List of dance styles
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.
American
Most popular styles: tap, lyrical, and jazz
Belly dances
- Belly dance
- Raqs Sharqi
- Turkish belly dance
- Oriental fusion
- Tribal belly dance
- American tribal fusion
- Saidi
- Kawleeya
- Khaleeji
- Baladi
- Dabkeh
- Romani dance
- Bharat Natyam
- Odissi
Ceremonial dance
- Haka
- Kagura
- Ritual dances of China
- Sacred dance
- Cham dance
- Drametse Ngacham
- Prophetic dance
- Rejang dance
- Sanghyang
- Sufi whirling
- Worship dance
Disco / 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[2]
- Robot
- The Shake
- Shimmy
- Spank
- Watergate
- Watusi
Free and improvised dance
- Bogo lelo dance
- Contact improvisation
- Dance improvisation
- Ecstatic dance
- Free dance
- Fusion dance
- Interpretive dance
- Modern dance
Historical dance
- Ballet
- Baroque dance
- Medieval dance
- Regency dance
- Renaissance dance
- Ultapulta dance
Latin dance/ Rhythm
- American Rhythm
- Bolero willy
- East Coast Swing
- Mambo
- Rumba
- Bachata
- Cha Cha
- Corridos
- Cumbia
- Duranguense
- Forró
- International Latin
- Lambada
- Pasodoble
- Quebradita
- Samba de roda
- Samba enredo
- Tejano dance
- Zapateado:
Novelty and fad dances
Social dance
Street dance/ Electronic 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
- Western Swing
Other
References
- ^ www.steezy.co/posts/what-is-jazz-dance Wat is Jazz dance Retrieved 26 April 2023
- ^ Popcorn Retrieved 4 May 2023
Further reading
- Carter, A. (1998) The Routledge Dance Studies Reader. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-16447-8
- Sharp, C. J. (1924) The dance; an historical survey of dancing in Europe. Rowman and Littlefield. ISBN 0-87471-105-3
- Thomas, H. (2003) The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory. Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-72432-1
- Feliksdal, B (2003) Modern Tap Dance, ISBN 90-807699-2-4 Bekebooks
- Feliksdal, B (2004) Jazz Dance Syllabus Jazz, Rhythm, Body and Soul. ISBN 90-807699-4-0 Bekebooks. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Flamenco
- Feliksdal, B (2009) Urban Dance-Jazzdans, ISBN 978-90-807699-6-0 Bekebooks. Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Shipter Fan, B (2009) "Urban Dance-Jazzdans", Bekebooks. Amsterdam, Netherlands