List of dance style categories

List of dance style categories

This is a list of the dance style categories. These categories are not mutually exclusive and are context dependent (i.e., a particular dance may belong to several categories).

For older and more region-orientated vernacular dance styles, see this list.

Contents

Traditional Jazz / African-American vernacular dance

Dancehall dance

  • Skanking

Experimental / Freestyle

Folk dance

Hip-hop & Funk dance

House dance

Punk dance

Rave dance


Historical dance

see also Concert dance

Folk dance

  • Perafic dance

Ballroom dance

Latin dance

Swing dance

Traditional dance

  • Traditional dance

Liturgical dance

Participative dance improvisation

Miscellaneous

  • Disco dance
See also: Disco music

Concert dance / performance dance

Historical dance

Belly dance

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,The Netherlands

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