Question: How many styles of dances exist?

List of dances

This is the main list of dances.  It is a non-categorized, index list of specific dances.  It may also include dances which could either be considered specific dances or a family of related dances.  For example, ballet, ballroom dance and folk dance can be single dance styles or families of related dances.
See following for categorized lists:
List of dance style categories
List of folk dances sorted by origin
List of novelty/fad dances
Categories listed on these specialized (categorized) lists should also be included in this general index.


A
Acharuli (Georgian folk dance)
Acro dance ( a dance with gymnastic or feet motion)
Affranchi (Haiti)
afrobeats
Allemande
An Dro
Angama (from Japan's Yaeyama Islands)
Ardha (Arab tribal war dance)
Argentine Tango
Arkan (Ukrainian, Hutsul)
Assyrian folk dance (Assyrian folk dances)
Attan (Pashtun)
Azonto (Ghanaian dance)
ballet ( hand moving and toes pointed dance)
jazz  ( snaping your fingers or having props )
tap ( shoes with metal plates to tap in a certain way)
B
Bachata (Dominican Republic, Latin Club, Folk)
Baagh Naach (Folk dance from Odisha, India)
Bagurumba (Folk dance of Assam, North-east India)
Balboa (Swing)
Ballet, category
Ballos (Burçak tarlası oyunu)(Greece), (Turkey)
Ballroom dance, category
Ballu tundu (Sardinia)
Bandari dance
Bardo Chham (Folk dance of Arunachal, North-east India)
Barn dance, category
Baroque dance, category
Barynya (Russian, folk)
Basse danse (also Basse-dance, Bassadanse,Bassadanze. French and Italian Renaissance dances)
Basque dance
BBoying (Breakdance)
Belly dance
Beguine, dance of Caribbean origin
Bergamask (Be dance, from Bergamo, Italy
Bhangra (Folk Dance of Northern India)
Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance)
Big Apple (Line dance)
Bihu dance (Folk dance of Assam, India)
Biyelgee (Mongolian)
Black Bottom (see Lindy Hop)
Blues (Club dance, Swing)
Bolero (American Ballroom, Cuban, European)
Bollywood (Indian)
Bomba (African, Caribbean)
Bon Odori (Japanese)
Boogaloo
Boogie-woogie (Swing)
Bop, see Bop music, also ABA at List of dance organizations
Bossa nova (Brazil, see Bossa nova music)
Borrowdale (Zimbabweean, see Museve music)
Boston
Bourrée (historical)
Branle (Bransle) (historical)
Breakaway (see Lindy Hop)
Breakdancing
Bugg (a swing dance from Sweden)
Bump
Bunny Hop
Butoh (Japanese)
Butterfly dance (American contemporary)
Buyō (Japanese)
C
Candle dance
Cat Daddy
Cajun dance, (Louisiana, United States Regional, Cajun)
Cajun Jig or Cajun One Step
Cajun Jitterbug and Two Step
Cajun Waltz
Cakewalk (Swing)
Calypso (Caribbean)
Candombe (Uruguayan)
Canaries dance (historical, Renaissance, court)
Can-can (Cancan, can can)
Capoeira (dance and martial art, Brazil)
Caporales (Bolivia)
Carabinier (Haiti)
Cariñosa (dance of love) Philippines
Carioca
Carol (Medieval)
Castle Walk
Căluş (Romanian ritual dance)
Ceroc (Modern Jive, Club)
Chaabi (Moroccan Berber dance)
Chacarera (Argentina)
Chaconne
Cha cha cha or Cha cha (Cuba, Latin Ballroom Social)
Chamame (Chamamé, Argentina)
Charleston
Chasapiko  (Greece)
Cheerleading
Chicken Dance
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chhau dance (Folk dance of Odisha, India)
Chodzony (Poland)
Chula (Southern Brasil)
Chumba (Garifuna people in several Central America)
Cinquepace, Cinque-pace
Circassian Dance
Circle dance
Cirebon mask dance (Java, Indonesia)
Clog dance (British)
Clogging
Clowning
Cocek
Collegiate shag
Compas (Haiti, Guadeloupe, Martinique)
Condong
Conga
Contact improvisation
Contemporary dance
Contra dance
Cordax Greek / Roman erotic dance
Cossack dance
Cotillion
Country/western dance
Country dance
Country/Western Two-step
Courante (historical)
Court dance
Crip walk
Csárdás (Folk, Hungarian; also variants in Slovak dances, Rusyn dances, (Ukrainian dances, Lemko dances))
Cuarteto (Argentina)
Cueca (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile)
Cumbia (Colombia, Club)
Cumbia Villera (Argentina)
Cupid Shuffle
D
Dabke (Arab folk dance native to the Levant)
Dab (America)
Dalkhai (Folk dance from Western Odisha, India)
Dancer's Delight (Scottish)
Dances of Universal Peace
Danda nata (Folk dance from Odisha, India)
Dancehall
Dandia (Folk dance of Gujarat, India)
Danza de tijeras (Peru)
Dhalo (from Goa, éIndia)
Dhamail or Dhamal (from Sylhet, Bangladesh)
Diablada (Bolivia, Chile, Peru)Dab
Dilan (a Kurdish dance, Iran, Turkey, Iraq)
Disco
Dappan koothu
Double bugg (a swing dance from Sweden)
Dougie
Dragon dance
Drobushki (Russia)
Duranguense
Dutty Wine - a West Indian, Dancehall-inspired dance
E
East Coast Swing
Eisa
Electro dance
Electric Slide
English Country Dance
Ethnic dance
Erotic
Exotic Pole Dance
F
Fan dance (Chinese or burlesque)
Fandango (Spain)
Farandole (Provençal)
Faroese dance
Farruca
Flamenco (Spanish/Roma)
Floss (Western)
Folk dance
Formation dance
Forró (dance from northeast of Brazil)
Foxtrot (Ballroom Social)
Freak dancing
The Freddy
Frevo
Frug
Freestyle
G
Galliard
Galop
Garba (folk dance of state of Gujarat, India)
Gankino (Bulgaria)
Gangnam Style
Gavotte (Brittany), Gavot (historical)
Gaudiya Nritya (West Bengal, India)
Gigue
Ghoomar (Folk Dance of Rajasthan, Northern India)
Ghumura Dance (Folk dance of Kalahandi, Orissa/Odisha, India).
Giddha (Folk dance of Northern India)
Gombey (Bermuda)
Gotipua (Odisha, India)
Grizzly Bear
Grinding
Guaguancó
Guapacha (dance)
Gumboot dance (Africa)
H
Hakken (Dutch)
Halay (Turkish, Folk)
Hambo (Scandinavian, Folk)
Hand jive
Hardcore Dancing (Urban American Hardcore)
Harlem Shake
Hasapiko (Greece)
Headbanging
Highland dancing
Hip hop dance
Historical dance
Hitch hike
Hokey Pokey, also known as Hokey-cokey, Okey-cokey
Hootchy-Kootchy
Humppa (see Music of Finland)
Hopak (Ukrainian)
House dance
Hora (many named versions; folk, Bulgarian, Israeli, Romanian, Ukrainian)
Horon (Turkish, Folk)
Hornpipe (Ireland)
Huayno (Peru)
Hula
Hully Gully
Hustle and its variant, New York Hustle (Club)
Latin Hustle
I
Ice dancing
Ikariotikos  (Greece)
Improv Tribal Style Belly Dance
Intercessory dance
International folk dance
Interpretive dance
Irish
Irish Dance
Irish Sean-Nós Dance
Irish Stepdance
Israeli folk dancing
J
Japanese traditional dance (Japanese)
Jarabe tapatío
Jarana
Jazz dance
Jenkka (see Music of Finland)
Jerkin'
Jig Ireland
Jig (Scottish country)
Jitterbug (Swing)
Cajun Jitterbug
Jitterbug Stroll (Line dance, Swing)
Jive (Ballroom, International Latin)
Joged (Indonesian)
John Wall dance
Jota (Spanish dance)
Jove Malaj Mome (Bulgarian folk dance)
Jumpstyle (Techno based dance)
K
Kachāshī (Okinawa, Japan)
Kalamatianos (Greece)
Kalymnikos  (Greece)
Kamarinskaya (Russia)
Karsilama  (Antikrystos, Marinella)  (Greece, Romani)
Karşılama  (Serbia, Iran, Turkey)
Kathak (Classical Indian dance)
Kathakali (India, incorporates dance)
Kazachok (Russia)
Keisabadi (Folk dance from Odisha, India)
Kerala Natanam (Indian dance created by Guru Gopinath)
Khasapiko  (Greece)
Khattak Dance (Pashtun)
Khigga (Assyrian folk dance)
Khon (Thai dance)
Khorovod(Russia)
Kizomba (Angola)
Kleistos (Greece)
Klezmer (Israeli Jewish)
Klompendansen (Dutch)
Koftos  (Greece)
Kolbasti (Turkey)
Kolo (Slavic)
Kolomyjka (Ukrainian)
Kontradans (Haiti)
Kopanitsa (Bulgaria)
Kotsari or Kochari (Armenian: Քոչարի; Turkish: Koçari; Greek: Κότσαρι; Georgian:ქოჩარი; Laz: Koçari; Azerbaijani: Köçəri)
Kozachok (Ukrainian)
Krakowiak (Poland)
Krishnanattam (India)
Krumping
Kuchipudi (Classical Indian dance)
Kurdish dance (Iran and Iraq)
Kujawiak (Poland)
Kumina {African/Jamaican}
L
La Cucaracha
Lambada
Lambeth Walk
Ländler  (Quadrille)
Lap dance
Latin dance
Lavani (Indian, Maharashtra)
Lavolta
Ländler (Austria)
Legong
Lerikos (Greece)
LeRoc (Modern Jive, Ceroc)
Letkajenkka (also known as Letkis, Letkajenka, Letkiss, Letka-Enka, Let's Kiss Jenka, La Yenka)
Leventikos (Greece)
Lezginka (Russian Caucasus Region)
Limbo (dancers pass under horizontal pole)
Lindy Hop (Swing)
Line dance
Lion dance
Liscio (Italian traditional music and dance inspired to Waltz, Polka and Mazurka)
Locking
Long Sword
Loure (historical)
Lurish dance (Iran and Iraq)
Lyrical dance
M
Macarena (Spain)
Madison (Line dance)
Maglalatik (Folk Dance of Philippines)
Malaguena
Mambo (American Ballroom, of Cuban origin)
Manipuri (Classical Indian Dance)
Mapale
Marimba (Guatemala)
Marinera (Peru)
Mashed Potato
Matachin ()
Maypole dance
Maxixe (Social)
Mazur (dance) (Poland)
Mazurka (Poland)
Medieval dance
Melbourne Shuffle (Australia)
Merengue (Latin Club)
Méringue (Haiti)
Metelytsia ((Ukrainian), khorovod)
Milonga (see Argentine Tango)
Minuet
Morenada (Bolivia)
Modern dance
Modern Jive
Mohiniyattam (Indian classical dance)
Molly dance
Moonwalker
Morris dance
Moshing
Muiñeira (Galicia, Spain)
N
Novelty and fad dances
The Nutbush
Nacnī (Folk dance from Odisha/Orissa)
O
Oberek (also called Obertas or Ober, Poland)
Odissi AKA Orissi (Odisha, India)
Ojapali (folk dance from Assam, India)
P
Pachanga
Pagode
Pakurumo
Palo de Mayo (Nicaragua), Afro-Caribbean influence, not to be confused with Maypole dance
Panthi (Folk dance of Chhattisgarh, India)
Pantomime
Pantsula (South Africa)
Para Para
Parasol dance (Japan)
Participation dance
Partner dance
Passacaglia (Passacaille) (historical)
Passepied  (historical)
Pasillo
Pasodoble (Spanish Ballroom, International Latin)
Pavane (historical)
Peabody (ballroom)
Peewee style (originated by Pee-wee Herman in Pee-wee's Big Adventure)
Pentozalis  (Greece)
Persian dance (Iran).
Pidikhtos  (Greece)
Kastrinos Pidikhtos  (Greece)
Malevyziotiko Pidikhtos  (Greece)
Pogo (A punk dance, consisting of jumping up and down)
Pogonisios  (Greece)
Pole dancing
Polka - many named versions (Ballroom, Folk, Historical)
Polka-mazurka
Polonaise
Pols (Norway, Folk, see Polska)
Polska (pl.: Polskor; Sweden, Folk)
Pom Squad
Pony
Popping
Pop, Lock, and Drop It (Hip hop)
Prophetic dance
Pryvit (Ukrainian)
Punta (Honduras)
Push (Swing, Texas)
Pyrrhichios (Dance from Pontos; Greek Black Sea)
Q
Qinisa
Quadrille
Quickstep (Ballroom)
Quebradita (Mexico)
Quadradinho (Brazil)
R
Raas
Rain dancing
Ramvong (Cambodia)
Rapper sword
Raut Nacha (Folk dance of Chhattisgarh, India)
Raqs Sharqi ("belly dance")
Rebetiko dances  (Greece)
Red River Jig (Canadian Métis)
Redowa
Reel (Irish and Scottish)
Regency dance
Reggaeton
Renaissance dance
Rhumba (aka ballroom rumba; International Latin & American Rhythm)
Rigaudon, Rigadoon
Robot dance
Rock and Roll
Acrobatic Rock'n'Roll
Round dance (two kinds: circular chain, couples)
Rumba (Cuba)
S
Salsa (Latin Club)
Salsa Rueda (Latin Club, Round)
Sambalpuri (India)
Samba
Samba dance
Samba de Gafieira
Samba (ballroom)
Sarabande (Saraband)
swing
Sardana (Catalonia)
Sattriya dance (Assam, India)
Schottische
Scottish country dance
Scottish highland dance
Sean-Nós Dance (Ireland - Irish Dance in Sean Nós "Old Style")
Seguidilla  (Spanish, folk)
Sequence dance
Serra  (Greece)
Set Dance Ireland
Sevillana (Spain)
Shag (Swing)
Carolina Shag
Collegiate Shag
St. Louis Shag
Shake
Shim Sham (Line dance)
Shimmy
Shuffle
Single Swing (Single Time Swing)
Sirtaki (Syrtaki, Zorba)  (Greece)
Skank (dance)
Skip jive
Slängpolska (Sweden, Folk, see Polska)
Slip jig (Ireland)
Slow dance
Slow Foxtrot - also known as Foxtrot and Slowfox (Ballroom)
Social dance
Son (Mayan, Guatemala/Mexico)
Sousta  (Greece)
Bulgarian Sousta  (Greece)
Cretan Sousta  (Greece)
Dodecanese Sousta  (Greece)
Macedonian Sousta  (Greece)
Megarian Sousta (Greece)
Square dance
Traditional square dance
Modern Western square dance
Stage diving
Stanky Legg (GS Boys)
Step dance (Ireland)
Stiletto dance (American contemporary solo dance)
Street dance
The Strictly (British television dance)
Swing (both as family of dances and as specific Texas dance)
Suzie Q
Syrtos (Greece)
Cretan Syrtos  (Greece)
Kalamatianos Syrtos (Mainland Syrtos)  (Greece)
Kapoutzidon Syrtos  (Greece)
Nisiotiko Syrtos (Island Syrtos)  (Greece)
Silyvriano Syrtos  (Greece
Sarrada (Brazil)
Sarrada no ar (Brazil)
T
Tambourin (Provençal)
Tandav (India)
Tango (Argentina) (Ballroom, Social, Club)
Argentine Tango - also known as Tango Argentino (Social)
Uruguayan Tango - also known as Tango Uruguayo (Social)
Ballroom Tango - competitive and social dance styles
Brazilian Tango - see Maxixe
Finnish tango
Thirayattam (Indian Ethnic dance)
Tanoura (Egyptian dance)
Tap Charleston (see Lindy Hop)
Tap dance
Tarantella (Italian, folk)
Tau'olunga (Tongan or Samoan - Polynesian origins)
Tecktonik ("tck")
Temani (Israeli Jewish dance)
Texas Tommy (see Lindy Hop)
The Thistle (Scottish ladies' solo step dance))
Tinikling (Philippines)
Time Warp
Tinku (Bolivia, Peru)
Tondero (Peru)
Tourdion (historical)
Traditional dance
Tranky Doo (Swing, Line dance)
Trata  (Greece)
Trepak (Russian, folk)
Tribal Style Belly Dance
Troika (Folk, Russian, Cajun)
Tsakonikos  (Greece)
Tsamiko  (Greece)
Tsifteteli  (Tsifte-Teli) (Çifte-telli)  (Turkish) (Greece)(Romani)(Arabic)
Tsirigotikos (Kythiraikos, Bourdaris)  (Greece)
Tsyganochka, ("Gypsie Girl") Russian
Tumba
Tutting
Twerking
Twist
Two-step
Cajun Two Step
Country/Western Two-step
Nightclub two-step - also known as California Two-step, abbrn: NC2S
Progressive Double Two
Twoubadou (Haiti)
U
Universal Peace, Dances of
Ukrainian dance
Upa or Upa Habanera, claimed by some to be the origin of merengue music and dance.
Urban Dance
V
Vals (Argentina, tango style)
Valse à deux temps (Valse à deux pas)
Verbunkos
Vintage dance
Virginia reel
Vogue (dance)
Volte (also Volta, La volta or Lavolta, Renaissance)
W
Waacking
Waltz (ballroom, social)
Boston (dance)
Walking Boston
Cajun Waltz
Elizabeth Waltz
Cross-step waltz
Hesitation Waltz
Slow waltz - known as Waltz in ballroom context (ballroom)
Viennese Waltz (ballroom, social)
Valse à deux temps (Valse à deux pas)
Watusi (fad dance)
West Coast Swing ("WCS"; Swing, United States)
Western swing (United States)
Sophisticated Swing (an older name of WCS)
Western promenade dance
Whip (Swing, Texas)
Whirling
Winterguard
Wolosso (Ivory Coast)
Worship dance
X
Xibelani (traditional Shangaan (South Africa))
Y
Yablochko (Russian, folk)
Yakshagana (Karnataka, India)
YMCA
Yosakoi (Japanese)
Yowla (rifle dance from (UAE)
Z
Zamacueca
Zamba (Argentina)
Zapateado (Spain)
Zapin (Malay traditional dancing, Malaysia)
Zeipelled Zeibetiko, Zembetiko, Zebetiko, and Zembekiko; Greece)
Zeibeks (Turkey)
Zonaradiko  (Thrace)
Zorba's dance, another name for Sirtaki  (of Greek origin)
Zouk (Guadeloupe, Martinique, Haiti, Brazil)
Zouk-Lambada (Brazil)
Zumba (Colombia)
Zwiefacher (Germany)
Zydeco (Louisiana, U.S.)
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See also

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