STREETSWINGS Dance History Archives

Dance Name	Origin	Date	Creator / Choreographer	Note: See Also
Gaby Glide	New York	1911	Ned Wayburn & Gaby Deslys	Winter Garden, Two Step, Gilda Glide, Jazzbo Glide, Aeroplane Glide
Gaditanian	Rome	BC	n/a	n/a
Gagliarde	Rome, Italy	1480	See Galliard	n/a
Gaiety, the	New York	1889	George T. Wilson	American Society of Professors of Dancing
Gallega	Madrid, Spain	n/a	n/a	Sararo, Muyñeira, (Galicians)
Galliard	France	1480's	later changed to Romansesca by R. Omanesca.	Cinq-Pas, Tordian, Gagliarde, Gallarde, Romaine, Romanesque, Romanesca
Galop / Gallop	Hungary	1800-50	n/a	Polka, Gallopade, Redowa
Gambuh	Bali	Ancient	most anicent of the Balinese dances	n/a
Gammaldans	Sweden	old?	aka: Hambo	Gangar, Hambo, hambopolkett, Polska,
Gangar	Sweden/ Norway	n/a	A Country Dance	Gammaldans,
Gargouillade	Paris	1740's	Marie Lyonnois (Mrs. Julius Borah) - dancer	best described as in trying to stir a cauldron with the point of one's foot.
Gato	Argentina	n/a	Two Couples - Fast Waltz type dance	Waltz, Tango,
Gaumba	Africa	n/a	a story from Panji	Bamboula, Chica, Calenda, Counjaille, Juba
Guapacha	Cuba	c1963	Cuban Cha Cha	Cha Cha
Gavotte	Pay de Gap - France	1588-?	French Folk / Court Dance	Pavlova, Pays de Gap, La Danse Classique, Pavane, Bouree, Court, Ballet
Gavotte Motto		1910	Prof. Henry Doring	n/a
Geechie Ring Shouts	African- Americans	n/a	n/a	Religious
Georgetown, the	USA	C.1930	From Georgetown University. (One Long Step and Three Short Steps)	Collegiate Dance
Georgia Bo-Bo	USA	1911	Perry Bradford	same as Georgia Grind but more risque movement
Georgia Grind	USA	1915	Composer: Ford. T. Dabney	Baltimore Buzz, Ballin The Jack, Buzzin the Bee
Geranos	Delos (Greek Mythology)	n/a	Theseus	Pyrrihic, War
German, The	Germany	1809	aka: The Cotillion Waltz, grew out of the Harvest dance.	Waltz, Cotillion, Tour de Valse
Gibao	Spain	1560	same as Pie De Jibao	Spanish, Court, Pe' de Chibao, Sarabande, Chacone, Jibao
Gibson Glide			Preston Gibson (with Mrs Rowland)
Giga	Italy?	1800s?	n/a	Girometta, Lombardina, Monferrina
Gigolo, The	Paris	1926	M. Darion (danced with Mlle. Nadine). Creators were American, created dance while in Paris.	George Raft, Valentino, Tango, Rod La Rocque, Kinkajou, Dixie Stomp, Lindbergh Glide, Stop Trot
Gigue	France	1600's	sometimes crossed over as a canaries dance	Sarabanda, Piva, Hornpipe, Giga, Jig, Tap, Buck, Pigeon Wing, Forlane, Canaries
Gilda Glide	New York	n/a	Ned Wayburn or Arthur Murray? In honor of Gilda Gray	Bolero, Tango, Rumba, Gilda Gray, Gaby Glide, Aeroplane Glide, Jazzbo Glide
Gimpelgampel	n/a	1800s?	n/a	n/a
Giouba	Africa	1825	Made popular in the USA by Henry "Master Juba" Lane	Jig, Reel, Minstrel, African Step Dance, The Martinique
Girdle Dance	New York	1940s	Gypsy Beulah	Burlesque, Leon & Eddies
Girl From Havana	USA	1914?	The Sunshine Girl (The Castles)	n/a
Girometta	Italy?	1800s?	n/a	Giga, Lombardina, Monferrina
Gittana (Gitana)	Spain	n/a	n/a	Spanish Dance, La Gitano, La Gitana
Glide Polka	USA?	1880's	A treatise on the elements of dancing: Brown, R. E.	Aeroplane Glide, Gaby Glide, Jazzbo Glide, Gilda Glide
Glissade Redowa	n/a	c.1879	American Society of Professors of Dancing	see Redowa, Polka
Goat Bound	USA	1912	n/a	Stork Hop, Bunny Hug, Fox Dance etc
Gobbler Glide	USA	C.1912	n/a	Ragtime dance
Gofenanz	Germany	1800s?	n/a	Court,
Golden West, the	USA	1914	D.M.O.A.	Pan American Glide
Golliwog, the	n/a	1920s?	$Vaudeville Videos vol6	performed by the L.I.M.E. Trio
Goose Dance	England	n/a	aka: Goosey Dancing	n/a
Gopak	Ukraine	n/a	n/a	Hopak, Ballet, Folk
Gopis Dance	India	n/a	n/a	Krishna
Gorlitza	Poland	1850	2/4 time-Couples, Basically a Waltz.	Waltz, Polka, Mazurka, Sissone
Goshen Glue	USA?	1912	Shag, Swing Type Dance	Swing, Big Apple
Gotham Gobble	n/a	n/a	n/a	?
Grab Dance	USA	1922	Dorothy Dickson and Carl Hyson	aka: Mon Homme (Ladies lead thsi dance)
Graduation Ball	USA	1920'S?	n/a	danced by Barbara Fallis, Fouettes,
Grape Juice Wallow	USA	c1912	Uriel Davis. dedicated to Secretary of State Bryan	a combination of the Fish Walk, Horsetrot, Sea Sick Glide.
Grapevine Dance	USA	1912	Animal / Ragtime Dance	Turkey Trot, Bunny Hug, Grizzly Bear, Tiger, Wish Wash Glide, Boston Dip, etc
Greek Nat Waltz	n/a	1800s?	National Dance?	see: Greek Waltz
Greek Waltz	Greece?	1800s?	National Dance?	n/a
Grinding	USA	1996	n/a	aka: Freak Dancing, extreme Dirty Dance, Simulated mating
Grizzly Bear	Chicago	1909	Possibly San Francisco?	Bunny Hug, Texas Tommy, Turkey Trot, Maxixe, Two-step, Apache, Tango
Grossvater	Germany	n/a	n/a	a version in the 1st act-Nutcracker
Grunt Dance	USA	1958	American Bandstand	Fad Dance
Guajira	Cuba	n/a	Cuban Country Dance, 3/4 or 6/8 derived from the Andalusian	Spanish Dance
Guaracha	Cuba or Spain	1880s	Theater dance, 3/8. Danced by one person, accompanied by guitar. Some say precursor to the Cha-Cha. (Popular in Puerto Rico)	Spanish
Gun Dance	n/a	1800's	The Wild West	n/a
Gypsy Dance (Gipsy)	?Spain?	n/a	Some Dances: Agir Roman, Bir Sari Yilan, Kaba Roman, kampana, karsilama, Mastika, Romanian, sirto, roman, sulukule, Tulum.	Flamenco or Spanish, La Meri, Kaba, Pomagi, Maciro, Rosario & Antonio,

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