taking place in an area called the mosh pit (or simply the pit), it is typically performed to aggressive s ...

* Mpougatsas * Mugo * Muiñeira ( Galicia, Spain) * Mujra *

Mule The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey, and a horse. It is the offspring of a male donkey (a jack) and a female horse (a mare). The horse and the donkey are different species, with different numbers of chromosomes; of the two ...

* Murga (Argentina, Uruguay, Spain) * Mussoll * Mwanzele

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* Nabichum * Nacnī (Folk dance from

) * Nae Nae * Naleyo * Namgen * Napoloni * Nati * Newa dance * New Vogue * Niiko * Nijemo Kolo * Nizamikos * Novelty and fad dances * Ntames * Ntournerakia * Nutbush

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* O Nikolos * Oberek (also called ''Obertas'' or ''Ober'',

) * Odissi * Okeme* ''Orissi'' (

, India) * Odzemek * Ohafia War Dance * Ohangla dance * Ojapali (folk dance from Assam, India) *

Okayama is the prefectural capital, capital Cities of Japan, city of Okayama Prefecture in the Chūgoku region of Japan. The Okayama metropolitan area, centered around the city, has the largest urban employment zone in the Chugoku region of western J ...

* Okumkpa * Oleg * Omal * One-Step * Oro (eagle dance) * Orunyege-Ntogoro * Oruro Diablada *

'ote'a The ōtea (usually written as ''otea'') is a traditional dance from Tahiti characterized by a rapid hip-shaking motion to percussion accompaniment. The dancers, standing in several rows, may be further choreographed to execute different figures (in ...

* Otole dance * ʻotuhaka * Owa dance

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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 (dance), Peabody (ballroom) * Peacock dance * Peewee dance, Peewee style (originated by Pee-wee Herman in Pee-wee's Big Adventure) * Pembe * Pendet * Pentozali (

) * Perini Shivatandavam * Perinița * Perkhuli * Persian dance (

) * Petrunino Horo * Phulpati dance * Picking Up Sticks * Pidikhtos (

) * Pilioritikos * Pirgousikos * Piva (dance), Piva * Pizzica * Plataniotiko Nero * Plena * Poco-poco * Podaraki * Pogo (dance), Pogo (A punk dance, consisting of jumping up and down) * Pogonishte * Pole dancing * Polka - many named versions (Ballroom, Folk, Historical) * Polka-mazurka * Polonaise (dance), Polonaise * Pols (Norway, Folk, see Polska (dance), Polska) * Polska (dance), Polska (pl.: Polskor; Sweden, Folk) * Pom Squad * Pony (dance), Pony * Popping * Pop, Lock, and Drop It (

) * 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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* Qhapaq Qulla * Quadrille * Queer Tango * Quickstep (Ballroom) * Quebradita (Mexico)

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* Dandiya Raas, Raas * Raibenshe * Rain dancing * Ramvong (Cambodia) * Rapper sword * Raqs sharqi * La Raspa * Raut Nacha (Folk dance of Chhattisgarh, India) * Rebetiko dances (

) * Red River Jig (Canadian Métis) * Redowa * Reel (dance), Reel (Ireland, Irish and Scotland, Scottish) * Regency dance * Reggada * Rejang dance *

* Reog * Rhumba (a.k.a. ballroom rumba; International Latin & American Rhythm) ** Cuban rumba (Cuba) * Rigaudon * Rinkafadda * Robam Meh Ambao * Robam Neary Chea Chuor * Robam Tep Apsara * Robot dance *Rock and Roll (dance), Rock and Roll ** Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll * Rodat (dance), Rodat * Roger de Coverley * Rom kbach * Romvong * Ronggeng * Round dance (ballroom), Round dance (two kinds: circular chain, couples) * Rougatsiarikos * Rudl * Rugovo (sword dance), Rugovo

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* Sabaragamu Dance(Sabaragamuwa Province, Sri Lanka) * Sadi Moma * Sagayan * Salegy * Salsa (dance), Salsa (Latin Club) ** Rueda de Casino, Salsa Rueda (Latin Club, Round) * Saltarello * Saman (dance), Saman * Samba (Brazilian dance), Samba **Samba de Gafieira * Samba (ballroom dance) * Sambai * Sammi (dance), Sammi * Sanding (dance), Sanding * Sanghyang * Sangini * Sangrai dance * Sapera * Sarabande (Saraband) * Sârbă * Sardana (Catalonia) * Sattriya dance (Assam, India) * Schottische * Schuhplattler * Scottish country dance * Scottish highland dance * Sean-nós dance, Sean-Nós Dance (Ireland - Irish Dance in Sean Nós "Old Style") * Seann triubhas * Seguidilla (Spanish, folk) * Semba (Angola) * Sequence dance * Serpent dance * Serra (dance), Serra (

) * Irish stepdance#Solo dance, Set Dance Ireland * Seungjeonmu * Seungmu * Sevillanas (Spain) * Sewang dance * Shag (Swing) ** Carolina shag ** Collegiate shag ** St. Louis shag * The Shake (dance), Shake * Shalakho * Shim Sham (Line dance) * Shimmy * Shota (dance), Shota * Sianos * Siklla * Simd (dance), Simd * Simeriani * Singhi Chham * Singkil * Single Swing (Single Time Swing) * Singo Ulung * Sirmpa * Sirtaki (Syrtaki, Zorba) (

) * Sivas bar * Skank (dance) * Ski ballet * Skip jive * Skočná * Slängpolska (Sweden, Folk, see Polska) * Slip jig (Ireland) * Slow dance * Slow Foxtrot - also known as Foxtrot and Slowfox (Ballroom) * Snoa (dance), Snoa * Social dance * Soke (dance), Soke * Sokkie * Solomon Islands dance * Son (music), Son (Mayan, Guatemala/Mexico) * Šopka * Sōran Bushi * Sousedská * Sousta (

) * Špacírka * Sperveri * Springar * Square dance * Modern western square dance, Square dance (Modern western) * Traditional square dance, Square dance (Traditional) * Stage diving * Stamoulo * Stanky Legg (GS Boys) * Starotikveško * Stave dancing * Step dance (Ireland) * Stiletto dance (American contemporary solo dance) * Stomp dance * Strathspey (dance), Strathspey * Street dance * The Strictly (British television dance) * Striptease * Strip the willow * Subli * Suleiman Aga (dance), Suleiman Aga * Sundanese dance * Surra de Bunda * Suscia * Swing (dance), Swing (both as family of dances and as specific Texas dance) * Sword dance * Syrtos (

) ** Kalamatianos, Kalamatianos Syrtos (Mainland Syrtos) (

)

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* Taepyeongmu * Tahtib * Tambor (dance), Tambor * Tambourin (Provençal) * Tamena Ibuga * Tamure * Tamzara * Tandava (India) * Tanggai dance * Tango (dance), Tango (

) (Ballroom, Social, Club) **

- also known as Tango Argentino (Social) ** Uruguayan Tango - also known as Tango Uruguayo (Social) ** Tango (ballroom), Ballroom Tango - competitive and social dance styles ** Brazilian Tango - see Maxixe ** Finnish tango * Thirayattam (Indian Ethnic dance) * Thiriyuzhichil * Tanggai dance * Tanoura (dance), Tanoura (Egyptian dance) * Tap Charleston (see

) * Tap dance * Tapeinos horos * Tarakama (dance), Tarakama * Tarantella (Italian, folk) * Tatsia * Tau'olunga (Tongan or Samoan - Polynesian origins) * Tautoga * Ta Xila * Tecktonik ("tck") * Teke zortlatmasi * Tello (dance), Tello * Temani (dance), Temani ( Israeli

dance) * Temuraga * Tertali * Teshkoto * Texas Tommy (dance), Texas Tommy (see

) * Thabal chongba * Thidambu Nritham * Thirayattam * Thirra * The Thistle (Scottish ladies' solo step dance)) * Tiger dance * Tinikling (

) * Time Warp (song), Time Warp * Tinku (

) * Tobas (dance), Tobas * Tondero (

) * Topeng dance * Tourdion (historical) * Toycular yarcan * Toyi-toyi * Traditional dance * Tranky Doo (Swing, Line dance) * Tranos Choros * Trata (dance), Trata (

) * Trepak (The Nutcracker) (Russian dance; character dance from the ballet ''The Nutcracker'') * Tresenica * American Tribal Style Belly Dance, Tribal Style Belly Dance * Tripuri dances * Trizalis * Troika (dance), Troika (Folk, Russian,

) * Trojak (dance), Trojak * Tromakton * Tropak (folk) * Tropanka * Tropotianka * Trump Dance * Tsakonikos (

) * Tsamiko (

) * Tsestos * Tsifteteli (Tsifte-Teli) (Çifte-telli) (Turkish people, Turkish) (

)(Romani people, Romani)(Arabic) * Tsiniaris * Tufo (dance), Tufo * Tumba francesa * Tutsa Naga * Tutting (dance), Tutting * Twerking * Twist (dance), Twist * Two-step (dance move), Two-step ** Cajun Two Step ** Country/Western Two-step ** Nightclub two-step - also known as California Two-step, abbrn: NC2S ** Progressive Double Two * Twoubadou (

) * Tyrolienne

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* Ukrainian dance * Ula (dance), Ula * Ulek mayang * 'upa'upa, claimed to be the origin of merengue music and Merengue (dance), dance * Uprock (as known as ''Rock Dance'' or ''Rocking'') * Ura (dance), Ura * Urban Dance * Uzundara

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* Vallja e cobanit * Valse à deux temps * Van papuri * Varsovienne * Vayia Strose kai Louloudia * Veeragase * Veeranatyam * Verbunkos * Vesnianky * Vintage dance * Vira (dance), Vira * Virginia reel (dance), Virginia reel * Vlečenoto * Vogue (dance) * Volkspele * Volta (dance)

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* Waacking * Waka waka (dance), Waka waka * Waltz ** Cross-step waltz ** International standard waltz ** Peruvian waltz ** Venezuelan waltz ** Viennese waltz * War dance * Wari (dance), Wari * Watusi (dance), Watusi (fad dance) * Wayang wong * Weapon dance * West Coast Swing ("WCS"; Swing, United States) * Western swing (United States) ** Sophisticated Swing (an older name of WCS) * Western promenade dance * Whirling * Wilt thou go to the barracks, Johnny? * Winterguard * Wolosso (Ivory Coast) * Worship dance

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* Xaxado * Xibelani dance, Xibelani (traditional Shangaan people, Shangaan (South Africa))

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* Yablochko (Russian, folk) * Yakshagana (Karnataka, India) * Yangge * Yarkhushta * Yein * Yingge dance * Y.M.C.A. (song), YMCA * Yosakoi (Japanese) * Youz bir * Yove male mome * Yowlah (rifle dance from UAE) * Yup'ik dancing * Yurukikos

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* Zaharoula * Zamacueca * Zamba (artform), Zamba (

) * Zambra * Zaouli * Zapateado (Mexico) * Zapateado (Spain) * Zapin (Malay traditional dancing, Malaysia) * Zarambeque * Zaramo (dance), Zaramo * Zeybek dance * Zeibekiko * Zervodexios * Zervos (dance), Zervos * Zeybek dance * Zonaradiko (Thrace) * Zorba's dance, another name for Sirtaki (of Greek origin) * Zouk (musical movement), Zouk (

) * Zwiefacher (Germany) * Zydeco (dance), Zydeco (

, U.S.)

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