Dance Styles/Genres

How many kinds of dancing can you name or move to? Here’s a partial list of dance style categories (Taken from Wikipedia, 2017)

Concert dance / performance dance

Ballet, Concert dance, Contemporary dance, Ecstatic dance (also known as freestyle dance and barefoot improvisational dance), Jazz dance, Lyrical dance, Modern dance, Performance dance, River, Tap dance

Latin / rhythm

Bachata, Bolero. East Coast Swing, Mambo, Rhythm, Rumba, Cha Cha, Corridos, Cumbia, Duranguense, International Latin , Argentine tango, Capoeira, Maculelê, Danza, Jive, Merengue, Milonga, Reggaeton, Rumba , Salsa, Samba, Zumba (dance), Zouk, Quebradita, Tejano, gayunder

Swing dance

Balboa, Blues dance, Carolina Shag, Charleston, Collegiate Shag, Deneme, East Coast Swing, Hand Jive, Jitterbug, Jive, Leroc, Lindy Hop, Modern Jive, St. Louis Shag, West Coast Swing, Western dance

Traditional Jazz / Traditional African-American

Traditional jazz, Traditional African-American, Afro-beat, Boogie-woogie

Ballroom dance

Foxtrot, Tango, Viennese Waltz, Waltz, Quickstep

Classical Indian dance (numerous styles)

Dancehall dances

Crowdsurfing, Moshing, Skanking

Experimental / freestyle

Chacha, Dance de Gauthier, Jump up, Neonstyle, Zeybreak,, Breaking

Street dance

Hip-hop culture, B-boying, Breaking, Freezes, Bounce, Clown Walk, Detroit Jit, Electric boogaloo, Flexing, Floating, Jerkin’, Jiggin’, Krumping, Litefeet, Locking, Robot dance, Lyrical hip-hop, Memphis Jookin’, Popping, Animation, Hit Dem Folks, Liquiding, Moonwalk, Scarecrow, Strobing, Tutting, Waving, Snap dance, Turfing

Disco / electronic dance (numerous styles)

Pogo

Historical dance

Baroque dance, English country dance, Masque, Medieval dance, Regency dance,   Vintage dance

Liturgical dance

Folk dance

**Surely all of us can find one or more styles to get our feet moving!!