Dance Name |
Origin |
Date |
Creator / Choreographer |
Note: See Also |
Macarena |
n/a |
1993 (song) |
dance created in 1996 by a Flamenco
teacher. |
song by Los del Río. Originally
had no dance till 1996. Was a type of line dance,
aspect of the Virgin Mary in Spain. |
Madera |
Bohemia |
1850s |
Anna Chadimová-Slezak |
Pre Polka |
Madison, The |
USA |
c.1950's |
(articles: 4/1960, 8/1960,
12/1960 - Ballroom Dance Mag: a Solo and Couples dance,
It's Madison Time) |
Twist,
Bop,
Frug, Hully Gully, Swim, Jerk |
Madrilène, La |
Spain? |
1850s? |
Spanish style couples
dance |
n/a |
Malagueña |
Andalusia |
n/a |
(Mal-a-Gain=Yah), aka:
Flamenco, (also a music) |
Andalusan,
Flamenco,
Tango,
Bolero,
Paso
Doble |
Mambo
|
Haiti/ Cuba |
c.1930's |
?Francisco Grillo? |
Salsa, Rumba,
Son, Latin, Cha-Cha,
Danzon, Habanera,
Samba
|
Manila Swing |
USA |
c.1980s |
another name for the Hustle (1-2-3&4-5-6&) |
Hustle,
Disco,
Phillapino Swing |
Manipuri |
Manipur, India |
n/a |
n/a |
Hindu Natya, Marwar, Malabar,
Madras, Manipur, Kathak, Kathakali, Guru, Tagore,
Shan-Kar, Belly |
Maori |
New Zealand |
n/a |
Songs, War Dance |
n/a |
| Marlborough, the |
USA |
1896 |
Mr. Mohler |
Minuet
and Mazurka
Combo dance |
Marimba Waltz |
n/a |
1921 |
n/a |
done to Song-After The
Ball-1921 |
Marinera Peruana |
Peru |
n/a |
a Flirtation dance |
n/a |
| Marmeins, the |
|
c.1927 |
Irene, Phyllis and Miriam |
|
Martinique, The |
Haiti |
n/a |
A set dance, connected to the Giouba
dance |
n/a |
Martinique Beguine |
St. Lucia |
n/a |
ballroom dance of the
island of St. Lucia and Martinique. |
n/a |
Mary Pickford Waltz |
New York |
1917 |
n/a |
Waltz,
Mary Pickford |
Mashed Potato (e) |
USA |
c.1950/60 |
1960s fad dance, version
of the Charleston |
Fad, Twist,
Frug, Hully Gully, Swim, Madison, Watusi,
Monkey,
Jerk |
Mason |
?Cuba? |
n/a |
n/a |
- |
Matelot |
Holland |
n/a |
Dutch sailors dance, wooden
shoes, arms interlaced behind backs. |
Sailors Hornpipe,
clogs,
Matelotte |
Mattichiche, La |
n/a |
1905? |
?Derminy & Morley? |
aka: Maxixe,
|
Mattachins |
n/a |
c.1500's |
aka: Matassins |
Sword
Dance, Court
Ballets, |
| Maurice Glide |
USA |
1910s |
Maurice
Mouvet |
Maurice Walk, Castle
Walk, Tango
various Glides |
Maurice's Step Dance |
New York |
1910's |
Maurice
Mouvet |
Chasseurs Foxtrot,
Maxixe, Apache |
Maurice Walk |
New York |
1912 |
Mouvet
and Walton |
One
Step, Cakewalk,
Skip, Hop, Dips, Glides, Tango |
Maxixe
|
Brazil |
1912 |
Del
Rio and Luis Introduced at the Palais de danse.
aka: Brazilian Tango |
Parisian, Brazilian, Bre'siliene,
Mattichiche, Zemba, Habanara,
Tango,
Samba |
Maxixe Argentine |
New York |
1914? |
Joan
Sawyer |
Maxixe,
Bre'siliene, Mattichiche, Tango |
Maxixe Bre'siliene |
New York? |
1914? |
n/a |
Maxixe,
Castles,
Mouvet |
Maxina |
Britain? |
1917 |
Madame Low Hurndall |
dance won 1st Place British Teachers
of Dance |
May Dance |
Swiss |
1907? |
n/a |
Klapdanse, Chicken Dance |
May
Pole Dance |
England |
1763 |
Moors, John
Tiller (said to have created modern maypole) |
Versailles, Carnival,
Robin Hood, May
Day Dance, Morris
Dance |
Mayfair Cotillion |
n/a |
1908 |
Created by G.F. Childs |
Cotillion,
billed as A New Square
dance |
Mazurka
|
Mazovie, Poland |
1500's |
Markowsky |
Polacco, Holubiec, Minuet,
Polka,
Polonaise,
Waltz,
Russian |
Measure |
n/a |
n/a |
Court/Stately
Dance |
n/a |
Melange |
n/a |
1928 |
n/a |
Apache,
Maxixe |
Meloneras |
Daimiel, Spain |
n/a |
Variation of Sequilillas
Manchengas, by two or four couples |
Sequilillas Manchengas,
Spanish
Dance |
Mento |
Jamaica |
n/a |
Native dances resembling
the Rumba |
Rumba |
Merenconga |
USA |
1960s |
aka: Pachanga,
|
Merengue,
Conga,
Mambo,
Cha
Cha |
Merengue
|
Hispanola |
c.1800s |
(different stories see
page) |
tambora, güiro, Urpa,
Walk, King, Salsa, Latin,
Mambo
|
Merry Go Round Dance |
New York |
1937 |
Veloz
& Yolanda |
Cobra Tango, Yolanda
Tango |
Merry Widow Waltz |
n/a |
n/a |
Maurice Mouvet said to be invented
by Georgie Mahrer |
Waltz |
Mesemba |
Spain? |
c.1890s |
n/a |
Samba,
Zemba Queca, Lundu |
Metropole, Le |
n/a |
c.1870s |
H. Fletcher Rivers |
Waltz |
Mexican Hat Dance [SM] |
Mexico |
?1940s? |
aka: El Jarabe Taptio.
1950 Dutchess of Idaho Film |
Mixers, Conga,
Hokey Pokey, Bunny
Hop, |
Mexican Shuffle [SM] |
n/a |
1948 |
n/a |
n/a |
Mexican Twist, That
|
USA |
1911 |
Composer: Walter Donovan
|
N/A |
Mexiconga |
??? |
1930s |
Ann Miller, George White Scandals
of 1939 |
Conga, |
Military Glide |
USA |
1910? |
n/a |
Sousa, March,
|
Military March |
n/a |
n/a |
note: done in Movie-Pin
Up Girl |
Military Glide, Sousa,
March |
Military Schottische |
n/a |
1800s |
aka: Kentucky Jubilee
and Dancing in the Barn |
Schottische |
| Military Three |
Ohio |
1917 |
? F. S. Laux ? |
|
Milonga
|
Spain/ Arg. |
c.1800's |
Argentine country dance
and music style |
Tango,
Music, Habanera,
Andalusan |
Mime
|
Greece |
600 B.C. |
Dorian Centers of Pelponnesus |
Pantomime, Mute, Act,
Phlyakes |
| Miners Dance |
UK |
1800s |
intricate Group Dance done with Hand
Held Sword, Sticks or Batons |
Sword, Baton, Stick, Morris |
Minuet
|
Poitu , FR. |
16-1875 |
Pe'Cour? |
aka: Menuet, Stately,
Court,
Round |
Minuet Tango |
USA |
1913 |
Albert Newman |
A Tango-non
ragtime, 2/4 |
Mitote |
Santa Cruz |
5/3/?? |
Montezuma ordered Cortez
to dance, Superbly dressed, danced from Night to morning.
|
Cascaron |
Mizpirotza |
Basque |
c1600s? |
n/a |
n/a |
Mobile Buck |
USA |
1830s |
Common Buck, evolved into the Time
Step |
Minstrel Shows, Buck
Dance, Tap |
| Moderation, the |
USA |
1910S |
Rowley Downs |
Dance Mixture |
Modern
Dance |
Europe |
19th Century |
Francois Delsarte, Emile
Jacques-Dalcroze, Isadora
Duncan- (USA) |
Jazz,
Ballet,
Interpretive |
Modern Jazz |
USA |
c.1930's |
(see Modern Dance for
now) |
Jazz,
Tap,
Ballet |
Money Musk |
New England? |
1776 |
written by Daneil Dow |
Hornpipe,
Gigue,
Reels,
Highland
Fling, Breakdown,
Strathspey, Muine Music (also a song title) |
Monferrina |
Piedmont |
c.1800s? |
n/a |
Giga,
Lombardina, Tarantella |
Monfredo |
n/a |
c.1800s? |
n/a |
n/a |
Monkey,
The |
USA |
1963 |
(Major Lance's Popular
Song Monkey Time) |
1960s Fad dances, Twist,
Frug, Watusi,
Mule,
etc. |
Monkey Glide, the |
USA |
1910's |
n/a |
n/a |
Monkey Hunch |
USA |
c.1917 |
n/a |
Ballin
The Jack, Buzzin' the Bee, etc., James P. Johnson |
Modinha |
Brazil |
n/a |
derived from Portuguese
songs and dances |
n/a |
| Mon Homme |
USA |
1922 |
Dorothy Dickson and Carl Hyson |
aka: Grab Dance (Ladies lead this dance) |
Mooch, the |
USA |
1920s |
Animule Ball by Jelly Roll Morton
mentions the Mooch, Said originally to be a Zulu Dance. |
The Sugar,
Shag, Breakaway,
Lindy
Hop, Swing, Charleston
etc. |
Mooch and Sugar, the |
USA |
1910s |
Pre Swing Dance |
Texas
Tommy, Breakaway,
Lindy
Hop |
Morris
Dances |
Spain/ English |
1360's |
John Of Gaunt - Introduced
to England. aka: Moresque, Morisca, |
Square,
Robin Hood, Country, Contra,
Bean, May
Pole |
Mosquito Dance |
Australia? |
n/a |
maybe Aborignes?, native
americans, Mashpee and Aquinnah, Wbanaki, Samoans
seems to be many versions of this dance |
Composer Béla Bartók.
Scratch dance, Heebee Jeebies, Mosquito Macarena |
Mosquito Macarena |
USA |
1990S? |
Childrens dance |
Mosquito Dance, Macarena |
Mosquito SLAP Dance |
Hawaii |
1940's? |
(Samoans - choreographed slapping
rids the male dancers of imaginary pests with high
stepping athleticism) |
aka: siva fa'ataupati |
Motovidlo |
Czech |
n/a |
(name means winder or
windlass) |
Allewander, Allemande,
Reel |
| Mount Vernon |
USA? |
1932 |
Ballroom Dance |
Washington and Lee, Montclair |
Mouse, the |
USA |
1960's |
Soupy Sales |
(say 'do the mouse': make a face,
with thumbs in ears) |
Mule,
The |
USA |
1966 |
Killer
Joe Piro (vodka ad) |
Jerk, Watusi,
Twist,
Mule Walk, etc |
Mule Walk |
Washington |
1913 |
created by Jane Allen - Part Turkey
Trot, Horsetrot,
and Tango.
Music starts then goes
into a Waltz
and Evreyone stops dancing until the original song
starts again (stubborn as a Mule idea - wont dance
waltz) |
The
Mule, James P. Johnson, John Roache , The Jungles
Casino |
| Mumbo Jumbo, the |
Hawaii? |
1911 |
Introduced by Prince Cupid (Jonah Cubio
Kalanialole) in Wash. D.C. |
aka: Americanized Hula
Hula |
Mutchíco |
Basque |
n/a |
aka: Saut Basque |
edo carrica dantza |
Musette |
France |
1400s? |
n/a |
Piva, Hornpipe,
Gigue,
Sarabanda,
Chacona |
Mysetta Waltz |
n/a |
1960s? |
(4/1967-Ballroom dancing
Times Mag.) |
Waltz |
Mysore |
India |
n/a |
Similar to the May Pole
dance. |
See May
Pole for now |
|