STREETSWINGS Dance History Archives

Dance Name	Origin	Date	Creator / Choreographer	Note: See Also
Paul Jones	USA	n/a	aka: Old Paul Jones	Arkansas Traveler
Pachanga (Cha)	Cuba/USA	1960s	said to be created by Eduardo Davidson	Cha, Mambo, Salsa, Le Frisson, La Bimbi, Viva La Pachanga
Pachuko Hop	USA	1940S?	n/a	Zoot Suit Riots, Swing, Lindy
Padovana	Italy	1546	Antonio Rotta?	Pavane, Passamezzo, 6/8
Palais Glide	London	1939	Offshoot of the Lambeth Walk	Lambeth Walk
Palesteena Foxtrot	USA	1900s	a Foxtrot Variation	Original Dixieland Jazz Band
Palm Beach Walk	USA	1927	n/a	Kinkajou, Dixie Stomp
Paloléo	Spain	1500s?	shrine of Sta Maria Del Essar	n/a
Pambiche	n/a	n/a	aka: Merenque, Palm Beach	see Merenque
Pan American Glide	USA	1914	Dance MAsters Of America	Golden West, New Three Step, Gaby Glide, Sea Sick Glide etc
Pannier Waltz	USA?	c1912		Turkey Trot, Bunny Hug, Grizzly Bear, Tiger, Horse Trot, Shivers, Waltz, Boston Dip etc.
Pantomime (Mime)	Rome	1st cent AD	Romans aka:mime	Mime, Mute, Act, Robot, Break Dancing, Phlyakes, Mimus, Comedian, Jester
Papaltatsa Maxixe	New York	1914	(Jenny) Dolly Sisters	Maxixe, Harry Fox, Singers
Paresis Glide	Paris	1914	Miss Florence Heaton	a Glide dance with various steps of the day thrown in
Parisienne Tango	New York?	c.1910s	Joan Sawyer	Leslie F. Clendenens, Dance Mad
Pas de Soleure	n/a	n/a	National dance	n/a
Pas Italian	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pasillo Colombiano	Columbia	n/a	similar to Cuban Bolero in 6/8	Bolero
Pas de Brabant	France	n/a	aka: Breban, Saltarello	Saltarello
Pas de Quatre	Scotland	c.1860s	Meyer Lutz, at Gaiety Theater	aka: Barn Dance
Pas Ma La, the	USA?	1895	An exceptional comedy dancer. Song: La Pas Ma La, Introduced by Ernest Hogan and the Georgia Graduates. Black Patti Troubadors, The Smart Set.	Place hand on head, Walk Forward then Hop back three steps with knees bent with gestures. Mentions the Bombishay, Eagle Rock, Turkey Trot
Paso Doble	Spain	1800s?	see also Spanish Dance	Two-Step, Paseo, Spanish, Salsa, Latin, La Corrida Song-1963,
Passacaglia	Spain	c.1600's	Jean Baptiste Lully aka: Passacallie	Stately, Court, Suite, Louis XIV, Slow Dance -3/4, Long Gliss'es, arms at sides. Chacona, Sarabande
Pasadena, The	USA	1895	George Dodsworth	Waltz or Two Step
Passamesa	Italy	1546	aka: Pavane	Pavane, Payan, Pavin, Passemezzo
Passe-Passe	Italy?	c.1800s	aka: Quadrille	n/a
Passe-Pied	France, Brittany	1500's	aka: Rigaudon & Fast Minuet	Branle, Bouree, Minuet, Rigaudon
Pass The Ammunition	USA	1943	Arthur Murray	Praise The Lord, Big Apple
Passa - Mezzo	Italy	1550s	(passare, to walk, mezzo, half) was a slow dance 4/4	Pavane, Galliard, Minuet, Queen Elizabeth
Passion Dance	Atlantic City?	1896	Delorita	n/a
Pastorall	England	1713	Dance Master: Mr Issac	The Royal, Rigadoon, Princess, Union, $Pastorale*
Patch - Tanz	n/a	n/a	Jewish	Jewish Folk Dance, Folk Dance, Square
Pattan' Juba	USA	n/a	See Juba!	William Henry Lane
Patti - Cake Jive	USA	1950s	n/a	Hand Jive?
Pavane	Italy	1508	aka:Passamesa & Padovana	Pavin, Panicin, Stately, Court, Contra
Pavanilla Italiana	Italy	1608	aka: Pavane	Pavane, Passamessa
Pavlova Gavotte	France	1913	Anna Pavlova	Gavotte, Pays de Gap
Peabody	New York	1915	William Frank Peabody (Lt.- N.Y.P.D.)	Foxtrot, One-Step, Quickstep, March, Ragtime
Peacock Dance	Italy	1508	see Pavane	Pavane
Peacock Glide	USA?	c1913	N/A	Hitchy Coo, Turkey Trot, Bunny Hug, Grizzly Bear, etc
Peacock Strut	United Kingdom	1910s	Similar to the Turkey Trot	Ballin The Jack, Baltimore Buzz etc.
Peckin	Los Angeles, CA	1934	Chocolateers, Mae Diggs/ Nicholas Bros.	Introduced at Sebastian's Cotton Club in Los Angeles-1934: also Cotton Club Express-1937, Yanvallou Dance, Dahomean Dance
Pedestal Dance	USA	1800s	Gigue and Minstrel dancers	See Gigue, Tap, Clog, Henry Dixey
Pee Wee Herman Dance	USA	1980s	Pee Wee Herman	Running Man, Cabbage Patch, Electric Slide, Centipede, The Ant, Rock Lobster, Safety Dance
Peek A Bo Dance	n/a	1940s	Amateur Strippers	Strip, Burlesque
Peelin' The Peach	New York	1937	n/a	Pose n' Peck, Lindy, Big Apple, Little Apple, Truckin, Swing
Pelota	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pericon	Argentina	n/a	Argentina's Nat'l. Dance	Folk, Waltz, Tango, Gaucho
Periconas	Chili	n/a	(Quellón region)	may be related to Pericon
Périgourdine	Périgord, France	old?	sung by dancers in duple time	n/a
Pernambuco ?	n/a	n/a	n/a	Ray Bolger
Peruvian Dance	Peru	n/a	n/a	Indian, Andalusian, Spanish, Ballet, Minuet, Folk
Phaiakian Dance	Greek?	n/a	n/a	n/a
Philadelphia Boston	n/a	c.1910s	(a one step waltz)	aka: One Step Waltz / Long Boston / Drop Step, Berceuse / Cradle Boston
Philadelphia Drag	Philly?	1913?	Anna Wheaton & Sydney Grant	Varsity Drag, Walkin The Dog, Gilda Glide, Hoffman Glide, Gaby Glide
Philadelphia Twist	n/a	1910s?	n/a	n/a
Picadilly Crawl	n/a	c1912	n/a	Ragtime Dance
Piccolino, The	USA	1930s	Fred Astaire, Top Hat	Carioca, Yam, Continental
Pickford Polka	New York	?	Oscar Duryea	Created For Mary Pickford
Pickin' Cotton	New York	1928	n/a	George White, Ann Pennington
Pie De Jibao	Spain	1560	Jibado (hunchbacked), Danced as Couples	Spanish Dance, Jibado, Court
Pigeon Walk	n/a	1912	James V. Monaco	this was a Fox-trot
Piva	Italy	1400s?	Peasant dance, Dbl steps to quick tempo.	Court, Musette, Hornpipe, Ballo, Sokti
Plantation Dance	n/a	1800s?	n/a	n/a
Plesiosaurian Glide	Buenos Aires	1922	From Argentina, debut in Philadelphia	Tango
Plugge-dansen	Holland	n/a	n/a	a kind of Fandango
Plymouth Rock, the	USA	1956	Arthur Murray	n/a
Polacco	Mazovie, Poland	n/a	Sister dance of the Mazourka	See Mazourka
Polka	Czechoslovakia	1822	Anna Chadimová-Slezak (Bohemian)	Galop, Redowa, Mazurka, Rabb, Mazourka, Gavotte, Pulka
Polka, Grecian Bend	USA?	1850s	Morlacchi	Galop, Redowa, Mazurka, Rabb, Mazourka, Gavotte, Pulka, Ballet
Polka Tremblante	Bohemia	1840s?	See Polka	Galop, Redowa, Mazurka, Rabb, Mazourka, Gavotte, Pulka
Polka-Mazur (Polka Mazourka)	Russia	1830	Princess Marie Nicolaewna. (Basically a waltz, even though the name)	Galop, Redowa, Mazurka, Rabb, Waltz, Mazourka, Gavotte, Pulka
Polka Redowa	n/a	1852	n/a	n/a
Polo Trot	USA	1925	Arthur Murray ?	Foxtrot
Polonaise	Poland	1585	Originally a Military March.	War, March, Waltz, Russian, Mazurka. Women came into the dance in the 1645.
Polovetzian Dances	n/a	n/a	n/a	Choral dances
Pols	Sweden	n/a	mix of Swedish and Norwegian country dance	n/a
Polska	Sweden	n/a	3/4	Hambo, Polskor, Bingsjöpolska, Bodapolska, Orsapolska, Rättvikspolska, Slängpolska, Wedding,
Polskor	Scandinavia	n/a	couples dance aka: Polska	n/a
Pompeiien Dance	Pompeii?	n/a	aka: Pompeien dance	Salome, Belly dance
Pop Goes the Weasel	England	n/a	n/a	Country Dance, Square Dance, Hornpipe, VA. Reel, De Coverly
Pope's Dance (see Furlana)	Campieli, Italy	c.1583 (1780's)	aka La Popette, Furlana. Pope Pius X	aka Furlana, Furlane, Forlana, Frullana and Friulana, La Popette, a courtship dance
Popette, la (see Furlana)	Campieli, Italy	c.1583 (1780's)	aka Pope's Dance, Furlana, Pope Pius X	aka Furlana, Furlane, Forlana, Frullana and Friulana, Pope's Dance, a courtship dance
Pordon Dantza	Basque?	n/a	aka: Lance Dance	Battle of Beotibar, edo carrica dantza
Porro	Columbia	n/a	similar to Rumba, 2/4	Rumba
Port-au-Prince	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
Pose and a Peck	New York?	1937	Arthur Murray	Swing, Peelin' The Peach, Suzy-Q
Posin'	New York?	1930's	Arthur Murray?	Swing, Peckin', Truckin, Big Apple, Jitterbug
Possum Trot	n/a	1910s	Consisted of a series of fast, flat hops	n/a
Pousse Cafe	n/a	1910s	Ms. Winn and Mr. Evans	Dance Mixture
Praise The Lord Pass, the Ammunition	USA	1940's	Arthur Murray	Posin, Pose and A Peck, Kick The Mule, Suzy Q, Big Apple, Little Apple.
Promenade Waltz	USA	1896	(DMOA)	n/a
Mobile Prance, the	n/a	1909	[see Sheet Music Cover]	Prance, Two-Step, March
Prestilio	Portugal	1700s	n/a	Folia, Fado, Mouresca, Baixa
Prince Of Wales Foxtrot	USA	1923	National Institute of Social Dancing	Foxtrot. Named in honor of the dancing Prince
Princess Rajah Dance	USA	C.1904	American Mutoscope & Biograph Co. 1904	Edison, Biograph, Mutoscope films, Belly, Turkish
Pull It, the	USA	c.1910s	Similar to the Break-Away in Lindy Hop (Eph & Dinah Skits)	Medicine Shows, Gillies, Lindy
Purity Dance, The	USA	1914	J.B. Caldwell. (Dance to combat the Wiggle dances. Couple dance 6 inches apart and lead holds Hankerchief in Rt Hand to discourage Hugging dances..	Bunny Hug, Grizzly Bear etc
Push	Tulsa, Oklahoma	1968?	aka: Tulsa / Texas Push	Whip, West Coast, Shag, Swing, Lindy, Jitterbug
Pussyfoot Prance	n/a	191?	[see Sheet Music Cover]	n/a
Pyrrhic Dance	Greece	B.C.	(aka: Armed Dance), Goddess Rhea, Cervantes	War, Bracelet, Bacchanalia, Apollo & Rhea, Hymenaea, Labyrinth, Mythology, men in armor

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