list of dance styles
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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.
Belly dance
[[Ceremonial dance]]
[[Disco dance|Disco]] / Soul dance
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- 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[https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-popcorn-mw0000849731 Popcorn] Retrieved 4 May 2023
- Robot
- The Shake
- Shimmy
- Spank
- Watergate
- Watusi
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Free and improvised dance
[[Historical dance]]
Latin dance / Rhythm
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- 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)
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[[Novelty and fad dances]]
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- 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
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[[Social dance]]
[[Street dance]] / Electronic dance
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- 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
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[[Swing (dance)|Swing dance]]
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- 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
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- Acrobatic dance
- Bhangra
- Bollywood dance
- Broadway dance
- Calypso
- 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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References
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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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