List of dance styles

This is a list of dance categories, different types, styles, or genres of dance.

For older and more region-oriented vernacular dance styles, see List of ethnic, regional, and folk dances by origin.

American
Most popular styles: tap, lyrical, and jazz
 * Cakewalk
 * Patting juba
 * Stepping
 * Tap dancing
 * Jazz dance
 * Moonwalk (dance)

Belly dance

 * Belly dance
 * Raqs Sharqi
 * Turkish belly dance
 * Oriental fusion
 * Tribal belly dance
 * American tribal fusion
 * Saidi
 * Kawleeya
 * Khaleeji
 * Baladi
 * Dabkeh
 * Romani dance
 * Bharat Natyam
 * Odissi

Ceremonial dance

 * Haka
 * Kagura
 * Ritual dances of China
 * Sacred dance
 * Cham dance
 * Drametse Ngacham
 * Prophetic dance
 * Rejang dance
 * Sanghyang
 * Sufi whirling
 * Worship dance

Disco / Soul dance

 * Bird
 * Boogaloo and Electric boogaloo (Electric boogie)
 * Boogie
 * Boomerang
 * Broadway
 * Bump
 * Bus stop
 * Chicken
 * Duck
 * Waacking
 * Fly
 * Free step
 * Hitch hike
 * Horse
 * Hurry Gurry
 * Hustle
 * Jerk
 * Mashed Potato
 * Monkey
 * Penguin
 * Philly dog
 * Pony
 * Popcorn
 * Robot
 * The Shake
 * Shimmy
 * Spank
 * Watergate
 * Watusi

Free and improvised dance

 * Bogo lelo dance
 * Contact improvisation
 * Dance improvisation
 * Ecstatic dance
 * Free dance
 * Fusion dance
 * Interpretive dance
 * Modern dance

Historical dance

 * Ballet
 * Baroque dance
 * Medieval dance
 * Regency dance
 * Renaissance dance
 * Ultapulta dance

Latin dance / Rhythm

 * American Rhythm
 * Bolero willy
 * East Coast Swing
 * Mambo
 * Rumba
 * Bachata
 * Cha Cha
 * Corridos
 * Cumbia
 * Duranguense
 * Forró
 * International Latin
 * Argentine tango
 * Capoeira
 * Maculelê
 * Danza
 * Jive
 * Merengue
 * Milonga
 * Reggaeton
 * Rumba
 * Rueda
 * Salsa
 * Samba (ballroom dance)
 * Samba (Brazilian dance)
 * Samba de Gafieira
 * Zouk
 * Lambada
 * Pasodoble
 * Quebradita
 * Samba de roda
 * Samba enredo
 * Tejano dance
 * Zapateado:
 * Zapateado (Mexico)
 * Zapateado (Spain)

Novelty and fad dances

 * Animal dance
 * Bossa Nova
 * Bunny hop
 * Conga line
 * Freddie
 * Frug
 * Go-go
 * Hitch hike
 * Jitterbug
 * Lambada
 * Madison
 * Mule
 * Pony
 * The Shake
 * Swim
 * Turkey trot
 * Twist
 * Watusi

Social dance

 * Country dance, Contra dance
 * Participation dance
 * Solo dance
 * Partner dance
 * Circle dance
 * Line dance
 * Round dance
 * Square dance
 * Slow dance

Street dance / Electronic dance

 * Hip-hop dance
 * Breakdancing
 * Cabbage patch dance
 * Cat Daddy
 * Dougie
 * Electric boogaloo
 * Gangsta Walking
 * Harlem shake
 * Jerkin'
 * Locking
 * Popping
 * Turfing
 * Uprock
 * Tutting
 * House dance
 * Footwork
 * Vogue
 * Electro dance
 * Flexing
 * Jumpstyle
 * Krumping
 * Litefeet
 * Lyrical hip-hop
 * Robot dance
 * Jaywalk
 * majorette

Swing dance

 * Balboa
 * Big Apple
 * Black Bottom
 * Blues dance
 * Boogie-woogie
 * Breakaway
 * Bugg
 * Carolina Shag
 * Charleston
 * Collegiate Shag
 * East Coast Swing
 * Hand dancing
 * Hand Jive
 * Jitterbug
 * Jive
 * Jumpin' Joe
 * Leroc
 * Lindy Hop
 * Modern Jive
 * Rock and Roll
 * Single Swing
 * Skip jive
 * St. Louis Shag
 * West Coast Swing
 * Robert R Dance
 * Western Swing

Other

 * Rhythmic Gymnastics
 * Acrobatic dance
 * Bhangra
 * Bollywood dance
 * Calypso
 * Concert dance
 * Contemporary dance
 * Fire dance
 * Flamenco
 * Flying Men Dance
 * Ice Dance/Rhythm Dance
 * KPOP
 * Liturgical dance
 * Lyrical dance
 * Pole dance
 * Vintage dance