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!!
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