These dates are aproximate and not verified dates, just the earliest dates I have found on the listed subjects at the moment (these dates are not: "when was or became popular dates," unless stated.) Check actual dance page for more up-to-date dates. This page is constantly being updated. Other events in time are included to give an idea of the timeline around the dance, or describe something that affected dancing, these are in light yellow.

Note: CE stands for "Common Era." It is a relatively new term that is experiencing some increased usage and is eventually expected to replace AD. BCE stands for "Before the common era." It is eventually expected to replace BC. (However, until it becomes widely used and understood, I am using the old way).

DATE	DANCE Type, Event, Notes etc.

1500 BCE	Natya
pre 700	** Greek writer "Homer" writes the Iliad
776 BC	** Greece holds mid-summer religious festivals at Olympia (Singing, Dancing, Competitions, Oratories, etc.)
600 BC	** Dionysus worship begins in Greece (believers worshipped, ate and danced together, later men objected to women dancing together).
500 BC	Mime (AKA: Pantomime)
550 BC	Spanish Dance
441 BC	** Euripides, (first choreographer), incorporates dance into his plays.
186 BC	Bacchanalia
2-6 BC	** Approximate birth date of Yeshua of Nazareth (Jesus Christ).
9th AD	Farandole
40's AD	Salome
200 AD	Java Dance
500 AD	Raks Sharki (Belly dance)
500 AD	** Middle Ages Begin: European historical period between roughly AD 500 to 1450 (aka Dark Ages)
500-800 AD	** the Dark Ages begin: (aka Middle Ages)
527 AD	** A dancing girl named Theodora (d.548)* married Emperor Justinian becoming the Byzantine "Empress.
860 AD	** Shiva Appears as the Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
900 AD	** Christian Church holds dance performances on Easter Sunday services
900 AD	Cramignon
1100's	Espringall
1100's	Sarabande (AKA: Zarabande)
1200's	Westphalia - (Waltz Type dance)
1360's	Moresca (AKA: Moorish dance)
1387	** Geoffrey Chaucer writes 'The Canterbury Tales' which adds bawdiness to stage and dance.
1374	St. Vitus Dance (see Tarentella)
1400s	Ahselroten (Shimmy type dance - Germany)
1400's	Basse Dance
1400's	May Pole Dance (Modern version 1880's)
1425	Calata (AKA: Calate, Calado)
1445	Le Branle
1448	Ballet (First actual "ballet")
1450	** Middle Ages end: European historical period between roughly AD 500 to 1450
1450	** Moveable Type Face is invented, and the Latin Bible is printed by 1455, dance treatise can now be printed enmasse.
1450	** Renaissance period begins: (c. 1450-1600)
1455	Conjé
1463	Dance of Death appears
1463	Torch Dance
1470	Ballo (see ballet, court dance)
1480	Cinq-Pas (AKA Galliarde)
1480	Gagliarde
1480	Galliarde (AKA: Cinq-Pas, Romain, Romanesca)
1485	Rigaudon
1489	** Ballet becomes publicly known
1500	Passe-Pied
1500's	Alta Danza (AKA: Salterello, also see Spanish Dance )
1500's	Batugue
1500's	Chacola
1500's	Dansas dos Espingardeiros
1500's	Danses dos Mariyos
1500's	Danses dos Pratos
1500's	Fulafranz
1500's	Salterello (AKA: Alta Danza, Passo Brabante, Pas de Brabant, Breban, Quadernaria)
1500's	Mazurka (AKA: Mazourka, Mazur, Masur, Masurek)
1500's	Trotto
1508	Pavane (AKA: Padovana, Passemesa, Peacock Dance)
1515	Courante (similar to the Corrente)
1520s	Clog (AKA: Des Sabots)
1530's	Tordion
1525	German Dreher (AKA: Walzer)
1546	Padovana
1546	Passemesa (AKA: Pavane)
1549	Triori
1550's	Hautes Danses
1550's	Minuet
1550's	Passe-Mezzo
1552	Canaries, Danse de
1556	Volta, the or Valzer (original not the French version)
1560	Chacona (Guatamalan)
1560	Firlefanz
1560s	** Term Peasant Dance appears
1560's	Pie de Jibao
1560'S	Sarabande
1565	Bourrée d'Auvergne
1565	Foliá
1569	Bergamasca
1570	Cushion Dance (AKA: Joan Sanderson dance)
1570s	Danse de Donzellas
1576	** First "Dance Theater" opens in London
1580	Fuhrungen
1580	Gavotte (AKA: La Danse Classique)
1580	Weller or Spinner (a Waltz)
1588	Romanesca (AKA: Galliarde)
1588	The book Orchesographie by Thoinot Arbeau is written and starts 'dance technique'
1590	Nizzarda (similarities to Waltz)
1597	** Opera Begins (Jacopo Peri's 'Dafne')
1600	Espata Dansa
1600	Espunolet
1600	La Volte (French)
1600	** Renaissance period ends: (c. 1450-1600)
1600's	Allemande
1600's	Baixia
1600's	Carica
1600's	Chaconne (Spanish)
1600's	Corrente (Similar to Courante)
1600's	Dansas Habladas
1600's	Entrée Grave
1600's	Espagnole
1600's	Espanoleta
1600's	Gigue (AKA: Jig, Giga)
1600's	Schäfflertanz
1607	** May 14, 1607 -- Settlers arrive at Jamestown, VA.
1608	Pavanilla Italiana
1619	** First African-Americans land on American soil to be sold as slaves -- Jamestown, VA.
1620	** The Mayflower landing of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, MA 11/9/1620 (aka: Plymouth Rock)
1635	the Academie Francaise was founded
1650's	Les Contredanses - French (AKA: Contredanse Francaise, Contradance, Contra Danza, English Country Dance, anglaise or angloise)
1650	Roger de Coverly
1661	** Louis XIV establishes Académie Royale de Danse
1670	Bocane
1670	Walzen or Walzer (AKA: Waltz)
1670's	** Pierre Beauchamps defines five foot position
1680	Lundu
1681	** LaFontaine, the first woman to dance professionally in a Ballet.
1690	Ländler
1692	** Hysteria grips the village of Salem, Massachusetts, as witchcraft suspects are arrested and imprisoned (May 1692.) Ordeal finally ends in October.
1700	** Raoul-Auger Feuillet creates first dance notation system
1700's	Spanish Fandango
1700's	Allewander (AKA: Allemande )
1700's	Besola, the
1700's	Calenda, The
1700's	Cotillion, The
1700's?	Danse au Virlet
1700's	Fado
1700's	Fofa
1700's	Fogueiras de S. João
1700's	Fricasee
1700's	Friska
1700's	Sicilienne
1710	Royal Galliarde
1710	Rigadoon Royal
1711	Forlana (AKA: Forlane, Fourlane)
1713	Pastoral
1718	** New Orleans is founded by the French.
1720	Ländler or Hospur
1720	Weller, The (a Waltz)
1730	** Shakespears 'Romeo and Juliet' performed for first time
1734	** Marie Camargo raises dancing skirts above the ankle (for better freedom to move)
1735	** Ballet arrives in America (Charleston, So. Carolina)
1736	Arkansas Traveller (AKA: Essence of Old Virginia)
1740	Quadrille
1750	** Performers in Blackface appear on stages, eventually minstrel shows begin. (also see 1830)
1750	Strathspey
1750	the Waltz (see Walzen)
1760's	Flamenco (AKA: Malagueña)
1770	Strassburger
1770's	Shakers Dance
1776	** 7/4/1776 - United States Declaration of Independence enacted
1776	Viennese Waltz
1780	Bolero
1780's	Furlana
1784	** Revolutionary War officially ends
1788	** "Dancing The Slave's" on slave ships recorded by Alexander Falconbridge
1789	** First Inaugural Ball occurs in honor of President Washington.
1800	Galop
1800	the Valse (Germany) La Valse à deux temps
1800's	La Badenowitch (AKA: Danish Waltz)
1800's	Balmoral (AKA: Scotch Schottische)
1800's	Basket of Fans
1800's	Boston Fancy
1800's	Bouffoons (Modern version, not ancient Greek version)
1800's	Boulangère, La
1800's	La Danse des 'Brandons'
1800's	Buck and Wing
1800's	Cascaron
1800's	Chahut
1800's	Czardas
1800's	*Firlefei (also Virlefei)*
1800's	Friss
1800's	Krocan
1800's	Paseo Doble
1800's	Ta-Toa
1800's	Trenchmore, the
1800's	Tyrolene
1800's	Les Varities Parisienne
1800's	Waltz a Cinque Temps
1803	Romaiika
1809	German, The (AKA: Cotillion Waltz)
1812	German Drekkar (AKA: Imperial Waltz)
1812	English Imperial Waltz (AKA: German Drekkar)
1816	Mazy Waltz
1820	English Contra Dance (see Les Contredanses )
1820	Lancers
1820's	Hop Waltz (AKA: La Sauteuse, Old Waltz, New Spring Waltz and Waltz á trois temps)
1820's	La Sauteuse (AKA: Hop Waltz)
1820's	New Spring Waltz (AKA: Hop Waltz)
1820's	Waltz á trois temps (AKA: Hop Waltz)
1822	Can-Can
1822	Polka
1825	** Romanticism period begins: (c. 1825-1900)
1828	Jim Crow Dance appears (Thomas Dartmouth Rice)
1830	Redowa (AKA: Redjovet)
1830	Virginia Reel
1830's	Cracovienne (AKA: Kracovienne)
1830's	** Minstrel shows appear in the U.S. The Virginia Minstrels appear in 1842 and start a sensation.
1830's	Valse a deux Temps
1833	La Casseralla
1834	Boston (AKA: American and Glide Waltz)
1836	Cachucha
1839	New Polski Mazuorka (see mazurka)
1839	Tarentella (AKA: St. Vitus Dance)
1840	Columbine Waltz
1840	** Master Juba Appears
1840	** Photography is invented
1840	Schottishe Waltz (a Polka)
1840	Tap Dance
1840	Trottartt
1840's	** Burlesque Shows start to appear
1842	La Cellarius
1844	** First Music House opens (Mr. Thomas Rouse extends his London public house "the Eagle Tavern" for music, singing and Dancing)
1845	Pattin' Juba (May be older)
1846	Dance of the Shadows
1846	Eccentric-Can Can
1848	Apollo Dance (Ballet Version)
1849	Five Step
1849	Schottische
1850	A La Mode
1850	Cakewalk
1850	Varsovienne
1850's	Merengue
1850's	Rheinlander (AKA: Schottische)
1850's	Serious Family Polka
1850's	Sicillian, La (AKA: Sicilliana)
1851	Cerrito Schottische
1858	Dance After The Husking
1860's	** 1st American style Burlesque House appears ... Mr. Michael Bennett Leavitt changes his format from plays, skits and farces into the "burlesque show."
1860's	Barn Dance
1860's?	Habanara
1860's	Milonga (AKA: Tango , Andalusan )
1860's	Napoleonienne
1860's	Walk Around (... see cakewalk)
1860's	Waltz La Veilers
1861	** Miss Adah Isaac Menken burlesque dance costume fully bares her legs on stage, abandoning tights.
1863	Stag Dance
1866	** Stage production of "The Black Crook" opens.
1866	Gitana Waltz
1866	Valse L' Americain (French version of the American Waltz)
1868	** Burlesque successfully arrives in U.S. with Lydia Thompson at New York's Woods Theater
1869	** The Folies Bergere officially opens in France
1870's	Balance Waltz (AKA: Two Step)
1870's	Maxixe
1874	Glide Waltz (AKA: Boston)
1875	** Strip Tease is Born (Le Divan Fayouau, in the 'Rue des Martyrs,' France, removes most of her clothing one piece at a time.)
1876	Hootchy - Cootchy Dance (AKA: Hootchie Cootchie, Hootchie, Hoochi Coochi, Hooch dance)
1876	Skirt Dance
1878	** Musical Comedy begins
1879	Danzon
1879	Fascination Waltz
1879	Redowa Glissade
1880	Virginia Reel
1880's	American Gavotte
1880's	Ashland Polka
1880's	Bamboula
1880's	Buzzard Lope
1880's	Cadet Waltz
1880's	Carlton, The
1880's	Celtic, The
1880's	Columbia, The
1880's	Combination Polka
1880's	Counjaille
1880's	Coquette
1880's	Esmerelda Waltz
1880's	Eugenie Waltz
1880's	Hesitation Waltz (or Valse Boston)
1880s	** Ragtime is born
1880's	Soft Shoe (also see Tap Dance, Virginia Essence)
1881	Cabaret (Le Chat Noir) and leads into Vaudeville** by 1883 (Tony Pastors)
1881	College Step Waltz (4/10/1881 -ASPD)
1882	Five Step Waltz
1883	Azalea, The
1883	Xylophone Polka
1884	Boston Dip
1885	College Polka (AKA: Collegiate Polka)
1887	** Hollywood, California is named & Co-Founded by Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge
1888	Berlin, The
1888	Knickerbocker Waltz
1888	Newport Dance
1888	Three Step Galop
1889	** Cakewalk finally becomes fashionable with Sam T. Jacks Creole Show
1890	Ballin' The Jack
1890?	Break Down
1890	Heel & Toe Polka
1890	Mesemba (Samba)
1890	Rye Waltz
1890	Three Step
1890	Two Step
1890's	One Step
1890's	Scarf Dance
1890's	Shadow Dance
1890's	Slow Drag
1890's	Square Dance
1890's	Tango
1890s	** Uncle Tom's Cabin premieres
1892	Serpentine Dance
1893	** Little Egypt dances at the Worlds Colombian Exposition in Chicago, Sol Bloom coins term Belly Dancing here
1893	** Oscar Wilde realeases his play entitled "Salome"
1895	Cloak Dance
1895	Irene Skipping Rope Dance (later became "Double Dutch")
1895	Witches Dance
1896	Passion Dance
1897-1902	** American Gold Rush happens, spawns Saloon hall dancers, the Can-Can and Hooch dancers like Diamond Lil, Diamond-Toothe Gertie etc.
1897	La Czarina Mazurka (also Czarina Waltz)
1899	** Isadora Duncan Appears
1900	** Romanticism period ends: (c. 1825-1900)
1900s	Beguine, The
1900s	Embolada
1900s	Shake and Quiver (Shimmy, Shimmy Sha Wabble)
1900s	Valse Maurice
1900	Apache Dance
1900	** Chorus Line Dancing begins with the "Floradoa Girls" (Sextette)
1900	** Modern era beigins with DeBussey
1900	One Step
1900	Tango American (mouvet)
1902	Irish Trot
1902	Pasadena, The
1903	Betsy Ross Dance
1905	Frat March
1905	Mattichichi, La (incorrect AKA: Maxixe )
1905	Oriental Foxtrot
1906	Chicken Reel
1906	Dance Of The Demons
1907	Cocoanut Dance
1907	Ju-Jitsu Waltz
1907	Whirlwind Waltz
1907	** the Flo Ziegfeld Follies Begin
1908	Boston Two Step
1908	Edelweiss Glide Waltz
1909	Abstract Dance
1909	Grizzly Bear
1909	Klapdanse
1909	Texas Tommy
1910	Argentine Tango
1910	Black Bottom
1910	Buena Vista Tango
1910	Credo Waltz (aka Rosevelts Gavotte)
1910	Open Tango
1910	Walking Boston
1910's	Berceuse
1910's	Camel Walk
1910's	Chicago, The
1910's	Congo Tongo
1910's	Fan Tango
1910's	Fish Walk
1910's	Kangaroo Dip
1910's	Parisienne Tango
1910's	Philadelphia Boston
1910's	Shim Sham
1911	Bunny Hug
1911	Castle Tango (The Castles)
1911	Cubanola Glide
1911	Gaby Glide
1911	Horse Trot
1912	Castle Walk
1912	Come To Me Tommy
1912	Fox Trot (might go back to 1905)
1912	Irish Tango
1912	Lame Duck Valse
1912	Nights of Gladness Waltz
1912	Pidgeon Walk
1912	Santley Tango (Joseph Santley)
1912	Whirlwind Waltz
1912	Three Step (AKA: Jazz Straight)
1913	Ballin The Jack is Introduced in the "Darktown Follies"
1913	Bunny Hug
1913	Chinese Ta-Toa
1913	Innovation Waltz
1913	Newman Tango
1913	Pavlova Gavotte
1913	Philadelphia Drag
1913	Rumba (AKA: Son, Danzon, Rhumba)
1913	Throw Away
1913	Vampire Dance, The
1914	Aeroplane Waltz
1914	Aunt Jemima Slide
1914	Canter Waltz
1914	Castle Fox Trot (The Castles)
1914	Castle Innovation Tango (The Castles)
1914	Castle Walk (The Castles)
1914	Cinquante-Cinquante
1914	Circle, The
1914	Clifford Trot, Clifford Walk
1914	Congo Tango
1914	Davy's Foxtrot
1914	** The Denishawn School Opens
1914	Dengozo Maxixe
1914	Dortohy Waltz (Dorothy Dickson)
1914	Evelyn Foxtrot (Evelyn Nesbitt)
1914	Foxtrot Chasseurs
1914	French Pericon
1914	Kangaroo Hop
1914	LuLu Fado
1914	Papaltatsa Maxixe
1914	Pauline Waltz
1915	Walking The Dog
1915	Whirlwind Waltz
1915	Cincinnati Two Step
1915	Negro Drag
1915	Peabody
1916	Kathlyn Waltz
1917	Jazz Dance
1917	** Mata Hari is executed by a French firing squad
1917	Samba (AKA: Mesemba)
1917	Toddle , The
1918	(Dance of the) Sand Dune
1918	Shimmy (has roots to 1400s)
1918	Tickle Toe
1918	Valse Maurice (Maurice Mouvet)
1919	** World War One (WWI) ends
1919	Chicken Walk
1919	Crap Shooters
1919	** The "Great Migration" begins in full force (Southern Blacks migrate to Northern Cities)
1919	Shimmy
1920	Castillian Foxtrot
1920	Tango Valse
1920's	Arizona Hike
1920's	Bambouca
1920's	Bowery Tap
1920's	Break Away
1920's	Bull Frog Hop
1920's	Civa Dance
1920's	Collegiate, the
1920's	Collegiate Foxtrot (Later became Texas Two Step)
1920's	Collegiate Glide
1920's	Cootie Tickle
1920's	Cutting In (AKA: Memphis Tapping Novelty Dance)
1920's	Czarina Waltz
1920's	Doin' The Racoon (AKA: Racoon Dance)
1920's	Eagle Rock
1920's	Varsity Drag
1921	Baltimore Buzz (introduced in "Shuffle Along")
1921	Footloose Strut
1921	Java, The
1921	Marimba Waltz
1921	Schottische Espagnole
1921	** Broadway Show 'Shuffle Along' Opens
1921	Talmadge Foxtrot
1921	Toddle
1922	Charleston (may go back to 1866) actually 1905, but opens with 'Runnin' Wild' in 1922 became popular.
1923	** Cotton Club Opens in New York
1923	Sugar Foot - Stomp (AKA: Sugar Foot, Flea Hop, part of Mooch and Sugar, Shag, Swing)
1923	The Tucker Dance
1924	Blues Trot, The
1924	Break-Away, published 1929 - (Pre-Charleston Lindy Hop)
1924	Brother Low Down
1924	Coodena, The
1924	Dance-A-La-Graphonola
1924	Indianola
1924	Sonia Polish Dance (Polka)
1924	The Strut
1925	Collegiate Shag (Aka: Flea Hop, New Orleans Shag, Sugar Foot)
1925	Flea Hop (AKA: Collegiate Shag )
1925	Princeton, The (Foxtrot Variation dance)
1925	Savoy Ballroom** Opens in Harlem
1925	Sloppy Sailor Walk
1925	Snake Hips Dance
1925	Sweet and Low Down (Tap)
1926	** Martha Graham does first show
1926	Tragico Tango
1926	Wildflower Waltz
1927	Kinkajou
1927	Lindy Hop (AKA: Swing, Breakaway, Jitterbug, Savoy Style)
1927	** Miss Hinda Wassau is arrested for Stripping while dancing on stage (see 1875, see shimmy)
1927	Novelette
1927	Six Eight, The
1927	Sugar Foot Strut
1927	Varsity Drag
1927	Yale Blues Dance
1927	Yankee Prance
1928	** "Blackbirds of 1928" introduces Earl 'Snake-Hips' Tucker
1928	Excuse Me
1928	Pickin' Cotton
1928	Silent Dance (used headphones)
1929	** Black Thursday starts the Great Depression (October 24)
1929	** Bojangles appears on stage in 'Hello'
1930	Viper's Drag, The
1930?	Al Smith Hop
1930	** Ann Miller arrives on screen in Queen High
1930	Hoosier Hop
1930's	Arthur Murray Shag (AKA: Collegiate Shag, New Orleans Shag)
1930's	Boogie Woogie
1930's	Bubble Dance
1930's	Jitterbug Waltz
1930's	Calypso
1930's	Carioca Tango
1930's	Carolina Shag
1930's	Conga, La (AKA: Conga Line, Barizillian Conga)
1930's	Dance Of The Doves
1930's	Doin' The Chamberlin
1930's	Doin' The King Kong
1930's	Double Shuffle Speed Swing (AKA: Fast West Coast Swing)
1930's	Jitter-Jive
1930's	Shim Sham Shimmy
1930's	Saint Louis Shag
1930's	Sugar Foot (AKA: Shag, Flea Hop, Swing)
1930's	Ya-Ya, The
1931/2	Savoy Style Lindy (AKA: Smooth Lindy, West Coast Swing, Slow Lindy)
1931	Siboney
1932	Dixie Stomp
1932	** Radio City Music Hall Opens
1933	Carioca
1933	Cha Cha (later 1953)
1933	Fan Dance (Burlesque version not Oriental)
1933	** Fred Astaire appears in film "Flying Down To Rio"
1933	Roosevelt Hop
1933	Westchester, the
1933	** Sally Rands Fan Dance becomes a hit in Chicago
1934	Champagne Waltz
1934	Continental, The
1934	Jitterbug
1934	Truckin
1934/5	Balboa
1935	Piccolino
1935	Veolanda (Veloz & Yolanda)
8/21/1935	** Swing Era begins with Benny Goodman at the Palomar Ballroom (actually Sweet's Ballroom: Oakland is more correct) in Los Angeles, CA.
1936	Big Apple
1936	(Doing The) Chamberlaine
1937	** Ann Miller Appears in "New Faces of 1937"
1937	** First National dance congress is held by Tamiris
1936	Suzy-Q
1937	Boomps-A-Daisy
1937	Harvard Hesitation
1937	La Bomba
1937	Peckin'
1937	Peelin' The Peach
1937	Ritz Carlton
1937	Swing Waltz
1937	Trocadero, The
1938	Chestnut Tree (Spreading Chestnut Tree)
1938	Cobra Tango
1938	Doin' The Dopey
1938	Lambeth Walk
1938	Mambo
1938	Palias Glide
1938	Yam, The
1938	Yolanda Tango (Veloz & Yolanda)
1939	** Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
1939	Flirtation Walk
1939	Floogee Walk
1940's	Back Bay Shuffle
1940's	Black Out Stroll
1940's	Boopsie Doodle
1940's	Dewey Dip
1940's	Draft-Away, the
1940's	Drum Dance
1940's	Furlough, The
1940's	Pachuko Hop
1940's	Peek-A-Boo Dance
1940's	Trilby, The
1941	** 12/8/1941 - United States with Britain declare war on Japan. 12/11/1941 - Germany declares war on the United States.
1942	East Coast Swing
1942	** Gene Kelly appears on Screen in as "Thousands Cheer"
1942	Harlem Shuffle
1942	Jive
1942	New Yorker, the (AKA: East Coast Swing)
1943	Pass The Ammunition
1943	Thumbs Up
1943	** Broadway's "Oklahoma" Debuts (Changes theatre forever)
1944	Boogie Woogie Maxixe
1944	Cobra Dance
1945	** V-E (Victory in Europe) Day. Japan surrenders to USA
1945	Wiggle-Wobble
1947	The Dominicana
1947	Swing Trot
1948	Eastern Swing (AKA: East Coast Swing)
1948	Western Swing (AKA: West Coast Swing, Savoy Style, Hollywood Style)
1949	Ballroom Hula
1950	Bristol Stomp
1950	Funky Broadway
1950's	Boogaloo
1950's	Bop
1950's	Chicken Dance
1950's	Creep, The
1950's	Dirty Dance (AKA: Sleazy Dance)
1950's	Duck Trot
1950's	La Charanga
1950's	La Bostella
1950's	Rock and Roll (Swing)
1950's	West Coast Swing (first use of the words ... called Western Swing prior)
1952	Stevenson Stomp
1953	Bunny Hop
1953	Tennessee Wig Walk
1954	Champion Strut
1954	Jimmy Creepers
1955	La Plena
1955	Monkey, The
1955	Mule, The
1955	Pony, The
1955	Shake, The
1955	Stroll, The
1957	Barman
1957	The Bounce,
1957	The Horse,
1957	Jamaican Calypso
1957	Skate, the
1958	** Alvin Ailey establishes a dance theatre
1958	Bossa Nova
1958	Twist
1959	Cumbia
1959	Dip
1959	Funky Chicken
1959	High Life
1959	Waddle
1959	Pachanga
1960's	Fish
1960's	Frug, The
1960's	Locomotion
1960's	Hitch-Hiker
1960's	Hully-Gully
1960's	Madison, The
1960's	Strollypso (Stroll and Calypso Mix)
1960's	Watusi
1960's	Wisk, The
1961	Grapevine
1961	Pillmore
1961	** Vietnam conflict begins which finally ended in 1975
1961	Popcorn, the
1961	San Francisco Stomp
1965	Do The Freddie!
1968	Hustle - Couples dance Birth, but not yet known as such
1970	Texas Two-Step - Country Western (originally the 1920s Collegiate Foxtrot)
1970's	Crip Walk
1972	Hustle (AKA: Originally called Disco Swing)
1975	Disco Two-Step (AKA: Nightclub Two Step, NC2)
1980	Disco Fox
1990?s	Casino Rueada
1990's	Lambada
1990's	Macarena (song by Los del Río in 1993, then dance 1996)
1991	** The U.S, Supreme Court ruled that states have the right to prohibit nude dancing in public venues
1994	Country Line Dancing craze (second wave)
1998?	Hamster Dance (Computer animation)
2001	Dubya Dance (Computer animation)
	Thats it for Now 7/2005
	PBS link: AFRICAN AMERICAN Dance TIMELINE

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