STREETSWINGS Dance History Archives

Dance Name	Origin	Date	Creator / Choreographer	Note: See also
Cabbage patch, the	USA	1980s	n/a	Peewee Dance, Running Man, Safety dance, Centipede, Electric Slide
Cachucha	Cuba	1803	Manuel Garcia. Considered a spanish dance. Made popular by Fanny Essler (ballet 1836 Le Diable boiteux). Celeste Keppler	andalusan, Tango, spanish, Sevillina, Bolero, Fandango
Cactus, the	n/a	1913	Ragtime Dance	n/a
Cadet Waltz, The	n/a	c.1880's	L.W. Vigay	n/a
Cadiz, El Spateo de	n/a	n/a	Fanny Essler	Cachucha, Tarantella
Cajun Dances	n/a	n/a	coming Soon!	Creole, New Orleans, africa, France, Two Step, polka, Waltz
Cakewalk	Florida	1850-1920	african-american, Seminole Indians	Ragtime, Marches, Williams & Walker, Chalk Line Walk
Calata	Italy	1425	aka: Calate, Calado	Calate, Minuet, piva, spanish
Calenda	West Indies?	1700's	aka: Calinda.	Chica, Bamboula, Counjaille, Ring, Circle Dance, Cotillion
Calypso	trinadad	1930s?	n/a	Chalypso, Samba, Carioca, Bossa Nova, pachanga
Camel Glide	Indianapolis	1928	Frank Levay, Errol MushRush, Ernest Gilberti, Jaqueline Beal (at the Indiana Ballroom	Graceful Smooth Dance with some Waltz Highligts.
Camel Walk	USA	1920?	aka: Collegiate Walk	Stroll, Twist, animal
Cancan	paris	1822-1900	Chicard	triori, March, Sardana, polka, Quadrille, Black Crook, Chahut
Cancan Eccentric	France	1846	La princesse de Mogador, at the Bal Mabille, BalMontesquieu, Bal de la Citb dantin, Bal Valentino.	Cancan, apache, Chahut
Canaries	Canaries Islands	1552	Diego pisador?	Galliard, Courante, Bouffons, Mime, Jota, Schuhplatter, proti-Sobe, Court
Cancun	n/a	1800s?	National Dance?	n/a
Canteen Canter	USA	1918	Basically justa Polka	Yankee Rag
Canter, the	USA	1914	Dance Masters of America refined the Horsetrot and called it the Canter. Has similarities to a Lame Duck.	Horsetrot, One Step, Canter, Lame Duck
Canter Waltz	NY	1914	Mouvet & Walton (Walking Waltz or One Step to Waltz Music)	Waltz, Chez' Maurice, One Step
Cape	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Capoiera	Brazil/ portugal	n/a	Martial arts type dance, developed by slaves for defense. Film: Capoeira of Brazil (1980)	War, Sword, Sabre, Ciranda, Samba
Carretas, las	??	1913	prof. C. Victor Zebley	Tango
Cariaco	Cuba?	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cariñosa	Phillipines	n/a	National Dance. Usually done with a Scarf or Handkerchief. Somewhat Romantic and Flirtatious in nature.	Tinikling, Scarf Dance, Handkerchief Dance, Romantic Dance
Carimbó	para, Brazil	n/a	n/a	Circle Dance, Samba, Latin
Carioca, The	Hollywood, Ca.	1933	Fanchon and Marco , made popular by Fred astaire . aKa: The Machichi Dance	Samba, Tango, Flying Down To Rio
Carioca Tango	USA	c.1930s?	n/a	Tango, Carioca
Carlowitzka	n/a	n/a	National and fancy dance	n/a
Carlton, The	USA	c.1880s	C.a. Carr	polka
Carmencita Waltz	London?	1908	Created by Mme. Emily Jones	n/a
Carrica	Basque	c.1600s?	street dance	n/a
Caringa	Cuba	n/a	n/a	Zapateo
Cascaron	Mexico	?1800s?	Done with an egg shell filled with cologne, Gilt paper etc.	Mitote, Basket of fans
Casino Two-Step	London?	1908	Created by Mme. H.R. Johnson	6/8 time, Round dance
Casket Glide	St. Louis	2/14/1912	Columbia Hall - by Louis Selz and Vincent Kemp	Official pallbearer's dance
Cassarella, La	St. Louis	1883	Mathias J. Koncen	polka
Castanets Dance	n/a	n/a	n/a	spanish, Flamenco, Fandango, Belly
Castle Canter	USA	1913?	AKA: Lame Duck	Lame Duck, Hesitation, Boston
Castle Glide	New York	1913	albert Newman	see Castle Walk for description
Castle Rock and Roll	New York	1939	Irene Castle	Lilt of a Polka, Kicking Etc.
Castle Tango	New York	1911	Vern & Irene Castle	Castle House, arg. Tango
Cstle Trot	USA	1913	The Castles ?	Castle Walk, Fox-trot, Lame Duck,
Castle Walk	New York	1912	Vern & Irene Castle	Lame Duck, Tango, Bunny Hug
Castillian Fox-trot	n/a	1920	n/a	Fox-trot, La Veeda
Cat Dance	USA	1930s	Footlight Parade	n/a
Cat Walk	USA?	1921	Cautious steps for 4 counts. Then to Left and Right	n/a
Cata	african?	c.1800s?	aka: Chacta	Bamboula, Chica, Babonille
Cateretês	Spain	n/a	n/a	Samba, Lundu, Batugue, Mesemba, Embolada
Ceilidh	?England?	n/a	Modern Folk dance	Irish, Folk, Celtic, English
Cellarius, La	paris	1842	Monsieur Cellarius	(a Waltz-Mazurka & polka Mazurka)
Celtic, The	n/a	c.1880's	Ralph Warren	n/a
Centipede, the	?	c.1980's	1980s freestyle fad dance	peewee Dance, Running Man, Safety dance, Cabbage patch, Electric Slide
Ce Roc'	France	c.1970s?	(easier, gentler Le Roc)	Jive, Rock& Roll, Swing, Le roc
Cha-Cha	Havana Cuba	1954	Enrique Jorrin	Mambo, Samba, Rumba, Salsa
Chacola	portugal	c.1500s	n/a	Baixa, Fado, Mouresca
Chacona	Guatemala	c.1560s	Simon agudo?	Sarabande, Gibao, Tordion, Rasta
Chaconne	Spain or Italy?	c.1600s	Jean Baptiste Lully?	Chacona, Ciaccono, Chaconne en Rondeau by Francis Couperin, Danse of Seis, Sarabande
Chacoon	Spain?	c.1600s	(Harlequin dance)	Chacona, Chaconne, Espagnoles
Chahut	France	c.1800s	Risqué French dance	Cancan, apache
Chamberlain, Doin The	Munich	c.1930s	Gower Champion	Goose Step, Neville Chamberlain
Champagne Waltz	USA	1934	arthur Murray	Waltz
Champion Strut, The	Los angeles	1954	Marge and Gower Champion	Lambeth Walk, Cakewalk, Swing
Chanchamele	afro-spanish	17th	n/a	n/a
Chanticleer dance	n/a	c.1910s?	imitated the actions of the rooster when he is strutting around the hen and making known his desire to cohabit with her.	Texas Tommy, Grizzly Bear, Boll Weevel
Charanga	n/a	c.1950s?	n/a	Rhumba, cha-cha, Mambo
Charleston	Charleston, NC	1866/1905/1922	ash-ante people, Ned Wayburn, Elida Webb	Le Branle, Black Bottom, Lindy Hop, Shag, King Sailor, Obolo Dance,
Charleston Blues	England	1920s	aka: Chalreson Crawl. Santos Cassini (demo with Jean Mance) Britsih Pathe	Charleston, Foxtrot
Charleston Blues	England	1920s	aka: Chalreson Crawl. Santos Cassini (demo with Jean Mance) Britsih Pathe	Charleston, Foxtrot
Charleston Flat	England	1920s	aka Flat Charleston	Charleston Crawl, Charleston, Foxtrot

Charley Bop	USA	c.1950s	a re-creation of the Charleston	Charleston, Giouba,
Cheek to Cheek	USA	c.1920s	Ragtime Dance	Texas Tommy, Grizzly Bear, Bunny Hug
Chestnut tree	England?	11/1938	Miss adele England	Spreading C.T., Chestnut tree-1924
Chic Walk	?France?	c.1921	Modified One Step with a Military Air.	Triangle One Step, Fox Trot Artistic, Camel Walk, Cat Walk
Chica, The	africa, Congo	c.1800s?	Congoes, Nationalized in antilles, said to be a calmer fandango, also danced by the Creoles.	Fandango, Calenda, Bamboula, Voodon, Rumba, Mambo
Chicago, The	USA	c.1910's	Different style of the Toddle Dance	See Toddle
Chicken Reel	USA	1906	n/a	Grizzly Bear, Turkey trot
Chicken Dance, The	USA?	c.1950's	Chicken Dance Song	Fads, Macarena, Bunny Hop
Chicken Flip	Boston, MA	1912	Miss Eleonora Sears	Basically a Grizzly Bear and Turkey trot mix with a seperation of Partners.
Chicken Scratch	n/a	c.1910's	n/a	n/a
Chicken Switch	USA?	c.1920's?	n/a	n/a
Chicken Walk	New York	1919	Debuted at the Ziegfeld Follies (Century Girl)	Lame Duck, Fox trot
Chinese Comique	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Chinese Ta-Toa	China?	1913	n/a	Dips, Dipping, Slow
Chorol Dance	World	c.1400's?	Religion	Sword, Mooris, Zambra
Chorovod	Bulgaria	n/a	Basically a giant Farandole	Farandole, Kolo
Cicerenella	Italy	c.1930s	Modern Tarantella	See Tarantella
Cifte Telli or Tsifte-Teli	Greece	n/a	n/a	Belly Dance
Cincinnati 2-Step	Cincinnati, Oh?	1915?	n/a	Fox-trot, Texas Tommy
Cinq pas	Italy	n/a	aka: Galliard	Romanesca, Galliard, Hautes/Basse, Saltarelli
Cinq-a-Sept.	n/a	c.1910s	n/a	Military Glide, Maxixe, Tango, Two Step
Cinquante-Cinquante	New York	1914	Mae Murry & Jack Mason	Half & Half Variation
Cinquillo	Africa	n/a	n/a	La resbalosa, Cocoye
Ciranda	Brazil	n/a	inspired by Sea Waves, trance, hundreds of people.	n/a
Circassian Circle	n/a	c.1850s	n/a	Folk, Contredanse
Circle, The	Harlem	1912?	performed in the Darktown Follies in 1913, Mxture of dances, done with whole troupe in line dancing around in a circle. Basically a Serpentine dance.	Ballin The Jack, Texas Tommy, Wiggle, Mooche, Grind etc.
Circle Dance, The	africa	n/a	Original african dance, related to patiin Juba, The Ring Shout and the Cake walk	Juba, Ring Shout
Ciuleandra	S. Romania	c.1900s?	(tumble weed dance)	n/a
Civa Dance (the Dance Of Civa)	Germany	c.1920's?	Occult, Nazi	n/a
Clifford trot, The	New York	1914	Jack Clifford	Evelyn Foxtrot (Evelyn Nesbitt)
Clifford Walk	New York	1914?	Jack Clifford	Clifford Foxtrot, Nesbitt
Cloak Dance	n/a	c.1800s?	n/a	Skirt Dance
Clog	Lancashire	1500s?	Celtic Clog, appalachians	Tap, Horn pipe, Reels, Soft Shoe
Cobra Dance	USA	1944	The Cobra Women - VHS	n/a
Cobra Tango	New York?	1938	Veloz & Yolanda	Yolanda Tango, Merry-Go-Round
Cocheco	Alaska	n/a	Alaskan Love Dance	n/a
Cock Dance	Bavaria	n/a	n/a	Animal Dance
Coconut Dance, The	USA	1907	Zon-O-phone Concert Band	n/a
Cocoyé	Haiti	18??'s	traditional Afro-Cuban dance, originally from Haiti, but refined in Dahonma africa	Cucuye, Cocoye Conga, Cinquillo, Contradanza
Cola Serbianka	Serbian	-	-	-
College polka	USA	1885	Society of professors of Dancing	polka
College Step Waltz	USA	c.1881	Russ B. Walker / am. Society of prof. of Dancing	Waltz
Collegiate, The	USA	1920's	(Fraternity's, Saloons)	Raccoon Coats, Flapper
Collegiate Fox trot	USA	c.1920s	n/a	Foxtrot, Shimmy, Glide, Hop, Shag
Collegiate Glide	USA	c.1920s	n/a	Foxtrot, Shimmy, Glide, Hop, Shag
Collegiate Shag	USA	1930's?	n/a	Balboa, Charleston, Lindy, Jitterbug, Balboa
Collegiate Walk	USA	c.1920	aka Camel Walk	n/a
Columbia, the	USA	c.1880s	E.C. Spink	n/a
Columbia	africa?	n/a	afro-Cuban Dance, part of a Rumba, with the yambú and the guaguanco	Rumba
Columbine Waltz	n/a	1840's?	n/a	Taglioni's, Essler
Combination polka	n/a	c.1880's	aka: Bohemian	polka
Come Back Kid	USA	1912	Follower is Flung away and Comes Vigorously Back, Spectators yell "Come Back Kid".	Texas Tommy, Turkey Trot, Apache
Come To Me Kiddy, the	n/a	c.1912	n/a	Ragtime Dance
Come To Me Tommy	USA	1912	n/a	See Texas Tommy for now!
Conga Line	Cuba / africa	1930's	afro-Cuban	Tango, Rhumba, andalusia, Belgian
Congo	trinidad	n/a	n/a	the Snake Hips dance,
Congo Tongo	USA	1910's?	Jack Jarrott	Swing, One-Step, Breakaway
Conje'	France	1455	aka: Le Branle	Branle
Continental, The	USA	1934	Fred astaire	The Gay Divorcee
Contredanses, les	France	1690-	n/a	Court / Country, Versailles
Contra Dance	England	1820	See above Contredanse	Court, Country, Square, Quadrille
Contradanza	Cuba	1890s?	acquired a French status. Came partly from the French Contredanse with a cuban influence. Two main types: Santiago and Havana.	Contrdanse, danzón, Habanera, Danza
Coodena	Blackpool	1924	created by Madame Cooze	n/a
Coonjaint	USA	1800s?	Rhythmic shuffle done by Roustabouts on Riverboats, Later Kids Song/Dance	n/a
Cootie Tickle, The	England	1919	aka: Shimmie	Shimmy
Coquette, the	n/a	c.1880s	a. perkins	n/a
Corlitza Dance	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Cordax	n/a	n/a	Grotesque comedy drinking dance	Dythyrámbic dance of the Bacchanals, Bacchus
Cork Screw Twist	USA	1913	DMOA	Ragtime Dance
Corrente	Italy	16-1800s	See: Courante	n/a
Cossack Dance	Russia?	n/a	n/a	Russian Male Show Dance
Cotillion	West Indies	1700-1870	Later refined in France	Folk Kotillion, German, Quadrilles
Counjaille	africa?	1880s?	popular at place Congo - New Orleans	Cata, Bamboula, Calinda, Voodoo,
Court Dances	France	1500's?	France, England	pavane, Courante, Bouffons, Mime
Courante'	France	1515	- Clemont Marot???	Quadrilles, Court, Branle
Cracovienne	poland	1822	aka : (Krakovioc, Krackowiak, Cracovianka)	Fanny Elssler, Mazurka, Obertas, Krackoviak, polka
Cramignon	Belgium	900	n/a	Chain, Farandole, Sword
Crap Shooters, The	USA	1919	Charles Weidman	n/a
Crawl, the	USA	1950's	done in film 'This Bitter Earth' with Silvana Mangano and Tony perkins	n/a
Credo Waltz	USA	1910	Prof. Oskar Duenweg of Terra Haute	a Stately Glide Waltz. In honor of Pres. Rosevelt. aka: Rosevelts Gavotte,
Creep, The	USA	1945	Stan Kenton Music	Heebie Jeebies, The Scratch
Creole, the	USA	1931	Introduced by Caille Revel for the Dance Masters of america. pathe News Reel	spanish
Crip Walk, the	Los angeles	1970's	Los angeles Crips gang related. Not really a dance, more of a celebration. Originally a drive-by celebration. Now more a general party dance due to MTV. Mainly La, Detoit, NY, Chicago areas.	Apache, Blood Walk, Harlem Shake, Suzy-Q
Crump Dance	n/a	?2000?	a Street form of Hip Hop	Hip Hop, Break, Pop, Lock etc.
Cubanola Glide	?	1909	n/a	Turkey trot, Grizzly Bear
Cuckoo Veleta	London?	1908	Created by arthur Morris,	Military Two-Step, Square, Veleta, Territorial 2 Step
Cueca	Chili/Bolivia	1900s?	slow and sensual Handkerchief dance, can be done as a couple.	Folk Dance
Cucia	USA?	c.1912	A Chicken Dance adopted in Berlin	Grizzly Bear, Bunny Hug, Turkey trot,
Cumberland Long 8	n/a	1950's	Christmas dance	n/a
Cumbe	africa	n/a	Became popular in Cuba in a cumbancha (feast)	n/a
Cumbia	San Basilio, Columbia	n/a	created by the slaves of South america	Kumbia, Mambo, Salsa, fogata, palenque
Cushion Dance	England	1570	aka: John Sanderson dance	Cotillion
Cutting In	n/a	c.1920s	Tap man on shoulder and get his partner for the dance	aka: (Memphis Tapping Novelty dance)
Czardas (Csárdás)	Hungary	c.1800's	Hungary's Nat'l Dance	Magyar Kor, palotás
Czarin	?USA?	c.1920's	Czarina Waltz - anna pavlova & Max Rabinoff	Waltz, polka, Mazurka, Czar, Tsarina

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