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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
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| 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
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Baltimore Buzz,
Ballin The Jack, Buzzin
the Bee |
| Geranos |
Delos (Greek Mythology) |
n/a |
Theseus |
Pyrrihic,
War |
| German, The |
Germany |
1809 |
aka: The CotillionWaltz,
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 |
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Preston Gibson (with Mrs Rowland) |
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| 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,
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| 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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