List of dance styles

 ( Style Categories, List Of Dance ) 

This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or of dance.

For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin.

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Belly dance

• 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

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Ceremonial dances

• Haka
• Kagura
• Ritual dances of China
• Sacred dance
• Cham dance
• Drametse Ngacham
• Prophetic dance
• Rejang dance
• Sanghyang
• Sufi whirling
• Worship dance

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[[Disco|Disco dance / 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
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• Robot
• The Shake
• Shimmy
• Spank
• Watergate
• Watusi

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Free and improvised dance

• Bogo lelo dance
• Contact improvisation
• Dance improvisation
• Ecstatic dance
• Free dance
• Fusion dance
• Interpretive dance
• Modern dance

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[[Historical dance

• Ballet
• Baroque dance
• Medieval dance
• Regency dance
• Renaissance dance
• Ultapulta dance
• Highland dance

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Latin dance / Rhythm

• American Rhythm
• Bolero willy
• East Coast Swing
• Mambo
• Rhumba
• Bachata
• Cha Cha
• Cumbia
• Duranguense
• Forró
• International Latin
• Argentine tango
• Capoeira
• Maculelê
• Danza
• Jive
• Merengue
• Milonga
• Reggaeton dance
• Rhumba
• Rueda
• Salsa
• Samba (ballroom dance)
• Samba (Brazilian dance)
• Samba de Gafieira
• Zouk
• Lambada
• Pasodoble
• Quebradita
• Samba de roda
• Samba enredo
• Tejano dance
• Zapateado:
• Zapateado (Mexico)
• Zapateado (Spain)

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Novelty and fad dances

• Animal dance
• Bossa Nova
• Bunny hop
• Conga line
• Freddie
• Frug
• go-go dancing
• Hitch hike
• Jitterbug
• Lambada
• Madison
• Mule
• Pony
• The Shake
• Swim
• Floss
• Turkey trot
• Twist
• Watusi

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Social dance

• Country dance, Contra dance
• Participation dance
• Solo dance
• Partner dance
• Circle dance
• Line dance
• Round dance
• Square dance
• Slow dance

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Street dance / Electronic dance

• Hip-hop dance
• Breakdancing
• Cabbage patch dance
• Cat Daddy
• Dougie
• Electric boogaloo
• Gangsta Walking
• Harlem shake
• Jerkin'
• Locking
• Popping
• Turfing
• Uprock
• Tutting
• Waacking
• House dance
• Footwork
• Vogue
• Electro dance
• Melbourne Shuffle
• Flexing
• Jumpstyle
• Krumping
• Litefeet
• Lyrical hip-hop
• Robot dance
• Jaywalk
• majorette

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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

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Other

• Acrobatic dance
• Bhangra
• Bollywood dance
• Broadway dance
• Calypso music
• Competitive dance
• Concert dance
• Contemporary dance
• Dance squad
• Fire dance
• Flamenco
• Flying Men dance
• Ice dance
• K-pop
• Liturgical dance
• Lyrical dance
• Pole dance
• Rhythmic gymnastics
• Vintage dance
• Wuju

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Further reading

• Carter, A. (1998) The Routledge Dance Studies Reader. Routledge.
• Sharp, C. J. (1924) The dance; an historical survey of dancing in Europe. Rowman and Littlefield.
• Thomas, H. (2003) The Body, Dance and Cultural Theory. Palgrave Macmillan.
• Feliksdal, B (2003) Modern Tap Dance, Bekebooks
• Feliksdal, B (2004) Jazz Dance Syllabus Jazz, Rhythm, Body and Soul. Bekebooks. Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Flamenco
• Feliksdal, B (2009) Urban Dance-Jazzdans, Bekebooks. Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Shipter Fan, B (2009) "Urban Dance-Jazzdans", Bekebooks. Amsterdam, Netherlands

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