Some dances are here and now little or no (more) danced. 
But in the texts they can be listed because they are a precursor to contemporary dance, or have previously supplied elements. Below is some quite succinctly information gathered.
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acrobatic European rock dance 1970 |
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Alegria |
means joy. Flamenco Style of Cadiz |
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(originally German?) French two-part step dance, later we find parts back in Ländlertanz, even in the Sarabande, Gigue, Courante. Launching to alemana. |
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with castanets, lies at the basis of Milonga, 1850, Cadiz |
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1680, English country dance (Folk Dance, Contra Danse) |
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dance school swing Californian clubs |
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Columbian (national) samba -like folk dance, also occurs in Venezuela |
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Angolan Congolese (ritual) precursor of samba, danced in a circle with clapping and percussion (bater (Fr): knock), and danced by one couple in the circle |
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ancient classical temple dance from South India, later performed on stage. |
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19th century (called Martinique Tango) Lesser Antilles, rumba -like (e.g. Cole Porter 1935: Begin the Beguine, theme song Star Trek by Alexander Courage) |
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1919 New Orleans, NY and Detroit, Foxtrot and Quickstep precursor. Tap and kick dance, replaced around 1926 Charleston |
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slow melancholic dance music |
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late 19th century. slow, romantic sentimental singing style in Cuba, Mexico and Puerto Rico with African influences and stringed instruments, rumba -like. |
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southern Spanish development of the Contra Dance 1780 (e.g. Bolero by Ravel). Solo or couple dance, slow pace. Combination of vocals, guitar and castanets. |
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Puerto Rican, 1937 by Mateo Flecha |
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literally 'new wave') 1960 Brazilian style (Mas que nada). Dance of Joe Lanza was briefly popular |
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Bostella |
Bostella 1965, Paris, journalist Brewing invents the dance. Movie 'What's new Pussycat? " introduces him, Johnny Kraaykamp and Rijk De Gooyer scored a hit in the Netherlands. |
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delayed (North American) Viennese waltz |
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French 16th century court dance (Auvergne), formerly a popular round dance |
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16th century circle dance (to the left) led by a prominent person |
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Briû (of braûl) |
lively round dance from Romania. Originally danced only by men, now mixed. The dancers hold each other on the shoulder or belt. |
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disco dance from around 1970, with the hips bumping together |
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Lindy Hop in Cajun music, Louisiana |
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jive, so named for the contest prize to win: a cake, arm in arm, walking parody of blacks, petticoat swings, grotesque movements |
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slave song from Trinidad, later a Caribbean swing |
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in 1830 derived from the Moulin Rouge Quadrille dance with legs pitched high up |
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dance of blacks in Buenos Aires, athletic |
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Shag Swing, lot of footwork |
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Russian folk dance (squat legs stretch) |
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forerunner of Slowfox 1913 (in the nightclub of Vernon and Irene Castle) |
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kind of Argentine folk here also danced at milongas |
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Argentine dance, popular in Uruguay, influence of polka, mazurka and waltz |
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around 1925, Prohibition in U.S.. X - O leg movements, circling hands, bends |
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dancing on clogs, clogs do percussion |
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Brazilian folklore dance, but also chachacha like latin dance |
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Contra-danze |
country dance, English French forerunner of the Danzon |
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U.S. square dance, couples consecutively follow the instructions of the prompter |
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18th century French social couple dance, forerunner of Quadrille (Square) |
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1980 Jitterbug in country music |
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Guinean circle dance: cumbe later Columbian. Slave mix of Spanish and African. Revival around 1990. |
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Danza |
Caribbean dance in 2 or 3 parts |
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Cuban- Creole, one of the first known accelerating dances, forerunner of the rumba, slower than son, small steps and bends |
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Dreher |
Bavarian round dance, waltz precursor with big hug to spin together quickly |
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Lindy Hop on six counts |
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17th century, Spain, the sarabande, suggestive pantomime |
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rhythmic, sensual Brazilian dance in contact, forerunner of Lambada |
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late 19th century, Recife (Brazil), capoeira -like acrobatic show dance |
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1400, French, jumping and walking dance |
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originally Hungarian company dance, forerunner of the polka |
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Baroque, fast company dance (circa 1730) from Brittany |
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Cuban, forerunner of the rumba |
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Cuban, forerunner of the rumba |
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French-Italian lively dance from the 17th century) (jig in England) |
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is a traditional couples dance of the Garifuna. |
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Cuban walking dance, Latin (= European) and African rhythms melt in the Creole culture together and make the Contradanze Habanera, later syncopated to Danzon. |
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Washington DC 1950 synthesis of Lindy Hop and Swing |
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English? Approx. 1890, Boston -like successor to the Glide waltz with music breaks |
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1970 break, sliding, jumping,,, |
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slow and ornate dance of gypsy and Jewish communities in Romania, Balkans and Israel in several variants. (From the klezmer repertoire) Often in 3/8 rhythm. |
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jig A lively Scottish solo fishermans dance. Also a wooden shawm -like wind instrument exiçsting of two bovine horns |
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slang for sex act, roots to 1900, summit in 1949. Now a party instead of couple dance |
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Hawaiian (originally prayer) dance, grass skirt and coconut bra, swaying |
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Hüngü-hüngü (of fedu) |
traditional round dance of the Garifuna women. |
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St. Louis, Missouri |
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end of World War I, New Orleans |
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Venezuelan dance and music form, complex rhythm, usually in 6/8 |
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Belgium '90. cheerful melodies with strong bass sound of a well-known movie in a typically male vocal. |
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Singing and dance of religious and mythological stories with graceful and stylized gestures accompanied with percussion, flute, harmonium, sarangi, ankle bells. (North India) |
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Monkey Dance, Balinese music drama by many dancers in traditional scarce attire. In a circle they repeat 'cak', with up and down folding arms. They show the struggle of apeman Varana who helped Prince Rama in his fight against the evil king Ravana. |
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Mexican folk dance, now kiss dance |
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fast, humorous group and couple dance, folk dance with graceful arm movements. From Bavaria. Later passed into Mazurka |
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Trinidad, 1920, dance under a stick through |
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Angola, 1680, by Bantu slaves |
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1993, Los Del Rio, kind of party dance |
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Rio, in 1868, merging of Lundu and Polka. Also 'Brazilian tango’. Precursor of samba and lambada |
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Polish intricate dance with kicks and hopping |
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French folk dance after 1750, forerunner of the waltz |
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Naningo |
Cuban, forerunner of the rumba |
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smooth social dance, 1980 by Buddy Schwimmer |
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simple, march -like step dance that came around 1910 from the U.S. to Europe |
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mime, Roman, 1st century? |
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Partydance |
or line dance, group dance, line dance, e.g. the Hucklebuck |
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fast foxtrot, made by one captain who was so fat he had to dance alongside his partner wth long gliding steps 1915 |
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Puerto Rican |
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Cajun Swing on country music |
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traditional dance style of the Garifuna in Belize, Honduras, Guatemala and Nicaragua, where men and women challenge and chasing each other. Sensual lap dance with request and response vocals. |
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Push |
Dallas spinning swing |
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French, 1800, dashing and acrobatic precursor of the Cancan |
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Bohemian waltz |
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Protest music from Jamaica, originally not a dance |
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Be traced back to Sparta? Rome? Scotland.. Every dance with swords. |
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Andalusian Arabic, 1650, considered lewd cheerful Baroque court dance |
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Swing popular in NY Savoy Ballroom 1930-1940, fast, jumpy |
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swing couple dance, 1940, based on the Foxtrot, hopping, sweeping and lateral adjust |
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tap dance elements, based on swing and lindy, 1920, the end of a choreographed performance |
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derived from Shika Nigerian dance, shake and rotate hips and shoulders, Mae West was in 1926 arrested for it. |
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U.S. Ragtime Dance 1920 |
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choreography for the film Zorba, 1964 |
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Cuban, forerunner of the rumba. Abbreviated from Danzon, is slower and younger. |
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U.S. folk dances in groups or four couples in square shape |
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Tusla, Oklahoma |
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hula dancing, but faster |
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Italian, 17th century, wild dance to defuse the bite of a tarantula |
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Trego |
Gallo - Latin dance mother lying through Portugal and the Caribbean at the basis of many Latin dances (Danzon, rumba, mambo) |
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U.S. couple dance on Cajun music, polka -like with chasses, affected the Discofox. Got many names. |
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Argentine tango waltz. (also - Criollo) |
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designed by Arthur Morris |
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French or Italian "twist dance”. Big hug to run without the feet touch the ground, spinning around. Early 19th century: Landler popular in Austria, forerunner of the waltz (1559). As of 1754, there was German Waltzen music. |
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ritual dance from Haiti. The quiver comes back into the Shake, hence to disco, salsa.. |
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Californian, 30-40, many nimble footwork |
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Houston Swing, many turnings |
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Argentine handkerchiefs dance, originated in Peru in the 19th century from the Spanish fandango. |
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(7 jump) Netherlands (and Belgium), originally religious dance for Saint John. Later (round) folk dance |