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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:

  • List of dance style categories
  • List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin
  • List of national dances

Categories listed on these specialized (categorized) lists should also be included in this general index.

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A

  • Abayı
  • Abbots Bromley Horn Dance
  • Acharuli (Georgian folk dance)
  • Acro dance
  • Adana
  • Adowa dance
  • Affranchi (Haiti)
  • Agbadza
  • Agir Karadagi
  • Ai Georgis
  • Alanta dance
  • Alkayida
  • Allemande
  • An Dro
  • Angaliastos
  • Angama (from Japan's Yaeyama Islands)
  • Angelica
  • Animal dance
  • Antikristos
  • Antipatitis
  • 'Aparima
  • Apu Inka
  • Arab dance
  • Aragonaise
  • Arcan
  • Ardah (Arab tribal war dance)
  • Argentine Tango
  • Arkan (Ukrainian, Hutsul)
  • Armenian line dance
  • Asma kasma
  • Assiko
  • Assyrian folk dance (Assyrian folk dances)
  • Asyik
  • Atilogwu
  • Atsiapat
  • Attan (Pashtun)
  • Awki awki
  • Azonto (Ghanaian dance)

B

  • 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
    • Walking 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)
    • Cajun Jig or Cajun One Step
    • Cajun Jitterbug and Two Step
  • 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 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

E

F

  • Fa'ataupati
  • Fan dance (Chinese or burlesque)
  • Fandango (Spain)
  • Fanga
  • Farandole (Provençal)
  • Faroese dance
  • Farruca
  • Festejo
  • Figure skating
  • Fisounis
  • Flamenco (Spanish/Roma)
  • Floss (Western)
  • Folk dance
  • Formation dance
  • Forró (dance from northeast of Brazil)
  • Foxtrot (Ballroom Social)
  • Freak dancing
  • The Freddy
  • Frevo
  • Frug
  • Freestyle
  • Freeze Dance
  • Fugdi
  • Funaná
  • Furiant
  • Furlana

G

  • Gainjeonmokdan
  • Gair dance
  • Gaitanaki
  • Galliard
  • Galop
  • Gambuh
  • Gammaldans
  • Gandrung
  • Ganggangsullae
  • Gankino (Bulgaria)
  • Gangnam Style
  • 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 (Brittany), Gavot (historical)
  • Gay Gordons
  • Gending Sriwijaya
  • Geommu
  • Gerontikos
  • Ghoomar (Folk Dance of Rajasthan, Northern India)
  • Ghumura Dance (Folk dance of Kalahandi, Orissa/Odisha, India).
  • Giddha (Folk dance of Northern India)
  • Gigue
  • Giknas
  • Gluvo-nemo
  • Gombey (Bermuda)
  • Gombhira
  • Goravara Kunitha
  • Goria dance
  • Goseong ogwangdae
  • Gotipua (Odisha, India)
  • Grancharsko horo
  • Grida dance
  • Griddy
  • Grinding
  • Grizzly Bear
  • 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 (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)
    • Latin Hustle
  • Hutsulka
  • Hyporchema
  • Hakiri

I

  • Ikariotikos (Greece)
  • Improv Tribal Style Belly Dance
  • Indlamu
  • Innaby
  • Intercessory dance
  • International folk dance
  • Interpretive dance
  • Irish dance
  • Irish Sean-Nós Dance
  • Irish Stepdance
  • Isios
  • Isos Sinasos
  • Israeli folk dancing

J

  • Ja'i
  • Janger
  • Jangi
  • Jarabe tapatío
  • Jarana yucateca
  • Java
  • Jazz dance
  • Jenkka
  • Jerkin'
  • Jhijhiya
  • Jhum dance
  • Jhumair
  • Jhumar
  • Jig Ireland
  • Jig (Scottish country)
  • Jitterbug (Swing)
    • Cajun Jitterbug
    • Jitterbug Stroll (Line dance, Swing)
  • Jive (Ballroom, International Latin)
  • Joged (Indonesian)
  • Joget
  • John Wall dance
  • Jookin
  • Jota (Spanish dance)
  • Jove Malaj Mome (Bulgarian folk dance)
  • Juego de maní
  • Jumpstyle (Techno based dance)

K

  • Kabasaran
  • Kachāshī (Okinawa, Japan)
  • Kakilambe
  • Kalamatianos (Greece)
  • Kalbelia
  • Kalikapatadi
  • Kalymnikos (Greece)
  • Kamarinskaya (Russia)
  • Kamilierikos
  • Kamrupi dance
  • Kancet Papatai
  • Kanella
  • Kangeli
  • Kangilu
  • Kaosikii dance
  • Kapitan Louka
  • Karakattam
  • Karana
  • Karikázó
  • Karma Naach
  • Karsilamas
    • Entarisi ala benziyor
  • Kastorianos
  • Kaşık Havası
  • Kathak (Classical Indian dance)
  • Kathakali (India, incorporates dance)
  • Katsabadianos
  • Kebyar duduk
  • Kecak
  • Kechagiadikos
  • Keisabadi (Folk dance from Odisha, India)
  • Kenshibu
  • Kerala Natanam (Indian dance created by Guru Gopinath)
  • Kerkiraikos
  • Khaleegy
  • Khanchobany
  • Khasapiko (Greece)
  • Khattak Dance (Pashtun)
  • Khigga (Assyrian folk dance)
  • Khon (Thai dance)
  • Khorovod (Russia)
  • Khorumi
  • Kikkli
  • Kinigitos
  • Kizomba (Angola)
  • Kleistos (Greece)
  • Klezmer (Israeli Jewish)
  • Klompendansen (Dutch)
  • Kochari
  • Koftos (Greece)
  • Kolannalu
  • Kolata
  • Kolbasti (Turkey)
  • Kolo (Slavic)
  • Kolomyjka (Ukrainian)
  • Kontradans (Haiti)
  • Kopačka
  • Kopanitsa (Bulgaria)
  • Körtánc
  • Kotsari or Kochari (Armenian: Քոչարի; Turkish: Koçari; Greek: Κότσαρι; Georgian: ქოჩარი; Laz: Koçari; Azerbaijani: Köçəri)
  • Koutsos
  • Kōwakamai
  • Kozachok (Ukrainian)
  • Kpanlogo
  • Krakowiak (Poland)
  • Krishnanattam (India)
  • Kromanti dance
  • Krumping
  • Kuchipudi (Classical Indian dance)
  • Kuda Lumping
  • Kuduro
  • Kujawiak (Poland)
  • Kullawada
  • Kumi Odori
  • Kumina
  • Kummi
  • Kurdish dance (Iran and Iraq)
  • Kwassa kwassa

L

  • Lafina
  • Lahasua
  • Lakalaka
  • Lambada
  • Lambeth Walk
  • Lambri Kamara
  • Lasya
  • Latin dance
  • Lavani (Indian, Maharashtra)
  • Ländler (Austria)
  • Lebang Boomani dance
  • Legényes
  • Legong
  • Lerikos (Greece)
  • LeRoc (Modern Jive, Ceroc)
  • Les Lanciers
  • Letkajenkka (also known as Letkis, Letkajenka, Letkiss, Letka-Enka, Let's Kiss Jenka, La Yenka)
  • Leventikos (Greece)
  • Lezginka (Russian Caucasus Region)
  • Lezim
  • Likok Pulo
  • Limbo (dancers pass under horizontal pole)
  • Linđo
  • Lindy Hop (Swing)
  • Line dance
  • Lion dance
  • Lipothymiarikos
  • Liscio (Italian traditional music and dance inspired to Waltz, Polka and Mazurka)
  • Llamerada
  • Locking
  • Long Sword
  • Loulouvikos
  • Loure (historical)
  • Lurish dance (Iran and Iraq)
  • Lyrical dance

M

  • Maanch
  • Macarena (Spain)
  • Maculelê
  • Madison (Line dance)
  • Maglalatik (Folk Dance of Philippines)
  • Mahari dance
  • Mak Inang
  • Makedonia
  • Makedonikos antikristos
  • Makrinitsa dance
  • Mak Sa'moa
  • Mako
  • Malaguena
  • Malhão
  • Malwai Giddha
  • Mambo (American Ballroom, of Cuban origin)
  • Mamita
  • Mandilatos
  • Maniatikos
  • Manipuri (Classical Indian Dance)
  • Mapalé
  • Mapouka
  • Mardana Jhumair
  • Marinera (Peru)
  • Mascherata
  • Mashed Potato
  • Masque
  • Matachin (Matachines)
  • Matki dance
  • Māʻuluʻulu
  • Maypole dance
  • Maxixe (Social)
  • Mazur (dance) (Poland)
  • Mazurka (Poland)
  • Mchogoro (Mayotte)
  • Medieval dance
  • Meʻetuʻupaki
  • Meke
  • Melbourne Shuffle (Australia)
  • Menora
  • Merengue (Latin Club)
  • Méringue (Haiti)
  • Metelytsia ((Ukrainian), khorovod)
  • Metsovitikos
  • Mihanikos
  • Milonga (see Argentine Tango)
  • Minuet
  • Mirzayi
  • Mixer dance
  • Mizmar
  • Modern dance
  • Modern Jive
  • Mohiniyattam (Indian classical dance)
  • Molly dance
  • Monferrina
  • Monodiplos
  • Moonwalker
  • Moraego
  • Morenada (Bolivia)
  • Moresca
  • Moreška
  • Morris dance
  • Mosak sulmani dance
  • Moshing
  • Mpougatsas
  • Mugo
  • Muiñeira (Galicia, Spain)
  • Mujra
  • Mule
  • Murga (Argentina, Uruguay, Spain)
  • Mussoll
  • Mwanzele

N

  • Nabichum
  • Nacnī (Folk dance from Odisha/Orissa)
  • Nae Nae
  • Namgen
  • Napoloni
  • Nati
  • Newa dance
  • New Vogue
  • Niiko
  • Nijemo Kolo
  • Nizamikos
  • Novelty and fad dances
  • Ntames
  • Ntournerakia
  • Nutbush

O

  • O Nikolos
  • Oberek (also called Obertas or Ober, Poland)
  • Odissi a.k.a. Orissi (Odisha, India)
  • Odzemek
  • Ohafia War Dance
  • Ohangla dance
  • Ojapali (folk dance from Assam, India)
  • Okayama
  • Okumkpa
  • Oleg
  • Omal
  • One-Step
  • Oro (eagle dance)
  • Oruro Diablada
  • 'ote'a
  • ʻotuhaka
  • Owa dance

P

  • 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
  • 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)

Q

R

  • Raas
  • Raibenshe
  • Rain dancing
  • Ramvong (Cambodia)
  • Rapper sword
  • Raqs sharqi
  • La Raspa
  • Raut Nacha (Folk dance of Chhattisgarh, India)
  • Rebetiko dances (Greece)
  • Red River Jig (Canadian Métis)
  • Redowa
  • Reel (Irish and Scottish)
  • Regency dance
  • Reggada
  • Rejang dance
  • Renaissance 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
    • Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll
  • Rodat
  • Roger de Coverley
  • Rom kbach
  • Romvong
  • Ronggeng
  • Round dance (two kinds: circular chain, couples)
  • Rougatsiarikos
  • Rudl
  • Rugovo

S

  • Sadi Moma
  • Sagayan
  • Salegy
  • Salsa (Latin Club)
    • Salsa Rueda (Latin Club, Round)
  • Saltarello
  • Saman
  • Samba
    • Samba de Gafieira
  • Samba (ballroom dance)
  • Sambai
  • Sammi
  • 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 (Ireland - Irish Dance in Sean Nós "Old Style")
  • Seann triubhas
  • Seguidilla (Spanish, folk)
  • Semba (Angola)
  • Sequence dance
  • Serpent dance
  • Serra (Greece)
  • Set Dance Ireland
  • Seungjeonmu
  • Seungmu
  • Sevillanas (Spain)
  • Sewang dance
  • Shag (Swing)
    • Carolina shag
    • Collegiate shag
    • St. Louis shag
  • Shake
  • Shalakho
  • Shim Sham (Line dance)
  • Shimmy
  • Shota
  • Sianos
  • Siklla
  • Simd
  • Simeriani
  • Singhi Chham
  • Singkil
  • Single Swing (Single Time Swing)
  • Singo Ulung
  • Sirmpa
  • Sirtaki (Syrtaki, Zorba) (Greece)
  • 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
  • Social dance
  • Soke
  • Sokkie
  • Solomon Islands dance
  • Son (Mayan, Guatemala/Mexico)
  • Šopka
  • Sōran Bushi
  • Sousedská
  • Sousta (Greece)
  • Špacírka
  • Sperveri
  • Springar
  • Square dance
  • Square dance (Modern western)
  • 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
  • Street dance
  • The Strictly (British television dance)
  • Strip the willow
  • Subli
  • Suleiman Aga
  • Sundanese dance
  • Surra de Bunda
  • Suscia
  • Swing (both as family of dances and as specific Texas dance)
  • Sword dance
  • Syrtos (Greece)
    • Kalamatianos Syrtos (Mainland Syrtos) (Greece)

T

  • Taepyeongmu
  • Tahtib
  • Tambor
  • Tambourin (Provençal)
  • Tamure
  • Tamzara
  • Tandava (India)
  • Tanggai dance
  • 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
  • Thirayattam (Indian Ethnic dance)
  • Thiriyuzhichil
  • Tanggai dance
  • Tanoura (Egyptian dance)
  • Tap Charleston (see Lindy Hop)
  • Tap dance
  • Tapeinos horos
  • Tarakama
  • Tarantella (Italian, folk)
  • Tatsia
  • Tau'olunga (Tongan or Samoan - Polynesian origins)
  • Tautoga
  • Ta Xila
  • Tecktonik ("tck")
  • Teke zortlatmasi
  • Tello
  • Temani (Israeli Jewish dance)
  • Temuraga
  • Tertali
  • Teshkoto
  • Texas Tommy (see Lindy Hop)
  • Thabal chongba
  • Thidambu Nritham
  • Thirayattam
  • Thirra
  • The Thistle (Scottish ladies' solo step dance))
  • Tiger dance
  • Tinikling (Philippines)
  • Time Warp
  • Tinku (Bolivia, Peru)
  • Tobas
  • Tondero (Peru)
  • Topeng dance
  • Tourdion (historical)
  • Toycular yarcan
  • Toyi-toyi
  • Traditional dance
  • Tranky Doo (Swing, Line dance)
  • Tranos Choros
  • Trata (Greece)
  • Trepak (The Nutcracker) (Russian dance; character dance from the ballet The Nutcracker)
  • Tropak (folk)
  • Tresenica
  • Tribal Style Belly Dance
  • Tripuri dances
  • Trizalis
  • Troika (Folk, Russian, Cajun)
  • Trojak
  • Tromakton
  • Tropanka
  • Tropotianka
  • Tsakonikos (Greece)
  • Tsamiko (Greece)
  • Tsestos
  • Tsifteteli (Tsifte-Teli) (Çifte-telli) (Turkish) (Greece)(Romani)(Arabic)
  • Tsiniaris
  • Tufo
  • Tumba francesa
  • Tutsa Naga
  • Tutting
  • Twist
  • Two-step
    • Cajun Two Step
    • Country/Western Two-step
    • Nightclub two-step - also known as California Two-step, abbrn: NC2S
    • Progressive Double Two
  • Twoubadou (Haiti)
  • Tyrolienne

U

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

V

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

W

  • Waacking
  • Waka waka
  • Waltz
    • Cross-step waltz
    • International standard waltz
    • Peruvian waltz
    • Venezuelan waltz
    • Viennese waltz
  • War dance
  • Wari
  • 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

X

  • Xaxado
  • Xibelani (traditional Shangaan (South Africa))

Y

  • Yablochko (Russian, folk)
  • Yakshagana (Karnataka, India)
  • Yangge
  • Yarkhushta
  • Yein
  • Yingge dance
  • YMCA
  • Yosakoi (Japanese)
  • Youz bir
  • Yove male mome
  • Yowlah (rifle dance from UAE)
  • Yup'ik dancing
  • Yurukikos

Z

  • Zaharoula
  • Zamacueca
  • Zamba (Argentina)
  • Zambra
  • Zaouli
  • Zapateado (Mexico)
  • Zapateado (Spain)
  • Zapin (Malay traditional dancing, Malaysia)
  • Zarambeque
  • Zaramo
  • Zeybek dance
  • Zeibekiko
  • Zervodexios
  • Zervos
  • Zeybek dance
  • Zonaradiko (Thrace)
  • Zorba's dance, another name for Sirtaki (of Greek origin)
  • Zouk (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti, Brazil)
  • Zwiefacher (Germany)
  • Zydeco (Louisiana, U.S.)
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See also

  • Glossary of dance moves
  • Index of dance articles
  • Outline of dance, a list of general dance topics in our world today and from history.
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