DANCE INDEX: [ V ]

Dance Name

Origin

Date

Creator / Choreographer

Note: See Also

Valse

Germany

1800

"La Valse a deux temps"

Waltz, Boston, Landler

Valse Belvedere

London?

1908

Created by Charles Gardner

n/a

Valses chilotes

Chili

n/a

n/a

Valse

Valse Deshabille

n/a

1902

Created by Miss Karina

Burlesque, Edison Silent Films

Valse a Deaux Temps

n/a

1830s

see: Boston, Valse, Waltz, Volta, Gallop

Waltz, Boston, Landler, Valse, Gallop

Valse L' American

Paris

1866

n/a

Waltz, Boston, Landler, Valse

Valse Maurice

New York

1918-?

Maurice and Walton

Waltz, Boston, Landler

Valse Viennese, the

London?

1908

Created by Mme. Adele Collier

Waltz, Valse, a Novelty dance

Vampire Dance, The

USA

1913

Alice Eis & Bert French

1913 "the Vampire-Movie" was a Ballroom specialty

Varities Parisienne, Les

Paris

c.1800s

Professor J. Végas, Society of Professors of Dancing (New Orleans)

Quadrille

Varsity Drag, The

New York

1920's

Donald Tomkins, Good News Play

Slow Drag, Collegiate, Zelma O'neil

Varsouviene

Warsaw

1850

in Honor of Mt. Vesuvius

Little Foot Dance, Schottische

Viejitos, Dance of the

Mexico

n/q

Childrens Masked dance in respect of the old.

Oaxaca, Dance of the Hortelanos, Astucia, Urpa

Veith

Germany

n/a

aka: Tarantella

Tarantella, St. Vitus, Danse de St. Guy, La Danse de St. Jean

Veleta

n/a

n/a

Created by Arthur Morris, Sequence Dance

Military Two-Step, Square, Cuckoo Veleta, Territorial 2- Step

Venado (Dance of the)

Guatemala

1920s

n/a

Snake Dance, Mask Dance

Verdiales

Málaga, Spain

n/a

Folk Dance

Spanish Dance

Vernacular Dance

USA

1860's

A homegrown dance, usually Afro-American in form or style. Vernacular dance sometimes has a Creator, sometime not. Primaraily American Negro dances rather than American-Indian, Irish, French, Russian or English, but sometimes ethnic in nature.

Lindy Hop, Jazz, Tap, Mooch, Truckin, Slow Drag, Snake Hips, Shimmy, Black Bottom, etc.

Vestal, Persian

Persia?

1890's?

n/a

Foreman Hall

Vidinsko Horo

NO. Bulgaria

n/a

Vlach Peoples

Vlasko,

Vikivaka

Iceland

n/a

n/a

Faroe, Hringbrot

Villanelle

Italy?

1580

Name Vilano Means Peasant, 3/4

Jig, Round, Country

Villanélla

Italy

n/a

see above

Jig, Round, Country

Villão

Portugal

1500s

n/a

Baixa, Fado, Mouresca

Villeika

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Viper's Drag

USA

1930

Cab Calloway

Slow Drag,

Virginia Essence

USA

1800's?

forerunner of the Soft Shoe routine

(Billy Kersands, Greenlee - Drayton), Tap, Clog

Virginia Reel (s)

England

1830-1890

Sir Roger DeCoverly

Dance After the Husking

Viennese Waltz

Vienna

1776

"Martins-Una Cosa Rara"

Waltz, Boston, Landler Valse, Volta, Ballroom, Langaus

Virelai

France

1800s?

n/a

Firlefei, Hoppaldei ?

Vlasko

Bulgaria

n/a

Traditional Dance of the Vlachs

Vidinsko Horo

Volta

Italy

1556

n/a

Waltz, Boston, Landler, Valse, Volte, Walzen, Waller

Volte

France

1600s

n/a

Waltz, Boston, Volta,Landler, Valse

Vogue

Harlem & Paris France

1987

Drag Queens, Vogue Magazine

Picture Posing style dance, see film 1990 - Paris Is Burning, Madonna Song