STREETSWINGS Dance History Archives

Dance Name	Origin	Date	Creator / Choreographer	Note: See Also
D' Hammerschiedsg' sellen	German	n/a	aka: Blacksmiths Apprentice Dance	n/a
DC Hand Dance	Washington, DC	1950s?	n/a	East Coast Swing, Pony Swing, Jive
Dabke or Debke	Levant	n/a	n/a	Debka Carmiel, Erev Ba, Folk, Tfilati,Middle Eastern Dance, Folkloric, Belly Dance
Dagger Dance	n/a	n/a	film: Natoma (1911)	Sabre Dance, Sword Dance, Morris
Daggering	Jamaica	1998?	nothing new ... aka Freaking or Freak dancing (in USA). Basically imitates sexual acts on dance floor	Freak Dance, Freaking
Dallas 2 Step	Dallas, TX.	c.1970s?	(Walk- Walk- Triple- Triple)	Dallas Shuffle, Texas Two Step, Country Western dance
Dance-a-la Graphonola	USA	c.1924	Casson Brothers & Marie	Albee Theater
Dance After Husking	n/a	1858	n/a	Virginia Wheel
Dance of Death	Paris?	1424	Cemetery of the Innocents-Paris	Dance Macabre, Dance of the Demons, Dance Of The Shadows, Halloween, Totentanz, Plaque
Dance of the Demons	USA	1906	n/a	Halloween, Dance of Death, Dance Of The Shadows
Dance of the Doves	n/a	c.1930s	n/a	Rosita Royce
Dance of the Lovers	USA	c.1930s	A Vaudeville / Burlesque routine. Uses a dummy as a partner and is manipulated by the Dancer.	Mitzi McGarry, Burlesque
Dance of the Seven Veils	Egypt?	n/a	Salome (see Salome link for n for now)	Salome, Belly Dance, Rope Dance, Burlesque, Striptease, Jessie York, Maude Allen, Joan Sawyer
Dance Of The Shadows	New York	1846	? Fanny Essler ?	Joan Sawyer, Dance of Death,
Dancing in the Barn	USA	c.1800s	aka: Kentucky Jubilee / Military Schottische.	n/a
Danish Waltz	Germany	c.1800s?	aka: La Badenowitch. Reintroduced by M. Perin in Paris	a Waltz Cotillion Quadrille type dance.
Dardanella	USA?	1919	-	Foxtrot
Daronee	Armenia	n/a	worships sun / earth	Folk, Alunelul, Toika
Dartmouth Dip	USA	1937?	A. Murray (Lets Swing It Book)	n/a
danse de Canaries	Canarie Islands	1552	Diego Pisador	click link
Danse du ventre	France	n/a	aka: Belly Dance, Cancan	Belly Dance, Cancan, Apache
Danses A' Deaux	Europe	n/a	n/a	Branle, Minuet, Adagio, Ballet
Danse au Virlet	France	c.1700s?	Circular Dance	n/a
Dansa de Donzellas	Portugal	c.1570	Eight Girl Dance	A Portuguese drama
Danse de St. Guy	Lorriane	n/a	aka: Tarantella	Tarantella, St. Vitus, , La Danse de St. Jean, Veith
Dansas dos Espingardeiros,	Portugal	c.1500s	n/a	A Portuguese drama
Dansas habladas	Portugal	c.1600s?	aka: Xacaras	n/a
Dansas dos Mariyos	Portugal	c.1500s	n/a	A Portages drama
Dansas dos Pratos	Portugal	c.1500s	n/a	A Portuguese drama
Danzas	Spain	n/a	many types and variations	see Spanish Dance for now and below
Danza Antigua de Hermigua	Gomera Isl.	ancient	Warrior Dance	Danse de Canaries
Danza de Damas y Galanes	Galicia, Spain	n/a	Religious Dance	Danza del Paloteo y el Cordón a La Virgen de La Piedad
Danza de los Diablos	Huete (Cuenca), Spain	ancient	aka: Devil Dance. (Group dance using sticks to chase devil away)	Spanish Dance, Danzas
Danza del Paloteo y el Cordón a La Virgen de La Piedad	Toledo, Spain	n/a	8 girls and 1 male, uses Castanets, whips, Canes	March, Danza de Damas y Galanes
Danza Prima	Asturias, Spain	n/a	n/a	see Spanish Dance
Danzón	Matanza, Cuba	1879	?Miguel Failde (1852-1921) ,? (descendant of the contradanza in 1800's)	Contradanza, Charangas, Danza, Son, Cha, Rumba, Mambo
Dardenella	n/a	n/a	n/a	Buddha Song, Foxtrot
Davy's Foxtrot	New York	1914	Uriel Davys	Foxtrot, One Step, Two Step
Debka Carmiel	Israel	1990s	Carmiel Festival	Erev Ba, Folk, Tfilati, Dabke
Delfoy	Detroit?	1940s	kak: Dip, 1/2 time jitterbug	n/a
Denngozo Maxixe	n/a	1914	Ernesto Nazareth	Maxixe, Brazilian, Mattchachi
Detroit Ballroom	n/a	c.1970s?	n/a	Cha Cha, African-American
Dew Drops	USA	c.1880s?	n/a	n/a
Dewey Dip, The	Chicago	1940s	Nat. Ass. Dance Masters	Al Smith Hop, Lindy Hop
Diaphaneous Dip	USA?	c.1912		Foxtrot, One Step, Two Step, Grizzly Bear, Bunny Hug
Dig It!	USA	1941	Fred Astaire & Paulette Goodard	11/5/1940 - Look Magazine
Dirty Dancing	USA	1950 & 1980	n/a	Mambo
Dirty Dig, The	USA	c.1920-30's	n/a	Running
Disco Dance	Paris	c.1950-90?	n/a	n/a
Disco Fox	France	c.1980s?	n/a	Hustle, Disco, Ceroq, Jive, Leroq, Foxtrot
Disco Two-Step	New York	1960s	Buddy Schwimmer	aka: Nightclub Two Step, NC2, Rumba
Dixie Stomp, The	Chicago	8/22/1927	Tom H. Sheehy (Charleston and Black Bottom Mixture, a point step can replace the stomp for the ballroom)	Foxtrot, Kinkajou, Charleston, Black Bottom, Lindbergh Glide, Yankee Prance. demo by H.J Ryan
Do the Freddie	Ca.?	1965	Freddie & The Dreamers	Fad, Twist, Frug, Swim, Jerk, Watusi
Dog Walk	USA	c.1910s	Ragtime Dance	Walkin the Dog, Grizzly Bear, Bunny Hug
Doin' The Boom Boom	USA	1929	Movie- Why Leave Home	n/a
Doin' the Chamberlain	New York	1936	1936 - "Streets Of Paris"	Goose-step
Doin' The Eddie Cantor	New York	1920s	n/a	n/a
Doin' the King Kong	Harlem	c.1930s	Plantation Club	n/a
Doin' the Raccoon	USA	c.1920s?	n/a	Collegiate
Doin' The Socialite	USA	1939	from "the Boyfriend"	n/a
Dolce, the (dream waltz)	London?	1908	Created by Arthur Morris	Veleta, Territorial 2 Step
Dominicana, The	Dom. Republic?	1947	n/a	La Bota
Domino, the	USA	1961	1960's Fad dance (2/1961 - Ballroom Dance Mag.))e	Twist etc
Dopey, Doin The	New York	1938	Lucille Marsh	Disney, Silver Screen Canteen-N.Y.
Dorothy Waltz	London	1914	Dorothy Dickson & Carl Hyson	Waltz
Double Shuffle Speed Swing	USA	c.1930-90	n/a	see West Coast for now
Dove, The	Bavaria	n/a	n/a	n/a
Draft-A-Way, the	n/a	c.1940s?	Cecil Berdun	n/a
Dragon Dance	n/a	c.1920s?	Chenko & Mlle. Elexa	(see 2/1926 Theater Mag)
Dream Waltz	n/a	c.1960s?	(4/1968-Ballroom Dancing Times Mag.)	Waltz, Mysetta Waltz,
Drehar, The	Germany	1525	(Forerunner of the Waltz) aka: Volta.	Walzer, Waltz, Boston, Landler, Valse
Drum Dance	n/a	c.1940s	Desi Arnez	La Conga,
Duck trot, The	New York	1950	Cab Calloway	Dance Fads?
Dune Dance	USA	n/a	n/a	$ Film of Dune Dance

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