List of dance styles explained

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.

Most popular styles: tap, lyrical, and jazz

• Cakewalk
• Patting juba
• Stepping
• Tap dancing
• Jazz dance
• Moonwalk (dance)

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

• 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^[1]
• 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

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

Latin dance / Rhythm

• American Rhythm
  • Bolero willy
  • East Coast Swing
  • Mambo
  • Rumba
• Bachata
• Cha Cha
• Corridos
• Cumbia
• Duranguense
• Forró
• International Latin
  • Argentine tango
  • Capoeira
    • Maculelê
  • Danza
  • Jive
  • Merengue
  • Milonga
  • Reggaeton
  • Rumba
    • 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)

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

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

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
• House dance
  • Footwork
  • Vogue
  • Electro dance
  • Melbourne Shuffle
  • Flexing
  • Jumpstyle
  • Krumping
  • Litefeet
  • Lyrical hip-hop
  • Robot dance
  • Jaywalk
  • majorette

• 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

• Rhythmic Gymnastics
• Acrobatic dance
• Bhangra
• Bollywood dance
• Calypso
• Concert dance
• Contemporary dance
• Fire dance
• Flamenco
• Flying Men Dance
• Ice Dance/Rhythm Dance
• KPOP
• Liturgical dance
• Lyrical dance
• Pole dance
• Vintage dance

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

Notes and References

1. https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-popcorn-mw0000849731 Popcorn