Dance Name |
Origin |
Date |
Creator / Choreographer |
Note: See Also |
| Baby Polka |
n/a |
c.1880s |
Francois Paul |
Polka |
| Baboon Baby Dance |
USA |
1910s |
n/a |
Ragtime Dance |
| Babrile |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Bacchanale |
France? |
1600s? |
n/a |
n/a |
| Bacchanalia
|
Greece/Rome |
c.186 B.C. |
Three Followers of the Jolly God Bacchus |
Bracelet, Hymenaea, Labyrinth, Pyrrhic,
War |
| Bacchu-Ber
|
Celtic |
n/a |
n/a |
Armed Dance,
Pyrrhic,
Sword
Dance, War |
| Back Bay Shuffle |
USA |
1940s |
n/a |
Jitterbug,
Lindy
Hop, Swing, West
Coast Swing, |
| Baile |
Guatemala |
?1600s? |
n/a |
n/a |
| Baile Con Corte' |
Buenos Aires |
18/1900's |
Maurice
Mouvet |
Tango |
| Bailes llanos ó tonadillas |
Castille, Spain |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Baixa |
Portugal |
1600s? |
n/a |
Chacola, Mouresca,
Villão, Fado |
| Baksimba |
Uganda |
n/a |
Royal dance of Baganda |
n/a |
| Balance Waltz |
n/a |
1870's? |
aka: Two-Step |
Fox-trot,
Two-Step, Waltz, Walzen, |
| Balboa
|
Newport, CA. |
1930's-1980 |
Rendezvous Ballroom. Named after the Balboa Pavillion across
from Balboa Island. |
Balboa Hop, Flea-Hop, Bal ,Jitterbug,
Lindy Hop,
Shag, West
Coast Swing |
| Ballet
|
Italy & France |
1448 |
Baltazarini di Belgioioso |
Baroque, Ballo, Catherine
De Medici, Comique de la reine-1581, Louis
XIV, Horse, Opera, |
| Ballin'
The Jack |
USA |
1890 |
Rail Workers, Darktown Follies |
Baltimore Buzz, Big
Apple, Danny
Kaye, Eagle Rock, Rail Road
Songs, Swing, Truckin |
| Balmoral, the |
n/a |
1800s? |
aka: the Scotch Schottische, Highland Schottische |
Couples dance, basically a Schottische |
| Ballo |
Crete |
n/a |
(Crete Originally), |
Ballizo, Cretan Sousta, Greece, |
| Ballo |
Italy |
1470 |
Carnival Songs via Heinrich Issak |
Balli, Ballet,
Balleti, Balletto,
Basse, Mime, Pantomime,
Piva, Quaternaria, Saltarello,
Spectacles, |
| Balloon Foxtrot |
? |
1922 |
n/a |
Foxtrot |
| Ballroom
Hula |
Hawaii |
1949- |
Don Wallace |
Hukilau |
| Baltimore, The |
USA? |
1910s |
n/a |
n/a |
| Baltimore
Buzz |
Harlem |
1921 |
(also: Baltimore Buzz song by James P. Johnson) |
Ballin'
The Jack, Eubie Blake, Boogie-Walks,
Shorty George, Truckin,
|
| Bambi Polka |
USA |
1941? |
n/a |
Polka |
| Bambuco
|
Columbia |
1920s |
Columbian Mestizos |
Native & Ballroom dance. Bambuca,
Rhumba,
Samba, Waltz |
| Bamboula
Dance |
Africa? |
1880s? |
n/a (Place Congo?) |
Babouille, Bamboo Drum, Calinda, Chacta, Congo, Counjaille,
Juba, Voodoo |
| Banana Dance |
Paris |
1925 |
Josephine Baker |
Bubble, Fan,
Risque, Scarf |
| Banana Peel Glide |
USA |
1913 |
Danced Like slipping one foot on a Banana Peel. Introduced
at the once famous Ragged Edge Clubin the east. |
Texas Tommy, Horse
Trot, Reno Glide, Tango Dream, Luncheon Lurch etc. |
| Banancello |
Italy |
1911 |
|
Modified One Step, Rolling Motion |
| Banda |
trinidad |
n/a |
n/a |
Oleke, Shake Dance, Shimmy |
| Barbary Coast Dance |
San Francisco |
1914 |
Gaiety Theatre (Rosey Posey Girls) |
Burlesque, Bunny Hug, Grizzly
Bear |
| Barn
Dance |
Scotland |
1860-1899 |
aka: Pas de Quartre. Also slight popularity in 1910 in USA. |
see square dance. Cotillion,
Jig,
Quadrille,
Round, Virginia Essence,
Virginia Reel |
| Baris, The |
Balinese |
n/a |
n/a |
Pyrrhic,
Spirit, War, |
| Basket of Fans |
England |
1800s? |
Fan filled basket, fan picked by chosen Dancer |
Cascaron |
| Basse
Danse |
Italy |
14/1600 |
n/a |
Ballet,
Galliard,
Hautes,
Le
Branle, Saltarello,
Stately |
| Bataclán |
Argentina |
n/a |
derived from the Ba-Ta-Clan of Persia |
Bataclana (dancer), Tango |
| Batugue |
Portugal? |
c.1500s |
solo Afro-Brazillian circle dance |
Lundu, Sarabande,
Piva, Sama, Jacara, Samba |
| Bayadères |
India |
n/a |
n/a |
Oriental
Religious dance. Augusta, Ballet,
Kathak, Charles Simon Catel (1773-1830) |
| Bayan |
Brazil |
n/a |
related to the Samba |
Samba |
| Beatle Bounce |
USA |
1960s |
1960's Fad Dance |
See 5/1964 Ballroom Dance Mag |
| Beaver Dance |
USA |
1600- |
Blackfeet Indians |
n/a |
| Beckett |
Marta |
1930s |
now owns Amargosa Opera House - Death Valley |
Ballet |
| Bee, The |
Egyptian |
1800's |
portrays being stung by a bee. |
n/a |
| Beguine, The |
So. America |
1900's? |
n/a |
(now a variation of the Foxtrot) |
| Belly
Dance |
Cadiz? |
500's AD |
n/a |
Burlesque,
Cancan,
Danse du ventre, Exotic, Hootchy,
Kathak, Oriental,
Rak Sharki, Raks, Salome,
Strip, |
| Berceuse |
England |
c.1910s |
n/a |
aka: Cradle Boston, Drop Step, Long Boston, One Step Waltz,
Philadelphia, |
| Bergamasca |
Bergamo |
1569 |
n/a |
Round Dance, Midsummer Nights Dream |
| Berlin, The |
Germany |
1888 |
M.B. Gilbert |
(Polka
& Galop
Mix), Pas de Quatre, Alsacian |
| Besola |
French? |
1700s? |
Lucretia Borgia danced this |
n/a |
| Betsy Ross Dance |
New York? |
1903? |
n/a |
Little Anita, Silent Film, Garter |
| Bhangra |
Punjab, India |
n/a |
Indian Punjabi Baisakhi festival. |
Giddha, Jhummer, |
| Bharata Natyam |
India |
?400 B.C |
Sage Bharata |
Belly,
Bhatki, Ethnic, Hula,
Kathak, Lord Brahma, Veda, Veil, Mythology,
Oriental, Sadir, Shiva, |
| Big
Apple |
So. Carolina |
1936 |
Big Apple Night Club |
Square
Dance, Lindy,
Suzy-Q,
truckin',
Shag |
| Black
Bottom |
New Orleans |
1919 |
Perry Bradford or Alberta Hunter |
Ann Pennington, Grizzly
Bear, Charleston |
| Black Crow Dance |
USA |
c.1893 |
1893 - Kirmess Opera House |
danced by Miss Austin |
| Black Out Stroll |
USA |
1940's |
Tommy Conner |
n/a |
| Blues trot, The |
USA |
1924 |
n/a |
Clifford trot, Foxtrot,
Horse Trot, Turkey
trot |
| Bocane, The |
Austria? |
1670 |
Dance Master Bocan |
2/4, sedate couple dance, Bocan was teacher to Charles I
of England, & Anne of Austria |
| Bolero,
The |
Spain & Cuba |
1780 |
Zerezo |
Spains national dance. Cuban Bolero,
Spanish Bolero, |
| Boll Weevil Wiggle |
Tunica, Mississippi |
1915s |
dance of the "Negro Cotton Pickers". Introduced
in Georgia |
combination of the Grizzly
Bear, Chicken Slide and the Waltz |
| Bomba, La |
Puerto-Rico |
n/a |
named after a Wooden Drum |
see La Bomba |
| Bonfire Dance |
n/a |
n/a |
aka: Rince Mór na Tine |
Circle dance, Ceili dance, St. John's Eve, Virginia
Reel, |
|
Boogaloo |
USA |
1960s |
n/a |
Pachanga |
| Boogie
Woogie |
USA |
1930's |
Pinetop Smith |
Jitterbug, West
Coast Swing, |
| Boogie-Woogie Maxixe |
USA |
1944 |
Gil Rodin |
Boogie
Woogie,
Maxixe |
| Boomps-A-Daisy |
England |
1939 |
Dorothy Newman Crooper (Creator). Introduced in Washington,
DC. Annette Mills (wrote Words). Done in Waltz
Time. |
You got to bump posteriors. Lambeth
Walk, Chestnutt Tree. |
| Boopsie-Doodle |
USA? |
1940's? |
n/a |
Bump, La
Conga, Swing |
| Bop
|
USA |
1950/60 |
n/a |
C. Parker, fifties dance, Jitterbug,
Minton's, Swing, |
| Bossa
Nova |
Brazil |
1950s |
Joe
Lanza |
n/a |
| Bostella, La |
New York |
1950's |
Killer
Joe Piro |
n/a |
| Boston Dip |
n/a |
c.1880s |
Russ B. Walker |
Boston Trot, Boston |
| Boston Fancy |
Boston |
1800s |
n/a |
New England Country Dance |
| Boston Hop |
n/a |
1912 |
n/a |
Bunny Hug, TurkeyTrot,
Boston Dip etc. |
| Boston Stomp |
n/a |
c1927 |
n/a |
Marty Hogan |
| Boston Trot |
n/a |
1909 |
n/a |
Boston Dip, Boston |
| Boston
Two-Step |
London? |
1908 |
Tom Walton |
Boston Fancy, Boston Waltz, Two
Step, Texas
Two Step, |
| Boston, Walking |
n/a |
1910s |
n/a |
A One Step Waltz |
| Boston
Waltz |
Boston, MA. |
1834 |
Lorenz Papanti |
(aka: American Waltz),
Landler,
Valse |
| Boulevard Glide |
USA |
1909 |
Composer: Reginald de Koven
|
Aeroplane Glide, Broadway Glide, Gaby
Glide, Gilda Glide, Jazzbo Glide |
Bouffons,
Les
(Saltatio mimicorum) |
Ancient Greek Dance |
(modern 1800s) |
Sword Dance
|
Battle, Canaries,
Courant, Galliard,
Pantomime,
Renaissance dance, Salic dance, War
dance, |
| Boulangère, La (The Baker) |
Dunkirk, France |
1800s |
Similar to De
Coverly |
End Dance, Court,
Quadrilles |
| Bourrée
d'Auvergne |
Auvergne |
1565 |
Margarite de Naverre? |
see: pas de Bourree. Branle
de Sabots, Minuet,
Montagnardes,
Polka, trescone. |
| Bowery Tap |
USA |
1920s? |
n/a |
n/a |
| Bracelet |
Greece |
n/a |
n/a |
Bacchanalia,
Hymenaea, Labyrinth, Pyrrhic,
|
| Brandons, La danse des |
Germany |
1800s? |
aka: dimanche des Brandons |
Done on the 1st Sunday of Lent |
| Branle,
le |
France |
1445 |
aka: Conje' |
Basse,
Brawl, Charleston,
Conje', Quadrilles
|
| Brazilian
Tango |
Brazil? |
1910? |
aka: Maxixe
|
Maxixe,
Mouvet,
Castles |
| Breakaway
|
USA |
1920's |
n/a |
Lindy
Hop, Swing,
Mooch, Texas
Tommy |
| Break Dance |
USA |
1980 |
James Brown |
n/a |
| Break
Down |
Old South |
1890's |
n/a |
Cakewalk,
Ballin'
The Jack, Baltimore
Buzz, Black
Bottom |
| Breban |
France |
n/a |
aka: Pas de Brabant or
Saltarello |
n/a |
| Brother Low Down |
n/a |
1924 |
n/a |
Ballin'
The Jack, Breakdown,
Lowdown,
Real Lowdown, |
| Broadway, The |
USA |
1937? |
A
Murray (Lets Swing It) |
n/a |
| Broadway Glide |
USA |
1912 |
Composer: Bert Grant
|
Aeroplane Glide, Boulevard Glide, Gaby
Glide, Gilda Glide, Jazzbo Glide etc. |
| Bubble
Dance |
USA |
1930's |
Sally
Rand ? |
Fan
Dance, Scarf Dance, Veil
Dance |
| Buck Dance |
Lancashire |
1830s |
see Buck and Wing. |
Buck
and Wing,
Clog, Jig,
Juba, Tap |
| Buck
and Wing |
Appalachian Mountains |
1800's |
?? James McIntyre ?? |
Buck,
Clog,
Juba,
Pigeon, Tap, |
| Bull Frog's Glide, The |
USA |
1900s |
n/a |
Ballin' The Jack, Buzzin the Bee,
Baltimore Buzz |
| Bull Frog Hop |
USA |
1908 |
Perry Bradford |
Black
Bottom,
Charleston, Jazzbo Glide, Possum trot, Scratch the Gravel,
Seven Year Itch, Shimmy |
| Buena Vista Tango |
n/a |
1910 |
n/a |
American,
Andalusan, Habanera,
Maxixe,
Milonga,
Tango, |
| Bumbishay |
New Orleans? |
1890s? |
aka: Fanny Bump |
1895 Pas Ma La Song Mentions |
| Bunny
Hug |
San Francisco |
1911 |
Fairmont Hotel |
Grizzly
Bear, Texas Tommy,
Turkey trot, Two-step |
| Bunny
Hop |
San Francisco |
1953 |
High School in S.F. |
Chicken Dance, Hokey-Pokey, La
Conga |
| Butterfly (novelty dance), the |
London? |
1908 |
Created by Mme. Adele Collier. became popular in 1909 |
replaced the Barn Dance. Used English (side by side dance
position like Peabody) |
| Butterfly Dance |
Japan? |
n/a |
Samoans? |
Buyoo |
| Buyoo |
Japan |
n/a |
Classical Japanese dance |
Butterfly Dance |
| Buzz, the |
- |
1910's |
(Like in Bee) |
Eccentric Dancers: Buzzin' Burton,
Sparrow Harris |
| Buzzard Dance |
W. Africa |
n/a |
a circle dance, Imitating the bird |
the Buzzard Lope may have derived from this dance |
| Buzzard
Lope |
Sunbury, GA |
1880s? |
In Dahomey? |
Eagle Rock, Mime,
Peck, Walk |
| Buzzin' the Bee |
USA |
1900s |
n/a |
Ballin' the Jack, Baltimore
Buzz, etc |
| Byrd Hop |
USA |
c.1914 |
named after Commander Richard Byrd |
Al Smith Hop, Lindy Hop, Earhardt
Hop, Flea Hop |
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