Dance Name |
Origin |
Date |
Creator / Choreographer |
Note: See Also |
| Fadé Dance (Fade) |
England |
n/a |
aka: Furry dance |
May
Dance, St. Michael, Fuer, Floralia |
| Fado
|
Brazil |
1700s |
n/a |
Portuguese, Lundu, Fandango,
Lulu Fado, Brazilian Fado |
| Fais-de-dos |
French-Cajun |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Fandango
|
Seville, Spain |
1760s |
Phoenicians, Spanish |
Basically a Chica!,
Spanish |
| Fan Dance (Oriental) |
Japan |
n/a |
Geishas |
Maiko, Shinto Dance |
| Fan
Dance |
USA |
1930s |
Sally
Rand |
Bubble
Dance, Faith Bacon, Sally
Rand |
| Fan Tango |
USA |
1910s |
Albert Newman |
Tango,
Newman Tango |
| Farandole
|
Provence of
France and Languedoc |
B.C.? |
Thesus |
L' Escargot, Kolo, Chorovod, Brawl, Fedor
Lensky |
| Faroê |
Scandinavia |
n/a |
n/a |
Songs, Wedding Dances, Flying Dutchman, Tarentella |
| Farruca
|
Spain |
n/a |
Gypsy dance for men |
Spanish,
Flamenco |
| Farwoudiar |
Sengal |
n/a |
Wolof dance for women |
n/a |
| Fascination Waltz |
n/a |
c.1879 |
D.B. Brenneke |
Waltz |
| Fest Noz |
Breton (England) |
n/a |
Night Dance |
n/a |
| Festejo |
Peru |
n/a |
Male circle fighting dance, Sensual |
War,
Festival, Carnival, Capoiera, cajón |
| Fire
Dance |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Torch Dance |
| Firlefanz |
Swabia |
1560s |
Paul Kugelmann (composer)? |
Trotto, Trappeltanz, Trottartt, Firlefei,
Fulafranz |
| Firlefei |
France |
1800s? |
Faster version of the Virelai |
Virelai, Trottartt, Trotto |
| Fish, The |
USA |
1955 |
|
SEE: Hit Parader Music Mag 6/1955 |
| Fish Tail |
Bavaria (some
say Africa) |
n/a |
Vernacular version Hips weave about in a
figure 8. |
Animal dance, Snake
Hips dance, The Grind, Black Bottom |
| Fish Walk |
USA |
c.1912 |
Uriel Davis. Ragtime Dance. (Basically put
foot Forward and drag back, repeat other foot) |
Bunny
Hug, Grizzly
Bear, Texas
Tommy, Toddle,
Grind, Slow Drag, Turkey
Trot, Boston Dip etc. |
| Five
Step , The |
New York |
1849 |
(1928 - Harland
Dixon) |
Mae Clark, Ballroom Manhattan, Mary Play,
5/4 |
| Five
Step Waltz |
n/a |
1880 |
n/a |
Waltz |
| Flamenco
|
Andalusia,
Spain |
n/a |
n/a |
Flamenco,
Floriditto, Tap |
| Flapper Walk |
USA |
1924 |
n/a |
Charleston, Chic Walk, Collegiate
Walk, Camel Walk |
| Flat Charleston |
England |
1920s |
travelling Ballroom Dance not resembling Charleston hardly
at all. |
Charleston Crawl, Charleston, Foxtrot, British Pathe |
| Flea Hop |
New Jersey |
1930 |
precursor to the Shag |
Shag,
Sugar Foot, Balboa,
Swing |
| Flirtation Walk |
n/a |
n/a |
$1941
- Flirtation Walk Movie |
See
George White, Hula |
| Floogie Walk |
Harlem |
1939? |
Myra Johnson |
Cotton
Club, Worlds Fair |
| Flower Waltz |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
Waltz
Of The Roses, Cotillion,
|
| Flying Dutchman |
- |
- |
Polka Dance usually done at Weddings etc. |
Polka |
| Fofa |
Portugal |
1700,s |
(Brazilian Connections) |
Fandango,
Lundu, Lundum, Fado |
| Fogueiras de S. João |
Portugal |
1700s? |
Jumping through fire dance |
Torch,
Fire,
Torchlight |
| Folía, The |
Portugal |
1565 |
Carnival Dance |
Sarabande,
Rigaudon,
Bailes Castanets, Spanish |
| Folk
Dance |
Everywhere
:) |
n/a |
The People! |
Ethnological Dance, Lindy,
Square,
Peasant/ Cotillion |
| Footloose
Strut |
USA |
1921 |
Ned
Wayburn |
Foxtrot,
Tango |
| Forlana (Forlane) |
Frioul, Venice |
1711 |
Pe'Cour |
Similar to Gigue
but calmer, animated 3/4 or 6/8 time, Has similarities to
the Tarantella.
with Glissades & close steps. La Novelle, Fourlana |
| Forlona, La |
USA |
1914 |
Dance Masters of America |
n/a |
| Fort Worth Shuffle |
Fort Worth,
TX. |
1980's |
(count 123-4&5-6&...REPEAT)
Similar to Dallas Two-Step |
Dallas Two Step, Dallas Shuffle, Triple Two,
Texas
Two-Step, Country Western |
| Foulard |
National Dance
of? |
1800s? |
n/a |
n/a |
| Fourlane |
Venice, IT. |
n/a |
1st in Frioul |
Forlane |
| Fox Blues, The |
Paris, FR |
1922 |
Professor Robert (Oakland Tribune 12/10/1922) |
A sort of One- Step that has
a very long slow step, Lifting feet to Slow American Blues
Music. |
| Fox Dance, the |
USA |
1912 |
|
Stork Hop, Goat Bound, Bunny Hug,
Turkey Trot etc. |
| Fox-trot,
The |
New
York |
1912 |
Harry
Fox |
NY Theater / Two
Step |
| Fox Trot Artistic |
n/a |
c.1921 |
n/a |
Fox-trot,
Camel Walk, Triangle One Step, Chic
Walk |
| Fox-trot Chasseurs |
France |
1914 |
Maurice
Mouvet? |
See Fox-trot
for now! |
| Fox-trot, Syncopated. |
n/a |
n/a |
Maurice
Mouvet? |
See Fox-trot
for now! |
| Francais, Francais |
France |
n/a |
n/a |
(3/4 time Country Dance) |
| Frat March |
USA |
1905 |
n/a |
n/a |
| Freak Dancing |
USA |
1996 |
n/a |
aka: Grinding, extreme dirty dancing, simulated
mating. Grind, Slow Drag, Hucklebuck
|
| Freddy, do the |
USA |
c.1960s |
Freddy and the dreamers did song. |
Twist,
Frug, Hully-Gully, Mashed Potato, Swim. Do inplace first
extend left leg, then left arm, repeat opposite side. |
| French Pericon |
NY |
1914 |
Maurice
Mouvet |
Chez' Maurice |
| French Tango |
Paris |
1924 |
n/a |
European Tango,
Tangolio |
| Fricasee |
France |
1700's |
n/a |
Mime |
| Friska |
Poland |
1700s? |
Markowski |
Mazurka,
Sicilienne,
Lisbonienne, Schottische |
| Friss |
Hungary? |
1800s? |
n/a |
Lassu, |
| Frug, The |
USA |
1960's |
Arm dance variation of the Chicken and the
Twist. (Sweet Charity,) |
Twist,
Fad, Chicken, Watusi, Jerk, Monkey
etc. AKA: The Surf, Big Bea and the Thunderbird. |
| Flying
Lindy |
New York |
1940's |
see West
Coast for now! |
Lindy,
Swing,
Jitterbug |
| Fulafranz |
Swabia? |
1500s? |
n/a |
Trottart, Trotto, Firlefei, Firlefanz |
| Funky Butt
|
USA |
1910s |
Lift skirt and wiggle hips |
Grind, Mooche, Squat, Itch, Shimmy,
Buzzard Lope |
| Funky Chicken |
Memphis, USA |
1969? |
Rufus Thomas? |
Fad, Swim, Twist,
Frug, Push and Pull, Breakdown, Walkin the Dog |
| Furlana
|
Venice, Italy |
1780s? |
Folk
Dance of Venice |
Tarantella, |
| Furlough |
USA- RKO |
1940s ? |
William Bales |
Ballet
premiere was 1/20/1945 |
| Furry Dance |
England |
n/a |
aka: Fade Dance |
n/a |
| Futurest Twirl, the |
USA |
1913 |
Donald Brian |
Based on the Turkey Trot and
Tango with exagerated steps |
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