DANCE HISTORY ARCHIVES: DANCE INDEX [ X, Y, Z ]
Dance Name Orign Date Creator / Choreographer Note: See Also
- X -
Xacaras
Portugal
n/a
aka: Danzas Habladas
n/a
Xango (Chan-go )
Brazil
n/a
Macumba ritual in Brazil
Jungle God: Xanga
Xtoles (Chitoles )
Mexico
n/a
Pronounced Chitoles, Mayan Warriors
n/a
Xylophone Polka
USA
1883
M.J. Koncen
Polka
- Y -
Yale
Blues
USA
1927
Cecil H. Taylor
Collegiate
type dance
Yale Flip
USA
1911
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Butterfly, English, Trots, Two Step, Boston etc.
Yam,
The
Hollywood
1938-39
Fred
Astaire
"Carefree" Movie
Yankee Prance
USA
8/1927
-?
Dance Masters of America, Collegiate ,
Foxtrot ,
Texas
Two Step
Yankee Rag
USA
1918
Basically just a Polka
Canteen Canter
Ya-Ya
n/a
1930's
Peggy
and Cortez
non Sequence Dance
Yolanda Tango
New York
1938
Veloz
and Yolanda
Cobra Tango ,
Merry Go Round
Yorick Dance
n/a
1896?
n/a
1898 - Cromus Ball - Mardi Gras
Yorke (York )
England?
1800's?
a round dance, Variation of the Polka -Mazurka
Lancers ,
Waltz ,
Polka ,
Schottische
Yurupari
Amazon
n/a
Amazon Indians
macumba, Brazil
- Z -
Zaba
Bavaria
n/a
n/a
Animal Dance
Zaloggos
Greek
n/a
n/a
War ,
Tribal
Zambra
Spain
c.1600s?
danced by Gitana women only
Moorish
dance , Flamenco ,
Spanish ,
Gitana
Zandunga
Mexico
n/a
Mexican Waltz
Waltz ,
Comedy
Zapateadeo
Spain
n/a
Spanish Flamenco dances
Flamenco ,
Spanish
Zeipekkikos
Cypress
n/a
Cypriots
Dhrepanin, Mashairin, Tatcha
Zemba Quecas
Spain
c.1880s
original Samba
Samba ,
Lundu, Mesemba, Batugue, Caterete, Embolada, Maxixe
Zwiefacher
Germany
n/a
Another Waltz
Waltz
Ziegfeld Walk
New York
6/12/1917
Ziegfeld
Girls - New Amsterdam Theater
Choreographed by: Ned
Wayburn
Zingarella, La
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Zip
Coon
USA
c.1800s
? Dan Emmett ?
Jump
Jim Crow , Juba ,
Buck ,
Highland
Fling
Zorongo,
El
Spain
n/a
This dance has given name to a headdress
for women
Spanish
Dance
Zorzico (Torcico )
Basque
n/a
aka: Auresca, St. Sebastian, Torcico
Saut Basque, edo carrica dantza (Edate),
Espata Danza
Zsankazas
Hungry
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