DANCE INDEX: [ N ]

Dance Name

Origin

Date

Creator / Choreographer

Note: See Also

Naked Dance, The

n/a

1910s?

Tony Jackson, Jelly Roll Morton?

n/a

Napoleonienne

n/a

1860s?

n/a

Polka, Waltz

Narragansett Pier

n/a

1880s?

W. E. Greene

n/a

Natya (Hindu)

India

1500BC

Temple of Worship-5th veda, formed by Brahma from parts of the four original Vedas. No. & So. Differ.

Bayadere, Belly, Bharta Natyam, Kathak, Kathakali, Manipuri Mime, Nrtta, Nautch, Oriental, Rig Vedic Hymns

Natayam, Bharata

India

2nd Century

originally performed mainly by women

Bayadere, Belly, Kathak, Kathakali, Nrtta, Manipuri, Mime, Nautch, Oriental, Rig Vedic Hymns

Navy Dance (English)

USA

c.1893

1893 - Kirmess Opera House

Miss Austin

New Military Two Step

London?

1908

Created by Mrs. Ethel Finnigan at the Winter Garden Thetare.

n/a

New Polski Mazourka

NYC

1839?

Created for Pauline Desjardins

Desjardins, Mazurka, Polka,

New York Hustle

NY

1972?

Unknown

Disco, Hustle, LA Hustle, Swing, Latin

New Yorker, The

NY

1950's

Unknown (Form of ECS and or WCS)

Jitterbug, Lindy, Swing,

Newman Tango

USA

1914

Albert W. Newman

Tango, Minuet

Newport Dance

NY

1888

aka: Knickerbocker, La Mode, Ripple & Racquet, Wave

Galop,Waltz, Knickerbocker, Racquet, Wave

Nizzarda

France

1590

(lady lifted high in air during dance).
Waltz Type dance

Adagio, Boston,Landler, Valse, Waltz

Novelette, The

NY

1927

Madeline Northway & George Chiles at the Biltmore Hotel in NY.

Ballroom Exhibition Novelty. Doll Dance Music

Numa Numa Dance

 New Jersey

2002

(Link View) Gary Brolsma

Gary sits in chair, lip sinks and arm dances (moving arms) to song "Dragostea Din Tei," a Romanian pop tune via an online camera.