Folk dance, the Glossary
A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region.[1]
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Adowa dance
Adowa is a dance by the Akan people of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire.
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Agbadza
Agbadza is an Ewe music and dance that evolved from the times of war into a very popular recreational dance.
Agbekor
Agbekor (agbekɔ) is a type of music and a style of dance by the West African peoples of Ewe and Fon.
Ainu people
The Ainu are an ethnic group who reside in northern Japan, including Hokkaido and Northeast Honshu, as well as the land surrounding the Sea of Okhotsk, such as Sakhalin, the Kuril Islands, the Kamchatka Peninsula, and the Khabarovsk Krai; they have occupied these areas known to them as "Ainu Mosir" (lit), since before the arrival of the modern Yamato and Russians.
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Alkayida
Alkayida (also spelt Ashanti Alkaida), also known as Akayida, is a Ghanaian dance with an emphasis on side to side moves, incorporating upper and body gestures, and encouraging group routines as well as individual competition.
Ambasse bey
Ambasse bey or ambas-i-bay is a style of folk music and dance from Cameroon.
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Amis people
The Amis (Amis, Ami, Pangcah; Muqami), also known as the Pangcah (which means 'people' and 'kinsmen'), are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group native to Taiwan.
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Anito
Anito, also spelled anitu, refers to ancestor spirits, nature spirits, and deities in the Indigenous Philippine folk religions from the precolonial age to the present, although the term itself may have other meanings and associations depending on the Filipino ethnic group.
Ardah
Ardah (العرضة / ALA-LC: al-‘arḍah) is a type of folkloric group dance in the Arabian Peninsula, especially Saudi Arabia.
Armenian dance
The Armenian dance (Armenian: Հայկական պար) heritage has been considered the oldest and most varied in its respective region.
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Assam
Assam is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys.
Assiko
The Assiko is a popular dance from the South of Cameroon.
Assyrian folk dance
Assyrian folk dances are sets of dances that are performed throughout the world by Assyrians, mostly on occasions such as weddings, community parties and other jubilant events. Folk dance and Assyrian folk dance are social dance.
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Assyrian people
Assyrians are an indigenous ethnic group native to Mesopotamia, a geographical region in West Asia.
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Attan
Attan (اتڼ.), the national dance of Afghanistan, is a traditional dance originating from the tribal Pashtun regions.
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps.
Austrian folk dance
Austrian folk dancing is mostly associated with Schuhplattler, Ländler, polka and waltz.
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Azerbaijani dances
Azerbaijani dances (Azərbaycan Rəqsləri) are traditional dances developed and performed in the Republic of Azerbaijan.
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Baile folklórico
Baile folklórico, "folkloric dance" in Spanish, also known as ballet folklórico, is a collective term for traditional cultural dances that emphasize local folk culture with ballet characteristics – pointed toes, exaggerated movements, highly choreographed.
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Balfolk
Balfolk (from French: Bal Folk, meaning a folk ball) is a dance event for folk dance and folk music in a number of European countries, mainly in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy and Poland. Folk dance and Balfolk are social dance.
Ball de bastons
Ball de bastons (stick dance) is the name of a ritual weapon dance spread throughout Europe and the rest of the Iberian area (cossiers in Majorca, Portuguese pauliteiros, Aragonese palotiau, Basque ezpatadantza and Spanish paloteo or troqueado) but mostly in Catalonia, Valencia, Aragón and Castilla y León where it is UNESCO heritage.
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Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.
Ballu tundu
Ballu tundu or ballu sardu is a traditional Sardinian folk dance which is typically danced in a closed or open circle.
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Bamboo
Bamboos are a diverse group of mostly evergreen perennial flowering plants making up the subfamily Bambusoideae of the grass family Poaceae.
Barn dance
A barn dance is any kind of dance involving traditional or folk music with traditional dancing, occasionally held in a barn, but, these days, much more likely to be in any suitable building.
Belly dance
Belly dance (oriental dance) is a Middle Eastern dance that originated in Egypt, which features movements of the hips and torso.
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Bhangra (dance)
Bhangra is a type of traditional folk dance of Punjab area of the Indian subcontinent.
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Bihar
Bihar is a state in Eastern India.
Bihu dance
The Bihu dance is an indigenous folk dance from the Indian state of Assam related to the Bihu festival and an important part of Assamese culture.
Bikutsi
Bikutsi is a musical genre from Cameroon.
Binasuan
The binasuan is a Filipino folk dance in which the performer holds full wine glasses in each hand while performing balancing tricks.
Bitti Harey
Bitti Harey is a traditional dance of the Zarma people especially that of Zarmaganda in Niger.
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Bulgarian folk dance
Bulgarian folk dances are intimately related to the music of Bulgaria.
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Calabrian Tarantella
Calabrian Tarantella (in italian: Tarantella Calabrese or "Sonu a ballu": playing for dancing) is a generic term to include different musical-dancing expressions spread in Calabrian peninsula and different from other southern Italian dances called simply Tarantella.
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Cariñosa
The cariñosa (meaning loving or affectionate) is a Philippine dance of colonial-era origin from the Maria Clara suite of Philippine folk dances, where the fan or handkerchief plays an instrumental role as it places the couple in a romance scenario.
Catalonia
Catalonia (Catalunya; Cataluña; Catalonha) is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy.
Cèilidh
A cèilidh or céilí is a traditional Scottish and Irish social gathering.
Central America
Central America is a subregion of North America.
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Ceremonial dance
Ceremonial dance is a major category or classification of dance forms or dance styles, where the purpose is ceremonial or ritualistic.
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Chaap
Chaap (Balochi) is a traditional folk dance of Baloch people in Balochistan.
Chacarera
The Chacarera is a dance and music that originated in Santiago del Estero, Argentina.
Chamamé
Chamamé (Guarani for: party, disorder) is a folk music genre from northeast Argentina and Argentine Mesopotamia.
Cheng Xiao
Cheng Xiao (born July 15, 1998) is a Chinese singer, dancer and actress.
Chhau dance
Chhau, also spelled Chhou, is a semi classical Indian dance with martial and folk traditions.
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Chhayam
Chhayam (ឆៃយ៉ាំ) is a traditional Khmer musical dance.
Chholiya
Chholiya (Kumaoni) or Hudkeli (or Hudke) is a traditional folk dance form originated in the Kumaon division of the Indian state of Uttarakhand and Sudurpashchim province of Nepal.
Chitral
Chitral (ݯھیترار|lit.
Choreography
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified.
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Circassian dance
Circassian dance is an important and defining part of the culture of Circassian people.
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Circle dance
Circle dance, or chain dance, is a style of social dance done in a circle, semicircle or a curved line to musical accompaniment, such as rhythm instruments and singing, and is a type of dance where anyone can join in without the need of partners. Folk dance and circle dance are social dance.
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Classes of Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism
Classes of Tantra in Tibetan Buddhism refers to the categorization of Buddhist tantric scriptures in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism.
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Clogging
Clogging, buck dancing, or flatfoot dancing is a type of folk dance practiced in the United States, in which the dancer's footwear is used percussively by striking the heel, the toe, or both against a floor or each other to create audible rhythms, usually to the downbeat with the heel keeping the rhythm.
Contra dance
Contra dance (also contradance, contra-dance and other variant spellings) is a form of folk dancing made up of long lines of couples. Folk dance and contra dance are social dance.
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Country dance
A country dance is any of a very large number of social dances of a type that originated in the British Isles; it is the repeated execution of a predefined sequence of figures, carefully designed to fit a fixed length of music, performed by a group of people, usually in couples, in one or more sets. Folk dance and country dance are social dance.
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Croatian folk dance
Croatian dance traditionally refers to a category of folk-dances, the most common being the kolo.
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Cueca
Cueca is a family of musical styles and associated dances from Chile, Argentina, and Bolivia.
Cyprus
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Dabke
Dabke (دبكة also spelled dabka, dubki, dabkeh, plural dabkaat) is a Levantine folk dance, particularly popular among Lebanese, Jordanian, Palestinian and Syrian communities.
Dance
Dance is an art form, often classified as a sport, consisting of sequences of body movements with aesthetic and often symbolic value, either improvised or purposefully selected.
Dance in Cambodia
Dance in Cambodia (របាំ robam) consists of three main categories: classical dance of the royal court, folk dance which portrays cultural traditions, and social dances performed in social gatherings.
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Daychovo horo
Dajchovo horo is a Bulgarian folk dance done to a nine-beat meter.
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Deuda (genre)
Deuda or Deuda Khel is a Nepali genre of song and dance, performed in the Sudurpashchim and Karnali provinces of Nepal, as well as in the Kumaon Division of Uttarakhand state of India.
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Dhan Nach
Dhan Nach / Yalang (Limbu: Yalang) or (English: Paddy dance) is a traditional Limbu folk dance, which originated in the Limbuwan region of Nepal.
Domkach
Domkach or Damkach is a folk dance of the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhesh province of Nepal.
Fandango
Fandango is a lively partner dance originating in Portugal and Spain, usually in triple meter, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets, tambourine or hand-clapping.
Flamenco
Flamenco is an art form based on the various folkloric music traditions of southern Spain, developed within the gitano subculture of the region of Andalusia, and also having historical presence in Extremadura and Murcia.
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.
Fugdi
Fugdi is a folk dance performed by the womenfolk of some communities of Konkanies in the Konkan coastal region of Goa and Maharashtra states during the Hindu religious festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi and Vrata or towards the end of other dances like Dhalo.
Gaita zuliana
Gaita zuliana (often simply called "gaita") is a style of Venezuelan folk music (and dance) from Maracaibo, Zulia State.
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Garba (dance)
Garba (Gujarati: ગરબા) is a form of Gujarati dance which originates from the state of Gujarat, India.
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Gato (artform)
The gato (Spanish for cat) is a style of Argentine music and an associated dance.
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Gaudiya Nritya
Gaudiya Nritya (label or Gour̤īyo Nrityo) is a dance tradition.
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Geisha
(), also known as (in Kyoto and Kanazawa) or, are female Japanese performing artists and entertainers trained in traditional Japanese performing arts styles, such as dance, music and singing, as well as being proficient conversationalists and hosts.
Georgian dance
Georgian dance (ქართული ცეკვა) is the traditional dance of Georgia.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.
Giddha
Giddha (گدها, ਗਿੱਧਾ) is a popular folk dance of women in the Punjab region.
Gorals
The Gorals (Górale; Goral ethnolect: Górole; Gorali; Cieszyn Silesian: Gorole), also known as the Highlanders (in Poland as the Polish Highlanders, a subethnic group of the Polish nation) and historically also as Vlachs, are an ethnographic subgroup primarily found in their traditional area of southern Poland, northern Slovakia, and in the region of Cieszyn Silesia in the Czech Republic, where they are known as the Silesian Gorals.
Greek dances
Greek dance (choros; chorós) is an old tradition, being referred to by authors such as Plato, Aristotle, Plutarch and Lucian.
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Haka
Haka (singular haka, in both Māori and English) are a variety of ceremonial dances in Māori culture.
Hanuman
Hanuman (हनुमान्), also known as Maruti, Bajrangabali, and Anjaneya, is a deity in Hinduism, revered as a divine vanara, and a devoted companion of the deity Rama.
Hawaii
Hawaii (Hawaii) is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about southwest of the U.S. mainland.
Highland dance
Highland dance or Highland dancing (dannsa Gàidhealach) is a style of competitive dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the 19th and 20th centuries, in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games.
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Hora (dance)
Hora, also known as horo and oro, is a type of circle dance originating in Aromanian and Romanian communities, especially in Romania and Moldova.
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Hula
Hula is a Hawaiian dance form expressing chant (oli) or song (''mele'').
International folk dance
International folk dance includes Balkan dance, Middle Eastern dance, contra dance, Hungarian dance, polka, Chinese dance, and Japanese dance.
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Irish dance
Irish dance refers to the traditional dance forms that originate in Ireland, including both solo and group dance forms, for social, competitive, and performance purposes.
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Israeli folk dance
Israeli folk dance (ריקודי עם, rikudei 'am, lit. "Folk dances") is a form of dance usually performed to songs in Hebrew, or to other songs which have been popular in Israel, with dances choreographed for specific songs.
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Italian folk dance
Italian folk dance has been an integral part of Italian culture for centuries.
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Itik-itik
Itik-itik is a mimetic folk dance in the Philippines that mimics the movement of ducks.
Jenkka
Jenkka is a fast Finnish partner dance found in Finnish folk dance, the Finnish version of the schottische.
Jharkhand
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India.
Jota (music)
The jota is a genre of music and the associated dance known throughout Spain, most likely originating in Aragon.
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Kachāshī
, sometimes romanized as katcharsee, is a form of festive Okinawan folk dance.
Kalbelia
The Kalbelia are a snake charming tribe from the Thar Desert in Rajasthan, India.
Kalesa
A kalesa (Philippine Spanish: calesa), is a two-wheeled horse-drawn carriage used in the Philippines.
Kambara dance
The Kambara nritham or Kambara dance is a folk dance performed by the Adiyan tribe of Wayanad, a northern district of the state of Kerala.
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Khattak dance
The Khattak (Pashto: خټک اتڼ, رقص خٹک Khattak attan) is a swift martial attan dance usually performed while carrying a sword and a handkerchief (while not always are they holding a sword and handkerchief) by the tribesmen from the agile Khattak tribe of Pashtuns.
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Khigga
Khigga is a style of Assyrian folk dance in which multiple dancers hold each other's hands and form a semi-circle or a curved line.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (خېبر پښتونخوا; Hindko and,; abbr. KP), formerly known as North West Frontier Province (NWFP), is a province of Pakistan.
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Kizomba
Kizomba is a social dance and music genre that originated in Angola during late 1970s to early 1980s.
Klezmer
Klezmer (קלעזמער or כּלי־זמר) is an instrumental musical tradition of the Ashkenazi Jews of Central and Eastern Europe.
Kolo (dance)
Kolo (Коло) is a South Slavic circle dance, found under this name in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia.
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Kpanlogo
Kpanlogo is a recreational dance and music form originating from the 1960s among urban youth in Accra, Ghana.
Krakowiak
The Krakowiak or Cracovienne is a fast, syncopated Polish folk dance in duple time from the region of Kraków and Lesser Poland.
Kujawiak
The kujawiak is a Polish folk dance from the region of Kujawy in central Poland.
Kuntao
Kuntao or kuntau (kuntaw) is a Hokkien term for the martial arts of the Chinese community of Southeast Asia, specifically the Malay Archipelago.
Kurdish dance
Kurdish dances (script; rtl, rtl, rtl, rtl, rtl) are a group of traditional dances among Kurds.
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Lavani
Lavani is a genre of music popular in Maharashtra, India.
Ländler
The Ländler is a folk dance in 4 time which was popular in Austria, Bavaria, German Switzerland at the end of the 18th century.
Levant
The Levant is an approximate historical geographical term referring to a large area in the Eastern Mediterranean region of West Asia and core territory of the political term ''Middle East''.
List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin
This is a list of dances grouped by ethnicity, country, or region.
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Long Sword dance
The Long Sword dance is a hilt-and-point sword dance recorded mainly in Yorkshire, England.
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Luri dances
Luri dances include a range of folk dances popular among different groups of Iran's Lurs.
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Maglalatik
The Maglalatik (also known as Manlalatik or Magbabao) is a folk dance from the Philippines performed by male dancers.
Malambo (dance)
Malambo is an Argentine folk dance associated with gauchos.
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Marinera
Marinera is a partner dance that originated along the coastal regions of Peru, using handkerchiefs as props.
Maruni
Maruni is a Nepalese folk dance of the Magar community.
Maypole
A maypole is a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals, around which a maypole dance often takes place.
Mazanderani dances
Mazanderani dances, also known as Tabarian dances, are dances that are performed throughout the world by Mazandarani people, mostly on occasions such as weddings.
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Mazurka
The Mazurka (Polish: mazurek) is a Polish musical form based on stylised folk dances in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, with character defined mostly by the prominent mazur's "strong accents unsystematically placed on the second or third beat".
Merengue (dance)
Merengue is a style of Dominican music and dance.
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Mexican folk dance
Folk dance of Mexico, commonly known as baile folklorico or Mexican ballet folk dance, is a term used to collectively describe traditional Mexican folk dances.
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Modern dance
Modern dance is a broad genre of western concert or theatrical dance which includes dance styles such as ballet, folk, ethnic, religious, and social dancing; and primarily arose out of Europe and the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Modern Western square dance
Modern western square dance (also called western square dance, contemporary western square dance, modern American square dance or modern square dance) is one of two American types of square dancing, along with traditional square dance.
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Monferrina
Monferrina is a lively Italian folk dance in time named after the place of its origin, Montferrat, in the Italian region of Piedmont.
Morris dance
Morris dancing is a form of English folk dance.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Nihon-buyō
refers to the classical Japanese performing art of dance.
Oberek
The oberek, also called obertas or ober, is a lively Polish dance.
Obon
or just is a fusion of the ancient Japanese belief in ancestral spirits and a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.
Okinawa Prefecture
is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan.
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Olivia Hussey
Olivia Hussey (born Olivia Osuna; 17 April 1951) is a British-Argentine actress.
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Ottan Thullal
Ottan Thullal (or Ottamthullal, Malayalam: ഓട്ടൻ തുള്ളൽ) is a recite-and-dance art-form of Kerala, India.
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Outline of dance
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to dance: Dance – human movement either used as a form of expression or presented in a social, spiritual or performance setting.
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Pakistan
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia.
Pandanggo
Pandanggo is a Philippine folk dance which has become popular in the rural areas of the Philippines.
Pangalay
Pangalay (also known as Daling-Daling or Mengalai in Sabah) is the traditional "fingernail" dance of the Tausūg people of the Sulu Archipelago and eastern coast Bajau of Sabah.
Paphos
Paphos (Πάφος; Baf) is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District.
Paydushko horo
Pajdushko horo; (Пайдушко хоро|Paiduško horo) is a folk dance from North Bulgaria and South-west Bulgaria.
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Peacock dance
The peacock dance or peafowl dance is a traditional Asian folk dance that describes the beauty and the movement of peacocks. Folk dance and peacock dance are social dance.
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Pizzica
Pizzica is a popular Italian folk dance, originally from the Salento peninsula in Apulia and later spreading throughout the rest of Apulia and the regions of Calabria and eastern Basilicata.
Polish folk dances
Polish folk dances are a tradition rooted in ten centuries of Polish culture and history.
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Polka
Polka is a dance style and genre of dance music originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.
Polonaise
The polonaise (polonez) is a dance of Polish origin, one of the five Polish national dances in 4 time.
Polska (dance)
The polska (Swedish plural polskor) is a family of music and dance forms shared by the Nordic countries: called polsk in Denmark, polka or polska in Estonia, polska in Sweden and Finland, and by several different names in Norway.
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Pravo
Pravo horo (lit) is a very popular, simple folk dance from Bulgaria that is done throughout the Balkan countries.
Pungmul
Pungmul is a Korean folk music tradition that includes drumming, dancing, and singing.
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northwestern India.
Rapper sword
Rapper sword (also known as short sword dance) is a variation of sword dance unique to Northumberland and County Durham.
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Rom kbach
Rom kbach (រាំក្បាច់) is a genre of Cambodian popular music and a popular Khmer dance style.
Romvong
Romvong (រាំវង់, also romanized as Rom Vong or Roam Vong), Lamvong (Lao: ລຳວົງ -) or Ramwong (รำวง;; Tai Lue: ᩃ᪁ ᩴᩅᩫ ᩬ; Tai Khun: ᨽ᩠ᨿᨦᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᩃᩨᩢ;; လမ်းဝူင်), Rambung (رمبوڠ), lăm-vông) is a type of Southeast Asian dance where both females and males dance in a circle.
Russian folk dance
Russian folk dance (Русский народный танец) is an important part of Russian culture.
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Sagayan
Sagayan is a Philippine war dance performed by Maguindanao, Maranao, and Iranun depicting in dramatic fashion the steps their hero, Prince Bantugan, took upon wearing his armaments, the war he fought in and his subsequent victory afterwards.
Sakela
Sakela is one of the main festival of Khambu Rai people, an ethnic group indigenous to Eastern Nepal and Sikkim, Kalimpong, and Darjeeling regions of India.
Samba (Brazilian dance)
Samba is a lively dance of Afro-Brazilian origin in 2/4(2 by 4) time danced to samba music.
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Sattriya
Sattriya (সত্ৰীয়া), or Sattriya Nritya, is a major Indian classical dance.
Schottische
The schottische is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia. Folk dance and schottische are social dance.
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Schuhplattler
The Schuhplattler is a traditional style of folk dance popular in the Eastern Alps, specifically originating in Upper Bavaria, Tyrol, and Salzburg.
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Scottish country dance
Scottish country dance (SCD) is the distinctively Scottish form of country dance, itself a form of social dance involving groups of couples of dancers tracing progressive patterns.
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Serbian dances
Dancing tradition in Serbia is represented by various styles of dances, commonly called Kolo.
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Singkil
Singkil is an ethnic dance of the Philippines that has its origins in the Maranao people of Lake Lanao, a Mindanao Muslim ethnolinguistic group.
Social dances are dances that have social functions and context.
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Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
Square dance
A square dance is a dance for four couples, or eight dancers in total, arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, facing the middle of the square. Folk dance and square dance are social dance.
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Subli
The sublî is a religious folk dance mostly practiced in Batangas in the Philippines, originating in Bauan and Alitagtag, Batangas, and practiced in other parts of that province in the southwestern part of Luzon.
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Sword dance
Weapon dances incorporating swords or similar weapons are recorded throughout world history.
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Tamang Selo
Tamang Selo (Nepali: तामाङ सेलो) is a genre of Nepali folk song sung by the Tamang people of Nepal and is widely popular among the Nepali-speaking community in Nepal, in India, and around the world.
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Tanec
Tanec (Танец) is a folklore musical ensemble from Skopje, North Macedonia.
Tarantella
Tarantella is a group of various southern Italian folk dances originating in the regions of Calabria, Campania and Puglia.
Thabal chongba
Thabal chongba is a Manipuri folk dance traditionally performed during the festival of Yaoshang in India.
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The Mayyas
The Mayyas are a Lebanese all-female alternative precision dance group.
Tinikling
Tinikling is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated prior to Spanish colonialism in the area.
Tippani
Tippani is form of folk dance originated from the Veraval and Chorwad region of Saurashtra in Gujarat, India.
Tresenica
Tresenica (Tресеница) or Shaking dance in English is a Macedonian oro from the region of Mariovo.
Trot dance
The Trot dance is the most popular Mon-Khmer traditional dance usually performed by groups during the Sangkran Khmer New Year festival.
Turkish folk dance
Turkish folk dances are the folk dances of Turkey.
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Turkmenistan
Turkmenistan is a country in Central Asia bordered by Kazakhstan to the northwest, Uzbekistan to the north, east and northeast, Afghanistan to the southeast, Iran to the south and southwest and the Caspian Sea to the west.
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Ukrainian dance
Ukrainian dance (Український тaнeць, translit. Ukrainskyi tanets) mostly refers to the traditional folk dances of the Ukrainians as an ethnic group, but may also refer to dances originating from the multiple other ethnic groups within Ukraine.
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Undecuple meter
Undecuple meter or undecuple time is a musical meter in which each measure is divided into 11 equally spaced beats, usually notated as either or.
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Verbunkos
Verbunkos, other spellings being Verbounko, Verbunko, Verbunkas, Werbunkos, Werbunkosch, Verbunkoche; sometimes known simply as the hongroise or ungarischer Tanz is an 18th-century Hungarian dance and music genre.
Waltz
The waltz, meaning "to roll or revolve") is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple (4 time), performed primarily in closed position.
Weapon dance
The weapon dance employs weapons—or stylized versions of weapons—traditionally used in combat in order to simulate, recall, or reenact combat or the moves of combat in the form of dance, usually for some ceremonial purpose.
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Welsh dance
The Welsh dance (Dawns Gymreig), also known as the Welsh folk dance (Dawnsio gwerin), is a traditional dance in Wales, performed to Welsh traditional music and while usually wearing a traditional Welsh costume.
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Yakshagana
Yakshagana is a traditional theatre, developed in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi, Uttara Kannada, Shimoga and western parts of Chikmagalur districts, in the state of Karnataka and in Kasaragod district in Kerala that combines dance, music, dialogue, costume, make-up, and stage techniques with a unique style and form.
Yangge
Yangge is a form of Chinese folk dance developed from a dance known in the Song dynasty as Village Music (村田樂).
Yankee Dutch crossing
Yankee Dutch crossing is the name of a dance performed in a 4-by-4 square formation of 8 couples (16 dancers).
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Yowlah
The yowlah (اليولة, al-yawlah, or العيالة, al-ʿayyalah or al-ʿiyyalah), is a weapon dance of the United Arab Emirates, traditionally performed during weddings, celebrations, and other events.
Zamba (artform)
Zamba is a traditional dance of Argentina.
See Folk dance and Zamba (artform)
Zapin
Zapin (Jawi: زافين) is one of the most popular dance and musical forms in traditional Malay performing arts.
Zhang Ziyi
Zhang Ziyi (born 9 February 1979) is a Chinese actress, model, and former dancer.
Zwiefacher
The Zwiefacher is a southern German folk dance with a quick tempo and changing beat patterns.
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk_dance
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