STREETSWINGS Dance History Archives

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
Harlem Shake, the	Harlem, N.Y.	1981	Originally called the albee in Harlem, Supposedly started be Al B. Became mainstream in 2001 when G-Dep featured the Harlem shake in his music video "Let's Get It."	the Albee (AL.B.), Eskista, Pop and Lock, Shoulder Shake, Shimmy, isolations
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	USA	c.1880's	Albert Newman, 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	Hawaiin dance, 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 Dance	Hawaii	1830's	Hawaiin dance,	Hawaiin dance, Polymesian dance, Tahition dance, Hula-Hula, Hukilau
Hula-Hula	n/a	n/a	also see Hukilau	Martha Raye, Gilda Gray
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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