DANCE INDEX: [ H ]

Dance Name

Origin

Date

Creator / Choreographer

Note: See Also

Habanera

Havana, Cuba

c.1800s?

n/a

Spanish, Tango, Salsa, Latin, Andalusan

Half and Half

New York

1912

Vernon Castle

Hesitation, Maxixe, Cinquante-Cinquante

Half Time Waltz

New York

1910

n/a

Variation of the Hesitation Waltz

Halling

Sweden

n/a

Swedish and Norwegian Country Dance

n/a

Hambo

Sweden

n/a

Swedish 3/4 time dance

Folk, gammaldans, Hambopolkett, Polka, Polska, Round, Schottische,

Hambone

USA

1952

Sammy McGrier. (Red Saunders Music)

Pattin' Juba, Giouba

Hammer & Tack

USA

c.1921?

n/a

Ballin' The Jack, Eagle Rock, Turkey Trot, Apache

Hamster Dance

Internet

1998?

Animated Hamsters dancing to theme song on Internet

Dubya Dance, Baby dance, Cow Dance

Hand Dancing

Washington DC

c.1950s

6ct: Kick Ball Chg, Sailor Shuffle, Sailor Shuffle

Jitterbug, Fast Dance, DC Hand, Lindy Hop, East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing

Hand Jive

USA

c.1950s

n/a

10/1958-Compact Magazine: Instructions, Grease

Harlem Glide

Harlem

1910

n/a

n/a

Harlem River Quiver

Harlem

n/a

Cotton Club Girls

n/a

Harvard, The

New Orleans

1880s?

Prof. Vegas

Waltz-Galop, The long slide is called the Harvard with the lady always making the Harvard forward.

Harvard Caprice

USA

1896

(DMOA)

n/a

Hasapiko

Constantinople

Byzantine

aka: Makellarikos, Butcher's Dance

Ballo, Naftiko, Syrtaki, Zorba, Syrto

Hautes Danse

England

c.1350-1600

See: Basses Danse

Basse, Galiarde, Courante

Hay, The

n/a

Mdl. Ages

aka: Reye

Roundelay, Reye

Haymakers' Jig

n/a

1800s?

n/a

Gigue, Clog, Tap, Reel, Hornpipe

Havana Rhumba

Cuba

1914?

n/a

Rumba, Latin, Sousa, Salsa

Heebie Jeebies

UK

1927

Floyd DuPont

Intr.. by Miss Josephine Bradley & D.Wellesley-Smith. (Pop again in 1950s). The Creep

Heel & Toe

America?

1880s

aka:Bohemian

Collegiate, Mayme Gehue (Topsy and Eva)

Hen Scratch

Bavaria

n/a

n/a

Animal

Hesitation Waltz

English?

c.1890s?

?Maurice Mouvet?

Waltz, Half Time Waltz, Boston, Viennese, Valse, Volta

High School Gallop

USA

n/a

n/a

n/a

High Yaller

USA

n/a

n/a

n/a

Highland Fling

Scotland

n/a

Scottish Highlands

Sword Dance, Victory, Scotch Lassies dance, 1894 - Highland Dance Movie,

Highland Schottische

n/a

n/a

aka: Balmoral

Highland Fling, Schottische, Balmoral, Quadrilles, Contredanse

Hike With Ike

USA

n/a

n/a

n/a

Hindu Dance

Indonesia

1500 B.C.

n/a

Kathak, Nrtta, Nrtya, Natya, Marwari, Mari-Puri

Hindu Love Dance

Indonesia?

n/a

n/a

see 1/10/1949 Life Mag.

Hip-Hop

USA

1982-

n/a

Rap, Robot, Break, Jazz, Street, Pop & Lock

Hitchy Koo

n/a

1959

Gladys Forrester

Burlesque, Strip, Hootchy Kootchy

Hoe-down

USA

c.1840s

Minstrel

The Jam, Lindy Hop, Barn Dance

Hoffman Glide

New York

1914?

Probably Ned Wayburn

Gaby Deslys, Gertrude Hoffman

Hokey-Pokey

n/a

1950

n/a

Children's Song, Mixer dance, Bunny Hop, The Creep, Monster Mash

Honolulu Glide

UK

1915

Robert Hale

Hula, Gilda Glide, Gaby Glide, Jazzbo Glide

Hoop Dance

New York

1912

Adelaide & Hughes, Ned Wayburn

Hoop Whirl, Waltz, Astaire

Hootchy-Kootchy

Philadelphia

1876

Philadelphia Cent. Fair
aka: Hoochi-Coochi

Belly, Salome, Burlesque, Turkish, Kathak, Oriental (Basically a term to mean any sexy type dance at fairs, carnivals etc.)

Hootchy-Ma-Cootch

USA

n/a

Jelly Roll Morton's term for the Congo Grind

Morton's: Animule Ball,

Hop, The

USA

c.1900s

College's

Lindy Hop, Al Smith Hop, Kangaroo Hop

Hop-A-Do

USA

c.1960s

The Kids

Twist

Hopak

Ukraine

n/a

n/a

Gopak, Ballet, Folk

Hoppaldei

France?

c.1800s?

Couple dance

Virelai, Firlefei, Hoppelrei,

Hora

Lantore, Romania

n/a

Nat'l. Romanian and Israel Palestinian dance

Round Dance, Carmen Sylva, sm:hora staccato, Lantore, Qn. Elizabeth, Wedding, Balkan ring dance

Horn Pipe (Sailors)

Ireland

n/a

aka: Pas de Matelot

Clog, Tap, Buck & Wing, Piva, Jack Tar Musette, Gigue, Tambourin, Jig

Horon

Black Sea

n/a

?Sailors?, Maybe farmers

Rahat Horon, comfortable Horon, Romaiika

Horovod

Russia

n/a

(ruthenium costumed)

n/a

Horse Ballets

Rome & Arabia

n/a

n/a

Ballet, Court, Stately

Horse Trot

Boston

1911?

Uriel Davis. Introduced in Boston at a Ball in Copley-Plaza given by Hamilton Fish Jr.

a High stepping Cakewalk type One Step. The High Kicks made it Difficult for the ladies. Turkey Trot, Texas Tommy, Grizzly Bear, Bunny Hug, Reno Glide etc

Hot Rod Hop

USA

?/1955

Hot Rod Magazine

(mag has instructions - I need a copy :)

Hovetanz

Germany?

c.1800s?

n/a

Court dance

Hringbrot

Iceland

n/a

n/a

Vikivaka

Hucklebuck

n/a

n/a

The girls would get down on their back and the guy would stand over top of them.

Dirty Dance, Freak Dancin', Paul Williams (song)

Hug Me Close

USA

1912

n/a

n/a

Hukilau

Hawaii

1949

Don Wallace

Ballroom Hula

Hungarian Valse

Hungary

1829

Rossini in his Guillaume Tell (William Tell).

Waltz, see Valse

Hungroise, La

n/a

1800's

n/a

n/a

Hula-Hula

n/a

n/a

n/a

Martha Raye,

Hullas

Sandwich Isl.

n/a

n/a

Oriental Dance, Mime

Hupfauf

Germany

c.1400s?

After Dance

Landler, Piva, Ballo, Quaternaria

Hurdy Gurdy

France?

c.1850s

n/a

Can Can, Burlesque, Prostitution, Striptease, Hootchy Hootchi - Cootchi

Hustle

Florida

1968

n/a

Disco, Line, Sling, Rope

Huayñitos

Bolivia

n/a

Couples dance, Jumps and Stunts

n/a

Harvard Hesitation

Boston

1937

n/a

Waltz, Hesitation Waltz, Boston

Hop

????

1930-1989

Hops were also known as
dances / parties.

swing Hop, Buzzard Hop, Lindy Hop, Al Smith Hop, Waltz Hop, Jig Hop, Byrd Hop

Hymenaea

Greece

n/a

n/a

Bracelet, Pyrrhic, Bacchanalia, Labyrinth

Hymenia

n/a

ancient

performed at marriage festivals by young men and girls crowned with flowers.

Pyrrhic, War, Bacchus, Sacred, Mediatorial, Military, Social, Gymnopedia, Domestic, Funeral