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The types of dance performed in social gatherings change with social values. [3] Social dance music of the 14th century has been preserved in manuscript, though without proper choreography, for dances such as the ballo, carol, stampita, saltarello, trotto and roto. [4] The 15th century is the first period from which written records of dances exist.
Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance) Big Apple (Line dance) Bihu dance (Folk dance of Assam, India) Binasuan; Biyelgee (Mongolian) Bizhu dance; Black Bottom (see Lindy Hop) Blues (Club dance, Swing) Bolero (American Ballroom, Cuban, European) Bollywood (Indian) Bomba (Ecuador) Bomba (Puerto Rico) (African, Caribbean) Bon Odori (Japanese ...
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 .
There are many varieties of dance. Dance categories are not mutually exclusive. For example, tango is traditionally a partner dance. While it is mostly social dance, its ballroom form may be competitive dance, as in DanceSport. At the same time it is enjoyed as performance dance, whereby it may well be a solo dance. List of dances
Social dance steps (2 C, 26 P) Pages in category "Social dance" The following 56 pages are in this category, out of 56 total. This list may not reflect recent changes
The Chicken Dance is an example of a line dance adopted by the Mod revival during the 1980s. [18] The music video for the 1990 Billy Ray Cyrus song "Achy Breaky Heart" has been credited for launching line dancing into the mainstream. [2] [19] [20] [21] In the 1990s, the hit Spanish dance song "Macarena" inspired a popular line dance. [22]
The earliest known dance instruction books are dated by the 15th century and they described the dances of the high society. However, the earliest records of the dancing of ordinary folk date by the end of the 16th century. [2] "Accidents in Quadrille Dancing", 1817 caricature Brîuleţul, Romanian dance, 19th century
This is a list of dance terms that are not names of dances or types of dances. See List of dances and List of dance style categories for those.. This glossary lists terms used in various types of ballroom partner dances, leaving out terms of highly evolved or specialized dance forms, such as ballet, tap dancing, and square dancing, which have their own elaborate terminology.