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

  • Cakewalk
  • Patting juba
  • Stepping
  • Tap dancing
  • Jazz dance[1]
  • Moonwalk

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

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

Historical dance

Latin dance/ Rhythm


Novelty and fad dances

Social dance

Street dance/ Electronic dance

Swing dance

Other

References

  1. ^ www.steezy.co/posts/what-is-jazz-dance Wat is Jazz dance Retrieved 26 April 2023
  2. ^ 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
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