Dance Name |
Origin |
Date |
Creator / Choreographer |
Note: See Also |
| Kabuki |
Japan |
c.16th Century |
Priestess Okuni |
(ka=song, bu=dance,ki=skill) |
| Kaffir |
n/a |
1800s |
Wedding Dance |
Hymenia, Sacred, |
| Kalamatiano |
Greek |
First Century |
Panhellenic dance, National Dance of So.
Greece |
Syrto, Tsamikos, Zaloggos, Choral, Aeschylus |
| Kangaroo Dance |
Australia |
c.1950s |
Blackfellows |
Kangaroo Hop, Kangaroo Dip,
Snake Dance, Walking The Dog, Turkey
Trot |
| Kangaroo Dip |
- |
c.1910s |
see Horsetrot for details |
Snake
Dance, Horse
Trot, Walking the dog, Kangaroo Dance, Kangaroo
Hop, Turkey
trot |
| Kangaroo
Hop |
USA |
c.1905 |
Composer: Melville Morris
|
Fox
Trot, Kangaroo Dip, Castles,
Les Elgart |
| Kankukus |
Brazil |
n/a |
Afro-Brazillian dance |
n/a |
| ~
Kathak ~ |
India? |
n/a |
Brahmin Priests |
Marwari, Manipuri, Rahas, Kathakali, Danse
du Ventre |
| Kathlyn Waltz |
USA |
c.1916 |
dedicated to Kathlyn Williams (in the
Adventure of Kathlyn) |
is a Hesitation or Boston
Waltz |
| Kentucky Jubilee |
n/a |
C1800's |
aka: Dancing in the Barn
or Military Schottische. |
n/a |
| Khorovod |
Russia/
Greece |
n/a |
Roundelay type dance |
Roundelay, Hora, Round, Reigen,
Chorovod |
| Khorumi |
Achara |
n/a |
War
Dance |
War,
Pyrrhic |
| King Sailor |
Trinidad |
?? |
?? |
Charleston dance, Obolo dance |
| Kilingkingan |
Philippines |
1900s? |
popular PhilippinoFolk
Dance |
Castanets, Couple, Cagayan |
| Kim-Ka |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Kinkajou , The |
Newark |
8/22/1927 |
Mrs. Edna Passapae |
version of Ada May's Rio Rita Routine.
11/1927-Dance Mag. |
| Kinsey Waltz |
n/a |
1955 |
performed by Michael Drake |
Waltz |
| Klapdanse |
n/a |
c.1909 |
Child's Folk Clapping Dance |
Chicken Dance, Mexican Hat Dance, Hokey-Pokey |
| Klumpakojis |
Lithuanina |
?? |
Folk Dance, Clog Dance |
Clog, Sabots |
| Knickerbocker |
New York |
1888 |
Allen Dodsworth, |
Basically a Waltz, Galop,
aka: The Newport, Racquet, the Wave |
| Knock on Wood Dance |
n/a |
c.1930s |
n/a |
n/a |
| Kolo |
Serbia |
n/a |
Giant Farandole, a group
circle dance w/ a leader, |
Yugoslavia, Croatia, Tambura,
Chorovod, Round Dance, Farandole |
| Kolomejka |
Hungary |
n/a |
a Carpathian dance |
n/a |
| Kordax |
Greece |
5 B.C. |
Masked Dance |
n/a |
| Kortan |
Hungary |
c.1857s? |
redesigned by Dodsworth |
aka: Vienna Court Quadrille, Lancers, Quadrille |
| Kozaks |
Poland |
1850s? |
n/a |
Krakoviak, Polka,
Cracovienne, Mazurka, Polonaise,
Cossack |
| Krakoviak |
Poland |
c.1800s |
aka: Cracovienne |
Fanny
Essler made famous |
| Krocan |
Bohemian |
c.1800s |
n/a |
Animal |
Burlesque