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 Step |
Pueblo, CO. |
1917 |
M.E. Madden |
Mixture of the Highland Fling
and One Step in quick time. (8/28/1917
Lima Daily News) |
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 |
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