https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-mm daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865323-OAATOULOQM4IPHCSEMJK/564-Maypole+Dance+Jamaica.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 587.Maypole Dance / England / Wales / Jamaica MAYPOLE DANCE is a dance around a tall wooden pole erected as a part of various European folk festivals. It was found primarily in England and in areas of the Scottish Lowlands and Wales, which were under English influence. However, the earliest recorded evidence comes from a Welsh poem written by Gryffydd ap Adda ap Dafydd in the mid- 14th century, in which he described how people used a tall birch pole at Llanidloes, central Wales. The practice had become increasingly popular throughout the ensuing centuries, with the maypoles becoming “communal symbols” that brought the local community together. It is also a dance practiced in Jamaica. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865367-G0D462VV04DAASCPNXX7/593-MEKE+Fiji+.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 593. MEKE / Fiji MEKE is a traditional dance style coming from Fiji, typically performed during celebrations and festivals. It is a combination of dance and storytelling. It is performed by both men and women, and is viewed as a group collaboration in which men are expected to demonstrate strong, virile movements, while women are expected to be graceful and feminine. There are several versions of the Meke dance, such as the war dance, the men’s spear dance, the men’s or women’s fan dance and the sitting dance. The dancing and chanting are accompanied by rhythmic clapping and beating of the lali, a traditional Fijian drum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865291-6WTYO5YE68WD0HLD1XFE/556-+Mariene+Dances+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 579.Mariene Dances / Kenya MARIENE DANCES are traditional dances of the Mariene people in Kenya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865328-LNJNI4UON1WS91QCQYN2/565-Mazur+Poland.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 588.Mazur / Poland MAZUR is a traditional Polish folk dance from Mazovia. It combines similarity with mazurek and oberek (at a faster rate) and kujawiak (slow). It is characterized by a tendency to accentuate the second and third parts of the bar and a rhythmic figure with a 4-syllable group. It is a cheerful, dynamic dance, which was often danced at noble mansions. It is danced in the 3/8 meter and performed in a lively tempo. It features three steps in the course of a dynamic, fast walking with a flat leap between the third and first beat of the bar, as well as gliding steps forward, backward, sideways, or with a turn. These steps are frequently supplemented with ornamental elements and dynamic accents (“hołubiec” [clicking of heels], strikes, takeoffs, and stomps). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865497-2SPWNAHHR28KGLV4M12I/599-+Muehlradl+Germany+.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 624.Muehlradl / Germany MÜEHLRADL, also called THE MILLER’S DANCE, is a German dance, a type of Schuhplattler, that imitates the actions of the workers in the flour mill, as they grind, stomp and mix the grains into flour. Dance movements are quite complex, and women certainly have an opportunity to test their strength. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865314-H5GU2FN32O4J1EFGU3MN/561-Matki+India.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 585.Matki / India MATKI is a community dance of the Malwa region, which includes districts in western Madhya Pradesh, India. It is a solo dance performed by female dancers on special occasions such as weddings, birthdays and other events. Dancers are dressed in sarees or in lehenga decorated with many ornaments. Initiated by a lone woman locally called Jhela, the dance is joined by others dressed in their traditional Malwa costumes and with veils covering their faces. They move rhythmically to the beating of a drum, locally called Matki. The dance is generally performed in circular motion, with the dancing women balancing earthen pots on their heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865399-UXYDOO6P3QELCBT10ESA/577-MGANDA+Malawi.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 601.MGANDA / Malawi MGANDA is a dance originating from the Chewa people of central Malawi. It is performed mostly in the districts of Dowa, Lilongwe, Ntchisi, Dedza and Kasungu, as an entertainment dance at wedding ceremonies. The dancing group usually consists of 6 to 10 people, sometimes more, with a drummer in front of them. During wedding ceremony performances, entertained viewers throw money to the finest dancers, so the dance becomes a source of income for them. Mganda is also performed at functions such as political party rallies, as well as for entertainment in villages, with people coming from all the surrounding area to watch men dancing in the moonlight. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865454-BVS84NVN4VXZJPNRFTDX/590-MOONWALK+Global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 614.MOONWALK / Global MOONWALK is a dance move in which a dancer moves backwards while seemingly walking forwards. This popping move became popular around the world after Michael Jackson performed it during his song “Billie Jean” in 1983, and it subsequently became his signature move. Moonwalk creates an illusion of the dancer gliding backwards. Initially, the front foot is held flat on the ground, while the back foot is in a tiptoe position. The flat front foot remains on the ground but is slid lightly and smoothly backward past the tip-toe back foot. What is now the front foot is lowered flat, while the back foot is raised into the tiptoe position. These steps are repeated over and over creating the illusion that the dancer is being pulled backwards by an unseen force while trying to walk forward. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865406-SE4NS78Y3TDY8LTDI0CN/579-MINERS+Germany.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 603.MINERS / Germany MINERS is a German dance that goes back to the period when salt mining was done in low, narrow caves. The men moved forward, each armed with a lantern to light his way. They stopped only to chip away at the rocks in search for salt, and to warm up by clapping their thighs, knees and soles with their hands (schuhplattling). The Miners dance and its figures got inspired by that. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865225-UA6799YLTZYZKPDMCYR0/563+MAIBAUM-TANZ+Germany+-+Austria.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 563.Maibaum-Tanz / Germany / Austria MAIBAUM-TANZ is a tradition going back to the 16th century of dancing around the maypole in Germany and Austria. A decorated tree is usually erected either on May 1st or on the evening before. In most areas, especially in Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria and Austria, it is usual to have a ceremony to erect the maypole in the village. The custom of combining it with a village or town fete, that usually takes place on April 30th, May 1st or at Pentecost is widespread. This tradition is especially strong in the villages of the Bavarian Alps. The pole is usually painted in the Bavarian colours of white and blue and decorated with emblems depicting local crafts and industry. The event is usually followed by a May dance or Tanz in den Mai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865241-CHMFXIPD5IM7K1BEJ9GY/546-Mak+Yong+Malaysia.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 567.Mak Yong / Malaysia MAK YONG is a traditional dance drama from northern Malaysia. It is considered the most authentic and representative of Malay performing arts, mostly untouched by external sources. Although most traditional Malay dances were influenced by India, Java and other parts of Southeast Asia, Mak Yong’s singing and musical repertoire are unique. Most of the stories are derived from the Kelantan- Pattani mythology. The performance begins with an offering, paying respect to the spirits. It is followed by dancing, acting and improvised dialogues. Stories are presented in a series of three-hour performances over several nights. The lead dancer, called “pak yong”, dresses as a king. The cast usually includes a queen in the second lead, palace girls and jesters. Traditionally, all performers were female except for the male clowns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865306-DLY62H8OUEY3PVIYFXXN/560-Mask+dances+Latvia.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 583.Mask dances / Latvia MASK DANCES are common in the Latvian tradition. Mask walks, which include dances, begin in autumn and end in Meteṇi in February or early March, but the most active and significant ones are during the winter solstice—Christmas. There are different mask walks in each region and they are closely linked to the fertility magic—blessing for the next year, the fertility, the fields, the seed and the family. People of all ages participate in the masquerade, usually in a mixed group led by various characters. The participants wear masks of animals, things or supernatural beings. The processions used to go from house to house, dancing and joking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865411-8OMDCMEL2A8AYUFU90YG/580-Miniature+dance+Iran+.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 604.Miniature dance / Iran MINIATURE DANCE is a dance created in the Pahlavi era and inspired by miniature paintings, but it is considered contemporary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865524-0VHBTDODLBG30BK1CIZ6/630+MWOMBOKO+-+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 630.Mwomboko / Kenya MWOMBOKO is the most popular dance by the Kikuyu people living in Central Kenya, that has lasted generations. Due to its cross-cultural, gender and multi-ethnic appeal, it is often performed during various ceremonies, such as funerals or weddings, and showcased during national holidays. When the colonial administration banned such dances as Murithingu, which the Kikuyus used to spread anti-colonial messages, they adopted Mwomboko dance, which the British tolerated as it resembled foxtrot. It is a rhythmical couple dance, with patterned steps made in graceful, unhurried circular motion. It concentrates on foot and hand movements. The leg movements of both male and female are systematic, as it is one of the least vigorous dances in Kenya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865382-DL26HNI9HSSR5DT7JP12/573-MENDE+DANCES+Sierra+Leone.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 597.MENDE DANCES / Sierra Leone MENDE DANCES are traditional dances performed by the Mende people, one of the two largest ethnic groups in Sierra Leone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865435-4IZIQKABGE664ZYKLAA7/587-moko+jumbie+Trinidad+and+Tobago.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 610.Mokhibo / Lesotho MOKHIBO is so called KNEE DANCE, is a very old traditional dance from Lesotho, passed down through the generations. It originated with women working in kneeling positions and its movements refer to women’s work activities, representing their domestic roles. It is traditionally a celebratory dance performed on Independence Day, the King’s birthday or other festive occasions, such as weddings. It is characterised by the rhythmic moving of the shoulders from a kneeling position. This dance is often accompanied by molilietsane (ululation). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865234-8C72BR4S8ITE1EMRWI74/544-+majorette+dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 565.majorette dance / Global MAJORETTE DANCE is a dance performed by a majorette, a baton twirler whose twirling performance is often accompanied by dance, movement, or gymnastics. These dances are primarily associated with marching bands during parades. Majorettes can also spin knives, fire knives, flags, light-up batons, rifles, maces and fire batons. They do illusions, cartwheels, and flips, and sometimes twirl up to four batons at a time. Majorettes are often confused with cheerleaders—baton twirling, however, is more closely related to rhythmic gymnastics than to cheerleading. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865481-Q0K8F47IL1ZQ5Q1IEPAE/596-Mother+Sally+Barbado.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 620.Mother Sally DANCE / Barbados MOTHER SALLY DANCE is a part of the ritual performance of Mother Sally who is believed to represent fertility. Traditionally, performed by a male dancer wearing a mask to shield his identity, the figure of Mother Sally dances with the tuk band, showcasing movements emphasising her massive bosom and exaggerated hips and buttocks. Originally, these parts of the body were covered with banana leaves, pillows or stuffed sacks. Nowadays, the dance is performed by women who don’t wear masks, but who are equally wellpadded to heighten the effect of their rhythmic gyrations and pelvic thrusts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865238-QBA6PBD1FTGA5PYGECOD/545-Mayilattam+India.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 566.Mayilattam / India MAYILATTAM is an artistic and religious form of dance performed in the Hindu temples of Tamil Nadu and Kerala in reverence to Lord Subrahmanya, whose mystical vehicle is a peacock. Mayil means peacock and atta means dance. Mayilattam performers wear peacock costumes, with beaks that can be opened and closed using a thread. The performers do not dance on their bare feet but on a tall piece of wood attached at the end of their feet. This art requires extensive training and practice. Even today this dance is performed in all Murugan (Lord Subrahmanya) temples as a tradition during festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865310-6QP7V1XA70DV30VPM2XP/583-MASS+EFFECT+Global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 584. MASS EFFECT / Global MASS EFFECT is a funky fresh dancing style that can be found in the science fiction action role-playing third-person shooter video game series, released on Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One in March 2017. The game is about a soldier named Commander Shepard, whose mission is to save the galaxy from a race of powerful mechanical beings known as the Reapers and their agents, including the first game’s antagonist Saren Arterius. Mass Effect series have been met with commercial success as well as universal acclaim. It is highly regarded for its narrative, character development, voice acting, universe, and emphasis on player choice affecting the experience, as well as for funky dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865265-TMJO67ALHV3XEBKWVD34/551-Manele+Romania.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 573.Manele / Romania MANELE is a music and dance style coming from Romania. It can be divided into “classical Manele” and “modern Manele”. The “classical Manele” is a Turkish-derived genre performed by lӑutari in a lӑutӑreascӑ manner, while the “modern Manele” is a mixture of Turkish, Greek, Arabic, Bulgarian and Serbian elements, generally using electronic instruments and beats. Similar music styles are also present in other Balkan regions. The modern Manele originated in the 1980s and early 1990s as underground translations and imitations of Turkish and Arabic songs. Most radio and television channels or media boycott Manele music—it has been prohibited in some cities of Romania in public transport taxis or festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865427-EQCMJ5H9QHCAVJT9XOJC/584-MODERN+DANCE+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 608.MODERN DANCE / USA / Global MODERN DANCE is a broad genre of the Western concert or theatrical dance, primarily originating in Germany and the United States. Modern Dance was developed in the early 1900s, when dancers came out against the stiffness and restraints of classical ballet. It is a freeform dance style that stems from the core, or torso, of the body and uses elements like contact release, floor work, fall and recovery, and improvisation. It created its own techniques, costumes, shoes, and gave more attention to self-expression and individual creativity rather than technicalities. It allows dancers and choreographers to create steps using their moods and emotions. Initially, Modern Dance was based on myths and legends, but later it began to dramatise ethnic, social, economic, and political climate of the times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865442-024RH0Q82DQL3UUEYRX2/611-moko+jumbie+Trinidad+and+Tobago.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 611.moko jumbie / Trinidad and Tobago MOKO JUMBIE is a dance performance by a Moko Jumbie—a stilts walker or dancer. “Moko” means healer in Central Africa and “jumbi” is a West Indian term for a ghost. The Moko Jumbies are said to originate from West African tradition brought to the Caribbean. A Moko Jumbie wears colourful garb and carnival masks and can be encountered at festivals and celebrations such as Trinidad and Tobago Carnival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865207-UJ39A8HYJ60S6H99WVKY/538-MACARENA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 559.MACARENA / Global MACARENA is a Spanish dance song by Los del Río about a woman named Macarena. Appearing on the 1993 album “A mí me gusta”, it was an international hit in 1995, 1996, and 1997, and continues to be a popular dance at weddings, parties, and sporting events. It is one of the most iconic examples of 1990s dance music. In the video produced for the song, a guy is getting ideas for the dance by watching clips of kids dancing to the song with his cat. Two people come to his house with a made up dance to it. Soon, more people come outdoors of his house, doing the dance we all know today. The video focuses on everyone doing the dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865529-ARYAANBE5SE5C9UXFS7K/631-MYSTICAL+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 631. MYSTICAL DANCE / Global MYSTICAL DANCE is a holistic, creative, integrative approach developed by Monika Nataraj to unveil our Divine Feminine mystery. It is a moving method of self-expression and self-discovery, revealing our own innate union with the Universe. Dance has historically been a mystical art and an authentic path to spiritual realization. Monika Nataraj weaves ritual belly dance, temple dance, Sufi whirling, chakra dance, Goddess invocation and tantric theory into a very expressive, deep, freestyle dance journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865418-AJBV6YVYZ4Z98JQSDVFE/582-+MOBA+DANCES+Togo.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 606.MOBA DANCES / Togo MOBA DANCES are traditional dances performed by the Moba people of northwestern Togo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865431-7XITEVFXO8CD53MNRTER/609++MOHOBELO+-+Lesotho.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 609.Mohobelo / Lesotho MOHOBELO is a harvest dance from the Sotho people—a rain dance performed by men and women after the dry winter season. Black and khaki trousers, shoes and some sort of headdress with short black ostrich feathers are worn for dancing, with a blanket casually thrown over the shoulders. Main steps characteristic for this dance are: great strides and leaps, as well as sliding, and almost slithering along the ground. Two and sometimes three main movements occur: the slow Bahobela featuring high kicks, the swifter Molapo with leaping and twisting in the air, and the often left out Phethola Letsoho, which involves hand movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865216-OXYLGJC5GJ8UB84TFZEM/540-Maglalatik+Philippines.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 561.Maglalatik / Philippines MAGLALATIK is an indigenous dance from the Philippines. Coconut shell halves are secured onto the dancers’ hands and vests upon which four or six more coconut shell halves are hung. The dancers perform the dance by hitting one coconut shell with the other— sometimes the ones on the hands, the ones on the body, or the shells worn by another performer, all in time to the fast drumbeat. Like many native Filipino dances, it is intended to impress the viewer with the great skill of the dancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865269-JNMT4YS57XMPMJADKGK0/573-MA%CC%84ORI+DANCE+-Cooks+Island.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 574. MĀORI DANCE / Cooks Island MĀORI DANCE is a set of traditional dances by the Maori people from the Cooks Island. Dance is an important part of the local culture, often performed at multicultural festivals. One of the popular traditional Maori dances is called Ura—a sacred ritual usually performed by a female who moves her body to tell a story, accompanied by intense drumming by at least five drummers. Moving the hips, legs and hands give off different gestures to the audience to tell a story, typically related to the natural landscape such as the ocean and birds and flowers, but also the feelings of love and sadness. Women typically wear a grass skirt, with flowers and shell headbands and necklaces. Men vigorously flap their knees in a semi-crouched position while holding their upper bodies steady, and typically wear grass skirts and headbands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865504-LD8O2Q8SY1U2OZ6TIJSE/626+MUKONGE+-+Cameroon.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 626.MUKONGE / Cameroon MUKONGE is a dance of the Meta people from the Northwest region of Cameroon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865379-L54XKU3UEVMAWTK0E2BP/572-Meiboomdans+The+Netherlands.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 596.Meiboomdans / The Netherlands MEIBOOMDANS is a Dutch female dance around the maypole. Girls dance while a maiden weaves her wreath, and so the maiden or queen of the year is chosen. There are also variations of the dance when ribbons are woven. This maypole dance is performed to the local folk songs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865489-WSFC6I144625C2EBCOCV/622+MOUTIA+Seychelles.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 622. MOUTIA / Seychelles MOUTIA is a traditional dance from the Seychelles, with an African rhythm, accompanied by singing that usually recounts the hardships and joys of everyday life. Female and male dancers move in rhythm to the beat of the often single drum, traditionally made of dried goatskin and lightly heated up by a bonfire prior to the dance. Dancing starts off slowly, but speeds up and becomes more erotic as the drum beating becomes faster and faster. The dance dates back to the days of slavery when the African slaves saw it as a rare opportunity to express their discontent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865375-WM07J1QUMOHEAW3RSEVR/571-+Mendiani+Mali.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 595.Mendiani / Mali / guinea MENDIANI is a dance of the Malinke people of Guinea and Mali. It is a dance ceremony for girls between 6-14 years old. “Mendiani” is a term for virgin girls who are initiated into a secret society of dancers. The older women watch young girls dance and then select one or several of them to train them in this special dance. The girls have to be not only good dancers, but also fearless—they must perform their dance moves on the shoulders and head of a man. Mendiani dance is associated with female “rites of passage” (including female genital mutilation). The Mendiani girls wear special clothing, which they are not allowed to wear after they have lost their virginity. When they become elders, they will train future generations in this dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865473-BWSB63N95U7L8MHSZYDR/594-+Mosca+Costa+Rica.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 618.Mosca / Costa Rica MOSCA was a famous dance choreography from the Costa Rican television show “A Todo Dar”. It gained popularity because of a contest in which participants had to learn the choreography and try to perform it live on the show. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865254-O03XOGCH3RSDPTMB2WKZ/549-+malipenga+Malawi.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 570.malipenga / Malawi MALIPENGA is a popular dance and music from the Tonga people of Nyasaland, now called Malawi. It is performed by the Nkhata Bay District. The dancers imitate the military drills and use singing horns. First accounts of Malipenga dance were done after the end of the First World War. Its origins are linked to the system of military parades introduced by the British officers of the King’s African Rifles that fought against the Germans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865212-2NKOAPFH21UFRD8QMDEW/560+MADER+-+Germany+.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 560.Mader / Germany MADER also called THE COURTING DANCE is a German couples dance in which the men try to woo the women with affection and signs of their dexterity and strength. The mischievous men will occasionally lift the girls while spinning them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865358-VXI0G5L1DNTTLKKHJFB3/568-+Mbeng-Ntam+Gabon.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 591.Mbeng-Ntam DANCES / Gabon MBENG-NTAM DANCES are dances performed by the Gabonese dance company called Mbeng-Ntam. Dance traditions in Gabon were mostly used in religious ceremonies. Different dances are used for different purposes and events (especially those of the Bwiti traditions), such as births, funerals, and coming-of-age ceremonies. Today, all kinds of dances, both traditional and pan-African as well as styles from Europe and the US, are taught and performed in clubs and by dance troupes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865464-SF4UUUPGPI8S7P5CCRHH/592-+Morris+Dance+England+Wales.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 616.Morris DancE / England / Wales MORRIS DANCE is a form of English folk dance usually accompanied by music. It uses rhythmic stepping and choreographed figures by a group of dancers, usually wearing bell pads on their shins. Dancers also may use sticks, swords and handkerchiefs. In a small number of dances for one or two people, steps are near and across a pair of clay tobacco pipes laid one across the other on the floor. Nantgarw tradition is a style of Morris dancing from the South and Valleys regions of Wales, specifically associated with the small village of Nantgarw. The style encompasses both handkerchief and stick dances. The dances call for eight dancers in four pairs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865274-XQUR79AQUECAD773KI81/552-Mapouka+Ivory+Coast.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 575.Mapouka / Ivory Coast MAPOUKA also known as DANCE OF THE BEHIND is a traditional dance from the Dabou area of southeast Ivory Coast that originated within the Aizi, Alladian and Avikam people. The dance is mostly performed by women shaking their rear end side to side, facing away from their audience, often while bent over. The worldwide popular twerking dance has been attributed to the Mapouka dance via popular media, while some argue the historically correct origin remains the Bump. It is very sensual and the sexiest of the booty dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865349-9SELHR39133TYYATRDV9/566-Mazurek+Poland+.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 589.Mazurek / Poland MAZUREK is a Polish folk dance in triple meter, usually at a lively tempo, and with strong accents unsystematically placed on the second or third beat. Its rhythm is the base of many songs, dances, instrumental and vocal pieces in Mazovia, the region of Lublin, Kujawy, and in the region of Łęczyca. It is a fast dance, yet a little bit slower than the oberek. Mazurek is danced by pairs whirling around a circle, with turns being made on the entire foot. Sometimes the change of the direction of movement and turns are accented with stamps. It arrived circa 1830 from Poland to France and was later brought to French colonies. It was common as a popular dance in Europe and the United States in the mid- to late nineteenth century. Nowadays it is only practiced during traditional exhibitions and festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865288-AYV0CCFQNE2IICQX37LZ/555-Margam+kali+India.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 578.Margam kali / India MARGAM KALI is an Indian group dance from Kerala, practiced by the Saint Thomas Christians who trace their origins to the evangelistic activity of Thomas the Apostle in the 1st century. “Margam” means path, way or solution in Malayalam, but in the religious context it is known as the path to attain salvation. The process of conversion to Christianity was known as “Margam Koodal”. The original Margam Kali describes the arrival of St. Thomas in Malabar, the miracles he performed, the friendship as well as the hostility of the people among whom he worked, the persecution he suffered, the churches and crosses he put up in various places. These details are incorporated in the various stanzas of the Margam Kali songs. Margam Kali is an important element in the tradition of St Thomas among the Syrian Christians of Malabar Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865403-D0IULHFC7APWILQT3E47/578-MILITARY+DANCE+Russia.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 602.MILITARY DANCE / Russia MILITARY DANCE is a name for dances performed by the military people, also during huge parades in every Russian city, honouring veterans on May 9th—a Victory Day in Russia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865229-07ST87IX59FAUKBFJZJO/564+MAIBI+JAGOI+-+India.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 564.Maibi Jagoi / India MAIBI JAGOI is a dance style from the hills of Manipur in India. Maibi Leiching Jagoi is a popular festival in Manipur that mirrors the cultural heritage of the Pre-Vaishnavite tradition of the region. The dance symbolises the creation of life and growth of civilisation in a highly rhythmic and absorbing style and is performed before the Sylvan deity to bring peace and prosperity to the land. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865299-ID1QJZCBND4UC1RM1MJP/558-+Marquese+Scott+Dance+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 581.Marquese Scott Dance / USA / Global MARQUESE SCOTT is an American animation dancer. He has performed across the world and presented his work in music videos. His style of animation dance includes waving, gliding, and popping. His videos go viral and people try to imitate his style in their own videos shared on social media platforms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865494-3TZPTCRJVP7Y7JC2QGCG/598-+Mtiuluri+Georgia+.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 623.Mtiuluri / Georgia MTIULURI is a mountain dance similar to Khevsuruli, performed as a competition mainly between two groups of young men, and as a celebration of skills and art. At first, groups compete in performing complicated movements. Then, a girl dances, followed by an individual performance of dances showing off amazing “tricks” with knees and toes. At the end, everyone dances a beautiful finale. The whole performance is reminiscent of a festival in the mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865281-LO8UM5UASO4PHLNTNBGF/554-MARAICHINE+France.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 577.MARAICHINE / France MARAICHINE is a traditional dance from Brittany. It is performed by two lines of people facing each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865362-Y35J6GZLGM2IU71ZOGRM/569-Medieval+dance+England+.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 592.Medieval dance / England MEDIEVAL DANCE in England as well as in other parts of Europe is poorly documented and the sources for understanding dance in the Middle Ages are limited and fragmented, composed of some interesting depictions in paintings, with few musical examples of dances, and scattered allusions in literary texts. According to the Oxford English Dictionary (1933) the term “carol” describing Medieval Dance was first used in England in manuscripts dating to as early as 1300 for a type of circle dance accompanied by singing. Medieval dance is nowadays performed as part of re-enactments and festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865423-0TNHGIQVQK9I4KOHPEPH/583-+Mocking+dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 607.Mocking dance / Global MOCKING DANCE is a dance that mocks any cultural dance or phenomenon, and it is done with the aim to entertain the crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865247-WEMFRZMWW9L1ZZS513ZL/547-MALE+DANCE+Finland+.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 568.MALE DANCE / Finland MALE DANCE a special choreography created in recent years to encourage Finnish men of all ages to dance and to play with the common stereotype that Finnish men do not like to dance. The choreography is very simple and stiff. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865302-LUKUB5ZLWTMLQ45RNN51/559-Maruni+Nepal+India.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 582.Maruni / Nepal / India MARUNI is a Nepali dance from Western and Eastern Nepal, Sikkim and Darjeeling. It is mostly performed in the western and mid-western hills of Nepal. Its styles vary according to the place and depend on the songs, which talk about life and culture. Maruni is performed by both men and women wearing colorful clothes, shining ornaments and nose rings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865221-JJUBH30YV1KBRUS8LEXN/541-+Mahraganat+Egypt.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 562.Mahraganat / Egypt MAHRAGANAT is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Cairo and it is also a dance performed to this kind of music. It is a fusion between simplified hip-hop merged with some other dance styles from this region, like Knife dance or Baladi dance. Mahraganat is often very lyrical in the way it translates the lyrics of the song into a movement. There are many variations and styles within this kind of dance and it evolves organically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865449-S9RLSMYRWW90F0JN565C/589-+MONFERRINA+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 613.MONFERRINA / Italy MONFERRINA is a lively Italian folk dance in 6/8 time named after the place of its origin, Montferrat, in the Italian region of Piedmont. It has spread throughout Northern Italy, in Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Friuli-Venezia Giulia and even into Switzerland. It is usually accompanied by singing and danced by several couples. The dance starts with two circular promenades by couples marching lively arm-in-arm. Each couple then joins both hands for a cross-step with bent knees. The dance often contains bows and mimed teasing and coaxing. The two part structure of the dance, a procession followed by a couple figure, shows its antiquity along with other Italian folk dances of this type such as the Trescone, Giga and Bergamesco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865458-8CTOX6AU44Y4COQFQH5R/591-Morenada+Bolivia.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 615.Morenada / Bolivia / peru MORENADA is a highland folk dance whose origin is in debate, as it is practiced mainly in Bolivia as well as in Peru, and in recent years with Bolivian or Peruvian immigration in Chile, Argentina and other countries. Morenada is one of the most representative dances of Bolivian culture. Its origin dates back to the colonial era and is inspired by the slave trade, from the transfer of blacks brought by the Spanish conquerors to work as workers in the silver mines in Peru. It was born precisely in the brotherhoods of slaves from Africa who mocked the dances of the white lords. The dance features some highly embroidered and colourful costumes imitating pre-Columbian dresses, often accompanied by elaborate masks made of plaster, cloth, or tin cans and topped by feather headdresses. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865258-BLOG1IBIZ3ZMMW098PJS/563-MAYOLA+Reunion+Island.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 571.MALoya / Reunion Island MALOYA is a dance of African and Malagasy slaves. There are two types of Maloya, religious—honouring ancestors and used for praying, and secular— performed with songs criticizing slaves’ masters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865445-2G9IKO02IL8OEEJTE5D9/588-Mokorotlo+Lesotho+.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 612.Mokorotlo / Lesotho MOKOROTLO refers to the traditional dance performed by male initiates and elders of the Sotho people in Lesotho. Performed for the chief on important occasions, it is also taught to youths as a song at initiation to give them courage and motivation to persevere during their isolation in the mountains. Male initiates are expected to know their ancestral praises, which are recited at coming-of-age initiation ceremonies. Mokorotlo is derived from the word that means “to grumble in a low voice”, most appropriate during a battle. In the past, Basotho men sang mokorotlo when they were preparing to go to war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865371-QMGOXAJKE2IVP5KOYUA0/570-Melbourne+shuffle+Australia+global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 594.Melbourne shuffle / Australia / global MELBOURNE SHUFFLE originated in the late 1980s through the breakbeat and techno electronic music scenes in Melbourne, Australia. The dance became associated with various genres of rave music, incorporating hip hop dance moves such as “the running man” and “gliding” into its style. It has become known for the variants that employ hand movements, something not usually seen in other dances before it. The Melbourne shuffle dancing style involves rapid movement of the toes and heels. Depending on the variation, it may involve some arm movements. The dance is performed to electronic music and by the mid-1990s it became very popular in many clubs. With additional popularity, several additional variants of the dance emerged. However, the basic motion—heel to toe—remains present in all of them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865203-4G5RZ0PSISHBPXI6CY7R/537-Maasai+Jumping+Dance+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 558.Maasai Jumping Dance / Kenya MAASAI JUMPING DANCE is a special style of dancing performed by the Massai people from Kenya, an ethnic community that has managed to withstand the test of time and retained its rich traditions. The Maasai have a distinctive dance that involves forming a circle and jumping up high to show their strength and stamina as tribal warriors. The women wear bead necklaces or shanga round their necks and they sing to traditional music. The beautiful colours of their shukas and beads combined with their mohawk kind of hairstyles separate them from any other dancers in Kenya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865519-E7LOY8M9GLAZIZGLKE6R/604-Mu%CC%88tru%CC%88m+Purun+%3A+Chile.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 629.Mütrüm Purun / Chile MÜTRÜM PURUN or GUEST DANCE is a welcoming dance performed at the beginning of a two-day ceremony of thanksgiving and pleading called the Ngillatun, held by each Mapuche community every two or four years during the months of November or March. It is a friendly way for the host community to welcome their guests, who may have traveled from other rural Mapuche communities or from the urban areas in which many Mapuche live and work. The dance encourages everyone to gather, reinforces a sense of group affiliation, and serves as a means of giving thanks and pleading to Ngünechen (the Almighty deity). The musical instruments used are the kultrung, ceremonial drum that belongs to spiritual leaders and respected chiefs; and the pifüllka, ceremonial flute. There are no songs performed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865353-SPJYWMR24AKX386APCDB/567-Mbalax+Senegal+Gambia.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 590.Mbalax / Senegal / Gambia MBALAX is popular dance music of Senegal and Gambia, a fusion of popular Western music and dance such as jazz, soul, Latin, and rock blended with sabar, the traditional drumming and dance music of Senegal. The name derived from the heavy use of accompanying rhythms used in sabar called “mbalax”. Mbalax dancing is popular in nightclubs, at religious and social celebrations such as weddings, birthdays. New Mbalax dance movements constantly emerge, often with the increasing popularity of a particular song. Some examples of the Mbalax moves are: Ventilateur—“electric fan” describing the motion of the buttocks swirling suggestively; Xaj Bi—“the dog”, in which a dancer lifts his/her leg in imitation of a dog; and more recently Jelkati—a dance in which the upper arms, bent at the elbows, move in parallel motion from left to right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865501-EAK3NADXXPGA2OLC6NN1/600-Muin%CC%83eira+Spain+.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 625.Muiñeira / Spain MUIÑEIRA is a traditional dance and musical genre of Galicia (Spain), also performed in other Spanish regions. It is distinguished mainly by its expressive and lively tempo, with dancers often forming a circle or parallel threes. It has a playful character and somewhat allows for more improvisation than other folk dances. Jumps are often incorporated, and synchronized with percussion accompaniment. The dance is frequently performed at fiestas. Muiñeira is closely associated with a type of bagpipe known as gaita, the traditional instrument of Galicia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865508-O6609QS56KLO4BL9NKSW/602-Mundari+South+Sudan.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 627.Mundari / South Sudan MUNDARI is a dance that takes its name from the Mundari people of South Sudan. The Mundari jump dance is similar to the Hamar jump dance of Ethiopia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865391-S14RBE91ZRBXQ69AQ4P1/575-Merengue+Dominican+Republic.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 599.Merengue / Dominican Republic MERENGUE is the national dance and music of the Dominican Republic. Traditionally it is played on accordion, saxophone, tambora drum, box bass and güira. From the 1930s onwards, the Dominican Republic dictator Rafael Trujillo promoted Merengue as a symbol of national expression. And so the larger Merengue orchestras were created, which played in larger dancehalls to more urban audience. Nowadays, Merengue has developed the use of more hi-tech electronic instruments and emphasises the role of the saxophone, which often gives the music more of a big band style. Tempos vary considerably, but the basic rhythm is a 1-2-3-4 beat. For the basic step, partners are in the closed position and step from side-to side. The basic step is combined with other movements and individual turns by switching to the open hold, but never letting go completely. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865469-ZBWBHPFIJW53E1MQH9KZ/593-Moru+Dances+South+Sudan.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 617.Moru Dances / South Sudan MORU DANCES are performed by the Moru people, an ethnic group of South Sudan. They live in close harmony with the rhythm of nature, so there is strong correlation between three seasons, their general physical and economic welfare, and drumming, dancing and singing. From January to April, food is abundant, people are energetic, there is very little physical labour - it is an idle time, so the dance is called Ruma. From May to August, when there is a lot of farming activities, the dance is performed infrequently and does not last the whole night and is called Dego. From September to December the movements reflect great health and strength that Moru people have acquired as a result of eating freshly harvested crops - the dance is called Yelu and it is a harvest dance then. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865295-84H8T9HY7HVW4X5TK1RU/557-Marinera+Peru.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 580.Marinera / Peru MARINERA is a courtship dance that originated along the coastal regions of Peru. This romantic and graceful dance is performed by a couple dressed in elegant clothing, and uses handkerchiefs as props. It features complex choreography, with the couple never coming into actual physical contact. Marinera is considered the national dance of Peru and has three main variations: Marinera Norteña, Marinera Limeña, Marinera Serrana. It is traditionally accompanied by several instruments including cajón drum, guitars, clarinets and bugles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865395-SML5KS5Y2M8JBAIQQ8JK/576-+METRO+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 600.METRO DANCE / Global METRO DANCE is a global dance phenomenon of people dancing different styles in the metro in various cities around the world. Metro dance videos shot by amateurs often go viral, thanks to the great joyfulness and freestyle of expression of the presented dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865261-ZY9PGRZJKOK5G2PJMOOD/550-MAMBO+Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 572.MAMBO / Cuba MAMBO is a dance style that developed originally in Cuba. The word mambo, similarly to other Afro American musical denominations such as conga, milonga, bomba, tumba, samba, semba, bamba, tambo, tango, cumbé, cumbia and candombe, denotes an African origin, particularly Congolese, as it displays certain characteristic combinations of sounds which belong to the Niger- Congo linguistic complex. Mambo was invented during the 1930s by the native Cuban musician and composer Arsenio Rodríguez. It uses a single rhythm step between two breaking action rock steps. Normally, it is danced to fast tempo Latin music, similar to salsa music but more staccato. Additionally, it has a lot in common with cha-cha but doesn’t use a triple rhythm or split beats. Mambo uses considerable staccato type action unlike salsa, which is the next generation of mambo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865277-FLFUPELPKJ0D7IHQBIOP/553-MARACADON+Burkina+Faso.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 576.MARACADON / Burkina Faso MARACADON is a traditional dance move from Bobo Dioulasso, a city in Burkina Faso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865415-LP3564HRZF9EY5UNC3R0/581-Misket+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 605.Misket / Turkey MISKET is a folk dance from Ankara, Central Anatolia and Aegean regions in Turkey. The word “misket” literally means “marble/toy” in Turkish and it is also a small and very sweet apple. The dance expresses true love experienced years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865251-KJTS3SBSMJX3KHVREV1Z/548-Malende+South+Africa.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 569.Malende / South Africa MALENDE is a dance by the Vhavenda women, Southern African people living mostly near the South African- Zimbabwean border. It is danced by every female from young to old—any grown respectable woman of the Vhavenda community can participate in this dance under the supervision of the elders. The basic Melende step is vigorous. The torso is the fulcrum for flailing arms and legs that stamp the ground aggressively in continual cross rhythmic opposition to clapping and singing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865319-KE57K1E6OJX1ZM66CPJR/562-Mayan+welcome+dance+Guatemala.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 586.Mayan welcome dance / Guatemala MAYAN WELCOME DANCE is a traditional ceremony performed by indigenous people from Guatemala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865387-41P743VGOZT0M1T66AWN/574-Menora+Thailand+Malaysia+.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 598.Menora / Thailand / Malaysia MENORA is a dance drama originating in Southern Thailand and performed mainly in the northern states of Malaysia and southern provinces of Thailand. It includes a lengthy invocation, a dance by the main character, and a play or skit. The invocation is enacted by slow rhythmic movements of legs, arms and fingers. The dramatic repertoire of Menora is based on Thai legends of Manohara, derived from the Buddhist Jataka tales, many of which already acculturated into Malay society centuries ago. In the northeastern state of Kelantan and Terengganu, Menora incorporates much use of Malay language and Mak Yong style dance movements. While in the northwestern state of Kedah, it is performed in a mixture of Thai and local dialects, but adheres to the invocation-play in a distinctly north Malaysian style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865485-HNHIBDTQAE0TJUM5Z2DW/597-Motorcycle+DANCE+Egypt.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 621.Motorcycle DANCE / Egypt MOTORCYCLE DANCE is a phenomenon that appeared dominantly post the 2011 revolution in Egypt. The exhausted security apparatus allowed for the unlicensed vehicles in local and suburban areas, and so the people there started to decorate, exhibit and dance with their motorcycles and record videos of these dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865514-49GBFKBQT4JM43Z722EB/628+MUSICAL+CHAIRS+DANCING+Global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 628.Musical Chairs Dancing / Global MUSICAL CHAIRS is a dance-game of elimination involving players, chairs, and music, with fewer chairs than players. When the music stops, whichever player fails to sit on a chair is eliminated, with a chair being removed and the process repeated until only one player remains. “Playing musical chairs” is also a metaphor for a pointless shuffling of personnel in an organization; a fruitless, repeated scavenger hunt-like experience; and a cyclic replacement of political leaders, as in multiple cabinet shuffles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338865477-DUNLKZQVD99M8AXEBT4M/595-Moshing+Global.jpg Dance Style - Mm - 619.Moshing / Global MOSHING or SLAM DANCING is a dance style with participants slamming into each other, typically to “aggressive” live music. It is usually danced in an area called the “pit” (sometimes called a “mosh pit”) near the stage. It is based on energetic full body contact. Originating in the hardcore punk scenes of California and Washington DC around 1980, it later spread to other branches of punk rock, thrash metal and grunge, which exposed it to the mainstream in the 1980s. It has occasionally been performed to music within a variety of genres, including alternative rock, or hip hop, remaining a staple at punk and heavy metal shows. The most dangerous form is the infamous “wall of death”, true reenactment of war with two sides split down the middle, charging towards each other, hoping to survive. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-hash daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339029134-ZUZ418LQIUO626LVFUYZ/960-%23Crazydance.jpg Dance Style - # - 999.#Crazydance / Global #CRAZYDANCE is a hashtag that defines the most crazy dance styles from all over the world uploaded to the Internet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339029138-JAIDAAY6XEW3JEB8MYRM/1000+%23PURPOSETOUR+Global.jpg Dance Style - # - 1000.#purposetour / Global #PURPOSETOUR is a hashtag that describes the worldwide tour of Justin Bieber and the competition created by Nick Demoura, the choreographer of The Purpose Tour, showing the dance moves of Justin’s hit “Children”. Any children aged 10-14 could upload their dancing videos with this hashtag and win an opportunity to perform their dance moves live on stage with Justin Bieber. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-vv daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893514-J3TXE6VKWATGX8BAHEEW/915-VOGUE+THE+OLD+STYLE+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 949.VOGUE THE OLD STYLE / USA / Global VOGUE THE OLD STYLE is characterized by the formation of lines, symmetry, and precision in the execution of formations gracefully and fluid-like. Egyptian hieroglyphs and fashion poses serve as the original inspirations for old way voguing. In its purest, historical form, old way vogue is a duel between two rivals. Traditionally, old way rules dictated that one rival must “pin” the other to win the contest. Pinning involved the trapping of an opponent so that he or she could not execute any movements while the adversary was still in motion (usually voguing movements with the arms and hands called “hand performance” while the opponent was “pinned” against the floor doing “floor exercises” or against a wall). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893518-1OCUJ8XT3TJUOL4W9J12/909-Volkspele-South+Africa.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 950.Volkspele / South Africa VOLKSPELE which can be translated to “folk-games”, is a South African folk dance tradition. It was the brainchild of Dr. S. H. Pellisier who was a deputy headmaster at the Afrikaans High School in Boshof. When visiting Sweden in 1912, he socialised in the evenings with young people from different countries who gathered in their colorful traditional costumes to practice folk singing and dancing. Only the South Africans were left out, because they did not have such a thing. Determined to change this, back in South Africa he translated four Swedish dances and taught them to pupils of his school, and later became an avid promoter of this new Afrikaner folk dance tradition throughout the country. The traditional costumes used in the dances originated from the formal dress worn by the pioneers or Voortrekkers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893490-14NKJO3LJOOUB7JF5U3H/943+Viral+Dance+-+Global.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 943. VIRAL DANCE / Global VIRAL DANCE is a dance phenomenon that involves videos of dances becoming crazy popular through the viral process of Internet sharing, typically through video sharing websites such as YouTube as well as social media and email. Viral dances gain very fast popularity and get million clicks and likes within a short period of time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893498-PVFIOATC3ZRM3ZUMZDJD/908-Virtual-Global.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 945.Virtual Dance / Global VIRTUAL DANCE is a theatrical dance in the specific virtual global community platform called “Second Life”. Virtual dance uses avatars moving via given tools of a virtual world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893503-Z0Y2F6G718G7LH6ZF14Q/912-Vogue+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 946.VOGuE / USA / Global VOGUE, or VOGUING, is a highly stylized dance, originating in the late 1980s. Underground drag balls date back to 1869 when Harlem’s Hamilton Lodge threw its first queer masquerade ball. Harlem’s ballrooms developed an entire culture for queer people of color. Competing teams grew into “houses”, like camp street gangs, protecting their members from the perils of being gay, black, Latino or Asian, and penniless in a society that prized straightness, whiteness, and wealth. They fought like gangs but battled through dance. Inspired by the style of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs and the famous model poses of Vogue magazine, this dance is characterized by model-like poses integrated with angular, linear, and rigid arm, leg, and body movements. It has become a global phenomenon that continues to evolve both stylistically and demographically. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893527-3DK5F7CRF7TTE0UG3UY7/911-Vosho+South+Africa.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 952.Vosho / South Africa VOSHO is a popular South African dance that involves squatting and kicking at the same time. Its move has evolved into the “head vosho”, where instead of squatting and kicking you extend your arms and lean your head forward to the rhythm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893451-CT0MGX3Y63P2CM0EAWC8/902-Veeragase+-+India.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 937.Veeragase / India VEERAGASE is a dance form prevalent in the state of Karnataka, India. It is a vigorous dance based on Hindu mythology, and it involves very intense energy-sapping dance movements. The dance is performed in the Dasara procession held in Mysore, as well as during various festivals, mainly in the Hindu months of Shravana and Karthika. It is danced in groups usually consisting of two, four or six members, sometimes holding swords in their hands. The dance also involves a ritualistic piercing of a needle across the mouth. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893493-OG75HNJLU88YUM5AE79B/907-VIRGINIA+REEL-England-USA.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 944.VIRGINIA REEL / England / USA VIRGINIA REEL is a folk dance that dates from the 17th century. Though the reel may have its origins in Scottish country dance and the Highland reel, and perhaps have an even earlier influence from an Irish dance called the Rinnce Fada, it is generally considered to be an English country dance. The dance was most popular in America from 1830 to 1890. It has given rise to a large number of dances called the Virginia reel. All of the versions have certain similarities, such as the reel figure. The dancers usually line up in two lines of 5-8 couples, partners facing each other. Traditionally men would line up on one side, and women on the other, but that is not necessary. This formation is the same for any version of the Virginia reel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893537-YQWZ9HGCUI73WSN9CABL/917-Vs%CC%8Cesokolsky%CC%81+sleT+Czech+Republic+.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 954.Všesokolský sleT / Czech Republic VŠESOKOLSKÝ SLET is the culmination of the physical activity of the Sokol association as public exercises. Association “Sokol”, typical Czech or Slovak gymnastics clubs, has aimed at the physical and moral growth of the Czech nation. Všesokolský slet is an opportunity for a collective performance based on the identical choreography, bringing joy to everybody. It is performed by children, seniors, women and men. Such culminating meetings take place every 5 years, in 2018 about 13,000 sokols attended. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893522-Y4ZO9XZ8AA44RTI0LQOH/910-+VoOdoo-Benin.png Dance Style - Vv - 951.VoOdoo DANCE / Benin / Togo / Ghana VOODOO DANCE is a traditional dance performed during Voodoo ceremonies practiced by the Fon people of Benin, and southern and central Togo, as well as in Ghana and Nigeria. Voodoo beliefs are distinct for the various traditional African religions in each of these countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893468-BGAP8ESEU1W9XLMSOULH/940-VIKIVAKI+Iceland.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 940. VIKIVAKI / Iceland VIKIVAKI is an old ring dance that has been celebrated throughout the Nordic Region from the Middle Ages until today and has been a crucial part of Icelandic society since its earliest times. It is danced in a circle, with the participants holding hands or each other’s shoulders and stepping two times to the left and once to the right, with various changes, such as stamping on the floor in every eighth step. The word “vikivaki” can be used either to describe the dance, the songs that are sung during the dance or the celebrations where such a dance is practiced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893486-927MYKJMVWGEO1TXL7E2/906-+VIRA-Portugal.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 942.VIRA / Portugal VIRA is a traditional dance from Portugal, most popular in the Minho region but performed also in other regions of the country. It has a three step rhythm very similar to waltz, but it is faster and the couples dance front-to-front without holding hands. It can also be danced in matched pairs forming a big circle that moves anticlockwise, while the dancers snap their fingers. At a certain point, the male dancers leave their pairs in the circle and go to the center, where they stamp their right feet and return to their respective pairs. The circle starts to rotate again, and the next time it stops, it is the female dancers that go to the center, and so on. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893531-ACW3VYTW62CC27TDZZU6/916.Vranje+Kolo+Serbia.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 953.Vranje Kolo / Serbia VRANJE KOLO is a dance from South Serbia, a mixture of noble and oriental dancing style. It begins with inviting a girl to dance followed by the noblemen dance and it ends in a wild and high spirited “cocek” dance. Five hundred years under Turkish rule in this region can be seen best in the dance costumes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893455-IKYM2CRGAS679LCTFE5Z/903-VELLATTU-India.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 938.VELLATTU / India VELLATTU is a dance originating from the south of India, performed as an invocative ritual prior to Theyyam. Through this ritual, the mortal dancer is believed to get transformed into the divine self. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893507-Q74STCHVTR1NZ0J36NDU/913-VOGUE+FEM+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 947.VOGUE FEM / USA / Global VOGUE FEM is a subgenre of Vogue dance at its most extreme with exaggerated feminine movements influenced by ballet, jazz and modern dance. Styles of Vogue Fem performances range from dramatic (which emphasises stunts, tricks, and speed) to soft (which emphasises a graceful, beautiful, and easy flow continuations between the five elements). There are currently five elements of Vogue Fem: Duckwalk, Catwalk or Runway, Hands, Floorwork, and Spins and Dips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893481-89T2ZFWZ01245T1HPXUP/905-VIMBUZA-Malawi.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 941.VIMBUZA / Malawi VIMBUZA is a spirit dance performed for healing, popular among the Tumbuka people living in northern Malawi. It is an important manifestation of the ng’oma, a healing tradition found throughout Bantu-speaking Africa. Ng’oma, meaning “drums of affliction”, carries considerable historical depth and, despite various attempts over the years to suppress it, remains a fundamental part of indigenous healthcare systems. The healing ritual dates back to the mid-19th century, when it developed as a means of overcoming traumatic experiences of oppression, specifically British occupation—although it was forbidden by Christian missionaries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893459-76GVA0596UAAQ008ZY1W/939+VERBUNKOS+Hungary.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 939.Verbunkos / Hungary VERBUNKOS is a Hungarian folk dance from the 18th century. The name is derived from the German word “Werbung”, which means “to recruit” and “verbunkos” is a “recruiter”. The dance is typically divided into two alternating sections: slow, with a characteristic dotted rhythm, and fast, with virtuosic running-note passages. It was played during military recruiting before the Habsburg Emperors, who were also Kings of Hungary, introduced conscription. The character of the music derives from the military march tempo. The melodies originate from Hungarian folk and popular music, and have been sometimes attributed to Gypsies, because the accompaniment was usually played by Gypsy musicians in their characteristic style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338893510-MIMU409IE2SG0F9X5UAV/914-VOGUE+THE+NEW+STYLE+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Vv - 948.VOGUE THE NEW STYLE / USA / Global VOGUE THE NEW STYLE is characterized by rigid movements coupled with “clicks” (limb contortions at the joints) and “arms control” (hand and wrist illusions, which sometimes include tutting and locking). The new way can also be described as a modified form of mime in which imaginary geometric shapes, such as boxes, are introduced during motion and moved progressively around the dancer’s body to display the dancer’s dexterity and memory. The new way involves incredible flexibility. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-dd daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824880-F13H65UP4EM45EWMFWV1/206-Dances+of+Universal+Peace+Global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 215.Dances of Universal Peace / Global DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE (DUP) are a spiritual practice employing singing and dancing the sacred phrases of the world religions, with the intention to raise consciousness and promote peace between diverse religions according to one stated goal. The DUP are of North American Sufic origin. They combine chants from many world faiths with dancing, whirling, and a variety of movements with singing. Five to 500 dancers stand in a circle, often around a leader and musicians with acoustic instruments in the center. All dances are participatory and spectating is somewhat discouraged because joy is the goal, as opposed to the technical performance of specified dance steps or forms. For lyrics, dances borrow inspirational poetry, quotes and chants, which are sung as the dance is performed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825102-9EHNO8T8NZXKFTYOC6IH/247-Dyttofam+DANCE+Global+.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 258.Dyttofam / Global DYTTOFAM is a dance style by Dytto, a female animation dancer, YouTuber and possibly a real-life robot. People call her a dancing barbie or a robo babe. She is well known for her multiple appearances on The Ellen Show, her several viral dance videos, advertisements and from her live dance performances. She continues to grow what she calls her #dyttofam. More can be found on her Youtube channel called Dytto. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825061-3E3EK0Q0ASYMDKCZLQRI/239-Drametse+Ngacham+Bhutan.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 249.Drametse Ngacham / Bhutan DRAMETSE NGACHAM, also called CHAM, is a mask dance performed at Bhutanese festivals. Its name comes from the place called Drametse, in the eastern Bhutan, where it was performed for the first time. Monks or villagers wear masks and costumes associated with Tibetan Buddhist deities and dance inside the monastery, or to the public of lay people, usually staying outside. Dances are considered a form of meditation and an offering to gods. The monks visualize themselves as the deities, perform ancient movements and repeat sacred mantras. Original Cham performances included little footwork, and monks in costumes and masks walked slowly across the monastery grounds, making intricate mudras (hand gestures). Only later the steps and other movements were developed. Cham is amongst the most ancient dances of the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824856-46Q4AEPWA9JWBWKS8XYH/203-Dancehall+Global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 211.Dancehall / Global DANCEHALL is a dance style performed to the Jamaican popular music with the same name, originated in the late 1970s. Initially, dancehall was a more sparse version of reggae. In the mid- 1980s, digital instrumentation became more prevalent, changing the sound considerably, with digital dancehall becoming increasingly characterised by faster rhythms. Popularity of dancehall has spawned dance moves that help to make parties and stage performances more energetic. Dancing is an integral part of bass culture genres. As people felt the music in the crowded dancehall venues, they would do a variety of dances. Eventually, dancehall artists started to create songs that either invented new dances or formalised some moves done by dancehall goers. Many dance moves seen in hip hop videos are actually variations of dancehall dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825031-K6GYJ8T2TBCCIQV7W0D5/233-+Djol%C3%A9+Guinea+Sierra+Leone.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 243.Djolé / Guinea / Sierra Leone DJOLÉ is a mask dance from the Temine people living along the border region of Guinea and Sierra Leone. It is danced traditionally to a large square drum called sikko. Although the mask depicts a female, it is carried by a male. Djolé is performed usually during big feasts that involve many villages to celebrate a good harvest, the end of Ramadan or a marriage. Nowadays the rhythm of the dance has been rearranged to be played with the djembé and is very popular particularly in Guinea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824890-UVNMY2F3OWL6NDKC1A83/208-Dancing+procession+of+Echternach+Luxembourg.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 217.Dancing procession of Echternach / Luxembourg DANCING PROCESSION OF ECHTERNACH is an annual Roman Catholic dancing procession held at Echternach, eastern Luxembourg—the last traditional dancing procession in Europe, held every Whit Tuesday in the streets of the city. It honors Willibrord, the patron saint of Luxembourg, who established the Abbey of Echternach. Large tourism industry has developed around the procession with many thousands of pilgrims coming from around the world. The event begins in the morning at the bridge, with a sermon delivered by the parish priest. The procession is formed by several dozen alternating groups of musicians and pilgrims. They move through the town towards the basilica. Musicians play traditional melodies and pilgrims, in rows of four or five abreast, holding the ends of white handkerchiefs, dance or jump from left to right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825075-5SCIOFMKG0DF5YORITN0/242-Dubstep+UK+Global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 252.Dubstep / UK / Global DUBSTEP is a genre of electronic dance music and a dance style that originated in South London in the late 1990s. It is generally characterised by sparse, syncopated rhythmic patterns with bass lines that contain prominent sub-bass frequencies. The style emerged as an offshoot of UK garage, drawing on a lineage of related styles such as 2-step, dub reggae, jungle, broken beat, and grime. In the United Kingdom the origins of the genre can be traced back to the growth of the Jamaican sound system party scene in the early 1980s. Dubstep rhythms are usually syncopated, and often shuffled or incorporating tuplets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825083-P789CLVTPKIOOE60JG12/244-Duffmuttu+India.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 254.Duffmuttu / India DUFFMUTTU is an art form prevalent in the Malabar region of the state of Kerala in the South of India. Its name comes from a percussion instrument made of wood and ox skin, called “duff”. Duffmuttu is performed as social entertainment and to celebrate festivals, uroos (festivals connected with mosques) and weddings. Duffmuttu performance usually consists of six members who stand or sit facing each other singing songs and swaying their bodies to the tempo of the song that is set by the rhythmic beats of the duff. Duffmuttu songs are a tribute to Islamic heroes and martyrs. The lead player leads the troupe in songs while the others provide the chorus. The dancers drum the duff with their fingers or palms, and while moving rhythmically often toss it over their heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824951-LV4911UZW5X0DXH8RY07/229-DEVIL+DANCE+Sri+Lanka.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 229. DEVIL DANCE / Sri Lanka DEVIL DANCE called also TOVIL comes from Sri Lanka and it is a response to the common belief that certain ailments are caused by unseen hands and they should be chased away for the patient to get cured. It can be a simple ritualistic ceremony at home restricted to family and immediate neighbors or involving the whole village. The performer disguises himself as a bear, wears a mask and a dress to resemble one. Often all dancers wear masks. The simple version of the devil dance ritual starts in the morning with the building of the stage, decorations and preparation of the costumes. Dances are accompanied by drummers which also herald the beginning of the ritual. Tovil usually lasts until morning, with dancers consuming betel-nut juice and drinking coke to stay awake. Dances can also go on for multiple days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824947-IOU7DH2NU3HGETWSI8P0/219-+Devarattam+India.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 228.Devarattam / India DEVARATTAM (“Dance of Gods”) is an alluring folk dance of Tamil Nadu, India. With intricate steps and unique moves, the dance, which is truly believed as a rendition to God, has 32 rhythmic steps known as adavu. It used to be performed once a year near the temple and restricted to the Rajakambalam Nayakar community for the victorious return of the King and his army from battle fields. Sometimes even the king and his marshals would dance on the chariot deck. The soldiers and female dancers would form in lines and dance behind the chariot. Nowadays the dancers, both male and female, wear colourful costumes and hold handkerchiefs in each hand while performing the dance. The leading dancer wears a false beard and a mask decorated with shells to look like teeth. He dances the first step, which others follow. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824866-3JPJPGLLZ4IXACUHI106/205-DANCE-POP+Global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 213.DANCE-POP / Global DANCE-POP is a dance style performed to the pop and dance subgenre that originated in the early 1980s. It is generally uptempo music intended for nightclubs with the intention of being danceable but also suitable for contemporary hit radio. Developing from a combination of electronic dance music and pop music, with influences of disco, post-disco and synth-pop, it is characterised by strong beats with easy, uncomplicated song structures, which are generally more similar to pop music than the more free-form dance genre, with an emphasis on melody as well as catchy tunes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824907-UC8LY79LZF13KUO101AZ/212-+Danza+de+los+Viejitos+Mexico.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 221.Danza de los Viejitos / Mexico DANZA DE LOS VIEJITOS (Dance of the Old Men) is a traditional folk dance from Mexico. It is danced by four men who represent fire, water, earth, and air—dressed in four colours that make corn—red, yellow, white, and blue. The dancers wear Sarape—a blanket in different designs and colors; a straw hat with adorned lengthy pieces of ribbon, each one in a different color; sandals with a wooden sole in order to make a tapping noise throughout the dance; and a wooden cane. They also wear a mask made out of either wood, cornstalk paste, or clay with an elderly man’s face painted on it. They pray for a good harvest, communicate with spirits, learn about the past or predict the future. It is a humorous dance—the dancers stage the aches and pains of old age through falls, spasms and a stooped walk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824825-8LZQVAXQ8Y74K84LK9DG/198-DAB-Global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 206.DAB / Global DAB is a simple dance move in which a person drops the head into the bent crook of a slanted arm, typically while raising the opposite arm in a parallel direction but out straight; both arms are pointed to the side and at an upward angle. Since 2015, it has also been used as a gesture of triumph or playfulness, becoming a youthful American dance fad and Internet meme. The move looks similar to someone sneezing into the “inside” of their elbow. As a victory dance it became viral on the Internet at the beginning of 2016. During the World Cup victory of France in 2018 French soccer player Paul Pogba performed a very famous Dab dance on the football pitch. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824831-LYJ4BLRQYF1A4YIMSA6S/199-Dabke-Palestine-Syria-Lebanon-Jordan+.png Dance Style - Dd - 207.Dabke / Palestine / Syria / Lebanon / Jordan DABKE is an Arab folk dance native to the Levant. It combines circle dance and line dancing, and is widely performed at weddings and other joyous occasions. The line is formed from right to left, with the dabke leader leading the line, alternating between facing the audience and the other dancers. The name originated from the Arabic word meaning “stamping of the feet”. When first created, dabke dance was practiced by people of the villages and towns of old Palestine— Lebanon, Syria and parts of Jordan. In contemporary times dabke has special meaning to the Palestinian people, signifying aspirations, struggle and the history of Palestine, making it one of the most culturally important forms of art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824958-4VGZ6NPLY5F0VIPTLCE6/220-Dhaanto+Somalia+.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 230.Dhaanto / Somalia DHAANTO is a style of traditional Somali music and folk dance. It is specific to certain Somali-speaking areas in the Horn region. The dance song was revived during the Dervish period in the early 20th century, when it was used to raise the “spirits” of soldiers and was often sung on horseback. The dance is performed rhythmically to the music with carefree and relaxed arms, and with bobbing head and knees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824978-7XNUBAE9R2W45NJYKDFK/224-Diaguita+Dance+Chile.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 234.Diaguita Dance / Chile DIAGUITA DANCE used to be performed by the allies of the Incas, the Diaguita people, who moved north to the Copiapó Valley and south to the Santiago basin, also crossing to the eastern side of the Andes. In the early decades of the 20th century, ethnologist Ricardo Latcham proposed that the name “Chilean Diaguitas” be used to identify the indigenous inhabitants of the Copiapó, Huasco and Elqui valleys whose surnames ended in “ay” and appeared in the parish registries dating from the colonial period. In 2006 the Government of Chile officially recognised the Diaguita as the country’s ninth indigenous people. Dance is an important part of their culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825089-ROZYCSOW7XX91U9B3YFT/255+DUNUNBA+-+Guinea.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 255.DUNUNBA / Guinea DUNUNBA also called DANCE OF THE STRONG MEN, historically was an important ritual of the Malinke people in Kouroussa, in northeastern Guinea. Men of a younger age group (15-20 years) challenged men of an older group (20-25 years), and a Dununba dance was called. The men formed concentric circles and whipped each other to prove their courage. If the younger men gained the older group’s approval, they joined them. This dance was originally performed by men to settle tough and sometimes bloody disputes. Today, there is no actual whipping involved in this ceremony. It is now playfully performed, without the violence. The family of Dununba rhythms is one of the most popular in Guinea nowadays. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824894-LBSY1OOIHX576FXO44NI/209-+Dandi+Naach+Nepal.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 218.Dandi Naach / Nepal DANDI NAACH is a traditional dance from Nepal, also known as PHAGU NAACH because it is mainly performed during Phagu Purnima festival. It is performed by hitting two sticks between the partners in a particular pattern. It is mainly popular in Terai region of Nepal, as it originated from the Tharu community culture and traditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825048-34XMUKQK1F2N5MSO50Q3/236-Domba+South+Africa.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 246.DombA / South Africa DOMBA is a dance performed by the Vhavenda women—Southern African people living mostly near the South African- Zimbabwean border. The women dance with their hands connected one to another and they move forward singing. The dance movement is simple in itself, but requires careful coordination with the rhythm of the drums: the girls’ song follows the beat of the alto drum, but their feet must follow the tenor drum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824962-9RLH8IUY0BQ6H5X7DDGQ/221-Dhap+India.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 231.Dhap / India DHAP is a Sambalpuri folk dance, performed mostly by the Kandha tribe of Kosal region in Odisha, India. Both men and women participate in the dance. Men of one village dance with women of another village. Usually unmarried boys and girls take part. The dance is performed during weddings and more often for recreation. The name comes from the accompanying instrument called “dhap” made up of wood with one side open and the other covered with a piece of animal skin. The dhap dancer holds the dhap with his left hand, the sling slung over his left shoulder, and beats with his right as well as left hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825021-C1T10DAXG78DF9P12FZ8/231-DITAMMARI+Benin.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 241.DITAMMARI / Benin DITAMMARI DANCES are traditional dances of the Ditammari people from Benin, performed often in costume or with shakers tied around legs, sometimes accompanied by a three-holed flute. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825097-48SS02GQF9GKWBI3U74K/246-+Dutty+Wine+Jamaica+Guyana+Africa.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 257.Dutty Wine / Jamaica DUTTY WINE is an African-Jamaican dance, typically performed by young women. The dance originated in Jamaica as with many other dances like “Log on” and “Screechie”. The dance involves a rotating movement of the neck (“wine” refers to winding, or gyration). The dancer can also move their legs like a bird, while simultaneously rotating their wrists, neck, and posterior. Sometimes more advanced dancers will include splits in their dance. It is performed only by women who are known dancers or dancehall queens. It is popular around the world, especially in communities in the United Kingdom and North America. Some called it a dance craze of 2006. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825025-52YIKYJBI0ZUGWNRBLWI/232-Djaglan+Togo.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 242.Djaglan / Togo DJAGLAN is an afro urban dance born in Togo in a dance video to the song with the same name by a Ghanian artist called Black T. It gained a lot of fans around Africa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824921-0BFSTE5DO05PBLHNFWEE/214-Dayak+Dance+Indonesia.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 223.Dayak Dance / Indonesia DAYAK DANCE are various forms of dance performed by the Dayak people of Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). “Tari Enggang” is inspired by the hornbill bird and dancers wear and hold hornbill feathers. Many other forms of Dayak dance are inspired by birds and feature sweeping and floating hand movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824914-3URKN8BREMETC61VZL3B/213-Dappu+Nrityam+India.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 222.Dappu Nrityam / India DAPPU NRITYAM is one of the important and popular dance forms in Andhra Pradesh, India. It earned its name from the sound produced by a simple percussion instrument, a tambourine like drum which is called “dappu”. The instrument consists of a circular wooden frame made mostly of neem wood. The wooden frame is fitted with the skin of buffalo or goat. The costumes worn by dancers consist of a Talapaga or a head turban, dhoti and ankle bells. The performance starts with the invocation called “Pradhana Dappu” when the dancers move slowly in a circular way. Dappu dancers can be seen in front of any procession, whether it is at festivals or at marriage celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824967-MXF695HFR0A8QHX2Z2E6/232+DHOL+DANCE+-+India.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 232.Dhol Dance / India DHOL DANCE is a dance performed to the music of Dhol—drums, which are the main percussion and mostly the only instrument used in many dance related festivities in villages in India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824941-BSW12R66BVKI26HXC705/218-Deuda+Naach+Nepal.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 227.Deuda Naach / Nepal DEUDA NAACH is a dance style originally belonging to the midwestern and far western region of Nepal. The dance is performed by forming the circle shoulder to shoulder and by holding hands of adjacent dancers. Nowadays this dance style has also spread to other regions of the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824841-HAIGZ9BBMU4FNL37X4VK/201-Dama+dance+Mali.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 209.Dama / Mali DAMA is a masked dance performed by the Dogon people from Mali. It is believed to create a bridge into the supernatural world, which allows the dead to cross over into peace. Every five years, Dama memorial ceremonies are held to accompany the dead into the ancestral realm and restore order to the universe. During the Dama celebration, Youdiou villagers circle around stilt dancers. The dance and costumes imitate a long-legged water bird. The dancers execute difficult steps while teetering high above the crowd. Through such rituals, the Dogon believe that the benevolent force of the ancestors is transmitted to them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824936-6TNDDW4L6N8BS6H7LOBQ/217-DETROIT+JIT+USA.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 226.DETROIT JIT / USA DETROIT JIT is a Detroit ghettotech style of dancing. It relies heavily on fast footwork combinations, drops, spins and improvisations. The roots of the dance date back to Detroit Jitterbugs in the 1970s. Chicago’s equivalent dance style dating back to the late 1980s is called Juke, where the focus is on footwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824836-M3F1TK8JQ9M2TK6SX25Z/200-Dalkhai-India+.png Dance Style - Dd - 208.Dalkhai / India DALKHAI is the most popular folk dance of Western Odisha. The main themes of this dance are Radha-Krishna, Ramayana, Mahabharata. The men shout the word “Dalkhai Bo!” at the beginning and end of each stanza sung in the dance— that is why the dance is known as the Dalkhai. The men dancing along with the girls address them during the performance and flirt with them. Women and girls wear a colorful printed Sambalpuri saree. They also tie a scarf on their shoulders holding the ends in both the hands. Various traditional pieces of jewellery such as the necklace, bangles, etc. complete the look of the performers. Dalkhai is performed at various festivals such as Bhaijiuntia, Phagun Puni, Nuakhai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825056-NA28IKMILIINOYP1LTX3/238-Dragon+Dance+China+.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 248.Dragon Dance / China DRAGON DANCE is a traditional Chinese dance. Like the lion dance it is most often seen in festive celebrations and performed by a team of experienced dancers who manipulate a long flexible figure of a dragon using poles positioned at regular intervals along its length. The dance team simulates the imagined movements of this river spirit in a sinuous, undulating manner. It is often performed during Chinese New Year. Chinese dragons are a symbol of Chinese culture, and are believed to bring good luck, therefore the longer the dragon dances, the more luck it will bring to the community. Dragon is also believed to possess qualities that include great power, dignity, fertility, wisdom and auspiciousness. Thus the dance movements traditionally symbolize dragons’ power and dignity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824861-HRV56AKQHDDBA9VWZINT/204-+Dance+Healing+Global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 212.Dance Healing / Global DANCE HEALING is one of the early uses of dance, which may have been a precursor to ecstatic trance states in healing rituals. Dance is used for this purpose by many cultures from the Brazilian rainforest to the Kalahari Desert. The medieval European Danse Macabre was thought to have protected participants from diseases, yet the hysteria and duration of this type of dance sometimes led to death from exhaustion. Another example comes from a Sinhalese legend from Sri Lanka— Kandyan dances originated 2500 years ago from the magic dance ritual that broke the spell on a bewitched king and cured him of a mysterious illness. Nowadays, the healing power of dancing is used in various therapeutic practices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824990-N20XMVC5THAQO49874Z7/236+DIDA+DANCE+China.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 236.DIDA DANCE / China DIDA DANCE is a kind of line dance coming from China, performed by young people who put it on the Internet. It involves walking and it is always filmed from behind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825066-5O0OH1CVNP29XAUA9I6S/240-Drmesh+Croatia.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 250.Drmesh / Croatia DRMESH is a dance typical for northwestern regions of Croatia. It is quite known for its speed, rhythm and choreography with strong shaking dance moves. The word “drmesh” literally means “the shaker”. Drmesh has many variations, as every settlement adds its own moves performed to the same music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825014-5CGZD4GILIRPCNBDBRD6/240+DISCO+POLO+Poland.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 240.DISCO POLO / Poland DISCO POLO is a dance from Poland performed to the disco polo music, a genre of popular dance music, created in the late 1980s. It is an urban folk music, a Polish variant of disco music, popular in the mid-late 1990s with its popularity peaking around 1995–1997. Classic disco polo songs were characterised by simple melodies often drawing from the folk music tradition of steady rhythms, coupled with syncopated samples of drums, and accompanying delicate synthesiser sounds or keyboard instruments. Lyrics are often melodramatic tales of unhappy love, also often playful. A gradual decline in popularity began in the early years of the 21st century. However, a resurgence of the “disco polo” came in late 2007. Disco polo is a freestyle dance commonly danced at weddings and social celebrations in more rural regions of Poland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825052-0SBQ3B2ZCW7J0OUZEWUS/237-+Donald+Trump+DANCE+Saudi+Arabia.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 247.Donald Trump DANCE / Saudi Arabia DONALD TRUMP DANCE is a dance performed by the US president during his first foreign trip to the Middle East. HH king Salman received Trump and he was welcomed by a traditional Saudi dance during his visit and was invited to dance along. He joined the dance with his face depicting what dancing means to him. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824898-31N644R5OOQNLMOFKS2C/210-+Dangdut+Indonesia.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 219.Dangdut / Indonesia DANGDUT is a name for Indonesian pop music. The songs are often highly sexual in nature, and singers often dress in provocative miniskirts and high heels. Music is produced by modern instruments such as guitar, drums, electric organ and piano to produce fast catchy beats. Although the conservative Muslim population of Indonesia condemns the “pornographic” nature of Dangdut performance, it is still wildly enjoyed throughout the country especially as party entertainment, and was even nationally broadcasted on the American-Idol-inspired “Dangdut Academy”. Dance moves associated with Dangdut are influenced by American pop, K-pop, and Bollywood. Dangdut is also a common background music to aerobics classes and Zumba fitness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824933-TFO6TCFR1953C2U0GP3R/216-Desarruma+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 225.Desarruma / Uganda DESARRUMA is a popular urban street dance originated from a music video to the song with the same name performed by Gaia Beat, “king of Afro” from Angola. The song became a hit and the dance went viral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825069-CVW2DSH3PFI43IYKZ2BW/241-Drum%E2%80%99n%E2%80%99Bass+global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 251.Drum’n’Bass / Global DRUM’N’BASS is a genre and branch of electronic music which emerged from rave and jungle scenes in Britain during the early 1990s. The style is often characterised by fast breakbeats (typically 160–180 beats per minute) with heavy bass and sub-basslines, sampled sources, and synthesisers. It is also a type of dance performed to this type of music. The popularity of drum’n’bass at its commercial peak was parallel to several other homegrown dance styles in the UK, including big beat and hard house. It was strongly influenced by the original Jamaican dub and reggae sound. Another feature of the style is the complex syncopation of the drum tracks’ breakbeat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825105-R37CGUU9ZPGPUTY4P0QF/248-+Dzigbordi+Ghana+Togo.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 259.Dzigbordi / Ghana / Togo DZIGBORDI is a dance drumming from the Ewe people from Ghana and Togo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825093-48NQ0WJSJXQGXIITX44A/image-asset.jpeg Dance Style - Dd - 256. DURANGUENSE / Mexico DURANGUENSE is a genre of regional Mexican music and a dance related to it. It is a hybrid of Technobanda and Tamborazo. Despite its name, the style did not originate in Durango but in the city of Chicago, Illinois. Teenagers were forming new Duranguense bands, playing at nightclubs, weddings, quinceañera, and family get-togethers. The music is closely related to the Mexican styles of banda and norteño. The main instruments are saxophone, trombone and bass drum. The tempo is also noticeably faster than banda or norteño. Grupo Montéz de Durango were believed to be the very first to begin the movement. Its popularity peaked in the mid to late 2000s among the Mexican and Mexican American community in the United States, as well as in many parts of Mexico. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824983-SYA656DNTVKG0J0NW632/225-DIANSA+Mali+.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 235.DIANSA / Mali DIANSA is a dance from Mali and also an instrument that has given its name to this dance. It used to be performed in the evening for most celebrations such as full moon, spring, summer weddings and harvest celebrations. Originally it was accompanying a competition dance of young men. It starts slowly and then picks up speed when a talented dancer goes into the middle of the circle. Great dancers sometimes manipulate a rifle or pestle while dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825008-JU21KK34H75OYRV2ZAXJ/229-DISCOFOOT+Global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 239.DISCOFOOT / Global DISCOFOOT is a mixture of football and dance. It is football but with gold hot pants, spicy disco music, free-form dance moves, and zero gender divisions. It is an ass kicking, DJ spinning, maybe even twerking freestyling battle, where football’s rules are twisted and thrashed by dance. Let the choreography of the ball take you on a ride that passes the unknown and spectacular possibilities of this dead serious performance of a football match. The end result is pure, unfiltered joy on an astroturf dance floor. You still have to make a goal, while you are dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824926-3SCHRXOTIU3KQ9VKHNS5/215-Der+Deutsche+Germany.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 224.Der Deutsche / Germany DER DEUTSCHE is a type of dance called ALLEMANDE, a renaissance and baroque dance, and one of the most popular instrumental dance styles in baroque music, with notable examples by Couperin, Purcell, Bach and Handel. Allemande is often the first movement of a baroque suite of dances, paired with a subsequent courante, though it is sometimes preceded by an introduction or prelude. A quite different Allemande, named as such in the time of Mozart and Beethoven, still survives in Germany and Switzerland. It is a lively triple-time social dance related to the waltz and the Ländler, with couples dancing in circles. Popular types of Allemande are Dreher, Ländler and Deutscher. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824973-Y3DQ22X5ZFW5DA8HWZF4/223-+Diablada+Bolivia.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 233.Diablada / Bolivia DIABLADA, also called DANZA DE LOS DIABLOS, is a primeval Andean masked dance, typically from the region of Oruro in Bolivia. It is characterised by the mask and devil suit worn by the performers. It is a mixture of religious theatrical presentations brought from Spain and Andean religious ceremonies, such as the Llama llama dance in honor of the Uru god Tiw (protector of mines, lakes, and rivers), and the Aymaran miners’ ritual to Anchanchu (a demon spirit of caves and other isolated places in Bolivia and Perú). It is accompanied by a band and orchestra. At the start of the krewe are Lucifer and Satan with several devil women. They are followed by the personified seven deadly sins. Afterwards, a troop of devils come out. They are led by Saint Michael, with a blouse, short skirt, sword and shield. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824873-YLOPSSRN6GPKN0MBVUUE/214-DANCE+OF+A+FISH+Nauru.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 214. DANCE OF A FISH / Nauru DANCE OF A FISH is a traditional dance coming from Nauru, a tiny island country in Micronesia, northeast of Australia. It is danced to celebrate the catch of fish, because fishing is an integral and important part of Nauru living and culture. After the dance, the dancers and the community would eat the fish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825079-5WC3M4QWLS2RVR7JFKA7/243-+Duchonkaland+Slovakia.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 253.Duchonkaland dances / Slovakia DUCHONKALAND DANCES are dances performed by children at the summer camp in a place called Duchonkaland in Slovakia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825038-Y4ENQ2R5WOTOR9Y2U1RE/234-+Doina+Romania.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 244.Doina / Romania DOINA is a dance performed to the Romanian music of the same name. Possibly with Middle Eastern roots, customary in Romanian peasant music as well as in La˘uta˘reasca˘, it was also adopted by Klezmer music. Similar tunes are found throughout Eastern Europe and the Balkans. Doinas can be very melancholic, with melodies that are rather poignant and heartfelt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824903-YCHG9N4WUY9L8B6QN5BL/211-Danza+del+Venado+Mexico.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 220.Danza del Venado / Mexico DANZA DEL VENADO, also called DANCE OF THE DEER, is a ritual dance celebrated by the natives of Sonora and Sinaloa, the yaquis. The Dance of the Deer is a hunting dance of the white-tailed deer, which is seen as a deity in the culture of the people of Sonora and Sinaloa, by the paskolas (hunters). It is believed that the music and lyrics of the dance must have transited with very few changes from the pre-Hispanic times to the present day. On the head the lead dancer wears a stuffed deer head with colored ribbons or natural flowers, fastened with straps under the chin, and on the neck rosaries or necklaces of white chaquira with medals. The torso is naked. Depending on the festivity in which the dance is performed, there may be other characters such as coyotes or hunters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825000-9J9XANYJ8IPT9X4NSK63/228-Disco+Global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 238.Disco / Global DISCO is a dance style that emerged in clubs in the 1970s. It is highly dependent on disco music, with strong, rising vocals over a steady beat and bass line. Latin dances such as samba, cha-cha, and tango inspired many of the popular disco moves. Disco dancing means moving in your own way in time to the beat of disco music, wearing disco inspired clothing. Common elements include side-stepping in between bigger moves, raising your arms overhead, large hip and pelvic movements, and twisting your hands in time to the beat. A few common disco dance steps include pivot turns, foot stamps, and shoulder rocks. One classic disco dance is the Hustle, as seen in “Saturday Night Fever”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824995-CO1X9TT70CGP4S21IEHP/227-Digital+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 237.Digital Dance / Global DIGITAL DANCE is a pioneer and trust of authentic American streetdance cultures and was established for the longevity of American urban dance. Music and dance are both universal languages with the highest levels of expression. As the world continues to get smaller and the lines are blurred between longstanding cultural and geographic barriers, new opportunities are born to positively affect the world. Digital dance follows a vision of the world where dance is truly appreciated as the bond that brings people and cultures together in the digital era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824847-6NUHFY0P5PRCS6AHDLEC/202-DANCE+DANCE+REVOLUTION+Global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 210.DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION / Global DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION also known as DANCING STAGE in earlier games in Europe, Central Asia, Middle East, Africa, South Asia and Oceania, and also some other games in Japan, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 and released in North America and Europe in 1999, it is the pioneering series of the rhythm and dance genre in video games. Players stand on a “dance platform” or stage and hit coloured arrows laid out in a cross with their feet to musical and visual cues. Players are judged by how well they time their dance to the patterns presented to them and are allowed to choose more music to play if they receive a passing score. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338825043-TCRM590MDWOZ4K4D85SR/235-+Dojou+Sukui+Japan.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 245.Dojou Sukui / Japan DOJOU SUKUI is a 300-year-old folk dance well known all over Japan, strongly associated with the city of Yasugi. “Dojou” means loach, a small freshwater fish, and “sukui” means to scoop up with a basket. It developed into two kinds of dances—male and female dance. They both describe movements of scooping loaches and are very well known for their comical and humorous moves and expressions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338824885-GTGUVXMGF3N6QGNDT7RV/207-DANCE+WITH+BABIES+Global.jpg Dance Style - Dd - 216.DANCE WITH BABIES / Global DANCE WITH BABIES is a dance performed mostly by parents holding their babies on their chest. It is common in many cultures all around the world. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-pp daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806924-J8VRGWQSUD3DIWFBRNFL/663-+POGO+Global.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 690.POGO / Global POGO is a dance in which the dancers jump up and down, while either remaining on the spot or moving around. The dance takes its name from its resemblance to the use of a pogo stick, especially in a common version of the dance, where an individual keeps their torso stiff, their arms rigid, and their legs close together. Occasionally, dancers collide, but it is not a necessary part of pogo dancing. An uninformed bystander might get the impression that the dancers are attacking one another. People sometimes get injured when pogoing, but, more often than not, pogoers who fall to the ground are helped up instead of getting trampled. There is a general understanding that the pogoing is fun, not a fight. Pogo is most associated with punk rock and is a precursor to more violent moshing and slam dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338807008-PPBNPZY15JC5OBQY5F1D/681-PULCINO+PIO+Italy+Viral.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 708.PULCINO PIO / Italy / Viral PULCINO PIO is a dance to the Italian song with the same name released as a single in July 2012. The song is credited to the character Pulcino Pio and is actually interpreted by the actress Morgana Giovannetti. In summer 2012 it became a hit in Italy, staying on the top for the eight consecutive weeks. It also became a hit in France, Spain, the Netherlands, and other European countries in their respective local language versions. The English version was released as “The Little Chick Cheep”, the French version as “Le poussin Piou”, the Spanish version “El Pollito Pío”, the German version as “Das kleine Küken Piept”, the Dutch version “Het kuikentje Piep”, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806844-NG8H4EFUVKLEG92M5RM1/645-Paneurhythmy+Bulgaria+.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 672.Paneurhythmy / Bulgaria PANEURHYTHMY is a system of gymnastic exercises performed to music, practiced by the White Brotherhood the followers of Peter Deunov in Bulgaria. It can include an unlimited number of participants and is done in a circle, as the dancers move in the counterclockwise direction. It is practiced annually from March 22 to September 22 (from the spring day to the autumnal equinox) early in the morning (sunrise) in the open air, in nature. It lasts about one hour. The musicians are at the center of the circle. The purpose of the dance is to achieve harmony with nature, God and the universe. Paneurhythmy consists of thirty rhythmic musical exercises. According to some, they can be divided into three parts: the paneurhythmic cycle of 28 exercises; the “Sun’s rays” cycle; the “Pentagram” cycle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806974-YP05HVAKL661Q3204L1R/673-+PONRE+Burkina+Faso+Ivory+Coast+.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 700.PONRE / Burkina Faso / Ivory Coast PONRE is a freestyle street dance from Burkina Faso and Ivory Coast. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806820-OGVSGTEPE1YZ9U0GNY6A/641-Padayani+India.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 668.Padayani / India PADAYANI, also called PADENI, is a traditional folk dance and a ritual art from the central regions of the Indian state of Kerala. As a ceremonial dance involving masks, it is an ancient ritual performed in Bhagavati temples. The dance is performed in honor of Bhadrakali, the goddess of destruction. Meaning, a “row of warriors”, Padayani is an art form that blends music, dance, theatre, satire, facial masks, and paintings. It is a part of the worship of Bhadrakali and it is staged in temples dedicated to the goddess from mid-December to mid-May. Padayani is regarded as a remnant of the Dravidian forms of worship that existed before the advent of Brahmanism. The percussion instruments used in Padayani are patayani thappu, chenda, para and kumbham. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806856-C902G57VRKJ7XPWPCQVN/648-+Pantsula+South+Africa+.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 675.Pantsula / South Africa PANTSULA is a South African dance that emerged in the 1950s and 1960s in two townships around Johannesburg, as groups of older men engaged in informal street dance competitions. It was a response to the forced removals implemented by the Apartheid government. Gradually, it spread throughout South Africa. By the 1980s, it was practiced by black South Africans of all ages, no longer limited to men, and it began to develop as an expression of resistance during the political struggle, as well as a way of spreading awareness about social issues such as AIDS. Later, it persisted as an expression of cultural roots for many black South Africans. It also gained popularity in the white community and began to take on new meanings. It is a syncopated, quick-stepping, low to the ground dance performed by groups, evoking the urban street culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806977-P4DN1RQ2HK6J6RLWDYBI/674-POP+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 701.POP DANCE / Global POP DANCE is a term that can be used for various dance routines performed to pop music especially from the 1980s, 1990 and 2000s. It is a simple or elaborate combination of popular and freestyle dance moves usually borrowed from other genres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338807016-WOG436HEQMETVZ5TZGH2/683-Punta+Honduras+Belize.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 710.Punta / Honduras / Belize PUNTA is an Afro indigenous dance and music of Honduras and Belize, originated by the Garifuna people with African and Arawak elements. The name refers to the tip of the toes because it is the most used body part while performing this dance. It consists of shaking and bouncing and is similar to twerking. The most famous song of punta music is “Sopa De Caracol”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806985-C7RKOWLJQF13BX578GMC/676-Powolniak+Poland+.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 703.Powolniak / Poland POWOLNIAK is the best known traditional dance from the Kurpie Zielone, an area in the north of the Mazovia region in Poland. It consists of two parts and is performed by pairs in a fast tempo, with quick spinning demanding a lot of energy and control (despite the literary meaning of its name “powolniak” from the word “powolnie”— slowly, deliberately). The dance is characterized by polyrhythm, i.e. the performance of steps in the odd meter to the music in duple meter. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806870-9JDPMWXGHUTWD0LYVMLB/651-+PAQUITO+France.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 678.PAQUITO / France PAQUITO is a dance performed during the Pena Baiona, a song which is sung during the Bayonne festival (Pays Basque). While singing, a bunch of people form a line, sitting on the ground and moving their arms. Sometimes people jump over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806966-2OWMY038J0HIU81LEXH7/671-Polka+Norten%CC%83a+Mexico.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 698.Polka Norteña / Mexico POLKA NORTEÑA is a polka dance style coming from the north of the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, Chihuahua and Tamaulipas in Mexico. It is accompanied by accordion and guitar. Polka dance is of Polish origin and was brought to Mexico during colonial times. Since it was introduced to Mexico, all social classes have danced it, but the humble people, mainly from the countryside, have given life to it, adapting it to their own music and steps. It is danced on all occasions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806934-B7AP2OH82MYGCTXQBHIR/665-Pokot+Kenya+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 692.Pokot / Kenya / Uganda POKOT DANCES are traditional dances of the Pokot people, who are farmers and herders living in the northwestern Kenya and adjoining Uganda. They share many dance forms, such as animal imitation and jumping, with other surrounding pastoralists. Dancing is an important part of many Pokot rituals and celebrations, and may continue for days, especially at initiation feasts. Several dances are performed with men and women facing each other in parallel lines. The majority of Pokot dances are accompanied only by singing and clapping, although instruments such as leg bells and wooden horns are sometimes used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806989-TRM98XWQ8OCP00CGJIWW/677-Pride+Global.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 704.Pride / Global PRIDE began as a riot against the police and the state, and as a radical reclaiming of identity against governments that did nothing to support LGBTQ people. Riots, rallies, protests and disobedience are inherent to queer communities, including dance and costume, drag, community love, all used as a protest to the society that dares shame and belittle them. Dancing is usually a very important part of Pride parades around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806952-4MDVWSAFFBQYENY11U4S/695+POLICE+DANCE+Global+.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 695.POLICE DANCE / Global POLICE DANCE is a dance performed by policemen. Videos with police dance are popular all around the globe and reflect local culture as well as dance trends of a given time. For example in Estonia during the 100th anniversary of the Republic of Estonia, one dance school, together with the Estonian Dance Agency, invited everyone to participate in the dance contest Eesti Dancing. The challenge was also accepted by Tammsaare Police and Border Protection Service, and they performed in this national dancing event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806900-Y3VTX79TT3HRMAT38WL8/658a-+PERESTROIKA+DANCES+Russia.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 685.PERESTROIKA DANCES / Russia PERESTROIKA DANCES are a style of dances that developed and spread around Russia from the 1990s after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Everything was new for people—music, style, bars, dancing. There were a lot of new crazy artists, club promoters, new ways of dancing, new magazines for alternative youth such as “Ptuch” and “Om”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338807012-MXB7B9E2HSON7NE0XSEV/682-PUNK+Global.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 709.PUNK / Global PUNK is a dance performed to punk rock, a music genre that developed in the mid-1970s in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia. It can also be performed to dance-punk, another music genre that is closely associated with the post-punk and new wave movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338807020-9GVLKI70GGHBB165HU15/711+PUNTO+PANAMENO+-+Panama.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 711.Punto panameño / Panama PUNTO PANAMEÑO is a folk dance and genre originating in Panama, with a hispanic ancestry as many other Central American folk dances. It is usually danced by only one couple at a time. Traditionally, one male and one female dancer perform the dance. It begins with the male kneeling with his left knee on the floor. Once the music begins to play, he takes the hands of the female dancer, who circles around him to the beat of the music. The male and female back away from each other, often emoting longing and passion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806849-G0VRTEMK1DEB5S0GCRCL/646-Pangalay+Philippines.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 673.Pangalay / Philippines PANGALAY is a traditional “fingernail” dance of the southern Sulu people in the Philippines, closely connected to Indian, Cambodian, and Thai traditional dance forms. Hip and torso movements are kept at a minimum in favour of complex arm, hand, and finger movements and positions. Usually dancers wear claw-like finger extensions to emphasise their gestures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806904-34HH2E1RFMG4WH5FUO73/659-+Perinit%CC%A6a+Romania.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 686.Perinița / Romania PERINIȚA is a wedding folk dance, typical of and originating from the Muntenia region in Romania. The dancers form a circle with one person holding a handkerchief or a pillow while dancing inside the circle. The person then chooses a dance partner of the opposite-sex by placing the handkerchief around his/her neck. They kiss on the cheek, and the first person joins the circle, while the second one repeats the process. The name of the dance comes from the Romanian word for pillow, “perna˘”, on which the men kneel when choosing a female partner (sometimes a handkerchief is used). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806992-3N8JY5UZEIV8LXULF9D0/678-PROTEST+DANCES+Egypt.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 705.PROTEST DANCES / Egypt PROTEST DANCES are dances that happened in the context of protests that staged in Egypt, usually directly performed for political or social intervention. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806880-52ZFVRVBJSRMHRDG2882/653-Para+Para+Japan.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 780.Para Para / Japan PARA PARA is a Japanese synchronised dance with specific movements for each song, much like line dancing. It is said to have existed since the early 1980s when Europeans started selling Italo disco and Euro beats. It consists of mostly upper body movements in synchronisation with a four-on-the floor rhythm. Choreographed motions with arms and hands, while stepping to the right and left, show similarities with traditional festival dances such as Bon Odori or cheering squads “O - endan”. There is very little lower body movement, with the exception of moving one’s hips, stepping in place, and jumping or hopping. Routines are choreographed by groups affiliated with popular Japanese clubs. “Paralists”— fans of Para Para come from Japan, Chile, Brazil, Spain, The United States, Canada, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Finland, and several other countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806929-C4XCQXLQBRCDXSAL1QMH/664-Poi+New+Zealand.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 691.Poi / New Zealand POI refers to both a style of performing art and the equipment used for engaging in Poi performance. As a performance art, Poi involves swinging tethered weights through a variety of rhythmical and geometric patterns. Poi artists may also sing or dance while swinging their Poi that can be made from various materials with different handles, weights, and effects (such as fire). It originated with the Ma-ori people of New Zealand, where it is still practiced today. Originally warriors used Poi to improve the dexterity of their wrists. The movements are circular and central to the use of all weaponry. Nowadays, mostly women dance with Poi. They swing them to depict the story of a song through hitting techniques and flowing movements. A Poi performer should show movement’s skills that radiate naturally from the body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338807003-QJA8Z1QU7LVAEICOCM1Z/680-Puita+Democratic+Republic+of+Sa%CC%83o+Tome%CC%81+and+Pri%CC%81ncipe.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 707.Puita / Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe PUITA is a dance from Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe, introduced by Angolan contract workers. It used to be performed all night long by workers and Tongas on the plantations during parties in honor of a deceased person. The guests used to eat and drink before they started to dance to the sound of the percussion. Puita is also the name of the large drum used for the dance. Since independence, many workers have migrated to the capital, so the dance puita can now be found in the neighbourhoods of São Tomé City. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806860-9KL0J9Y33DDXXN77UKLG/649-Paosa+Jagoi+India.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 676.Paosa Jagoi / India PAOSA JAGOI dance originates from Manipur, a small state tucked in the Northeastern corner of India, enclosed by hills on all sides. Paosa Jagoi means “conversation”. This traditional form of dance depicts the conversation between Nongpok Panthoibi and Nongpok Ningthou deities and the merry making that happened when they met. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806892-WGVBHG4M7MGRGSA0ZCN2/656-+Pendozali+Greece.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 683.Pendozali / Greece PENDOZALI or PENTOZALIS is the most popular folk dance on the island of Crete in Greece. It is a vigorous dance, with high jumping movements, which also leaves space for the creativity and improvisation of the dancers. It is danced with arms on the neighbour’s shoulders, in an incomplete circle that keeps rotating anticlockwise at different speeds, depending on the pace of the music. It is especially lively and rapid at the end. The first dancer is expected to improvise engaging in acrobatics. The music is mainly instrumental, and usually performed by a Cretan lyra, and a lauto played in a percussive-like fashion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806914-ZWF0Y4GGVA5CR0HJ3IAR/661-+PHILLY+CLUB+USA.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 688.PHILLY CLUB / USA PHILLY CLUB is a term to describe dances performed to Philly Club music, which is house music greatly influenced by Baltimore Club as well as by the offspring Jersey Club music. Philly Club music ranges from 130 to 140 bpm, and it does not consist only of remixes of all genres of music, but it also mixes sounds from any source, for instance commercials, movies, acts of nature, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806956-T9YJ85JLHMADLTWNNM15/696+POLKA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 696.Polka / Global POLKA is originally a Czech dance, popular throughout Europe and the Americas, that originated in the middle of the 19th century in Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic. It remains a popular folk dance in many European countries, and it is performed also in Poland, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland, Finland and to a lesser extent in Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Hungary, Italy, Ukraine, Romania, Belarus, Russia, and Slovakia. Local varieties of this dance are also found in the Nordic countries, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Latin America and the United States. It is a fast dance. Its basic step consists of a preparatory hop followed by a chasse done first to the left and then to the right. It is danced to music written in 2/4 time with the first beat more heavily accented. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338807026-QLEPQ6P5U80C9B2W6UPA/685-Purun+Chile+.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 712.Purun / Chile PURUN means dance in Mapudungun, the language of the Mapuche people, who live in the western coastal areas and valleys of Chile’s Araucanía Region. Men, women and children wear their best clothing in the dance ceremonies. Men wear traditional woolen makuñ (ponchos), pants, and white or blue shirts. Women wear black shawls and dresses, adorning their heads and clothes with silver jewellery and colorful ribbons and beads. In Purun dance, the main colors are black, white, blue, violet, yellow, and green—all considered to be positive shades that please the deities. The presence of the machi, the shamaness of the Mapuches, is fundamental in these ritual dances, as she is the sole intermediary between mortals and the spirit world. A special occasion for feasting and dancing is the New Year of the Mapuches, We Tripantu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806865-H68F1M7T1GDHHRER9X42/650-Papaya+Dance+Philippines.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 677.Papaya Dance - Philippines PAPAYA DANCE is a unique dance, based on a 1970s song by Polish singer Urszula Dudziak, that gained a cult following after being featured on a popular Filipino game show. The dance moves soon spread worldwide as “the new Macarena” and the kitschy dance phenomenon was featured in the US on the MSNBC and the ABC’s “Good Morning America”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806946-O09J3UBS54VI9Q53DGTU/667-Pole+dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 694.Pole dance / Global POLE DANCE combines dance and acrobatics centred on a vertical pole. It is performed not only in gentleman’s clubs as erotic dance, but recently has gained popularity as a mainstream form of fitness, practiced by many enthusiasts in gyms and in dedicated dance studios. Amateur and professional pole dancing competitions are held in countries around the world. It requires significant muscular endurance and coordination as well as sensuality. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806920-9FLRV3L5OC9W4J9CCUKP/662-+PIZZICA+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 689.PIZZICA / Italy PIZZICA is a traditional folk dance (in 2/4 time) of simple structure from the Apulia region, in Italy. The traditional pizzica is a couple dance, but the couple does not need to necessarily involve two individuals of opposite sexes—often two women can be seen dancing it together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806888-Z1AXWK837WYE1K0IUQRM/682+PATOLA+-+Papua+New+Guinea.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 682.Patola / papua new guinea PATOLA is a viral dance that took Papua New Guinea by storm in the summer of 2018. Heavily inspired by American twerking, Patola involves rhythmic hip thrusts and butt-shaking usually in a squatted position. Patola is an abbreviation of Pantat Bola, meaning literally “ball ass”, referring to the dancer showing off buttocks as large and round as a football. Though the dance is a distinctively Papuan phenomenon, conservative Papuans refuse to accept it as Papuan culture and instead dismiss it as a vile, sexually explicit Western influence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806824-WIGZJZ5012HARVP9DSUT/642-Pajaro+Bell+Paraguay.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 669.Pajaro Bell / Paraguay PAJARO CAMPANA is a folk dance from Paraguay inspired by the singing of a bird with the same name “pájaro campana” (bellbird), which is endemic to the forests of this region. The steps and clothes used in the dance are inspired by the movements and colours of the bird. Women wear white, the bird’s predominant colour, with a lace in the colours of the Paraguayan flag. Men dress in white as well, with a belt in the colours of Paraguay and a straw hat. The dance is also known in the neighbouring countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806838-QURGB235IGJVI3S2Z7ZT/644-Palomita+Paraguay.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 671.Palomita / Paraguay PALOMITA is a traditional courtship dance from Paraguay, with origins in the northeastern region of the country. The dance imitates the love dance of doves. The man takes the role of a male bird pursuing a female dove played by the woman, who is won over at the end of the dance. The steps are greatly influenced by the polka. There are up to five versions of this dance, varying in the number of dancers and choreography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806961-Z733RDFGCDG2PK5SD9DI/670-POLKA+CHINATA+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 697.POLKA CHINATA / Italy POLKA CHINATA called CROUCHED POLKA is a historical dance, exclusive to the city of Bologna. It is rigorously performed by men both for social reasons (insufficient women emancipation in the post-war period) and for its acrobatic requirements. The origins of the dance bring us back to the 1940s, during the post-war reconstruction, when under the Bologna’s arcades, men exhibited themselves and competed among each other, accompanied by the accordion music. With an intent to impress girls, men took advantage of their physical abilities to perform the famous “crouched whirl”. From this specific figure came the name of the dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806970-JDA0KFHJNAYN4NEQTQ1Z/672-POLONEZ+Poland.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 699.POLONEZ / Poland POLONEZ is one of the most widely recognised traditional dances of Poland and one of its five national dances. Likely once a warrior’s triumphal dance, it was adopted by the Polish nobility as a formal march in 1573. In the 19th century, it became enormously popular throughout the European ballrooms, especially in France and in Russia. In its aristocratic form dancers, in couples according to their social positions, promenaded around a ballroom with gliding steps accented by bending the knees slightly on every third step. Music is in 3/4 time. As a walking dance, it is done by any number of couples of men and women, usually at a slow tempo. It was used as a musical form by prominent composers (Beethoven, Handel, Chopin). It is danced in Poland today at student proms and official celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806875-12ZZCQFMS4TS1AFRM71G/652-Parai+Attam+India.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 679.Parai Attam / India PARAI ATTAM is a special type of dance from Tamil Nadu, India in which performers beat Parai (drum) and dance to its rhythm. This is one of the oldest traditional dances, and it was used for multiple reasons, ranging from warning people about the upcoming war, requesting civilians to leave the battlefield, announcing victory or defeat, gathering farmers for farming activities, warning wild animals about people’s presence, during festivals, weddings, celebrations, worship of nature, etc. Parai Attam has been an instrumental part of all celebrations in Tamil culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806884-4MOZF23TW27ZXVURKW6B/654-Parasol+Dance+Japan.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 681.Parasol Dance / Japan PARASOL DANCE is a Japanese dance performed with umbrellas, which has its origins in the Kabuki theatre. It is performed by women and uses shuffling steps. The song played during the dance is called Mikado. The costumes worn include brightly coloured Kimono, a parasol (umbrella), and Japanese wooden shoes that are similar to clogs. The dance is typically performed in groups of four dancers facing the audience and standing about four feet away from each other. The open umbrella is held with two hands over the head, the hands holding the handle at chest level. It is one of the most popular Japanese dances performed both in Japan and abroad. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806981-ELLKBOAT135IZ2HXIENI/675-POPPING+USA+global.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 702.POPPING / USA POPPING is a street dance style and one of the original funk styles that came from Fresno, California during the late 1960s-1970s. It is based on the technique of quickly contracting and relaxing muscles to cause a jerk in the dancer’s body, referred to as a pop or a hit. This is done continuously to the rhythm of a song in combination with various movements and poses. It is closely related to illusory dance styles and techniques, such as robot, waving and tutting, often integrated into popping to create a more varied performance. Popping is distinct from breaking and locking, which it is often confused with. As one of the earliest funk styles, it is closely related to hip-hop and often performed in battles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806853-HVF9NAPKODJRJM8P0T8L/647-PANTHER+DANCE+Ivory+Coast.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 674.PANTHER DANCE / Ivory Coast PANTHER DANCE is a famous dance performed by the Senoufo people from Ivory Coast. It is performed by the men of the tribe upon the return of the young initiates after a period of isolation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806997-BBP6GIKTX4X3IN0KA9HA/679-Psytrance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 706.Psytrance / Global PSYTRANCE or PSY is a dance style performed to the subgenre of trance music characterized by arrangements of synthetic rhythms and layered melodies created by high tempo riffs. Psytrance lies at the hardcore, underground end of the diverse trance spectrum. The genre offers variety in terms of mood, tempo, and style. Some examples include full-on, darkpsy, Hi-Tech, progressive, suomi, psy-chill, psycore, psybient, psybreaks, or “adapted” tracks from other music genres. Goa trance preceded Psytrance and when digital media became more commonly used Psytrance evolved. Goa continues to develop alongside the other genres. It is played and danced all around the world at special Psytrance events and festivals, such as the Ozora festival in Hungary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806833-GFFA2FTIDM9WHJKFVJLZ/643-Palo+de+mayo+Nicaragua.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 670.Palo de mayo / Nicaragua / Honduras / Panama PALO DE MAYO is a type of Afro-Caribbean dance with sensual movements that forms part of the culture of several communities in the RAAS region in Nicaragua, as well as Belize, the Bay Islands of Honduras and Bocas del Toro in Panama. It is also the name given to the month-long May Day festival celebrated on the Caribbean coast. Both the festival and dance are an Afro-Nicaraguan tradition that originated in Bluefields, Nicaragua in the 17th century. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806941-B2PXI0Y5FM31TGZJIFSE/693+POLCA+-+Paraquay.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 693.Polca / Paraguay POLCA PARAGUAYA is a popular folk music and dance in Paraguay, whose name derives from the European “polka”, but whose rhythms, melody, harmony and counterpoint are unrelated to it. The Paraguayan version combines ternary, binary and syncopated rhythms, which gives it its characteristic style. The most popular instruments used are the guitar and the Paraguayan harp. Polca Paraguaya is danced in pairs, which can unlock momentarily during the dance to perform various figures. It is danced in ballrooms, on the village dance floors, and at home, in the countryside more than in the cities. There are several versions of the dance, varying in form, choreography or figures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806896-CKF2AMIOXDJ4HZX12IGQ/657-Peque%CC%81n+Chile.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 684.Pequén / Chile PEQUÉN is a Chilean folkloric dance of popular roots, danced in different ways, according to its region of origin. There are two main versions of the dance: Pequén Gañan, originally from Chiloé, and Pequén Campesino, danced in the central region. It is classified among the “zoomorphic dances”, because its movement imitates an animal, in this case a little bird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338806908-XP55M70IR1NLFU905GI9/660-Persian+Classical+dances+Iran.jpg Dance Style - Pp - 687.Persian Classical danceS / Iran PERSIAN CLASSICAL DANCE is a group of dances coming from Iran or having Persian origins. Persian classical dances have not been organized and codified. Thus each dancer creates his/ her own style and improvises within the recognizably Persian framework of movements. Solo improvisational dances often utilize delicate, graceful movements of the hands and arms with animated facial expressions. They include movements derived from a combination of the Middle Eastern dance, folklore and dances of the Qajar era. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-ww daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915212-QLWCECK7OX00I7AL1GZ3/932-Winti-Pre%CC%81+Suriname.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 969.Winti-Pré / Suriname WINTI-PRÉ is a ritual dance evening on the occasion of the gods, the Winti. During Winti-Pré the dancers get into a trance and the spirits take possession of their bodies. This ceremony is part of Winti, an animistic religion that is mainly confessed by Surinamese creoles. The term is also used for all supernatural beings created by A Nana (the God of Gods), the creator of the universe. The Winti traveled to Suriname with the African slaves during transatlantic slavery. The Winti, like the ancestral spirits, watch over all the family members of a particular family tree, who honor them and offer sacrifices as thanks. However, if one violates the spiritual rules and laws, it can lead to retribution. One can come to spiritual atonement and balance by taking ritual herbal baths and performing certain ritual acts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915152-ADGJ26WN202AO2QV0KOP/918-Wai+Khru+Thailand.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 955.Wai Khru / Thailand WAI KHRU is a ritualised form of a dance meant to pay homage to a khru or a teacher. It is performed annually by Thai classical dance institutions as well as before Muay Thai matches. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915173-MBQRHJ4JX2QU8YWYATN4/923-Waltz+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 960.Waltz / Global WALTZ is a ballroom and folk dance, normally in triple time, performed primarily in closed position. It was created in the beginning of the 19th century, as the regional social dances of southern Germany and Austria, such as the Dreher, Ländler, and Deutscher slowly turned into the waltz everyone knows today. This happened by making the tune quicker and adjusting the dance steps to the faster tempo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915201-CODU24FB0S68JTMGUM0J/929-WELSH+FOLK+Wales.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 966.WELSH FOLK / Wales WELSH FOLK dancing has quite a sad history. With the advent of the Nonconformist sects in the 18th and 19th centuries, the chapels saw the Welsh folk arts and customs as ones that were very sinful and not in keeping with chapel teaching. Some did resist the pressure and continued to dance (but only behind closed curtains). Today, Welsh folk dancing has a strong tradition, with a whole library of published dances and melodies. The tradition is kept vibrant with new dances and melodies being composed on a regular basis. Wales has over twenty adult dancing teams and hundreds of teams at schools, and Urdd youth clubs across the country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915197-R55IDIBF2PQFBYK29V4B/928-+Wedding++Global.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 965.Wedding dances / Global WEDDING DANCES are dances performed by a married couple, their families and guests during wedding celebrations. In each and every culture around the world, there are typical ceremonies and dances that are being performed at such celebrations. They vary from place to place. In a number of traditions, wedding dances start with the first dance performed by the married couple. Wedding dances reflect local culture and traditions, as well dancing trends of a given time in history. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915216-7RY4QS0B714RLTX89X3E/933-Wolayta+Ethiopia.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 970.Wolayta DAnces / Ethiopia WOLAYTA DANCES are dances performed by the Wolayta people living in Southern Ethiopia. They dance with a distinctive waist movement. Compared to the Northern Ethiopian dances like Amhara, which mainly require moving the upper body (e.g., neck, shoulder, chest), the further one goes to Southern Ethiopia, the more movement of the lower body their dances require. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915164-6CPDIFCCTWENN1XJKFMG/921-Wallachian+Czech.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 958.Wallachian / Czech WALLACHIAN is a folk dance coming from Wallachia, the north-eastern part of the Czech Republic. This region is known for long and preserved traditional dances performed in traditional costumes. The oldest records of Wallachian dance can be found in 1819. During the 19th century, more figurative dances began to be promoted. Wallachian dance has improvised character, and is danced both solo or in a group. It is danced to Gajdoš or Hudec music that is typical for the Wallachian part of the country. It is associated with a large number of folk songs that are sung during dancing. This dance has a simple impression, but it consists of many movements. It is danced by folklore groups. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915205-CWEG4UBVWRPH0VZ8QL7H/930-Wheelchair+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 967.Wheelchair Dance / Global WHEELCHAIR DANCE is a couple or a single dance for two wheelchair users or for one wheelchair user with a “standing” partner. It includes standard dances such as waltz, tango, Viennese waltz, slow foxtrot and quickstep and Latin American dances such as samba, cha-chacha, rumba, paso doble and jive. There are also formation dances for four, six or eight dancers. Wheelchair dancing started in Sweden in 1968, originally for recreation or rehabilitation, with the first competition held in 1975. Several regional and international competitions followed and the first World Championship was held in Japan in 1998. Since 1998, Wheelchair Dance Sport has been governed by the International Paralympic Wheelchair Dance Sport Committee (IPWDSC), although it is not part of the Paralympic program. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915156-PNA7JUP76SAW50MZ1XUQ/919-Wallatas+Peru.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 956.Wallatas / Peru WALLATAS is a dance originally from the highland region of Peru (Puno) that represents the journey suffered by the merchants of that area to exchange their products with the region of Cusco. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915168-98GT7AN7CJTPCUJ1BO5O/922-Wals+Kurasolen%CC%83o+Curac%CC%A7ao.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 959.Wals Kurasoleño / Curaçao WALS KURASOLEÑO is a Curaçaoan waltz, brought in the first part of the 19th century by the Dutch colonizers to the island of Curaçao. First, it was meant as a societal dance with slaves just looking at it, but soon it spread all around the island and started to be danced everywhere. With time African beats were superimposed on the original rhythm, producing distinctive style in both music and dance. Wals Kurasoleño is still popular on the island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915187-TKFY0BUOPVO6NNQLJTT9/926-WARBA+Burkina+Faso.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 963.WARBA / Burkina Faso WARBA is the main celebration dance of the Mossi people who are the largest ethnic group in Burkina Faso, centered around Ouagadougou, but also spread to the Ivory Coast, Mali, Ghana, Togo and Benin. In the past Warba was reserved for a ritual of the same name which occurred only for enthronements and funerals. Bendré, a calabash drum covered with a sheep-skin and struck with the hands, traditionally was used to play the lead. It is associated with the court of Naba, or a Mossi chief, and for announcing important messages. Nowadays more often djembé is used. In the dance, the accent is on shaking your bottom, and alternating leg lifting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915177-XQAT12EMKBGKURSFNUQY/924-Wangala+India+Bangladesh.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 961.Wangala / India / Bangladesh WANGALA (also known as The Festival of Hundred Drums) is a harvest festival celebrated by the Garo people, who live in Meghalaya and Assam in India and Greater Mymensingh in Bangladesh. Villagers give thanks to Misi Saljong (also known as Pattigipa Ra’rongipa), the god of Sun, for blessing the people with a rich harvest. Wangala is celebrated in the months from September to December, with different villages setting different dates for the occasion. The Garo tribe performs traditional drumming and dancing during the Wangala festival, with Garo girls known as Nomil showcasing their dancing skills against 100 young drummers known as Pante. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915209-I9JMPGYS8HHALQV7XG0K/931-Wiener+Walzer+Austria+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 968.Wiener Walzer / Austria / Global WIENER WALZER is a genre of ballroom dance—the original form of the waltz. It was the first ballroom dance performed in the closed hold or “waltz” position. It is a rotary dance where the dancers are constantly turning either toward the leader’s right (natural) or toward the leader’s left (reverse), interspersed with non-rotating change steps to switch between the direction of rotation. When properly danced, couples do not pass but turn continuously left and right while traveling counterclockwise around the floor following each other. As the waltz evolved, some of the versions that were done at about the original fast tempo came to be called specifically Wiener Walzer to distinguish them from the slower waltzes. In the modern ballroom dance, two versions of Wiener Walzer are recognized: International Style and American Style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915182-I3UKP0MXKGCBDE8SXFXJ/925-Wapa+Bonaire.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 962.Wapa / Bonaire WAPA is a dance performed during Simadan, one of the Bonaire’s most widely known parades, traditionally organized in celebration of a successful Sorghum harvest. Everyone in the village participates in bringing in the crops and celebrating with food and drinks. Sorghum harvest time in Bonaire is from February till the end of April. During this time the kunukero (farm-owners), with the help of neighbors, friends and relatives, harvest the ripe and dry sorghum. To reward everyone and to celebrate the good harvest, a Simadan is set up at the kunuku. It consists of dance, music, food, and abundant high spirits. Wapa is a rhythmic, back-and-forth shuffle dance. Rows of people embrace, symbolizing the cooperative effort, and: Wapa! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338915193-NAEKYRMXQ55LDPJJXFR1/927-Wayway+Morocco.jpg Dance Style - Ww - 964.Wayway / Morocco WAY WAY is a dance from Morocco that relies on simple and repetitive movements of the torso and hips. It originated from a song released by TiiwTiiw, Belgium music producer of Moroccan origins. 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Bb - 77.BAONOPSTEKKER / The Netherlands BAONOPSTEKKER is a traditional dance from the eastern parts of the Netherlands. It is danced by individual dancers in a big circle, arm in arm. In the past people often danced in pubs. Before the actual dance could start, the room had to be cleared of people and furniture. Baonopstekker was supposed to clear the room of non-dancers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930218-86VWAPCWR35K4W6MXOU3/75-bar.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 78.BAR / Turkey BAR is a folk dance from the eastern part of Anatolia, Turkey, performed in the open by groups of men and women. They dance side-by-side, hand, shoulder and arm-in-arm, but performances of women and men differ from each other. The principal instruments of bar dances are davul and zurna (shrill pipe). The dominant measures in bars are 5/8 and 9/8. Occasionally measures of 6/8 and 12/8 are also used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930257-D7OCPEHWUXZALGZRJXEY/81-bele.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 86.BÈLÈ / Martinique BÈLÈ is a folk dance and music from Martinique, Dominica, Haiti, and Guadeloupe. It may be the oldest Creole dance of the Creole French West Indian islands, and it strongly reflects influences from African fertility dances. It is performed most commonly during full moon evenings, or sometimes during funeral wakes. It is also popular in Saint Lucia. In Tobago, it is thought to have been performed by women at social events in the planters’ great houses, and the dress and dance style copied by the slaves who worked in or around these houses. Created in the early 17th century when slaves were working in cotton farms and were not allowed to speak their own language or play their music. The dance became their way to communicate and express themselves, without being seen by the European colonizers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930324-WOXZCR6TOUR4QYPRGHT7/96-Biyelgee+Dance.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 101.Biyelgee / Mongolia BIYELGEE is a dance style coming from Mongolia, with origins in nomadic culture. Almost all regions in Mongolia are populated by different ethnic groups that have their specific forms of Biyelgee dance. Choreography is rich and diverse since people living in different parts of the country express their feelings differently. Biyelgee is traditionally performed on the rather limited space before the hearth, so the dancers make practically no use of their feet. Instead, they use only the upper part of their bodies, and through their rhythmic movements express various aspects of their identities, such as sex, tribe, and ethnicity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930127-03V5L6W61EF37Q6QL77R/54-Badha.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 57.Badhai / India BADHAI is a popular dance on the occasions of birth, marriage, and festivals in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh in India. Men and women dance vigorously to the tunes of accompanying musical instruments. The dancers cause quite a stir, using supple and acrobat-like movements and colorful attire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930134-ZYDDOY6F3507Z5ZISCBM/59-Baile+de+congo+Panama.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 59.Baile de congo / Panama BAILE DE CONGO is an Afro colonial dance style from Panama that is characterized by its energetic steps and theatrical performance. The women dance swaying their hips in an almost erotic manner, using hands and feet to mark the man limits. The rhythm of drums, singing and applause invites everyone around to participate in the dance. It shows the history of black slavery and colonialism. It is considered the oldest dance in the Panama region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930203-VYFYWBV1BSJFL6HBSR3I/71a-bandari.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 74.Bandari / Iran BANDARI, often referred as PERSIAN BELLYDANCE, is a chain dance indigenous to the southern and southwestern Bandar region of Iran down to Persian Gulf. It has been influenced by the African and Arabic music and dance, and is performed with accompanying Bandar music. The music is happy and rhythmic, and traditionally played by bagpipes and percussion instruments. Multiple dancers move rhythmically in various directions to the beat of the song. They wave their hands in a unique manner that resembles the cooperation of a group of fishermen at the sea. Banari is often performed at parties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930117-TZ1NOCJ2WCBHWDNH6EIW/55-Bachata+Dominican+Republic.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 55.BACHATA / Dominican Republic BACHATA is a dance that originated in the Dominican Republic. It is danced widely all over the world. The basics of the dance are three-step with a Cuban hip motion, followed by a tap including a hip movement on the 4th beat. The knees should be slightly bent so the performer can sway the hips easier. Movement of the hips is very important. It is a part of the soul of the dance. Most of the dancer’s movement is in the lower body up to the hips, and the upper body moves much less. Bachata is commonly known as a very sensual dance. It originated as a sort of “mating call”—if you were selected to dance, you were chosen as a mate, two dances with the same individual “sealed the deal”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930161-S5SLJW7N1Z9E5ZBAVSX3/66-balboa+USA.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 66.BALBOA / USA BALBOA is a swing dance that originated in Southern California during the 1920s and with huge popularity during the 1930s and 1940s. The term “balboa” originally referred to a dance characterised by its close embracement and full body connection. It emphasises rhythmic weight shifts and lead-follow partnership. Dancers used to also dance swing, a dance characterised by twists, turns, and open-position movement. Over time, these two dances merged and became collectively known as Balboa. The original dance is now referred to as Pure Balboa, and the original swing dance is now referred to as Bal-Swing or LA Swing to differentiate it from other types of swing. Because of its emphasis on subtlety and partnering rather than flashy tricks, Balboa is considered more of a “dancer’s dance” than a “spectator’s”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930104-IR5LNCXIRM0HD7SI7P65/52+BAAGH+NAACH+India.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 52.Baagh Naach / India BAAGH NAACH or TIGER DANCE is performed in Binka, Sonepur of Subarnapur district and Brahmapur and in some parts of Ganjam district in Odisha, India. It is performed in the month of Chaitra, the first month of a year in the Hindu calendar. This renowned dance style is a group dance performed by male dancers, who paint their body with yellow and black stripes, impersonating a tiger. Their postures and movements are energetic and swift in order to imitate the majestic predator. The dance is accompanied by the drums and bells and is commonly practised in certain festivals or special occasions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930443-MRVEMPTXV8PNNIJRO8GT/130+BUSOGA+DANCES+-+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 130.Busoga DANCES / Uganda BUSOGA DANCES are traditional folk dances originating from the Busoga Kingdom in Uganda. One of their main characteristics is hip shaking. Among the most famous Busoga dances are Tamen Ibuga, associated with harvest celebrations, and Bigwala, performed during royal celebrations such as coronationsand funerals and, in recent decades, on social occasions. Bigwala music and dance have been inscribed on UNESCO’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930349-F2ZH632IXES9NP62IN3M/107+BOLERO+Spain.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 107.Bolero / Spain BOLERO is a type of 3/4 dance that originated in Spain in the late 18th century, a combination of the contradanza and the sevillana. It is danced by either a soloist or a couple. It is in a moderately slow tempo, and is performed to music which is sung and accompanied by castanets and guitars with lyrics of five to seven syllables in each of four lines per verse. It is in triple time and usually has a triplet on the second beat of each bar. There is also a second type of Bolero that originated in Cuba. The two dances are different in both origins and style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930170-IOBSCYFLEVUPX1X20ABR/68-ballculture+Global.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 68.BALL CULTURE / Global BALL CULTURE / BALLROOM grew out of Harlem in the 1920s. It is historically run by and centered around LGBTQ people of color. These balls have been havens and safe spaces where queer folks could express their authentic selves free from the judgment and stigma of mainstream white-cis-hetero viewpoints and power positions. The ballroom community is broken up into houses, each house includes groups of people that serve as families or teams. The houses compete against each other in balls, where judges assign winners based on how well they can do Kiki, or Vogue dance, as well as their attitude level, costume, makeup, look, etc. The Most notable influence of ball culture on mainstream society is voguing. Ball culture spread all around the world and constantly gains a lot of popularity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930385-T12AOHD16T1HHML8ADZ7/109-Bottle+dance.png Dance Style - Bb - 116.Bottle dance / Paraguay BOTTLE DANCE is a Paraguayan folklore dance, currently the only one danced individually always by a female dancer. It is said to originate from the promeseras—women who offered bottles of water to the peasants as a payment to the patron saint for received favors. Those bottles were worn on the head with great skill and balance. It is also believed that it could be a variation of the Galopa, danced by women with a pitcher. According to tradition, on one occasion a dancer broke the pitcher and had to dance with what she found to replace it, a bottle, originating a new dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930284-BVX53I12FRG8SBP0ZEDW/87-BHANGRA.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 92.BHANGRA / India BHANGRA is a traditional folk dance from the Indian subcontinent originating in the Majha area of the Punjab region, India, where farmers, who saw wheat growing, danced Bhangra to celebrate. Later it gained popularity amongst other regions and people started to widely perform it at weddings or New Year celebrations. In the 1980s Punjabis in the UK started playing Bhangra music by taking the folk sounds of desi instruments and mixing them with the Western tunes. It is usually a fast paced, very danceable music with high-pitched vocals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930194-ETT5V4M42DA4PAB1V1AU/69-baloch.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 72.BALOCH dance / Iran BALOCH DANCES are performed by the Baloch people, who live mainly in the Balochistan region of the southeasternmost edge of the Iranian plateau in Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan, as well as in the Arabian Peninsula. They are mostly sword or stick dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930122-770HJZ48FG13MJFKV4N0/56-BADAWI+Egypt.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 56.BADAWĪ DANCES / North Africa / Middle East BADAWĪ DANCES are traditional dances performed by the Bedouin communities, nomadic herding peoples of the deserts. They have different variations depending on the country in which these communities live, yet they include similar elements. The most common dance is a simple communal dance, which is the chief element of all festivities and social gatherings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930289-GNECNPAGCL93JFEVJ5GN/88-Bharatanatyam.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 93.Bharatanatyam / India BHARATANATYAM may be the oldest classical dance tradition in India, originating from Tamil Nadu. Traditionally, it was a solo dance, performed exclusively by women, expressing South Indian religious and spiritual themes. Its theoretical foundations can be traced to the ancient Sanskrit text—Tamil epic Silappatikaram. It shows fixed upper torso, legs bent or knees flexed out combined with spectacular footwork, a sophisticated vocabulary of sign language based on gestures of hands, eyes, and face muscles. It is accompanied by music and a singer. Traditionally it was an interpretive narration of mythical legends from the Hindu texts. Modern stage productions of Bharatanatyam have incorporated technical performances, pure dance based on non-religious ideas, and fusion themes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930150-BJD9F3O55ZAWMLLU5I0M/63-bakaz+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 63.BACKAZ / JAMAICA / VIRAL BACKAZ is a famous booty dance originating from a dance video to a song with the same name by Demarco, a Jamaican dancehall and reggae recording artist. It became a viral dance craze. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930199-118FNVFAZO7U22F64F79/70-BAMAYA.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 73.BAMAYA / Ghana BAMAYA is a popular social dance from the northern part of Ghana. It is noted for its gracefulness and controlled gaiety in expressive dance movements. “Bamaya” is a Dagbani word which literally means ‘the river or valley is wet’. The dance is mostly done by men who are dressed in feminine outfits, and the ensemble comprises a lead dancer, other dancers and drummers who also double as chorus singers and sing along with the dancers. Bamaya is performed during public events and functions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930340-7TFE92S5QLLUMWTKHR5U/100-OBOOBO.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 105.BOBOOBO / Ghana BOBOOBO is a traditional dance beat from the Volta Region of Ghana, the Ketu district. A lot of people know and appreciate this dance beat, because of its creative communication between the dancers and the drummers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930381-AD09XHT9CKJWXZWKCH0M/108-Borankana.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 115.BORANKANA / Botswana BORANKANA is a folk dance usually practiced or performed by the Bakwena tribe in the Kweneng District of Botswana. It is traditionally performed by both elderly and young people. According to history, Borankana was performed only during tribal activities. It is believed that historically only men and boys danced during the performances, whilst women sang and clapped hands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930405-B00NJFISLFX4PJI3OTRL/114-BRESLOV+.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 121.BRESLOV Dance / Israel BRESLOV DANCE is a dance performed by Breslov Hasidic Jews in Israel. They usually drive around the streets with a van that is full of grinning, bearded, long-haired men, mostly young, wearing an assortment of comfortable looking clothing and white, tassel topped yarmulkes. At intervals the van stops and the grinning men pour into the streets, dancing and twirling to mostly electronic music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930261-HLEZPIALKOSU82Y4VV5Z/82-Bellydancing.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 87.BELLY DANCING / Global BELLY DANCING is considered to be the oldest folk dance in the world, which was originally a form of exercise and female bonding. It is an Arabic expressive dance originating in Egypt that emphasizes complex movements of the torso. It has evolved to take many different forms depending on the country and region, both in costume and dance style. For example, in Tunisia, it is characterized by sharp, horizontal twisting movements of the hips with flowing upper bodies, and is danced almost entirely on the toes with arms held in a “W” shape. It is seen at weddings and parties, and in the southern islands of Kerkennah and Djerba it is often performed with a clay water pot balanced on the head. It is also maybe the most famous and popular of Turkish dances, known as oriental dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930108-IB3H8K4JNBZA89OOU6Q7/53-Baara+Yemen.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 53.Bara’a / Yemen BARA’A is a group dance from Yemen, one of the several traditional outdoor dances. Bara’a dance literally means “a dagger dance”, where each of the dancers holds a dagger. It differs from tribe to tribe, with any number of men participating. It is accompanied by the beat of two drums and performed during religious and national holidays, the afternoons of wedding ceremonies, traditional cooperative work projects or to greet important guests. Dancers perform close together in an open circle. The leader and the better dancers position themselves near the middle. The basic step consists of a step-together-step-up, forward and backward, with a number of turns and knee bends. There are three segments of the dances, each with a faster tempo than the previous one. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930434-X00UGLGYQLDKD6XA9Z6S/121-Bunga+Bunga-Italy.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 128.Bunga Bunga / Italy BUNGA BUNGA is a type of pole and sexy dance associated with the Bunga Bunga sex parties organized by the former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi and involving politicians and prostitutes. The expression was frequently used by the Italian and international press during the investigation surrounding Silvio Berlusconi’s underage prostitution charges, acquiring a quite different meaning as “an orgy involving a powerful leader”. Bunga Bunga was also said to be an underwater orgy with nude young women allegedly encircling the nude host and his friends in the swimming pool, an African-style ritual performed by 20 naked young women, or an erotic entertainment involving pole dancing and competitive striptease by skimpy costumed women in nurses’ outfits and police uniforms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930430-JNJUQBE4G51LF3TZDIVZ/120-BUGG.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 127.BUGG / Sweden BUGG is a common dance style in Sweden, very popular on the dance floors with dansbands playing. It is a four-step dance performed at different paces (120-180 BPM). As a partner dance, it follows certain basic rules, but is essentially improvised, with the woman following the man’s lead. Swedish Bugg belongs to the swing dance family and closely resembles modern jive. There is also a variant called Double Bugg that is usually performed by one man and two women, but other combinations of three dancers may also appear. Today, the Bugg is one of the most popular social dances in Swedish dance clubs. It also provides a gateway into other local dance styles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930166-15UOYHAWBZ5HPX7CSII0/B-screenshots-UT-15+zonder+titel.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 67.Balinese Dances / Indonesia BALINESE DANCES are many forms of traditional dances for religious and artistic expression, originating and being performed in Bali, Indonesia’s only majority-Hindu area. Typically they are dynamic, technically complex, and make use of exaggerated hand and facial expressions. Wali dances are connected with Hindu ritual or are encouraged to bring the dancer into a state of trance or spiritual possession. Balih-balihan dances such as the Legong Kraton are intended for entertainment and artistic purposes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930248-0R8LGR3LM51O2JQDOJH1/80-Bear.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 84.BEAR DANCE / Bulgaria / Global BEAR DANCE is a freestyle dance of a person wearing the bear costume and begging for money. It can be seen on streets in various countries around the world, for example in Bulgaria. It is also a dance performed by gay guys called bears—one of the LGBT communities of often larger or obese hairier men who project an image of rugged masculinity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930377-NP0UWUB9NF1GLM7LT4CK/107-Boombal+.png Dance Style - Bb - 114.Boombal / Belgium BOOMBAL is a relatively recent phenomenon of folk dance parties in Belgium, originating in the French Balfolk. They are a more social and enjoyable alternative to the individualistic dancing often seen in modern clubs and meant for everyone to have fun disregarding their dancing skills. Started in Ghent, Belgium, Boombal was first organized in September 2000 in an old furniture shop with about 5 couples taking part. Boombal typically consists of two parts: 1. initiation, lasting about an hour, with an instructor teaching various dances, such as Schottische, Gigues, and Bourrées, focusing on the dances that can be performed with two or more people; 2. party, with professional folk musicians playing live music and people performing dances they learned in the first part of the evening. A typical Boombal session lasts about two hours. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930397-HUPWU4FIZPQRQ2IZQFOV/112-Br%C3%A2ul.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 119.BRÂUL / Romania BRÂUL is a term used to describe a male chain dance from Romania. The name is used for several different regional families of dances that have little choreographic similarity. Nowadays, mixed and female versions of the dance are also performed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930393-5ZDD9X402FFICOP5SBOW/111-Bra%C8%99oveanca.png Dance Style - Bb - 118.BRAȘOVEANCA / Romania BRAȘOVEANCA means “the dance of the city of Braşov”. In the past, Braşov residents called it Săseasca or “the dance of the Saxons” (Germans). Braşoveanca is a couple dance with variations, some of which are mixers, where the dancers change partners. Mixers are very rare in the Romanian repertoire. Changing partners together with the melody shows that the dance is an “adopted child” among Romanian dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930226-4550CA1AAM5BNJBKO4UN/77-Bardo+Chham.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 80.Bardo Chham / India / Bhutan BARDO CHHAM is a folk dance of Sherdukpens, a small community of West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh in India. It depicts scenes and ideas from the Buddhist book of the dead. Bhutanese Buddhists believe that after death humans are set to wander in the intermediary state known as bardo. Once they have crossed the bardic purgatory, they must face judgment by the Lord of Death. Bardo dance serves as a physical representation of the fate of those who have sinned and those who have been virtuous, and it is one of the most well-attended events at Paro’s annual Tsechu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930409-ERUT21JE7U5BAHMDTADG/115-broom.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 122.Broom Dancing / Canada / Global BROOM DANCING is a casual dance form, as opposed to the more formal and competition-oriented form of Irish stepdance. The Métis people of Canada have a broom dancing tradition. This lively dance involves fast footwork and jumping. Jumping the broom is an African-American wedding tradition that originated in marriages of slaves in the United States in the 19th century. The style in various forms is also seen all around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930157-O4IPQC9N7GC5T8AI8VU9/65-Baladi+Egypt.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 65.Baladi / Egypt BALADI is a sort of undisciplined folk belly dance. It does not exactly follow classic belly dance and it is more intuitive and simple. Baladi means “of the country” and is a style of Egyptian folk dance from the early 20th century which is still very popular. It came about when farmers moved to the city and began dancing in small spaces. Egyptians have Baladi people, Baladi bread, Baladi rhythms, Baladi music and Baladi dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930306-PV9TZH7MPBW21PCGCVZR/92-Bike+Dance.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 97.Bike Dance / Global BIKE DANCE is a type of funky, unrestricted freestyle dance style performed using a bicycle or a motorbike. It is danced by people who control their bicycles or motorbikes so well that they are able to make dance and acrobatic moves while riding. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930426-D9OUEEZ7EZ8T9XVEXMZL/119-Buganda+.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 126.Buganda DANCES / Uganda BUGANDA DANCES are traditional dances performed by the Buganda people from Uganda, such as Kiganda or Amaggunju dance. The beauty of Kiganda dance is in the graceful circular waist movements, elegant tiptoeing of the feet, and distinct hand gestures dictated by the flow of the song. Amaggunju dance is a royal dance performed for the purpose of entertaining a young king. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930320-JMVA5QF0BOGC9SSMJH1Q/95-Biodanza.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 100.Biodanza / Chile BIODANZA (neologism from the Greek “bio” (life) and the Spanish “danza” (dance), literally “dance of life”) is a system of self-development that uses music, movement and positive feelings to deepen self-awareness. It seeks to promote the ability to make a holistic link to oneself and one’s emotions and to express them. Biodanza also claims to allow one to deepen the bonds with others and nature and to express those feelings congenially. Its application consists of leading vivencias through music, singing, movements and group encounters. The Biodanza system was created in the 1960s by the Chilean anthropologist and psychologist Rolando Toro, and is now found in 54 countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930438-ABMYIZPN1NFN6CFRXJSR/122-Bus%C3%B3j%C3%A1r%C3%A1s-Hungary.png Dance Style - Bb - 129.BUSÓJÁRÁS / Hungary BUSÓJÁRÁS is an annual six-day celebration of the Šokci ethnic group living in the town of Mohács, Hungary, held at the end of the carnival season and finishing the day before Ash Wednesday. It features “busós”—people wearing traditional wooly costumes and wooden masks, and includes folk music, masquerading, parades, a bonfire and dancing. These traditional festivities were inscribed in 2009 on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930114-50XB5B3DDIZQX1ZENFYX/54-Baba+Karam+Iran.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 54.Baba Karam / Iran BABA KARAM is a very popular urban folklore dance that originated from Persia. It used to be a sad dance in the ancient, traditional form but with the passage of time, it has evolved into a contemporary style. It is a chain dance derived from a Sufi story whereby a servant at the court of the king falls in love with one of the harem girls and sings this song out of the grief of not being able to be with her. It used to be performed exclusively by men, but nowadays it is also performed by women. The dancers do a shoulder dance, wear black and white, and usually hang a Gamucha on the neck and use it during the dance. A contemporary form of chain dance developed in the 19th century, Baba Karam is also sometimes referred to as the Persian style of modern hip hop dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930207-K0SSG1LT5ZR4DFHS7QTA/72-Bandltanz.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 75.BANDLTANZ / Germany BANDLTANZ, called also THE MAYPOLE DANCE or DANCE OF RIBBONS, is a German traditional dance of May 1st and a celebration of the arrival of spring. The men and women dance around a finely decorated Maypole (Maibaum), wrapping intertwined red and white ribbons around the pole as they go. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930267-W1KFF3L5CK5QKZIH3M4R/83-bemba.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 88.BEMBA DANCES / Zambia BEMBA DANCES are traditional tribal dances performed by the Bemba people living in the northeastern part of Zambia. A female initiation ceremony among the Bemba is called Chisungu. This rite of adolescence is intended to teach girls the traditional roles of women. A girl whose breasts have started to develop lives away from the group for six weeks to three months. Rites representing the duties of the girl as cook, gardener, hostess, and mother are performed. During the ceremony, there is a lot of drumming, dancing, singing, and drama. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930369-8RVHGAZ81QVITRTIMQP6/106-Boogaloo.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 112.Boogaloo / Global BOOGALOO or BOOG STYLE is a loose and fluid dance style developed in 1975 by Boogaloo Sam. Partly inspired by movies and cartoons, it tries to give the impression of a body lacking bones. It utilizes circular rolls of various body parts, such as the hips, knees and head, as well as isolation and sectioning, like separating the rib cage from the hip. It also heavily uses angles and various steps and transitions to get from one spot to the next. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930138-BUDPT2F9ZJHEEN58PXSJ/60-Baile+de+diablitos+Panama+Costa+Rica.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 60.BAILE DE DIABLITOS / Costa Rica / Panama BAILE DE DIABLITOS is a part of the Diablitos ceremony that is present in various cultures in Central America, but mostly in Costa Rica and Panama. The ceremony is a theatrical performance and a dance that narrates the story of the colony, where the bull represents European culture and the “diablitos” represent indigenous spirits that defeat the bull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930211-I519RLT5MBN3AHKRBRM1/73-Banya.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 76.Banya / Suriname BANYA is a dance style originating from Suriname. There are two styles of Banya: Nowtu Banya and Prisiri Banya. Banya used to be a social dance style of the Afro-Surinamese ancestors and was danced on the plantations during certain festive occasions. Nowadays Banya dance is no longer known as a social dance, but as a religious dance, part of the Banya Prey or Kabra Prey—a dance ritual in honor of the ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930189-TLR2H7TYI49X79UN3CH6/68-ballu-tundu.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 71.BALLU TUNDU / Italy BALLU TUNDU or BALLU BARDU is a traditional Sardinian folk dance which is typically danced in a closed or open circle. It was described as early as 1805. In northern and central Sardinia, the dance is lively and animated with leaps and agile movements and usually accompanied by a choir of three or more singers in the center of the circle. In other areas, it is done to launeddas and the shepherd’s sulittu but the accordion had also made its appearance by the 19th century. The introduction is in 2/4 time but the dance itself is done in 6/8. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930414-BE3ZL4KQJG01MQKJVUWP/116-BUBBLEGUM.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 123.BUBBLEGUM DANCE / Global / Viral BUBBLEGUM DANCE is a subgenre of Eurodance music, characterized by cute lyrics and happy sounds. It usually has a more pop sound than other Eurodance. The lyrics and style are often lighthearted, cheerful and not intended to be taken seriously. The dance is similar to the bubblegum pop music in that they both tend to have fun, childish subjects. The name was coined probably because of its similarities with the 1950s pop music, in which the female artists often appeared in photos with a pink bubblegum balloon in their mouth and exaggerated, wide and colourful skirts. Some subsequent pop styles have also been silly and cheerful, such as the 1980s pop music. It is common for bubblegum dance artists to use sexual or suggestive lyrics in their songs that are more appropriate for adult audiences. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930142-18XLV8NL36908Q9RS3PE/61-Baile+del+cuadrado+VIRAL.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 61.Baile del cuadrado / Viral BAILE DEL CUADRADO is a popular social media trend where the dance choreography is performed without stepping out of a square on the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930336-ESGQK0M28DART4U6W5Q0/99-bobbing.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 104.BOPPING / USA BOPPING is the latest Chicago dance that was born on the Westside but really blossomed as a genre on the Southside. In its present form, it started showing up in the summer of 2012 at the parties thrown by the club promoter Wala Williams, who made his first Bopping-focused video back in July 2012. By the end of 2012, it was turning up regularly in local drill rap videos. At its core, Bopping consists of a few simple movements: a smooth shimmy down into a crouch and back, arm and knee action that is somewhere between flapping and twisting, and occasionally a step or two. It is fluid and playful, with a built-in pulse. At its most fundamental level, it is like bobbing your head to the beat, except using your whole body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930332-XU7Y2ZHU6OQCDY4BCD5T/98-bmore.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 103.BMORE / USA BMORE, also called BALTIMORE CLUB, is a breakbeat dance genre. A blend of hip hop and chopped, staccato house music was created in Baltimore, Maryland, the United States in the late 1980s by 2 Live Crew’s Luther Campbell, Frank Ski, Miss Tony, Scottie B., and DJ Spen. Baltimore Club is based on the 8/4 beat structure and includes tempos around 130 beats per minute. Much like the rave-era genre known as breakbeat hardcore, it sounds as if the music was intentionally hurried, as each song is made with a limited palette of sounds and is based on similar frameworks. Nowadays the style and its direct derivatives are exceptionally popular on the Internet due to music sharing websites such as SoundCloud, especially across the United States, Australia and Europe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930176-Z060ALIPHA0N0DSACX1L/66-ballet+Global.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 69.BALLET / Global BALLET is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the 15th century and later developed into a classical dance form in France and Russia. It was created during King Louis XIV’s reign. The legend says that the king created a few movements himself. It has since become a widespread, highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary based on French terminology. It is characterized by light, graceful movements and the use of pointe shoes with reinforced toes. Ballet has been globally influential and has defined the foundational techniques used in many other dance genres and cultures. It has been taught in various schools around the world, which have historically incorporated their own cultures and as a result, ballet has evolved in a number of distinct ways. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930372-KRXXQ1TR8OJNOKEIHIKD/113-BOOGIE-WOOGIE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 113. BOOGIE-WOOGIE / Global BOOGIE-WOOGIE is a form of swing dance and blues piano playing. It was originally inspired by American rock ’n’ roll / lindy hop dancing of the 1950s, but gradually developed its own European style. It is a playful and improvised couple dance, often in medium or slightly fast tempo, with significant footwork based on musical interpretation. Boogie Woogie of today functions as a social dance, but sometimes is recognized even more as an established competition dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930276-UAHB1DCEKY3FLB2U1GRY/86-Beseda.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 90.BESEDA / Czech Republic BESEDA, called in full CZECH SALON DANCE BESEDA, is a traditional Czech salon-style dance for four couples. First it was danced in 1863. The set has four parts, each consisting of several excerpts of national songs and dances. The dance is 12 minutes long. It was created as a dance in the form of “čtverylka”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930281-SH1DP05UWG45EBQVBMJ7/91+BETE+DANCE+IvoryCoast.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 91.Bété Dances / Ivory Coast BÉTÉ DANCES are traditional dances performed by the Bété people from Ivory Coast, an ethnic group with strong cultural and artistic links to the Dan, the We (Gwere) and the Guro, among others. There are 93 distinct groups within the Bété polity and they have a diverse dance tradition. The most recognized is the ancient traditional hunter dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930343-YZJ4B7MC7X6VPCSVKNYC/106-BODU+BERU+Maldives.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 106. BODU BERU / Maldives BODUBERU is a dance coming from the Maldives. It is similar to some of the songs and dances found in East Africa. Most likely the music was introduced to the Maldives by sailors from the Indian Ocean region. Boduberu is performed by about 20 people, including three drummers and a lead singer. They are accompanied by a small bell, a set of drums also known as bodu beru, and an onugandu—a small piece of bamboo with horizontal grooves, from which raspy sounds are produced by scraping. The songs may be of heroism, romance or satire. The prelude to the song is a slow beat with emphasis on drumming and dancing. As the song reaches a crescendo, one or two dancers maintain the wild beat with their frantic movements ending in a trance at times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930388-9201UBDMAPRBL0A1AGCJ/117+BOURRE%CC%81+AUVERGNATE+France.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 117.BOURRÉE AUVERGNATE / France BOURRÉE AUVERGNATE is a dance born in the Auvergne region of France. In the beginning, it was meant as a seduction dance. It is a two-person dance, but it can be practiced as a quartet as well. It has many varieties, characteristically danced with quick, skipping steps. The dancers occasionally wear wooden clogs to emphasize the sounds made by their feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930418-WUGKVXU0TH8DVAZRNMSD/117-Bubbling.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 124.Bubbling / Global BUBBLING is a dance style with accompanying music that originated in the late 20th century. The bubbling music is a combination of hip-hop and R&B with a faster beat. Since not only bubbling music is played in most clubs and parties, the bubbling dancing has quickly spread to other styles, such as hip-hop, R&B, but also to a lesser extent to the faster types of music such as house and hardcore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930422-NCNGMKQ5MCG4QJ17M8GY/118-Bubbly.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 125.Bubbly Dance / Japan BUBBLY DANCE was a dance performed by the Osaka Tomioka High School at the national convention “Dance Stadium” held on August 17, 2017, where it won the second prize. Bubbly stands as a reference to the high economic growth that happened in Japan from the 1960s to around 2000. This period is called “the bubble economy period” as it has disappeared like a bubble. Students performing the bubbly dance wore clothes from that time, which they borrowed from their parents. The bubbly dance video, choreographed and filmed by Akane, a graduate of the Osaka Tomioka High School, went viral and was watched on YouTube millions of times all over the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930272-B27BLV7L7WQPCDCZCXTQ/84-BEN+SKIN.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 89.BEN SKIN / Cameroon BEN SKIN is a traditional dance and music of the Bamileke people in West Cameroon, in central Africa. The name Ben Skin comes from the word “to bend” (towards the front) and is linked to Manganbeu, another Bamileke dance style. It is played with drums and maracas, often made from soda cans, with vocal accompaniment. The Ben Skin dance gained popularity again in 1993 during economic depression. It was popularised in the early 1990s by André-Marie Tala who mixed it with afro-pop, funk, soul or afro-rap, and is sung in Bamileke, Douala, Ewondo, Bamoun, French or English. Today it has been adopted by the urban areas of Cameroon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930353-SKZS7PYTG2B6V0PA8OTY/102-BOLLYWOOD.png Dance Style - Bb - 108.BOLLYWOOD DANCE / India BOLLYWOOD DANCE is a dance coming from the Bollywood films and is a synthesis of formal and folk Indian traditional music and dance traditions, in fusion with Middle Eastern techniques. The choreography of Bollywood dances takes inspiration from Indian folk dances, classical dances (such as Kathak) as well as disco, and from earlier Hindi film dances. The dances in older Hindi movies represented supposed dances of the common people, although they involved original choreography. Bollywood dances have evolved as a unique and energetic style. Since they are group dances, they are often used as joyful exercise music. This style of dance has also highly influenced international artists and appears in songs such as “Come and Get It” and EDM hit “Lean On”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930230-6NTZXEKL070G8LKL1BXL/78-Bat+Mitzvah.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 81.BaT Mitzvah Dance / Israel BAT MITZVAH DANCE is one of the trends in recent years in Israel of dancing at the Bat Mitzvah celebration, which is a Jewish coming of age ritual for girls. It is most of the time an expensive production, sometimes accompanied by a professional dance team. The main thing is for the girl to feel like a princess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930311-DUZZ8X7G2M0EL1XJB4ZS/93-BIKUTSI+.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 98.BIKUTSI / Cameroon BIKUTSI is a musical genre and a dancing style from Cameroon. It developed from the traditional styles of the Beti or Ewondo people, who live around the city of Yaoundé. It was popular in the middle of the 20th century in West Africa. The word “bikutsi” literally means “to beat the earth” or “let’s beat the earth”. The name indicates a dance that is accompanied by stomping the feet on the ground. It is played at all sorts of Beti gatherings, including parties, funerals and weddings. During Bikutsi, women dance and sing along with the balafon, and lyrics focus on relationships, sexuality and the lives of famous people. Traditional Bikutsi was often ironic in its content, as many modern Bikutsi songs still are. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930364-K58NRX25Q7XI08I6813E/105-Bon-Odori.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 111.Bon-Odori / Japan BON-ODORI, also called BON DANCE, is a style of dancing performed during Obon, a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one’s ancestors. The style of celebration varies in many aspects from region to region. Each region has a local dance with different music, thus the Bon dance looks and sounds different depending on the region. However, the typical Bon dance involves people lining up in a circle around a high wooden scaffold called “yagura” made especially for the festival. Some dances proceed clockwise and some counterclockwise around the yagura. At times, people face the yagura and move towards and away from it. Some dances simply proceed in a straight line through the streets of the town. Dance from a specific region can also depict the area’s history and specialization. Dancers perform the same dance sequence in unison. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930180-NK3D99SZQAML9N81GFAG/67-ballroom.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 70.Ballroom dance / Global BALLROOM DANCE is a set of partner dances developed in England, enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television. It may refer, at its widest definition, to almost any type of partner dancing as recreation. With the emergence of dancesport in modern times, the term has become narrower and traditionally refers to the five International Standard dances: Waltz, Viennese Waltz, Tango, Foxtrot and Quickstep, and five International Latin style dances: Samba, Cha-cha, Rumba, Pasodoble, and Jive. The two styles, while differing in technique, rhythm and costumes, exemplify core elements of ballroom dancing such as control and cohesiveness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930317-4YXIVBYUF34RXE3N8VKJ/94-Binasuan.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 99.BINASUAN / Philippines BINASUAN is a Filipino folk dance from Bayambang, a town located in the southern part of Pangasinan province. It shows remarkable balancing skills of the dancers who turn rapidly in the circle moves by turning over and over on the floor, holding full wine glasses in each hand while performing balancing tricks. Wine may be used to fill the glasses, but it may be substituted with other liquids. In Pangasinan, Binasuan means “with the use of a drinking glass”. It is frequently performed as amusement at social gatherings such as birthdays, weddings and fiestas where it becomes a competition among dancers and also among non-dancers as to who can show the most adventurous balancing movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930222-Y0NUDVU27WUWLHPELMRW/76-Barbie.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 79.Barbie Dance / Global BARBIE DANCE is a dance style mostly performed by children who act like Barbie or twirling ballerina dolls. It allows a girl to control the choreography like a Barbie doll and to bend into a classic plié with her body spinning gracefully, causing her skirt to twirl. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930235-9XHQLCZZ87E7ODRE2GLM/82-BATUQUE+Cape+Verde.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 82. BATUQUE / Cape Verde BATUQUE is a celebratory dance originating from the archipelago of Cape Verde. It is performed mainly during festive occasions such as weddings, essentially for several hours. It is danced in a group mostly of women, dressed in white sleeveless short shirts that leave the navel exposed, and knee-long white trousers to boots. It is said that the Batuque was based on several other forms of African dances used as a template. Under the colonial rule of the Portuguese, Batuque as a musical genre and a dance form was banned since it was considered too “African”. Post-independence it was revived and regained popularity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930356-DRSX65WOIH3W2C2MNA1H/103-Bomba.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 109.Bomba / Puerto Rico BOMBA is a traditional music and dance style from Puerto Rico that was started by slaves brought to the island, who usually performed it on sugar plantations. It is a mixture of three different cultures—the African, Spanish, and Taino culture. The base rhythm is played by two or more drums. Bomba is a dialogue between the dancer and drummer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930146-NZW4T2A5QWJI2YQH0EKH/62-Bakalao+spain.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 62.Bakalao / Spain BAKALAO is a genre of electronic music and dance that emerged in Spain at the beginning of the 90s. The name comes from Valencia, where in 1985 in the record store Zic-Zac, the meeting point for DJ’s from the Valencian scene, someone said to one DJ: “This is Bakalao from Bilbao!”, and within a few weeks, every time someone heard a good song it was called “bakalao”. Currently, the term is used only in Spain to describe electronic music that originated from the mid-80s, with styles such as techno, EBM, or technopop. Little by little, electronic music evolved towards other rhythms such as house, new beat, and acid house. It is characterized by its repetitive rhythms. The drum machines, the samplers, and the synthesizer are also present like in the other electronic styles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930303-H221ANI4ZT8V10SDJ7WW/91-Bihu.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 96.Bihu / India BIHU is an indigenous folk dance from the Indian state of Assam related to the Bihu festival and an important part of Assamese culture. Performed in a group—Bihu dancers are usually young men and women—the dancing style is characterized by brisk steps and rapid hand movements. The traditional costume of dancers is colorful and centered around the red color theme, signifying joy and vigor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930360-H9K4BORPQ06GKNT5JGBX/104+bonding+dance.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 110.Bonding Dance / Global BONDING DANCE is a tool of social interaction that promotes cooperation essential for survival among early humans. Studies found that today’s best dancers share two specific genes associated with a predisposition for being good social communicators and that dancing has deep bonding abilities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930293-7I5TZJLN41APRWP0JUCJ/89-Bhenga.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 94.Bhenga / South Africa BHENGA is a dance performed to gqom, the foot-stomping new sound of South Africa’s townships, minimalist house music from South Africa that is Durban’s answer to Chicago footwork. Unlike glossy, more mainstream kwaito house, which has lost much of its original appeal by recycling the more hackneyed elements of US pop and hip-hop, gqom is an authentic form of expression. It is dark and realistic, with an array of hollow drum sounds spun into jerky rhythms using FruityLoops software, and droning synths and ghostly one-note samples creeping in over the top. Bhenga engages all wavy arms, toe taps and wobbly knees. When you do bhenga, you aim to create this very intriguing image of flexibility. The moves are intended to attract an audience, drawing people into a circle as they writhe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930401-G6HFS45UPJP4FAI0UYQZ/113-Breakdance.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 120.BREAKDANCE / USA / Global BREAKDANCE, also called BREAKING or B-BOYING/B-GIRLING, is an athletic style of street dance. With variations available, it mainly consists of four kinds of movement: toprock, downrock, power moves, and freezes. Breakdancing is typically set to hip hop, funk, and breakbeat music, although modern trends allow for much wider varieties of music along with certain ranges of tempo and beat patterns. It was created by the African American youth during the late 1960s and early 1970s. By the mid-70s, it began to spread and gain traction in other communities, while losing popularity with African Americans. In the 1990s Germany was one of the leading countries in breakdance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930328-MSB5WG0JBSBYIYALI59U/97-Blackpool+Ballroom.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 102.Blackpool Ballroom Dance / England BLACKPOOL BALLROOM DANCE is a dance performed during the 8-day Blackpool Dance Festival—the world’s first and most famous annual ballroom dance competition of international significance, held in the Empress Ballroom at the Winter Gardens, Blackpool, England since 1920. It is also the largest ballroom competition in the world—2953 couples from 60 countries took part in the festival in 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930253-75MJQEQU0VSVR5ZVLZHW/85-BEET+DANCE+Marshall+Islands+.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 85.BEET DANCE / Marshall Islands BEET DANCE is a traditional dance coming from Marshall Islands, an independent island chain, geographically and culturally part of the Micronesian area. It is influenced by Spanish folk dances. During the dance men and women side-step in parallel lines, creating a very difficult and complex rhythm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930154-LBAERH1Q5P1CX52TL92E/64-Bakiga+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 64.Bakiga DANCES / Uganda BAKIGA DANCES are traditional dances of the Bakiga people of the Kigezi region in southern Uganda, such as Ekizino. The weather in this region is similar to that of many European mountain countries, and the region is often called the “Switzerland of Africa”. During colder seasons, Ekizino is the warm-up dance. Kigezi is a hilly region, the men who go out for farming early in the morning, must jump around for a while to get warm and also stretch their muscles after the hard work. Traditionally, the people also used to stamp the ground until they found signs of water. Therefore, this dance represents their jumping and stamping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930242-UPW72MAECLDRRRK2FNHT/79-Bazokizo.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 83.BAZOKIZO / Kenya BAZOKIZO is a Christian dance song that won two awards in the local Groove Awards in Kenya in 2017. The music video produced by the singers composed of nothing but dance challenge styles filmed around Nairobi streets. This made the Bazokizo dance challenge very popular and many videos with people dancing Bazokizo started to pop up on the Internet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930298-HMBAGUF94Z8SHY2SSZJZ/90-BIGUINE.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 95.BIGUINE / Martinique BIGUINE is a dance and music form, similar to slow rumba. It was popular in the 1930s, coming from the islands of Guadeloupe and Martinique, where in local Creole Beke or Begue means a white person, and Beguine is the female form. It is a combination of Latin folk dance and French ballroom dance and is a spirited but slow, close dance with a roll of the hips. At the beginning of the 19th century, it was prohibited because Western people judged it as too obscene. Later during the 1930s, it became famous in Paris, where it was a hot dance in the nightclubs. To dance Biguine, one needs a dancing partner that can guide you through the seven phases of the dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338930131-7GHHANV0SV27GAVCKAOQ/58-Bagurumba+India.jpg Dance Style - Bb - 58.Bagurumba / India BAGURUMBA is a folk dance performed by the indigenous Bodo tribe in Assam and Northeast India. It is a traditional dance inherited from one generation to another. The Bodo women perform the Bagurumba dance with their colourful attire. It is accompanied by musical instruments such as kham (a long drum, made of wood and goat skin or other animal’s skin), sifung (flute, made of bamboo), jota (made of iron), serja (a bowed instrument, made of wood and animals skin), and gongwna (made of bamboo), tharkha (a piece of split bamboo). Bagurumba dance originates from nature. https://www.universaltongue.com/file-names daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-yy daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339176986-WD0M1I0VQZD4P2JRB1BK/937-Yarkhushta+Armenia.jpg Dance Style - Yy - 976.Yarkhushta / Armenia YARKHUSHTA is an Armenian folk and martial dance associated with the highlands of the historical region of Sassoun in Western Armenia. It belongs to a wider category of Armenian clap dances. It is performed by men, who face each other in pairs. The key element of the dance is a forward movement when dancers rapidly approach one another and vigorously clap onto the palms of hands of dancers in the opposite row. The dance was revived in the 1980s by the folk group Maratuk and, later, by the folk ensemble Karin. There are attempts to introduce Yarkhushta into the curriculum of dances and songs of the Armenian Army. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339176963-4NI056351EF7TVV5HR5L/972+YACOUBA+MASK+DANCES+-+Ivory+Coast.jpg Dance Style - Yy - 972.YACOUBA MASK DANCES / Ivory Coast YACOUBA MASK DANCES are performed in masks, often of three meters high, with dancers performing also acrobatic gestures that excite the audience. Despite their theatrical appearance, the masks are surrounded by secret knowledge known only by the initiated men and never by women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339176969-N9I1JW1TYMROS0X1LC6C/935-Yacumama+Peru.jpg Dance Style - Yy - 973.Yacumama / Peru YACUMAMA is a dance that represents the mating period of wild birds named Wallatas. These birds have black and white feathers and red legs. Andean men have observed them during their mating period and have recreated their movements in this dance. Yacumama dance is performed during the carnival festivities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339176981-UFIT2UTK979SIMBNLT2F/975-YAPESE+DANCE+Micronesia.jpg Dance Style - Yy - 975. YAPESE DANCE / Micronesia YAPESE DANCE is a dance performed by the Yapese people, known throughout Micronesia for their traditional dancing skills. Dances are performed whenever there is a feast or on special occasions such as the marriage of a chief. Everybody is expected to know how to dance. As soon as children are mature enough to learn the instructions, their parents begin teaching them. The Yapese dance called Churu has been passed down cautiously from generation to generation with songs of messages from history and teachings of the villages. Dancers dress their bodies with coconut leaves and flowers and rub their skin with turmeric and coconut oil to give it a golden shine. These dances are only performed in groups of men or women separately. Yap perhaps best represents and maintains the art of dancing in the entire Pacific. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339176974-4KJ9F3DRPDPKPBL7XYNM/936-Yanvalou+Haiti.jpg Dance Style - Yy - 974.Yanvalou / Haiti YANVALOU is the name given to a form of dance associated with Haitian Vodou, but originated in Benin, West Africa. Religious dances play an important role in the Haitian culture, which keeps mixing African styles with other cultural traditions. In the Haitian Vodou religion, it is believed that each of the gods and goddesses, called Loa or Lwa, inspired their own unique dance movements that range in dynamics from subtle to aggressive. Yanvalou is performed in a group as a prayer, invoking deities and moving the dancers to lose consciousness and enter into a state of trance. The dance movements can include wild spinning, undulation of the spine with the hands placed on bent knees. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339176990-0GDN1669QHIMBIHYF2NJ/938-Yemaya+DANCE+Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Yy - 977.Yemaya DANCE / Cuba YEMAYA DANCE is one of the Orisha dances. Yemaya is the mother of all, she is the goddess of the ocean and one of the most powerful Orishas, associated with the moon, the ocean and feminine mysteries. She is the goddess of life. Her dance alludes to female wisdom and the power of community. The cycle of life, healing and vicious properties of water are all present in her dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339177003-VHT6XPI928MVNEWYYTC2/941+Yosakoi+Japan.jpg Dance Style - Yy - 980.Yosakoi / Japan YOSAKOI is a unique style of dance that originated in Japan, performed at festivals and various events all over the country. The first Yosakoi festival was held in 1954 in Kochi and then spread throughout Japan. It is a highly energetic choreographed dance, combining traditional Japanese dance movements with modern music, often performed by large teams. Along with a number of professional Yosakoi schools and town dance teams, Yosakoi is also a popular event during the sports festivals held by Japanese elementary, junior and senior high schools. Yosakoi dancers include men and women of almost all ages. Costumes used by Yosakoi teams vary widely. Happy coats and yukata in a wide variety of colors are the most predominant ones. Some groups choose costumes based on historical attire, popular fashions, or ethnic fashions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339176999-M9XVKPZBI5SJP96PV69D/940-YORUBA+DANCES+Nigeria+Benin.jpg Dance Style - Yy - 979.YORUBA DANCES / Nigeria / Benin YORUBA DANCES are traditional dances of the Yoruba people from Benin and Nigeria. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339176995-QPZNPLFGTRWP7PTVOXI3/939-Yemenite+step+Israel.jpg Dance Style - Yy - 978.Yemenite step / Israel YEMENITE STEP, also called TZA'AD TEMANI, is a dance step widely used in Jewish dancing and Israeli folk dancing. It is also a popular dance performed by Jews during weddings and other Jewish occasions. The basic Tza’ad Temani step is a swaying movement that changes the dancer’s direction of motion, although the dancer may face forward throughout the step. It is usually a sideways movement but may be done moving backward and forward (or vice versa). It consists of three steps, with a short pause on the final step for a “quick, quick, slow” tempo. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-nn daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922783-J07K7V64ZS47J1INSDYL/633+NDLAMO+-+Lesotho.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 633.Ndlamo / Lesotho NDLAMO is a traditional dance from Lesotho that is performed by men or boys. It is similar to Indlamu, a Zulu dance from South Africa, in which the dancer lifts one foot over the head and brings it down hard, landing squarely on the downbeat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922816-JBK28SEWWJKSM2GQP75Y/614-NGOSSO+Whale+Cameroon.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 640.NGOSSO Whale / Cameroon NGOSSO WHALE is a dance from southwestern Cameroon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922847-QK1OK8F5S1GVROUHKCHU/620-Nubian+dancing+Egypt+Sudan.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 647.Nubian dancing / Egypt / Sudan NUBIAN DANCES are traditional folk dances performed by the Nubian people, who are indigenous to the region which is now present-day northern Sudan and southern Egypt. Nubian villages are known for the abundance of dance and celebrations. The dances vary in style, but are typically performed in groups, usually of the same sex or age, with the participants mostly doing the same movements. Dancing is accompanied by singing, hand clapping, and various traditional instruments such as tanbu¯ra (lyre) and bendir (frame drum). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922825-YEIMAVDB4YJODUDKYR1X/642+NIFARA+-+Mauritania.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 642.Nifara / Mauritania NIFARA is a traditional Mauritanian flute, very important for the local culture. Dancing to it gained popularity amongst young Mauritanians. They use their skills to match the melodies and dance expressively in a theatrical style. As the enthusiasm in the audience grows, they ululate and clap. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922787-XE2FKJVDCPDPVEWCQM0Z/608-Ndombolo+Congo.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 634.Ndombolo / Congo NDOMBOLO is a Congolese music genre and dance style, also popular in other African countries such as Kenya and Madagascar. It derives from Kwassa Kwassa, a dance/music subgenre of Soukous. Ndombolo dance involves energetic hip-swinging and fast-paced steps. Its common moves include rapid arm movements, twists, and turns. The dance has come under criticism on claims that it is obscene. There have been attempts to ban it in Mali, Cameroon, Kenya and Congo, but this has only made it even more popular. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922803-DH0R8T76Z178V2Y65ORD/611-Nepalese+boys+dancing+Qatar.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 637.Nepalese boys dancing / Qatar NEPALESE BOYS DANCING present dances performed by Nepalese boys living in Qatar. Qatar became famous for holding the FIFA World Cup 2022, but it also became controversial due to its policies of recruiting people to build the stadiums where the World Cup will be held. Most of the construction workforce comes from Nepal. These Nepalese boys dancing give an insight into cultural transformations taking place in the Middle East and its challenges. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922792-LA7OBBHXZ4Z5RUODQSSC/609-NDREZZATA+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 635.NDREZZATA / Italy NDREZZATA is a dance coming from Buonopane, a part of the commune of Barano d’Ischia, on the island of Ischia. Its name comes from the word “intrecciata”, meaning “braid”. It was brought by migrants to both Americas— first to New York, where it was danced on the streets in 1916 and 1917, and later to Buenos Aires in 1924. In its classic form, it has 16 dancers, with men and women taking an equal part in the dance. It is accompanied by drums, flute, and singing. The men carry a small stick in their right hand and a wooden sword in the left, the women reverse this. The dance has two parts, with seven tableaus in each part, and consists of crossing and interlacing of blows of the sticks and swords. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922798-6KZHFJN4GZJU7WBBVX55/610-Negrillos+Peru.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 636.Negrillos DANCE / Peru NEGRILLOS is a Peruvian folk dance performed in the Arequipa region. In its traditional form, it represents the black people, who after the abolition of slavery, began to become independent by working in agriculture, animal husbandry, fishing and sale of bread products. It features men wearing large, ornamented cone-shaped hats, which symbolizes how the black people carried on their heads baskets containing products for sale, as they had been taught by their ancestors. The dance is performed particularly during various traditional celebrations in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922852-06YWR1ZDKA3L3I098KU5/621-NYAU+DANCE+Zambia.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 648.NYAU DANCE / Zambia NYAU DANCE are traditional ritual dances of the Nyau, a secret society of the Chewa, an ethnic group of the Bantu peoples from Central and Southern Africa. The society consists of initiated members who follow the Nyau belief system. Initiations are separate for men and women, with different knowledge learned and different ritual roles in the society according to gender and seniority. The Nyau dances are performed in masks and involve intricate footwork that flings dust into the air. The dancers respond to specific drumbeats and chants, depending on the mask and thus the character they represent: the spirit of a dead person, a human being or an animal. The main function of the dances is to communicate with the world of the ancestors. Gule Wamkulu is the best known and longest of the Nyau dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922843-YOU058JLJEEXLAOV9FA3/646++NORTHERN+SOUL+-+England.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 646.Northern Soul / England NORTHERN SOUL is a music and dance movement that emerged in Northern England in the late 1960s from the British mod scene. It is based on a particular style of black American soul music, especially in the mid- 1960s, with a heavy beat and fast tempo. As the favoured beat became more uptempo and more frantic in the early 1970s, northern soul dancing became more athletic, somewhat resembling the later dance styles of disco and break dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922779-MVTLK4XK0RR59Y7PK9DS/606-Namastap+Namibia+.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 632.Namastap / Namibia NAMASTAP is a traditional dance of the Nama people from Namibia. It is considered an important part of their identity and performed on various occasions, including social gatherings, weddings and birthday parties. Typically, it is accompanied by guitar and accordion. The dance involves forward and backward movements through space, with feet maintaining a close proximity. When the foot is moved away from the central axis, instead of lifting it from the ground, a sliding movement is performed. During the dance, the participants slide step past each other and also step in one place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922832-2BCTYBW8PR9YDPUEXFUK/644+Niuean+traditional+dance+Niue.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 644. NIUEAN TRADITIONAL DANCE / Niue NIUEAN TRADITIONAL DANCE comes from the Niue Island, a small island in the South Pacific Ocean, one of the world’s largest coral islands and smallest self-governing states. The culture and tradition of Niue is rich in music, with many traditional songs sung without musical accompaniment. Traditional dances and songs are featured at important events such as official ceremonies and weddings. The only instrument that is used for traditional dances is a wooden drum known in Niuean as “palau” or “nafa”, made out of a carved trunk of the selie tree. It provides the beat for the dances. The dance of celebration, e.g. for the opening of a new building, weddings, or birthdays—known as Tame— is accompanied by guitars, ukuleles, musical keyboard and singing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922811-WVWFMWJPZBKW8AEMD6RQ/613-NGI+Cameroon.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 639.NGI / Cameroon NGI is a traditional dance from northwestern Cameroon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922839-Q4PJJ92CMEAMTFDI0RTQ/618-Non-dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 645.Non-dance / Global NON-DANCE is a choreographic movement within contemporary dance. It began in the 1990s, mainly in France. Its practitioners focus on creating pieces in which traditional dance movement is integrated or substituted with activities and techniques of other performing arts (theatre, video, lectures, music, plastic arts etc.). One of the leading figures of the nondance genre is Jérôme Bel, French dancer and choreographer, whose characteristic choreographic style is typified by his 2001 piece “The Show Must Go On”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922808-MFGT57LFI55MGVP31TH0/638-Nestinarstvo-Bulgaria.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 638.Nestinarstvo / Bulgaria NESTINARSTVO is a traditional barefoot fire-walking ritual with ecstatic dance performed in some villages in Northern Greece and Southern Bulgaria. It is usually performed on the square of the village in front of the whole community on the day of Saint Constantine and Saint Helen or on the day of the saint patron of the village. Each of the festivals lasts for 3 days and involves various processions, music and dancing, and an animal sacrifice. The festival culminates with a firewalking ritual, where the participants, carrying the icons of saints Constantine and Helen, dance ecstatically for hours before entering the fire and walking barefoot over the glowing-red coals, unharmed by the fire. The ritual is a unique mixture of Eastern Orthodox beliefs and older pagan traditions from the Strandzha Mountains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922821-TXIGWUP1BNCVZ20POZJC/615-NGOZE+Gabon.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 641.NGOZE / Gabon NGOZE is one of the main rituals of the syncretic religion called Bwiti, practiced especially in Gabon in Central Africa. Typically, it lasts three consecutive nights, and involves ingesting the hallucinogenic plant iboga, singing and dancing. The participants are usually dressed in different colors, and their faces are painted with white kaolin. The dances are long and exhaustive, and guided by precise choreographic schemes. One of the most common dances is a long line of people, with each person repeating the movement of the person in front, which originates with the first dancer and moves down the line to the last one. This is performed to the rhythm of several musical instruments: the musical bow, drums and other percussion instruments, and during the second part of the night, the sacred harp (ngombi). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338922828-PXX5GZMGQHRRM2K5TW5U/617-Nightlife+Global.jpg Dance Style - Nn - 643.Nightlife: Circuit Parties, Clubs, Drag / Global NIGHTLIFE has long been an escape for queer people, a place where costumes, music, dance, drugs and freedom reign. The nightlife culture was heavily influenced by the “Club Kids” scene of the 1980s and 1990s that housed a large majority of queer and trans folks. Among important elements of the nightlife associated with the LGBTQ communities are circuit parties as well as drag parties, performances, and competitions. 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Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/b7690feb-3068-4d77-acc8-dc7bb002f1be/Screenshot+2024-08-21+at+12.02.45.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286511981-PD7CRT02J2I73X8L1B73/docu-UT-VOORUIT-niccoloquaresima-01.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286516198-4I041I2Z696U1RT0ARFP/docu-UT-VOORUIT-niccoloquaresima-04.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286520497-HLPZXS0RR017EG3HRMPZ/docu-UT-VOORUIT-niccoloquaresima-11.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286525274-6FXKWTF7QG2A8XL3I34W/docu-UT-VOORUIT-niccoloquaresima-13.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286529906-7WLIVADD3442JUE9RGAP/docu-UT-VOORUIT-niccoloquaresima-14.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286534286-FNT04H9SI98HHSPYP9RP/docu-UT-VOORUIT-niccoloquaresima-16.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286540870-MKCUHKPO7351RSE1IQPH/docu-UT-VOORUIT-pics-anouk-iphone001.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286544123-YHCGC03CV9HR59J1939U/docu-UT-VOORUIT-pics-anouk-iphone009.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286547852-OW6625VQHPC28QX4CAXD/docu-UT-VOORUIT-pics-anouk-iphone012.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/52041692-0a72-4c25-b1d0-c5eba8c9d7b7/Screen+Shot+2023-06-28+at+10.08.29.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1724410972694-5RYAO5O8UIQ2WG5KB3YV/IMG_1978.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1724410968674-U3XPLBOXJRR4UNH0P4JY/IMG_1991.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1724410981753-R7NHZHZ6KQKIPI5ZEBLX/IMG_2023.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1724410984864-CFBFUSXACJ6KSLRCJR80/IMG_2049.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002413-CMN152NJF0EPOZ7VC9AU/IMG_1456.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002421-PVXOEJMBHFJRXBMMYUQ3/IMG_1468.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002406-WE5C6WWQJAA4O8GIO776/IMG_1472.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002650-FCN2SHU0RXO8GIVQHHCV/VB--20220303-7701.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002642-XM6NZ546X7EW3HQORVVU/VB--20220303-7737.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002660-579UD3KQ0BGQK18KJ7XL/VB--20220303-7799.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286129773-VBKJULZ872BZMV261OAL/VB--20220303-7701.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286140617-0P08DRXSO0PAC1BT6KVK/VB--20220303-7737.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286152865-DZKZSF7HM6HHLOXO3N63/VB--20220303-7799.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/b386dfb9-229f-4321-a71e-f8effac949de/Screenshot+2023-09-07+at+13.25.16.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002379-E5DW4XFVG64TSR9XGL8R/ICanLiveForeverSept2022-108.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002369-JZJIK6DCUE0MJUR1EQQH/ICanLiveForeverSept2022-136.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002362-0H5UONUCISLMSO0QSXSO/ICanLiveForeverSept2022-119.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002704-AF8BDMO56UELOM0S9EHB/BF3A3637.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002688-Y7SN999N4OIK85RX9N1V/BF3A3669.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002696-KGHSQT922J73R8WH52A4/BF3A3675+%281%29.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286204396-A4TIHVZO6YCDYPIIJOZK/BF3A3637.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286215675-JXND0EWDES1F5VRBGZTR/BF3A3669.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676286228712-JA0YKKRN6FJCQQGWC3FL/BF3A3675%2B%281%29.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/cbdebd52-24fe-4cbb-ba69-a9738966d218/st+rosa+festival.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/ea656b5e-cf37-4d7d-b247-e093d263b3fa/Screenshot+2025-12-04+at+11.36.34.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002869-295HP9IP894F6B1QGCJD/Screen+Shot+2020-08-24+at+16.13.46.png Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1724411795011-EQHKGBEBI50FIYGY35AT/this+one+alone+3.JPG Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1724411794804-6Q4TL9CCBYZS31K7EIGE/Zaalfotografie+Anouk+Kruithof+-+Universal+Tongue+Low+Res+09.JPG Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1724411796784-5OWPUKYDH3K2KK626TQ6/Zaalfotografie+Anouk+Kruithof+-+Universal+Tongue+Low+Res+41.JPG Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1724411797313-Z2BYPN3R8SHS7ZYFBM5A/Zaalfotografie+Anouk+Kruithof+-+Universal+Tongue+Low+Res+56.JPG Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1764947797531-7PE3VLOIEPZJTTSA1AZN/LC01092-0002.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1764947800531-D3W709LWQ0LTWSJW3JFR/LC01092-0004.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1764947800801-C2VXT4NGVF0H2NTEY9M9/LC01092-0011.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1764947797736-62VG7D049BQLLIMXZMUH/LC01092-0003.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002576-5BO98Y84WMNPIOS9RKGV/Screen+Shot+2022-04-02+at+14.57.21.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002717-9MID7BH41H1ZEOX13O1N/Screen+Shot+2021-08-13+at+12.35.24.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676539762433-5COGXOX31FHQO9IC6XOH/Anouk-Kruithof-Universal-Tongue-Melkweg-Expo-08.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676540220420-NYTUD5EPEWLHC91CAAZZ/IMG_3032-1.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/ff4cf6d5-7a81-421c-9cb5-acdfb9662035/Screenshot+2023-09-26+at+20.08.55.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/205cf717-7b85-40ca-b5ba-ea666217dba0/Screenshot+2024-03-26+at+08.21.42.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676297264763-ZFV0W1F18M86NR44P7VP/Anouk-Kruithof-Universal-Tongue-Melkweg-Expo-01.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676297268179-9E78U09QBHAOCJL8YKWV/Anouk-Kruithof-Universal-Tongue-Melkweg-Expo-03.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1676297273205-GOC8ZP7S93BH2NDY634A/Anouk-Kruithof-Universal-Tongue-Melkweg-Expo-04.jpg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/4afd09cf-1921-4b18-acc0-7c3ea5845fcc/Screenshot+2024-08-21+at+11.34.16.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002240-L8F1F87NI5WNS87PLHJX/Universal+Tongue+-+Anouk+Kruithof+%C2%A9+quentin+chevrier.jpg.jpeg Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002776-M5QRXD498EODIBHVTL7X/STRP+Festival-Universal+Tongue.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/b2e21065-80fb-470d-b6d1-8cb25fa29ee3/Screen+Shot+2023-06-28+at+09.58.23.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002912-HJ7Y9Z203UMO5ECHIIH1/Schermata+2022-09-25+alle+18.29.18.png Exhibitions - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002456-EOMA5OE08HSKTJMN8LTL/20220708_2041_MU-MOVE%21_%40maxkneefel_93946.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002449-ARK2JIJWTAILG8Z1V13F/20220708_1949_MU-MOVE%21_%40maxkneefel_93561.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002464-CA0BCM8V9ZTQ4CN5JLHC/20220708_2030_MU-MOVE%21_%40maxkneefel_93888.jpeg Exhibitions https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339002623-QAFQIRJ35VILRHSJ46UZ/Screen+Shot+2022-04-02+at+12.32.50+%281%29.png Exhibitions - 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Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-qq daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338846129-3WWR4LMRD89JZ12LPLD0/690-Q-POP+Kazakhstan.jpg Dance Style - Qq - 717.Q-POP / Kazakhstan Q-POP is a dance style popularized by the boyband Ninety One in Kazakhstan, inspired by a mixture of western pop choreographies, forms of hip-hop dance or South Korean pop choreographies, which are massively popular among teens in urban centers of Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Ninety One proclaimed themselves the first q-pop band and produced a scandal in Kazakhstan by being “too gay-looking” and conflicted with the mainstream idea of masculinity. Nevertheless, this scandal did not stop kids from posting various interpretations of the choreography for the song “E.YEAH” on social media. Many performers practice and record the dances at home. Others take advantage of professional and costly dance schools. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338846137-902K4RQVK07HWQB42490/692a+Quebradita+Mexico.jpg Dance Style - Qq - 719.Quebradita / Mexico QUEBRADITA sometimes also known as CABALLITO is a cheerful Mexican dancing style, usually performed to a modified form of Sinaloan banda music. It is performed by both a male and a female dancer. The male dancer lowers the female dancer backwards almost to the point where she touches the floor. Then the male dancer quickly pulls her up. This is referred to as the “little break”. Compared to other dance styles, which use athletic, trotting steps, Quebradita emphasises acrobatics. It is accompanied by electric guitars and instruments with synthesisers. It used to be very popular in the 1990s, especially in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338846118-LQ5CJB4XIZ8OM8PI30DZ/687-QUEER+DANCE+Bhutan.jpg Dance Style - Qq - 714.QUEER DANCE / Bhutan QUEER DANCE in Bhutan brings together queer performances from the villages of Nepal to the stages of Bhutan. Sexual and gender minorities and LGBT community dance with traditional or non-traditional music and clothing. Dance styles vary accordingly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338846114-5RNV1TQF6YZKT0UT8FJP/686-+Qataghani+Afghanistan.jpg Dance Style - Qq - 713.Qataghani / Afghanistan QATAGHANI is one of the traditional dances of Afghanistan and also a music style. It is famous both in Afghanistan and in Pakistan. It is a fast paced and joyous kind of music and dance with fast movement of arms and hands as its main characteristics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338846125-1WNB7P0RKNZJ5IWG8MA8/689-+QUAKER+DANCE+USA.jpg Dance Style - Qq - 716.QUAKER DANCE / USA QUAKER DANCE is a dance coming from the Quakers community. In the early days of Quakerism, music and dance were rejected as a non-spontaneous part of worship. Absolute honesty and integrity were important to the Quakers. Music was viewed as frivolous, and not in line with the value of simplicity, in other words, a distraction from what was really important in life. However, they did approve of singing and dancing in the spirit when the act was a natural and organic method of expressing a belief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338846141-ZHF2YL9E90OUJKWOBSHS/693-Quincen%CC%83era+dance+Mexico.jpg Dance Style - Qq - 720.Quinceñera dance / Mexico QUINCEÑERA DANCE is performed during the celebration of a girl’s fifteenth birthday in many Mexican and Latin American communities. The word “quinceañera” is derived from the Spanish words “quince” which means fifteen. This important birthday marks the transition from childhood to womanhood for those who celebrate it, and dancing is an important part of this celebration. In addition to the special dances like the Father-Daughter dance, waltz group dance, and “surprise dance”, celebrants and guests often dance to salsa, cumbia, cha-cha, merengue, bolero and rumba music. Quinceañera’s origins date back to many centuries ago when both boys and girls participated in rites of passage. Today it is often a lavish party with many guests, very similar to a wedding. Preparations can take anywhere from six months to even two years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338846122-H0CI78LCAUX0HDVPGPBW/688-+QUEER+THEATRE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Qq - 715.QUEER THEATRE / Global QUEER THEATRE or theatre as such has historically held space for the LGBTQ community, specifically gay and bisexual men, because of its fantastical nature. It used to be a space where gender norms and expectations were not held to the standards of everyday life, thus it allowed for the freedom to act and play in the ways that were looked down upon otherwise. Because of the nature of theatre, many LGBTQ folks have become a part of this scene since the very beginning, as dancers, writers and actors, and so theatre is a big part of the queer dance culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338846133-7OPQDLXLGRHPJYO6IQYX/691-QUADRILLE+Guadeloupe+Jamaica.jpg Dance Style - Qq - 718.QUADRILLE / Guadeloupe / Jamaica QUADRILLE is a European dance from the 18th century, which was brought by colonizers to the West Indies. Quadrille music is mostly accordion music, yet compared to the other traditional music is much more complex. During slavery, the dance used to be performed together with a partner. Masters practiced quadrille in couples, while slaves performed the dance only to make fun of the colonizers. Nowadays quadrille is also danced in Jamaica. https://www.universaltongue.com/soundtracks daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338999886-U5GKVERU9SEE21PGV1VJ/PHOTO-2022-09-24-12-43-47.jpg Soundtracks - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-ll daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107060-TPH6G4LGERPKTTYGR4T6/520-+LIQUID+USA.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 541.LIQUID / USA LIQUID is the most famous and practiced style of Gangsta Walking. It takes bits and pieces from other street dance styles such as liquid dancing, robot, locking, popping, gliding and even breakdancing all merged with the traditional dance. The most recognisable motions are of the dancers doing moves similar to the two-step between making another motion and spinning or walking on the tips of their toes. This style of the Gangsta Walk is mostly done by the younger generation and the generation behind them who grew up shortly after the invention of Buck music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107106-QXF29RL9C4SL46O2MHWB/530-London+Karape+Paraguay.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 551.London Karape / Paraguay LONDON KARAPE is a traditional dance, originated in the second half of the 19th century probably from London, that came to Paraguay around 1860. It is similar to Contradanza. Local people took the basics of its choreography and adapted it to their popular taste. London Karape has its own music, with a lively and happy rhythm, and consists of two sections. It is still popular today and there are two known versions of its music and choreography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339106975-UM2G9JJ4E6P16MJ2I3GP/523+LAHO+India.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 522.Laho / India LAHO is a unique folk dance from the northeastern Indian state of Meghalaya, performed by the Pnar tribe. It is danced by men and women dressed in traditional colourful costumes especially during the Behdienkhlam festival, which is a celebration for the prosperity and wellbeing of the people of Meghalaya. In the dance, a woman links her arms with two men on either side and together they perform synchronous steps. The trio symbolically represents religion, economy and society of the Pnars. A solo female dancer leads the groups and symbolises the chief priestess. The rhythm of the dance is provided not by musical instruments but by a man reciting ribald poetry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107098-7MC2BI1ZOC67GAUWILTH/528-+LOGOBI+Ivory+Coast.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 549.LOGOBI / Ivory Coast LOGOBI is an urban musical genre that accompanies certain dance moves. It first appeared in Côte d’Ivoire in 1986 and was popularized initially at university campuses in Abidjan. With time it became an international dance trend that has spread to other African countries and eventually to continental Europe. The dance is based on traditional Zouglou dance from Ivory Coast with new elements added. Zouglou and Logobi can be used interchangeably, although Zouglou is more ancient and Logobi is a more modern dance development. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339106965-H9XLF876U3GR36EI3ZJ7/500-LA+Bamba+Mexico+Latin+America.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 520.LA Bamba / Mexico / Latin America LA BAMBA is a popular song of Mexican origin that is well known across Latin America. It is usually danced at family reunions. It also gained popularity around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107119-C3IJ2WHELK6C1DZYAR5H/533-Loudou+Central+African+Republic+.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 554.Loudou / Central African Republic LOUDOU is a traditional dance performed by the population living in the forest areas, hailing from the region of Lobaye in the southwest of the Central African Republic. It is performed by the Mbaka and the Mbati, who belong to the ethnic group of Bantu, during the dry season to celebrate the harvest of the caterpillar. The band Zokela, an icon of modern and traditional music in the Central African Republic, popularized this dance throughout the whole country in the early 1980s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107084-313L9TYJYVIKJ4JEUEGA/524-LITURGICAL+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 545.LITURGICAL DANCE / Global LITURGICAL DANCE is a type of dance movement sometimes incorporated into liturgies or worship services as an expression of worship. Some liturgical dances were common in ancient times or non-western settings, with precedents in the Hebrew religion and accounts of dancing in the Old Testament. Created first by the Protestants, they became popular in other parts of the Christian Church. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107087-6SOS4FOYYASTPLVQJK1S/525-+Leekspin+Dance+Global+.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 546.Leekspin Dance / Global LEEKSPIN DANCE called also LOITUMA GIRL DANCE is a dance coming from a Flash animation, set to a scat singing section of the traditional Finnish folk song “Ievan Polkka”, sung by the Finnish quartet Loituma on their debut album in 1995. It appeared on the Internet in late April 2006 and quickly became popular. The animation consists of six frames showing the Bleach anime character Orihime Inoue twirling a leek, set to a 27-second loop from the song. The animation is taken from episode two of the Bleach anime series. In July 2006, the Finnish newspaper reported that Loituma Girl had caused a resurgence in Loituma’s popularity, and the band had received thousands of fan letters from around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107188-A84Z7UB4NREFAA5VAQQR/556+LUGANDA+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 556.Luganda / Uganda LUGANDA is a traditional dance from Uganda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107051-K92H7MNVHN6W3D144HW4/518-+LINE+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 539.LINE DANCE / Global LINE DANCE is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows, all facing either each other or in the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Each dance consists of a sequence of steps that are repeated throughout the music. Although a variety of music may be used, the major emphasis is on country and western music. Line dancing is practiced and learned in countrywestern dance bars, social clubs, dance clubs and ballrooms. It is sometimes combined on dance programs with other forms of country-western dance, such as two-step, western promenade dances, as well as with western-style variants of the waltz, polka and swing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339106970-2P0FOXZPFG7J0RW887X9/501-+LACCIO+D%E2%80%99AMORE+Italy+.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 521.LACCIO D’AMORE / Italy LACCIO D’AMORE is an ancient traditional Maypole-type of dance from Penna Sant’Andrea in Abruzzi, usually performed by twelve couples. The dance has several parts beginning with men and women going in a procession with the pole, which is followed by a Saltarello-style dance by the couples and then a round dance where the men (unsuccessfully) court the women. A circle is formed around the pole and the dancers take the colored ribbons and dance a weaving figure. The ritual ends with a leave-taking dance. In the modern version, a polka precedes the weaving figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107192-41VW2ZQFAYOIA0PH2CGZ/536-LURISH+DANCE+Iran.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 557.LURISH DANCE / Iran LURISH DANCE includes a range of folk dances that have been passed from generation to generation. Generally, it features common Iranian dance, including group, circular arrangements, and colorful costumes, accompanied by distinctive music. The Lurish people live mostly in western and southwestern Iran. Their dance styles include a wide range of folklore, among them: Cˇ u-bâzi (Twig dance) performed in the celebrations, inspired by the heroic battles, danced by two men or sometimes by women, who hold sticks, one as a defender, and the other as an attacker who has to attack the opponent only below the level of the knee; and cheerful Dasmâl-bâzi (Handkerchief dance) danced mostly among the Bakhtiari and southern Lures, a dominant dance at the weddings, performed by women and men, holding two colorful handkerchiefs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107027-S5IA465GT37WOFGGW2RH/513-Lezginka+Azerbaijan.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 534.Lezginka / Azerbaijan LEZGINKA is a folk dance of the Northeast Caucasian ethnic group called Lezghins, native predominantly to southern Dagestan and to northeastern Azerbaijan. It is a male solo dance (often with a sword) and also a couple dance. The man, imitating the eagle, falls to his knees, leaps up, and dances with concise steps and strong, sharp arm and body movements. When the dance is performed in pairs, couples do not touch. The woman dances quietly as she regards the man’s display. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339106986-O8E9RMA6XESUO6BUKUYC/505-Lam+lao+Laos.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 525.Lam lao / Laos LAM LAO is a general name for the Lao folk music. It is also a name for a lao performance to Lam Lao music. The music that accompanies a lam lao performance includes various types of percussion, fiddles, lutes, xylophones or oboes. Lyrics are drawn from old poetry, classical stories or improvised according to the complicated tonal rhyming patterns of the verse. They can range from topics as serious as religious sermons and Jataka tales to sometimes such themes as love and sex. Performances are not necessarily theatrical. They show exchanges of witty repartées in alternating verses or songs between a male and a female who pretend to fall in love before departing, or between friends who try to outwit each other. The songs are interspersed with dance numbers, comedic routines, acting, and teasing between the performers and the audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107014-OGLXREMCBOPN8PBIIQD6/510-Leg%C3%A9nyes+Hungary+Romania.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 531.Legényes / Hungary / Romania LEGÉNYES is a male solo dance done by Transylvanian people (both ethnic Hungarian and Romanian), particularly in the Cluj region. Although It is usually considered a dance for young men, it can be danced also by older men. It is performed freestyle usually by one dancer at a time in front of the band. Women participate in the dance by standing in lines to the side and singing/shouting verses while the men dance. Each dancer does a number of points (dance phrases) typically 4 to 8 without repetition. Each point consists of 4 parts, each lasting 4 counts. The first part is usually the same for everyone, with only a few variations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107091-N057SO4LNHLDH7F14BXD/547++Locomotive+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 547.Locomotive / Global LOCOMOTIVE is a funny dance, often performed at special occasions such as weddings or various celebrations. People mostly dance it to specific songs with lyrics about locomotives, but it is not necessary. It is danced in line with people holding each other’s hips and imitating the train and its movement. Locomotive dance is performed in many countries around the globe, in particular in the Czech Republic and Poland. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107101-D6T5U1OBAQPHKL93HC7B/529-Loncomeo+Chile.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 550.Loncomeo / Chile LONCOMEO is a traditional music and dance style of the Tehuelche and Mapuche people in Patagonia. Its name, meaning “to move the head”, refers to the dance’s most distinctive feature, in which the dancers shake their heads vigorously without losing the rhythm. The dance has an exclusively male character and imitates the movements of rhea. It is typically danced by a group of six half-naked and barefoot men, the first five of whom have their heads decorated with feathers and the last one represents the tail. Loncomeo is usually associated with the spiritual ceremonies and is performed to the sound of the kultrún drum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107094-XO69ZE4DXGFBTA2LY9LN/527-LOCKING+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 548.LOCKING / USA / Global LOCKING is a style of funk dance, originally called Campbellocking, created in 1969 in Los Angeles, California by Don “Campbellock” Campbell and popularized by his crew The Lockers. The dancing is characterized by frequently locking in place and moving again after a brief freeze. It relies on the fast and distinct arm and hand movements combined with more relaxed hips and legs. The movements are generally exaggerated and often very rhythmic, tightly synced with the music. Locking is quite performance oriented, often interacting with the audience, originally danced to traditional funk music, such as James Brown. It includes quite a lot of acrobatics and physically demanding moves, such as landing on one’s knees and the split. This improvisational dance may be danced solo or in unison with more dancers doing steps or handshakes together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107110-M7JV9AYI884H1B8L5QMU/531-Longsword+Dance+England.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 552.Longsword Dance / England LONG SWORD DANCE is a hilt-and-point sword dance found mainly in Yorkshire, England. It is usually performed around Christmas time and is believed to derive from a rite performed to enable a fruitful harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107080-JVDSK83DMYBNLI0AYJMM/523-+Litolobonya+Lesotho.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 544.Litolobonya / Lesotho LITOLOBONYA, which translates to “old clothes”, is one of several Basotho dances performed by women in Lesotho. Only married women and mothers can attend this dance in the village. Women historically used to perform the dance a few months after childbirth to confirm their core was strong enough to return to the physically demanding Basotho woman’s role, including carrying water on her head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339106983-0JJDRZZ5N7HIALFZ8OT5/525+LAMBADI+-+India.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 524.Lambadi / India LAMBADI is a folk dance of the Banjara community of Andhra Pradesh. It is mainly performed by tribal women who bedeck themselves in colourful costumes and jewellery. They dance in tune with the male drummers to praise gods for a good harvest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107115-V3XWU9JOK1QK8Y7RS8QL/532-LUO+DANCES+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 553.LUO DANCES / Kenya LUO DANCES are elegant and graceful dances performed by the Lou people from Kenya, accompanied by folk music. They involve either the movement of one leg in the opposite direction with the waist in step with the syncopated beats of the music or the shaking of the shoulders vigorously, usually to the tune of the nyatiti, an eight-stringed instrument. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107055-R49FHEYULKLUD4ID5HLD/519-Lion+Dance+China+.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 540.Lion Dance / China LION DANCE is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture and other Asian countries in which performers mimic a lion’s movements in a lion costume to bring good luck and fortune. It is usually performed during the Chinese New Year and other Chinese traditional, cultural and religious festivals. It may be performed at important occasions such as business opening events or wedding ceremonies, or may be used to honour special guests. It has two main forms: the Northern Lion and the Southern Lion, both commonly found in China. Around the world especially in South East Asia, the Southern Lion predominates. Versions of the lion dance are also found in Japan, Korea, Tibet and Vietnam. Another form exists in Indonesia, but it may be of a different tradition and is referred to as Singa Barong. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107046-CB97TUWMWR9CD2LYK25E/517-+LINDY+HOP+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 538.LINDY HOP / USA / Global LINDY HOP is a dance born in Harlem, New York City in 1928. It has evolved with the jazz music and was very popular during the Swing era, being a fusion of many dances that preceded it or were popular during its development. It is based mainly on jazz, tap, breakaway, and Charleston, combining elements of both partnered and solo dancing with the movements and improvisation of African-American dances, along with the formal eightcount structure of European partner dances. In the open position, each dancer is connected hand-to-hand, and in the closed position, leads and follows are connected as though in an embrace on one side and holding hands on the other. In the 1980s with dancers and loosely affiliated grass-roots organizations in North America, South America, Europe, Asia, and Oceania the dance gained popularity again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339106999-ZOEZEG3RNR6ZRJZ6OUMZ/528++LA+VALLJA+-+Albania+-+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 528.LA VALljA / albania / Italy LA VALLJA is a dance of the Albanian ethnic group in Calabria done in a single circle with men and women holding hands, belts or in a basket weave hold. It may be danced in two circles, one of men and one of women. The dance is accompanied by songs about the Albanian national hero Scanderbeg. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107033-V536ZE7HRBEO57YOQP55/514-+Liigo+dance+Latvia.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 535.Liigo dance / Latvia LIIGO is a dance performed during the summer solstice celebrations in Latvia, happening on the night from June 23th to June 24th, called “Liigo” or “Ja¯n¸i”. On that night people participate in joyous festivities just as their ancestors did centuries ago. Ideally celebrating in nature, making garlands of oak leaves or wildflowers, going to the sauna, drinking beer, and devouring copious amounts of caraway cheese, they also sing-along and dance. Ja¯n¸i was originally a festival for pagan farmers that existed long before the arrival of Christianity and the traditions of the festival remain immensely popular to this day. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107023-T7A9UYBT528FYYSHR8T5/512-+LETKAJENKKA+Finland+.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 533.LETKAJENKKA / Finland LETKAJENKKA is a Finnish group dance that was especially popular in the 1960s and has also spread around the world. It is danced in a Conga-like line, with the participants holding the person in front of them by the waist or shoulders. The footwork is similar to Bunny Hop, a novelty American dance of the 1950s, except that it starts by extending the left foot instead of the right. The basic steps go as follows: point left heel to the side twice, point right heel to the side twice, then jump straight forward with both feet, jump back with both feet, and jump forward with both feet three times. A version as a couple dance also exists. The music is consistent with traditional Jenkka but performed using non-traditional instruments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339106990-30PUMA0H36A6STVD1OBL/526.LAP+DANCE+%3A+Global.png Dance Style - Ll - 526.lap dance / global LAP DANCE is a type of erotic dance performance offered in some strip clubs in which the dancer typically has body contact with a seated patron. Lap dancing is different from table dancing, in which the dancer is close to a seated patron, but without body contact. With lap dancing, the dancer may be nude, topless, or scantily dressed, depending on the laws of the jurisdiction and the club's policies. Also depending on the local law and community standards lap dance can involve touching of the dancer by the patron, touching the patron by the dancer, neither, or both. In some clubs, any touching by the patron is forbidden. A lap dance is often ordered as entertainment at bachelor or bachelorette parties. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339106961-WFR1KI7JPPXDCOEHSWL0/499-+La+baila+de+Iblo+Spain.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 519.La baila de IBIo / Spain LA BAILA DE IBIO is a traditional folklore dance from the Cantabria region in Spain and one of the most popular manifestations of its culture. It originated as a warrior dance from Ruiloba and it was later modified by Matilde de la Torre, founder of the group Voces Cántabras in 1931, and presented at the annual festival of the English Society of Folk Dances. Currently it is performed at many festivities in the region, and in particular, during the celebration of the San Pantaleón festivities, on July 27th in Ibio. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107005-CU93YWM1W8W6WWD42HG5/508-Lavani+India.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 529.Lavani / India LAVANI is a combination of traditional song and dance from Maharashtra in India, which is performed to the beats of a percussion instrument called Dholki, and noted for its powerful rhythm. It has contributed substantially to the development of Marathi folk theatre. It is performed by female performers wearing nine-yard long saris. The songs are sung at a quick tempo. Traditionally, this genre of folk dance deals with different and varied subject matters such as society, religion and politics. The songs in Lavani are mostly erotic in sentiment and the dialogues tend to be pungent in socio-political satire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107068-5K62HIU9KV7KZKOHCEEU/521-LIQUID+AND+DIGITS+USA.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 542.LIQUID AND DIGITS / USA LIQUID AND DIGITS is a type of gestural, interpretive, rave and urban street dance that sometimes involves aspects of pantomime. The term invokes the word “liquid” to describe the fluid like motion of the dancer’s body and appendages, and “digits” to refer to illusions constructed with the dancer’s fingers. Liquid dancing has many moves in common with popping and waving. The exact origins of the dance are uncertain, although they came out of either popping, raves or both sometime from the 1970s to 1990s. The dance is typically done to a variety of electronic dance music from trance to drum and bass to glitch hop, depending on the dancer’s musical taste. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339106994-IVGO5L5M3VYERR0K0IW4/506-Latvian+folk+.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 527.Latvian folk DANCE / Latvia LATVIAN FOLK DANCE originates from the traditions of the Baltic tribes that arrived in the Baltic region approx. 2000 BC. Dances portray the day-to-day life of rural communities (sowing, harvesting, fishing), as well as specific events (courtship, marriage, birth), and reflect the surroundings important to Baltic culture (animals, birds, nature in general, the changes of the seasons). Over time, these folk dances were formalized into choreographed presentations based on traditional dance patterns. Dancers wear wool and linen folk costumes chosen to represent specific areas of Latvia where a dancer’s family has its origins. The decorative elements incorporate the signs of ancient, pre- Christianity deities. Most dances are performed with a partner in four or more couple formations. Steps are based on variations of the polka and gallop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107038-TXD53VJ1DK6BQRI3PCWB/515-Limbo+Dance+Trinidad+and+Tobago+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 536.Limbo Dance / Trinidad and Tobago / Global LIMBO DANCE, also called the UNDER THE STICK DANCE, was a ritual dance performed at African wakes. It became popular in Trinidad in the late 19th century. It is believed to be a recreation of going down on a slave ship. Slave ships were very narrow and had low ceilings, therefore slaves needed to have the flexibility to navigate through them. Limbo dance involves a dancer moving to a rhythmic beat and dancing under a stick. All contestants attempt to go under it with their backs facing the floor. They cannot knock the stick over or touch it with their body. This step is repeated with the stick being lowered one notch each time. This continues with all dancers until there is just one left who has not touched the stick, fallen or laid on the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107124-EGLWDHEYEG9QOT25MI3A/534-Luddi+India+Pakistan.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 555.Luddi / India / Pakistan LUDDI is a victory dance from the Punjab region of India and Pakistan. The dancers place one hand at the back and the other before the face imitating the movement of a snake’s head. It is danced with a drummer in the centre and sometimes before a throng of people moving forward. Luddi dance is more popular across the Sutlej and in Pakistan, where it is almost as popular as the Bhangra. It is a dance of historical background that pertains to the moment when Punjabi Sardars used to rescue Indian women that were forcibly taken in the direction of Basra in the Middle East. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107018-9ZT7KW0RI1JWAFS3BCG5/511-Les+Lanciers+Denmark+.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 532.Les Lanciers / Denmark LES LANCIERS is a square dance, a variant of the quadrille, performed by four couples. It is a composite dance made up of five figures, each performed four times so that each couple dances the lead part. It exists in many variants in several countries. Widespread throughout Europe, it became less fashionable by the beginning of the 20th century. Introduced from England in 1860, it has stayed a popular dance in Denmark to the present day. From the bourgeoisie of Copenhagen through dancing schools it has spread to provincial towns. Now considered a Danish folk dance, it is danced all over the country at many universities and countless private functions. It is also taught in most of the high schools in Denmark, where it is often performed at the school galas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107043-BXKDSJFYATPKARLZFTAO/516-Lindjo+Croatia.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 537.Lindjo / Croatia LINDJO is the most popular dance of the Dubrovnik coastal region in Croatia. It is danced to the accompaniment of lijerica (an old South Dalmatian instrument with three strings). It is extensively performed in the Dubrovnik region, in Konavle area, in Dubrovacˇko Primorje on the Pelješac Peninsula and on the islands of Mljet and Lastovo, as well as parts of Herzegovina. The dance master plays sitting, with lijerica on his left knee, while stamping with his right foot, thus dictating rhythm to the dancers. They move in a circle around the dance master, who gives commands (in rhyme, humorous and often with double meaning). He also decides who will dance with whom and dictates the change of dance figures, along with encouraging the dancers to compete in improvisations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339106979-K3UUBNFGQSCNV5ZS6XFZ/503-Lakhon+Thailand.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 523.Lakhon / Thailand LAKHON is a theatre in Thailand, composed of many different genres. There are three main categories: classical, folk, and modern. Many forms of theatre in Thailand incorporate dance movement into performances and are referred to as dance dramas. Thai theatre was strongly influenced by the Siamese theatrical arts during the early 19th century. Lakhon features a wide range of stories, including folk tales and Jataka stories. Dancers are usually female and they perform as a group rather than representing individual characters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107011-JJ00IIPDDCKZ7RJEPB9E/509-+L%C3%A4ndler+Germany+Austria+.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 530.Ländler / Germany / Austria / Switzerland / Italy / Slovenia LÄNDLER also called ZILLERTALER is a folk dance that was popular in Austria, south Germany, German Switzerland, and Slovenia at the end of the 18th century. It is a couple dance that strongly features hopping and stamping. Sometimes it was purely instrumental, sometimes had a vocal part, and sometimes it featured yodelling. When dance halls became popular in Europe in the 19th century, the dance was made quicker and more elegant, and the men shed the hobnail boots that they wore to dance. Along with a number of other folk dances from Germany and Bohemia, it is thought to have contributed to the evolution of the waltz. The Broadway musical, later turned into film, “The Sound of Music”, and the 2013 TV special, “The Sound of Music Live!”, feature a scene where the protagonists Maria and Captain von Trapp dance a Ländler. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339107073-MCNV5HBO870KRG9TJ00V/522-+Liscio+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Ll - 543.Liscio / Italy LISCIO is a folk couple dance originating from the northern Italian region of Romagna at the end of the 19th century. It later became popular and spread to the rest of the country. It is a combination of three dances: Mazurka, Waltz, Polka. Liscio’s name, meaning “smooth”, derives from the dancers’ practice of “moving smoothly”, or sliding their feet. The music is traditionally performed by solo instruments such as clarinet, saxophone and accordion accompanied by bass, guitar and drums. Over the years, a singer was added to the instrumental form. Liscio is still danced especially during summer folk festivals. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-ee daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152387-KL5LSEJ0OR1W3KTF5CY6/249-+EDO+Benin+Nigeria.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 260.EDO / Benin / Nigeria EDO DANCE is a traditional dance from the Edo people from Nigeria and Benin, whose culture is rich in songs and dances. According to myths there are two hundred and one Edo dances, with some being thousands of years old. Some of the new ones have lost popularity very fast, but the old ones, which are indigenous to the culture, have survived in spite of the sweep of Western influence. A great number of them reflect the social and political experiences of the people, as they demonstrate their elegance and artistry. Some are religious, a few royal, and others social, each suited to its purpose. Ugho is the most danced Edo dance. It shows the temperament and the elegance of the Edo woman. The women take to the floor, while the men play the drums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152402-IUP13AAMJOMDIZV8MGD2/252-EKitaguriro+DANCE+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 263.EKitaguriro / Uganda EKITAGURIRO, also called COW DANCE, is a dance by the Banyankore people from Ankole land, in the western part of Uganda. It is an old dance performed by both men and women. They use it to tell stories, communicate vital cultural information, celebrate good harvest as well as fundamental life changes such as birth and marriage, but mostly to show appreciation of their cows. The dance depicts movements made by these beautiful long horned cattle and dancers sing to imitate the sounds made by the cows. The energetic stamping movements of men in this dance are similar to the walking movements of the cows, and the hands of women demonstrate their long beautiful horns. The dance is performed wearing traditional dancewear. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152412-AMD16P7B3E9GQG4R6NUW/254-Eleggua+dance+Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 265.Eleggua / Cuba ELEGGUA is one of the Orisha dances. Eleggua is the trickster deity, a child, very playful one. Eleggua also exists in the form of a wise old man. He is omniscient, everywhere at once. Eleggua is one of the most powerful and important deities within the Yoruba pantheon, known as the god of roads and the god of fate. In the dance context, Eleggua is unique because he seemingly has “no rules”. The keys to Eleggua’s dance is the garabato he holds. The garabato is a weeding tool and one of Eleggua’s signature props. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152422-QH6P4EHCNBH2S0H4R4ZC/256-+Entogoro+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 268.Entogoro / Uganda ENTOGORO is danced by by the Batooro and Banyoro people of western Uganda. The dance takes its name from the pod rattles (locally known as “ebinyege”) that the boys tie on their legs to make different rhythms as they dance. The dance is both ceremonial and cultural and it is mainly performed by the youth from this tribe when it is time to choose their partners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152415-7GQ5I7ZBZZX50KS1RULV/255-El+torito+Guatemala+.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 266.El torito / Guatemala EL TORITO is a folk dance from Guatemala with its origins in the 17th century. It is a dance that tells a story related to vaqueros (cowboys) fighting with a furious bull. This is a religious tradition that is celebrated in different provinces such as Chimaltenago. The dancers wear colorful costumes and masks decorated nicely with a variety of ornaments. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152407-GWLY1JVD52NC16OYJAC6/253-Electric+Boogie+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 264.Electric Boogie / Global ELECTRIC BOOGIE is a funk style of hip hop dance closely related to popping. It became the signature style of the dance group started in the 1970s, the Electric Boogaloos. It is characterised as a fluid leg-oriented style danced to funk music, utilising rolls of the hips, knees, legs, and head, which was later combined with popping. Characteristic moves are called: crazy legs, fresno, neck-o-flex, old man, twist-o-flex and walk-out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152396-Z8JN3JS2JTDPZD3836YD/262+EGUNGUN+Nigeria+-+Benin+-Togo.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 262.EGUNGUN / Nigeria / Benin / Togo EGUNGUN is a unique cultural tradition practiced by the Yoruba of West Africa (Nigeria, Benin, Togo) and their descendants in the African diaspora, particularly in Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Barbados, and the United States. It is a visible manifestation of the spirits of departed ancestors who periodically revisit the human community for remembrance, celebration, and blessings. Spirits constantly bless, protect, warn, and punish their earthly relatives depending on how they neglect or honor them. The appearance of Egungun in a community is invariably accompanied by pomp and pageantry, drumming and dancing, singing, and celebration. The ensuing festival goes on for several days and strengthens the bonds that unite families and communities with departed ancestors. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152419-D4ABNDKQ0ZMKDKINHEGJ/267-EMOTIONAL+DANCE+AGAINST+DOMESTIC+VIOLENCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 267. EMOTIONAL DANCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE / France EMOTIONAL DANCE AGAINST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE is a dance performed by Dakota and Nadia on France Got Talent 2018. They performed a very emotional contact dance on the subject of domestic violence against women, to raise awareness about this subject and they left the whole audience in tears. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152426-R9VUZVSH65U3HBX322OS/257-Erik+Dal%C4%B1+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 269.Erik Dalı / Turkey ERIK DALI is a dance from Ankara, the Central Anatolia, usually performed at weddings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152436-ODQBGUYVQCRWOMMPG57W/259-Estonian+Folk+Dance+Estonia.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 271.Estonian Folk Dance / Estonia ESTONIAN FOLK DANCE is considered to be collective, peaceful and dignified. There are no big leaps or fast and varied movements, and acrobatic elements are uncommon. It can be best characterised as a series of repeated motifs and simple patterns of movement. Repetitive motifs are actually characteristic of all Estonian folk art—they can be found in folk poems, ornamentation on belts, woodwork. Old Estonians thought that dancing had a powerful and magical influence on the surrounding world. Dance was an inseparable component of festivities. Estonian folk dance consists of simple steps in a circle or in a line. A lead dancer or a pair of lead dancers would show the others the direction of steps or the sequence to be followed. Typical Estonian folk dance is Labajalavalss. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152391-047HXYP1UCCTOC8W0PZC/250-Efundula+Angola.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 261.Efundula / Angola EFUNDULA is the biggest party for girls at puberty and circumcision among the Lunda Tchokwe in Angola with a big drumming designated txissela. During this celebration the greater freedom between men and women becomes a main rule. The current dance evokes quite known prehistoric painting depicting women ritually dancing around a satyr, which represents the manifestation of the cult of fertility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339152432-9I9K6T8A84F27JLR50MA/258-Eskiska+Ethiopia.jpg Dance Style - Ee - 270.Eskiska / Ethiopia ESKISKA is a traditional Ethiopian dance, native to the Amhara region, performed by both men and women. The dance focuses on rolling the shoulder blades, bouncing the shoulders, and contracting the chest. It is one of the most complex traditional dance forms in Ethiopia due to its technical nature. Eskista is well known among the various tribes in central and northern Ethiopia. It is believed that the dance mimics the shaking of a snake’s tail. https://www.universaltongue.com/donate daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-zz daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145038-8W7YCT8EPFO5H4V8E9VA/946-zat+pwe.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 985.ZAT PWE / Myanmar ZAT PWE is the name of all-night performances that combine melodrama, slapstick, traditional dance, and pop music in Myanmar. They happen in temporary bamboo theatres during annual festivals. The performers are traveling troupes, usually several dozen professional male and female dancers, musicians, comedians, and actors. The Duet Dance, a standard part of the Zat Pwe, is a two hour performance where the male dancers make a display, often with highly athletic and inventive elements. The male and female dancers sing in duet and exchange lover’s vows. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145089-K735W5S0ZC91QEJOF3UO/957-Zvecarsko+kolo-Balkans.png Dance Style - Zz - 996.Zvecarsko kolo / Balkans ZVECARSKO KOLO is a specific type of the Kolo dance, usually performed by Roma people in the Balkans, danced solo or in couples. It includes strong, firm and short hand movements: clappping but also tapping legs and heels. Zvecarsko Kolo is a fast, inventive and interactive dance. Therefore, it has less rules than any other Kolo dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145033-EXG44JHLJHZ56ZI5X8HZ/945-zapin+api.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 984.Zapin Api / Malaysia / Indonesia ZAPIN API is a fire-dance technique of the classical Malay Zapin dance founded in Pulau Rupat Utara, Bengkalis, Riau, Indonesia. The identifying characteristic of Zapin Api is the incorporation of fire and strong focus on the mystical elements. The dance style was historically dormant and extinct for nearly 40 years before its revival in 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145083-CN6QHK302C5IAZOCZ1GV/956-ZURCAROH.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 995.ZURCAROH / Austria ZURCAROH is an acrobatic and dance show group based in Austria and directed by Brazilian choreographer Peterson da Cruz Hora. Some of their moves and routines are unique or rarely seen in typical dance routines. These include multiple flips at once and circus style trapeze acts. One move has two dancers doing cartwheel-style somersaults off the ground, landing each revolution on fellow performers’ arms. Another has a dancer acting as a jump rope. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145048-L4HXH9Z6JDL2XALC3UGF/948-zeibekiko.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 987.Zeibekiko / Greece / Cyprus ZEIBEKIKO is an old dance, strictly for males. Due to the movements of a dancer, it is sometimes known as the “eagle dance”. It has no set steps, only certain figures and a circular movement. It takes place in an area slightly surpassing one square meter and mostly consists of improvised movements. Occasionally dancers perform feats such as standing on a glass of wine or a chair or picking up a table, adding a sense of a little braggadocio and humor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145080-BFM7ZYQKDNOM6D11QCA5/955-zumba.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 994.ZUMBA / Global ZUMBA is an exercise fitness program, created by Colombian dancer and choreographer Alberto “Beto” Perez during the 1990s, that involves dance and aerobic movements performed to energetic music. The choreography incorporates hip-hop, soca, samba, salsa, merengue and mambo. Squats and lunges are also included. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145096-CT2GSU05G7FCU33MTIZV/959-Zwiefacher.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 998.Zwiefacher / Germany ZWIEFACHER (“twice” or “double the times”) is a southern German folk dance with a quick tempo and changing beat patterns. It is danced primarily in Bavaria and also known in the Black Forest, Austria, Alsace, the Czech Republic and Sudetenland. The music involves Waltz, Dreher, and Polka. The couple turns very quickly in a closed position, similar to the Waltz. Physically, the rhythmic shift looks like a change from normal Waltz steps to Dreher steps (pivots), occasionally also to Polka step. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145067-CNG24RVS04BV7AG76B1F/952-Zombie+Dance.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 991.Zombie Dance / Global ZOMBIE DANCE is a freestyle dancing performed by people who dress up as zombies. Zombie is a fictional undead created through the reanimation of a human corpse. Zombies are most commonly found in horror and fantasy genre works. The term comes from Haitian folklore, where a zombie is a dead body reanimated through various methods, most commonly magic. Modern depictions of the reanimation of the dead do not necessarily involve magic but often invoke science fictional methods such as carriers, radiation, mental diseases, vectors, pathogens, scientific accidents, etc. Zombie dance can be performed as a part of ritual dances, but mostly it is just for fun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145043-6WSIXZZ3I7XPTC2GG00M/947-Zb%C3%B3jnick.png Dance Style - Zz - 986.ZbójnickI / Poland ZBÓJNICKI is a Polish folk dance from the Skalne Podhale area (the rocky foothills of the Tatra Mountains and the Tatras themselves, located in southern Poland). The name comes from an adjective created from the noun “zbójnik”—a robber, in plural— “zbójnicy”. In the 17th-18th centuries bands of such robbers thrived in the Tatra Mountains. It is a processional dance, performed only by men. It used to be shepherds’ dance with elements of war dance. It is danced by an even number of men (not less than four), one of them is a leader—“harnaś”. He calls the others to dance and they start walking as if to warm their muscles. The walk is energetic, following the “bouncy” rhythm of the music. Walking sticks with axe heads—“ciupagi”—are being used. It is a symbol of Podhale’s folk culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145071-BMFFRZ58U7PLFK3GVUZW/992++ZOUK+-+Guadeloupe+-+France.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 992.ZOUK / Guadeloupe / France ZOUK is a dance that was born in the late 1970s in Guadeloupe. It is a very sensual dance with dancing partners performing the same movements and mirroring each other. Zouk was introduced to Brazil in the early 1990s, from a dance known as Lambada. Two most popular branches of Brazilian Zouk are Traditional (Rio) Zouk—that can be both linear and circular; and Lamba Zouk—characterized by constant, nonstop movement, unlike the Traditional style. The dance continues to evolve and has become popular all over the world. It is very close and often mixed up with Kizomba from Angola. The Zouk rhythm is often used for remixes of R&B, Pop, Oriental and Electronic music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145058-LEJBWVBA6O2GZNBL2779/950-Zhungdra.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 989.Zhungdra / Bhutan ZHUNGDRA are the most traditional songs and accompanying dances of Bhutan, most common in the western valleys where the “zhung”, or the central government, was based. They are closely connected to Tibetan folk styles. In addition, there are also many songs and dances that are unique to local communities. Some of them are performed only during specific events or for particular purposes. These include a wide range of local songs such as the Achi Lhamo of Merak, the Aulé of Laya, the Ashi Lhamo of Ura, the cotton song of Kheng and Khoré of Pema Gatshel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145023-XNAOM139QQP1FTIT37VC/943-zaouli.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 982.Zaouli / Ivory Coast ZAOULI is a traditional dance of the Guro people of central Ivory Coast. The Zaouli mask, used in the dance, was created in the 1950s, reportedly inspired by a girl named “Djela Lou Zaouli”. However, stories on the origins of the mask are varied, and each mask can have its own symbolic history. Each Guro village has a local Zaouli dancer (always male), performing during funerals and celebrations. The dance is believed to increase the productivity of a village that it is performed in, and is seen as a tool of unity for the Guro community, and by extension the whole country. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145027-NWDRM9QHY4H350QGWXJL/944-zapin.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 983.Zapin / Malaysia / Indonesia ZAPIN is a Malay dance popular in Malaysia, Indonesia and in other Malay populated countries such as Brunei Darussalam and Singapore. It is believed to have been introduced by Arab Muslim missionaries from the Middle East in the 14th century. In the old days, only males were allowed to perform, nowadays, female dancers are included. It used to be performed exclusively for religious ceremonies but through the years it has become a form of traditional entertainment, hence the participation of female dancers is allowed. The dancers usually perform in pairs and are accompanied by a traditional music ensemble, which normally consists of the gambus, accordion, rebab, marwas (bongos), rebana (drum) and dok. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145063-QB5E8M6RPBZSOFMEUFTN/990+-+ZIKR+.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 990.Zikr / Chechnya ZIKR is a circular dance and incantatory ritual used by the Qadiri Sufi Islamic brotherhood, Qadiriyya, as a form of prayer. It developed into a symbol of national identity and national unity for the Chechens beginning with its introduction in the mid-19th century and throughout its years under Russian rule. The dance became a rallying cry for the resistance movements in Chechnya under the tsarist rule, the Soviet regime, and the current Russian Federation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145076-FALAFNB5Q42BJE27TPPO/954-zulu.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 993.Zulu Dance / South Africa ZULU DANCE is an important part of the Zulu culture. Dancing is usually performed during a traditional Zulu ceremony, and is accompanied by vibrant singing and sometimes the beating of drums. It is something quite spectacular, especially when the men and women are fully dressed in their traditional attire. It is customary that unmarried and young men dance, alternating in separate groups, occasionally married women and men break in and join the festivities. Married women utter a quavering shrill (“ukukikiza”). When the young women (“izintombi”) dance, the young men clap and play the drum and vice versa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145092-BI7ODL9B7XIUABUQWSV5/958-zydeco.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 997.ZYDECO / USA ZYDECO is a dance style with roots in a form of folk dance that corresponds to the heavily syncopated zydeco music, originated at the beginning of the 20th century among the Francophone Creole peoples of Acadiana (south-west Louisiana). It is a partner dance that has been primarily danced socially and sometimes in performances. The follower usually mirrors the steps of the leader, however in some figures the steps may be completely different, allowing for self-expression and improvisation. Because of the very lively music, the overall style is small sidewise steps with relatively steady upper body and no hip swinging, wiggling or jumping. There are exceptions to this rule, but the feel of the zydeco is very real and consistent. Zydeco can be described as the opposite of swing or ballroom since the direction or feel of the dance is down. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145051-LNZA45ZBWQS1OQVJYY2T/949-Zeybek.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 988.Zeybek / Turkey / Cyprus ZEYBEK called WEST ANATOLIAN HERO FOLKLORE DANCE is a dance of the Western Anatolia region with many varieties. Outside Turkey, it is also performed in Cyprus. Zeybek dances can be performed by one person or by a group of people, and their male characters are called “efe” and female characters, “kizan”. It is a slow dance performed by holding up elbows at the level of shoulders, displaying a solemn heroic style and occasionally bending one of the knees to the ground. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339145018-7UTB5R106HYNA4P4SS0I/942-zangbeto.jpg Dance Style - Zz - 981.ZANGBETO / Benin ZANGBETO is a traditional performance ceremony by the Fon people in Benin, devoted to worshiping the Zangbeto, traditional voodoo guardians of the night in the Yoruba religion of Benin and Togo, known as the “Nightwatchmen”. The Zangbeto mask is very tall and covered with colored straw. It represents wild non-human spirits (the forces of nature and of the night that inhabited the earth before human beings). Zangbeto comes out in the darkness of the night making an eerie humming noise to announce his arrival. He has a deep and guttural voice. He dances by spinning around fast, he jumps high and then crawls like a snake. Zangbeto performance guarantees protection against thieves and malicious people. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-cc daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958830-6AM22AJFHNILU03JU0TA/184-CONGA-Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 192.CONGA / Cuba CONGA is a traditional carnival dance from Cuba that originated in the colonial period. Its name refers to the music groups within Cuban comparsas and the music they play. Comparsas are large ensembles of musicians, singers and dancers with a specific costume and choreography, which perform in the street carnivals of Santiago de Cuba and Havana. Conga is an upbeat walking dance that accents the fourth beat of the measure as the dancers (solo or in groups) wind through the streets. In the formal parade units, simple conga choreographies give form and shape to the dance, but its essence is most evident in the spontaneous crowd dancing along with the musicians through the streets. Conga is danced with small sliding steps called “arrollao” advancing alternately. The arms are bent at the elbow and swung opposite to the rhythm of the feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958566-IU7NK8QDYWB54BGDMO56/129-Caporales.png Dance Style - Cc - 136.Caporales / Bolivia CAPORALES is a folkloric dance of Bolivian origin. It was recreated and presented to the public for the first time in 1969 by the Estrada Pacheco brothers who fused various dance traditions from the Altiplano region of Bolivia and Peru. The dance was particularly inspired by the character of “caporal” from the traditional Saya dance that originated in the Bolivian Yungas region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958634-U14B0HZ5J80LY4B757L2/141-Chang+Lo-India+.png Dance Style - Cc - 149.Chang Lo / India CHANG LO is a colorful traditional dance performed by the Chang people of Nagaland, India, passed on from one generation to another for many centuries. It is danced by both male and female dancers in costumes resembling that of warriors. The dance has its unique style and technique with maximum movements of the feet and minimum movement of the upper part of the body. Chang Lo is also a three-day festival where different forms of theatre and performing arts are presented. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958733-TK1277U19R0AI9K1H070/169+CHISAMBA+DANCE+-+Zambia.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 169.CHISAMA DANCE / Zambia CHISAMBA DANCE is a very popular traditional dance among the Chichewa people of the Central Region of Malawi. It is performed during the female initiation ritual, which is the complement of the male initiation called Gule Wamkulu. It is performed by women, led by a senior woman, usually the Chiefs sister known as Nankungwi. Chisamba dance is also performed at the funerals of Chiefs and important individuals in the village. It is also common to find the Chisamba dance being performed for entertainment at important occasions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958613-KTA3FDFDYATQJG9D8W9C/137-Chhau.png Dance Style - Cc - 145.Chhau / India CHHAU is a semi-classical Indian dance with martial, tribal and folk origins, coming from the eastern Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Odisha. It is found in three styles named after the location where they are performed, i.e. the Purulia Chhau of Bengal, the Seraikella Chhau of Jharkhand, and the Mayurbhanj Chhau of Odisha. The Purulia Chhau uses large masks shaped in the form of the character being played; for example, a lion character has a face mask of lion as well as body costumes, with the actor walking on all fours. The masks are crafted by potters who make clay images of Hindu gods and goddesses and are primarily sourced from the Purulia district of West Bengal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958848-QTY0ZGB092DARF9MZQEO/188-CONTRA+UK+USA.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 196.CONTRA DANCE / UK / USA CONTRA DANCE is a folk dance made up of long lines of couples. With mixed origins from the English country dance as well as Scottish and French dance styles of the 17th century, Contra dance can be found around the world and have gained much popularity in North America and the United Kingdom. It is a social dance that one can attend without a partner. The dancers form couples, and the couples form sets of two couples in long lines starting from the stage and going down the length of the dance hall. The couples progress up and down these lines, dancing with each other. The dance is led by a caller who teaches the sequence of figures, which are a series of steps, in the dance before the music starts. It takes 64 beats, after which the pattern is repeated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958748-ZT0MFFT7MXHXQKA14QSB/164-Chobi-Iraq.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 172.Chobi / Iraq CHOBI is a modern circle dance found in Iraqi music and performed by Iraqi Assyrians. It is similar to Khigga, but has more pronounced leg elevation and swaying. Each leg swiftly kicks to the air and then repeats it. Arms sway forwards and backwards. Accompanying songs are usually in Iraqi Arabic, but a few Assyrian songs, such as Teela Teela by Evin Agassi, have this rhythm, too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958803-A6481TA6FOUFGHMLQEDC/186++CLASSICAL+DANCE+-+India+.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 186.CLASSICAL DANCE / India CLASSICAL DANCE, or SHASTRIYA NRITYA, is an umbrella term for various performance arts rooted in the religious Hindu musical theatre styles. Its theory and practice come from the Sanskrit text “Natya Shastra”. There are eight types of Classical Indian dance: Bharatanatyam (Tamil Nadu), Kathak (North, West and Central India), Kathakali (Kerala), Kuchipudi (Andhra Pradesh), Odissi (Odisha), Manipuri (Manipur), Mohiniyattam (Kerala), and Sattriya (Assam). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958841-RKCISKO5FI0TZEO2Z9CH/186-Contemporary-Global.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 194.Contemporary Dance / Global CONTEMPORARY DANCE is a style of dance performance that developed during the mid-20th century and has since grown to become one of the dominant genres for formally trained dancers throughout the world, especially the Western world, with particularly strong popularity in the US and Europe. Although originally informed by and borrowing from classical, modern, and jazz styles, it has since come to incorporate elements from many styles of dance. Due to its technical similarities, it is often perceived to be closely related to modern dance, ballet, and other classical concert dance styles. It is very interpretive in its choreography and often focuses on emotions and storytelling, can be performed barefoot, with pointe shoes, naked, fully clothed, and with or without music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958707-HKPJ2CU9QYZ2YL5FZCHD/155-chilimika-Malawi.png Dance Style - Cc - 163.chilimika / Malawi CHILIMIKA is a quite famous dance in the Nkhata-Bay District in Malawi, known to instil the spirit of smartness. Chilimika, which means “year”, is performed at each New Year’s Day by young Tonga men and women, who congregate at the village arena, known as Boma, to entertain the village community with their dance. Parents and grandparents have a chance to appreciate the inheritance of traditional rituals by the younger population. The steps, in response to the drumbeat, seem effortless and smart, and they match the decent dressing of the dancers. A handkerchief in their hands—possibly to dust their shoes of dirt, or wipe sweat off their faces—shows their quest to be smart. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958759-25GWKL77I4BF8OYT5593/167-Chula-Portugal.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 175.Chula / Portugal CHULA is a traditional Portuguese folk dance, native to the Upper Douro region. Its tempo and rhythm are marked by a bass drum, a triangle, and cymbals, and it incorporates singing accompanied by violins, violas, accordions, and percussion. Chula was an important influence on the emergence of samba rhythms and the Rio Grande do Sul Gaucho dance in Brazil. It is danced in male pairs by stomping and tapping in a sort of dance-off between each pair. Traditionally, one dancer challenges the other with difficult steps, and the other dancer responds by repeating those steps and adding his own on so that the person who forgets the steps first “loses” the dance-off. Chula is a fascinating dance, somewhere between flamenco, Irish step dancing, and breakdance-style battles. Nowadays, it is mostly confined to competitions and special events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958786-HNVGV8261KV5EPLU1XEF/174-Circle-Global+.png Dance Style - Cc - 182.Circle Dance / Global CIRCLE DANCE, also called a CHAIN DANCE, is a dance style performed in a circle or semicircle to musical accompaniment, such as rhythm instruments and singing. Circle dancing is probably the oldest known dance formation and has been part of the community life since the time when people first started to dance. Dancing in a circle is an ancient tradition common to many cultures for marking special occasions, rituals, strengthening community and encouraging togetherness. The dance can also be enjoyed as an uplifting group experience or as part of a meditation. Circle dances are choreographed to many different styles of music and rhythms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958790-NYHEKWTGC3L89NMR8ED4/175-CLASSICAL-Bangladesh.png Dance Style - Cc - 183.CLASSICAL DANCE / Bangladesh CLASSICAL DANCE in Bangladesh has been influenced by other prevalent classical forms of music and dances of the Indian subcontinent, such as Bharatnatyam and Kathak. Several dancing styles popular in the northeastern part of the Indian subcontinent, such as Manipuri and Santhali dances, are largely practiced in Bangladesh. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958818-QM15ZYTPF2JHJ2F26ZUX/181-Coast+Salish+Canada.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 189.Coast Salish Dance / Canada COAST SALISH DANCE is a dance performed by the Coast Salish people, indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in British Columbia, Canada, and the US. They believe in expressing themselves through dances, masks, or spirit ceremonies, in which the supernatural beings possess persons, demanding the performance of song and dance. Spirit dancing ceremonies are common gatherings during winter for the community to show their spirit powers, which define a community’s success through leadership, healing, or artistry. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958837-3R5GW4UBHBVCTWISZKFF/185-CONTACT+IMPROVISATION+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 193.CONTACT IMPROVISATION / USA / Global CONTACT IMPROVISATION is a dance form that evolves from spontaneous communication between moving bodies in physical contact. Touch, weight, momentum, balance, and flow give it a continuously changing shape. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958645-VCQGF9MHCMECIN8KGY2P/143-Character+dance-Global+.png Dance Style - Cc - 151.Character dance / Global CHARACTER DANCE is a specific subdivision of classical dance. It is a stylised representation of a traditional folk or national dance, mostly from European countries, which uses movements and music that have been adapted for the theatre. It is integral to much of the classical ballet repertoire. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958703-H2UBCRQHY49XXGGWPYTI/154-Chilote+waltz-Chile+.png Dance Style - Cc - 162.Chilote waltz / Chile CHILOTE WALTZ is a variant of the waltz that originated in Tyrol (Austria) in the 12th century and reached the aristocratic circles of Chile in the mid-19th century. It was adapted to the characteristics of each region, obtaining a distinct style. Chilote Waltz is one of the best-known dances of the Chiloé archipelago in the south of Chile. It has the characteristics of the typical waltz, in which the man and the woman dance together, but there are more jumps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958743-LX6L6JWZXVN96J3OOJOZ/171+CHITRALI+DANCE+-+PAKISTAN+.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 171.Chitrali DANCE / Pakistan CHITRALI DANCE is a dance originating from Chitral, the capital of the Chitral District, situated on the Chitral River in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Members of the cultural troupe of Chitral Scouts perform this traditional dance during the Shandur Polo Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958861-F4WWFM33BWQ94Y41L7M6/191-Country-England.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 199.Country Dance / England COUNTRY DANCE is a large number of social dances of the British Isles in which couples dance together in a figure or “set”, each dancer dancing to his or her partner and each couple dancing to the other couples in the set. A set consists most commonly of two or three couples, sometimes four and rarely five or six. Often dancers follow a “caller” who names each change in the figures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958727-9B1V0LNJ1Y3NTM7TMYHA/160-Chirmi-India.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 168.Chirmi / India CHIRMI is a folk dance from Rajasthan, India. Its name derives from a very famous Rajasthani folk song of the same name, in which a married young girl is singing about climbing on a Chirmi (Jequirity) plant, waiting for her father to come visit her. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958883-7DKTGX110GFENUNH8IR3/196-cumbia+sonidera-Mexico.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 204.cumbia sonidera / Mexico CUMBIA SONIDERA is a musical genre and dance born in Mexico. It is a fusion between the cumbia of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, and the electronic sounds of the DJs of the mid-1990s. Cumbia sonidera is actually most frequently produced in the state of Puebla, where they also have their own subgenre called cumbia poblana. Cumbia sonidera has also spread back down to South America, where countries such as Ecuador and Argentina (which have developed cumbia villera from this Mexico City sound) have embraced it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958775-XF00Q46SM0RIGPBSL191/171-C%CC%A7illi+Bom-Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 179.Çilli Bom / Turkey ÇILLI BOM is a Turkish version of Harlem Shake dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958879-LDDAMXKMDGRG3EVYLT2N/195-Cumbia-Colombia.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 203.Cumbia / Colombia CUMBIA is a folkloric rhythm and dance which began as a courtship dance practiced among the indigenous population on the Caribbean coasts of Colombia. Later it mixed with African and European instruments, steps and musical characteristics. By the 1940s it began spreading from the coast to other parts of Colombia alongside other forms of music, like porro and vallenato. Originally a working-class populist music, cumbia was frowned upon by the elites. In the late 1940s it was spread to Argentina and to other Latin American countries. It became an extremely popular dance rhythm. Often classified as salsa, it is played in 4/4 time with a heavy beat one and accentuated beats three and four, giving a loping rolling rhythm similar to “riding a horse”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958669-OQR740L8C0ANFCL6621G/147-Cheerleading-USA-Global+.png Dance Style - Cc - 155.Cheerleading / USA / Global CHEERLEADING is an activity wherein the participants cheer for their team as a form of encouragement. It can range from chanting slogans to intense physical activity, and can be performed to motivate sports teams, entertain the audience, or for competition. Competitive routines typically range anywhere from one to three minutes, and contain components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting. Cheerleading originated in the United States, and remains predominantly in America, with an estimated 1.5 million participants in all-star cheerleading. However, the practice has spread also around the globe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958719-ZPIC55Z1RCH09D6MDAQK/158-Chinchineros-Chile+.png Dance Style - Cc - 166.Chinchinero DANCE / Chile CHINCHINERO DANCE is a dance by an urban street performer in Chile, usually a man or a young boy, who plays an improvised bass drum-type percussion instrument with long drumsticks strapped to his back. He has also a rope with a noose tied around his foot to play the cymbals, another part of his instrument. The Chinchinero dancer often performs also to the music played by organillero, a street organ player. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958826-QK87KSX5G22XH4RMXAHM/183-COLLEGIATE+SHAG+USA.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 191.COLLEGIATE SHAG / USA COLLEGIATE SHAG is a partner dance, performed primarily to uptempo swing and pre-swing jazz music. It belongs to the swing family of American dances that arose in the 1920s and 1930s. It originated within the African American community of the Carolinas in the 1920s, later spreading across the United States. Because the basic step takes up very small space, it can also be danced to fast music. Today Shag is still danced worldwide by swing dance enthusiasts. The basic step is danced in a face-to-face but offset position. Partners stand close, with the lead’s right hand positioned on the follower’s back. The follower’s left arm then rests either on the lead’s shoulder or draped around his neck. The step is defined as a weight shift to the opposite foot while hopping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958723-RL03WAU553L3EFH260L4/159-Chino-Chile+.png Dance Style - Cc - 167.Chino danceS / Chile CHINO DANCES are dances performed by the Chino dance troupes—fraternities of musicians and dancers that participate in the popular religious festivities celebrated from the Copiapó to the Aconcagua valleys. Indigenous and mestizo miners, farmers, and fishermen express their faith by dancing to the sound of traditional flutes and drums. This sound, also made by the flutes found in archaeological sites, has survived as an expression of indigenous cultural resistance. The term Chino means “servant” in the Quechua language, but was used in the colonial times to refer disparagingly to the indigenous population. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958807-N643V3WMG4QQQZHTT4CU/179-Clog+Dancing+England.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 187.Clog Dancing / England CLOG DANCING is a step dance characterised by wearing inflexible, wooden soled clogs. Clog dancing developed into its most intricate form in the north of England, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Durham and the Lake District. The main focus and skill of a step dancer is the footwork—dancers can create many different types of sound using their feet. Clog dancing was often performed very casually—people were dancing at home, in the pubs or in the street. It required little space as the upper part of the body was kept motionless. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958813-B7DDOG426ZIMG52KNLS2/180-clog+dance+usa.png Dance Style - Cc - 188.CLOGGiNg / USA CLOGGING is a type of folk dance in which the dancer uses the footwear percussively by striking the heel, the toe, or both against a floor or against each other to create audible rhythms, usually to the downbeat with the heel keeping the rhythm. The dance style has fused with other African-American rhythms and the Peruvian dance Zapateo, resulting in the birth of newer street dances, such as Tap, Locking, Jump, Hakken, Stomping, Gangsta Walking, and the Candy Walk dance. The wooden soled clogs are used rarely in the more modern dances since clog shoes are not commonly worn in urban settings, thus other types of footwear have replaced them in the evolved dance forms. Clogging is often considered the first street dance style as it evolved in urban environments during the industrial revolution. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958844-VHLLFNVFP3VO272ZUH54/187-CONTEMPORARY-Tibet+.png Dance Style - Cc - 195.CONTEMPORARY DANCE / Tibet CONTEMPORARY DANCE of the people of Tibet has been strongly influenced by the traditional culture of the region, kept frozen due to the lack of political freedom and the need to preserve the Tibetan culture. Although electronic beats and instruments have been included in the music, the dances are still carrying a strong influence of traditional steps, motion and rhythm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958766-KK1E8WQHJP3C06956MUO/169-Cielito+Chopi-Paraguay.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 177.Cielito Chopi / Paraguay CIELITO CHOPI is a dance from Paraguay. It is said that the dance originated in the middle of the 19th century, when great parties of the high society were organised in Paraguay. Women dressed in their ample costumes of the time and men in impeccable suits with penguin tails danced Paraguayan Cuadrilla. The townspeople appreciated the show through large windows and tried to imitate the choreography of the dance, but could not remember with precision all figures of the Cuadrilla, which consists of 5 parts and is danced between six couples. So they created this new dance which they called Chopi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958673-CYXE3JI5TV22F7WGSCI1/148-Cheraw-India+.png Dance Style - Cc - 156.Cheraw / India CHERAW is the most famous ritual dance performed in Mizoram, India. It is characterised by the use of bamboo staves, which are kept in cross and horizontal forms on the ground. While the male dancers move these bamboo staves in rhythmic beats, the female dancers perform by stepping in and out of the bamboo blocks. Recognized as one of the oldest dances of Mizoram, Cheraw has become an integral part of almost every festival in that part of the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958677-ZHIMUN2EE1M045QLJX6Z/149-chiawa-Zambia.png Dance Style - Cc - 157.chiawa dances / Zambia CHIAWA DANCES are traditional dances from Chiawa in Zambia. They are often performed by girls, who tie a scarf to their waists as they dance to the rhythm of drums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958588-F4HN7UZ6SYZIV89QEVOH/133-c%C3%A9il%C3%AD+.png Dance Style - Cc - 141.céilí Dance / Ireland CÉILÍ DANCE is a native group dancing from Ireland, danced to traditional Irish music. Some of the Céilí dances can be traced back to the 1500s. Most are danced to reels or jigs, but some are danced to single jigs, and certain sections of The Three Tunes are danced to hornpipes. They vary widely throughout Ireland and the rest of the world. The dances may be performed with as few as two people and as many as sixteen. Some dances are performed by a line of men facing a line of women (Haymakers Jig, Rince Fada, etc.) while others by any number of couples in a circle (Rince Mór). They may also be danced with an unlimited number of couples in a long line or moving around in a circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958755-EZS7GOUPXX2Q1IRTW9KB/174+CHOOB+BAZI+Iran.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 174.Choob bazi / Iran CHOOB BAZI is a chain dance found all over Iran, performed by men with sticks. There are two types of the Choob Bazi dance. The first one is more combative in style, performed only by men (normally only two men, assuming the roles of the attacker and the defender), and does not appear to have a rhythmic pattern. It is more frequently danced in Southwestern Iran. The second one is a circle or a line dance with pattern, performed by both men and women. It is more of a social dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958874-KZLC5D9VTFRJBYC214C9/194-Cueca-Chile.png Dance Style - Cc - 202.Cueca / Chile CUECA is a family of musical styles and associated dances from Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. In Chile, cueca holds the status of national dance, and it spread in bars and taverns in the 19th century. It is danced with guitar or harp accompaniment, drumming of hands or a tambourine to keep the rhythm, high pitched singing and a unique strumming pattern, where the guitarist strums all of the strings, returning each time with a slap on the guitar body. Dancers wear blue, white, red or black costumes and dresses: men wear huaso’s hat, shirts, flannel poncho, riding pants and boots, short jacket, riding boots, and spurs; women wear flowered dresses. Currently, cueca is mainly danced in the countryside and performed throughout Chile each year during the national holidays, with cueca tournaments being popular around that time of year. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958546-OFYJY7A4QITY9PF24YG0/125-Cachimbo-Chile.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 132.Cachimbo / Chile CACHIMBO is a Chilean folk dance from the northern part of the country. It is danced in pairs and with handkerchiefs. It includes turns that are made according to the music and steps that are slightly walked or done with a slide. The instrumental accompaniment is traditionally played by zampoña (panpipe), piano, guitar, violin, mandolin and banjo in various groupings, depending on the occasion on which the dance is performed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958582-XTU75F4UKR7LMYILC2JT/140+CAYDA+CIRA+-+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 140.Çayda Çıra / Turkey ÇAYDA ÇIRA is a Turkish dance performed with candles. A long time ago in the city of Elazig, a groom’s party set out to meet the bride’s party. They came upon a creek and had to get across. As they were crossing, a solar eclipse occurred and the sky grew dark. The people in the party lit small twigs to mark their path across the creek. The sight of the burning twigs at dusk inspired the folk song: “The twigs are burning in the creek”. Candle dance revolves around such themes as love, lovers, bride and groom, unrequited affections, river, reflections, death, and party. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958857-LMC7WRGHIB4HNVSOIZJR/190-Corridihno-Portugal.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 198.Corridihno / Portugal CORRIDINHO is a Portuguese dance from Algarve. It is danced with the pairs always embraced, forming a circle, the girls inside and the boys outside of it. By rotating the circle the pairs move side by side. At a certain time, when the music has a stronger beat, the dancers’ feet hit the floor more intensely, stopping the rotation, to resume afterwards. Further on in the dance, the pairs perform waltz by spinning in the same place. Next the circle starts rotating again always to the right side. It is a very traditional dance in Portugal, very much beloved by the Portuguese people. It can also be seen performed in the former Portuguese colonies such as Goa, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, small parts of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) and Macau (China). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958649-RFCD9D9ZC87P0NR8T8JN/144-CHARLESTON-USA.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 152.CHARLESTON / USA CHARLESTON is a fast-paced and strongly syncopated dance—emphasising unstressed musical beats with the steps and movements. It was especially popular in America in the 1920s and its name derived from Charleston in South Carolina. Although it is usually danced by two or more people, originally it was a solo dance performed by African-Americans. Charleston was accepted as a ballroom dance in 1926, with Josephine Baker being one of its most celebrated performers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958629-1BPO4GV714JZ3GEN680N/140-champeta.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 148.Champeta / Colombia CHAMPETA is a genre of folk music and dance that originated in the Atlantic coastal regions of Colombia in the early 1970s. It started among the inhabitants of African descent in the Caribbean coast as a unique urban genre, bred in the slums of Barranquilla, Cartagena, and San Basilio de Palenque. Early on Champeta was considered music of thugs, a vulgar expression, but soon became a brewing dance revolution. The music itself is loud, with heavy bass, with hints of reggaeton and rap. At its roots, it is distinctly polyrhythmic, similar to jazz or funk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958686-HSN2ZSY3KGMOYT6DBLTG/159+CHICKEN+DANCE.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 159.CHICKEN DANCE / USA / Global CHICKEN DANCE and THE CHICKEN are two dance styles that sometimes get confused. The Chicken is a popular rhythm and blues dance started in America in the 1950s, that featured lateral body movements, with dancers flipping their arms and kicking back their feet in an imitation of a chicken. Danced primarily as a change of pace step while doing the twist, it gained more popularity when Rufus Thomas wrote “Do the Funky Chicken”, a hit record in 1970. The other Chicken Dance is associated with a Swiss song from the 1950s, called “The Duck Dance”, that gained popularity around the world in its numerous incarnations. In 1981 during the Tulsa Oktoberfest, due to lack of duck costumes, the dance was performed in chicken costumes instead, giving the other Chicken Dance its name. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958638-L9IMLVJHKD6S99P78674/142-Chango-Cuba.png Dance Style - Cc - 150.Chango / Cuba CHANGO is one of the Orisha dances associated with Chango—the king of drumming, dance and fire. He is also the Orisha of masculinity and male energy, the only one to have experienced death. Chango is very relatable to worshipers due to his human qualities and numerous flaws such as over indulging in women, drink and partying. In dance, Chango wields his wooden axe and rains fire and lightning from heaven to devastating effect. Eventually, he matures into a graceful ruler, teaching us that we can all redeem ourselves after a lifetime of mistakes and bad decisions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958752-B1M2GN5COG9TMC56ERPW/165-Choike-Chile.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 173.CHOIKE PURRUN / Chile CHOIKE PURRUN is a Mapuche dance in which men imitate a Darwin’s rhea—a large flightless ostrich type of bird native to South America. It is a fertility dance performed in ceremonies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958556-CFS5K45T4IFX5ON5Z4DN/127-Calypso.png Dance Style - Cc - 134.Calypso / Trinidad and Tobago CALYPSO is a Caribbean dance performed to traditional Calypso music. The name comes from the sea nymph who kept Odysseus trapped on her island for seven years. It is an interpretation of what a sea nymph would look when trying to entice her prisoner and make him fall in love with her. The dance is similar to rumba and is danced to a 32-count beat. Steel drums are often used for music. Calypso dance moves involve rocking side to side, back and forth, twirling, moving hips back and forth, swinging arms, clapping hands and snapping fingers. They are repeated over and over several times, until the song is over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958770-IKNO707ZAPHMY2GQ9VJ0/170-C%CC%A7iftetelli-Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 178.Çiftetelli / Turkey ÇIFTETELLI is a simple and very popular dance for all occasions, performed throughout Turkey. It is generally performed by women, but men can also express their joy of living through body language in harmony with the music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958699-1ZHPFLH1LMUS2XTY9RD6/161+CHILOTE+RIN+-+Chile.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 161.Chilote Rin / Chile CHILOTE RIN is a traditional dance from the large island of Chiloé, south of Chile, where it arrived in the 19th century probably directly from Europe, since there is a similar dance in France known as the Parisian Bourré. It is a leisure dance of two couples dancing in a circle, accompanied by guitar, rabel (which was gradually replaced by accordion) and bass drum. It was mainly danced in community and family celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958715-KMSNIWUKGN53I0Z4AOBX/165+CHINAMWALI+DANCE+Malawi.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 165.Chinamwali / Malawi CHINAMWALI is a traditional girl initiation ceremony practiced by numerous cultures in most southern African countries, usually associated with such ethnic groups as Chewa, Ngoni, Venda, Tonga, Sena, Lomwe and Tambuka. With the advent of urbanisation and intermarriages the practice has spread also to other ethnicities. Chinamwali includes dances by the elder women that serve as initiation dances for the young girls who become women. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958551-N7FH9PIYZTUKRWW020Y3/126-CAJUN+JIG-USA.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 133.CAJUN JIG / USA CAJUN JIG, also called CAJUN ONE STEP, is among the simplest of Cajun dance styles. It was especially popular in Louisiana in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and is still danced there today. It has only one basic step. Often, this step pattern is alternated with other styles during a single song, particularly among those who are regular dancers, in urban and nontraditional settings, or those who are also Zydeco dancers. Cajun Jig can be danced fast or slow. Despite the single-like step, variations of the handhold combined with turns give the dance infinite dance move options. The dancers’ handholds can be uncrossed (i.e. the right hand of one partner meets the left hand of the other one and vice versa) or crossed (i.e. joined right hands over left, or left over right). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958783-J8DSP512E60S8HKYRBN8/173-Circassian-North+Caucasus.png Dance Style - Cc - 181.Circassian Dance / North Caucasus CIRCASSIAN DANCE is a dance typical for the Circassian communities. Dancing culture is very important for them and their national dances evoke the imagery of combat and courtship of the people. Circassian dances share some common traits with ballet: men dance on the tips of their toes wearing special leather boots, while women move very lightly, gliding across the floor without moving their heads or upper body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958540-QWZMM1BCDA42GZG9NP76/124-Cacharpaya-Chile.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 131.Cacharpaya / Chile CACHARPAYA is a Chilean group dance performed in line and with hand-holding. In some places it is danced by mixed couples, arm in arm, with distinctive figures and sequences. It belongs to the family of the Huayno dance genre, therefore, it is very likely that its origin is pre-Columbian. It is mainly danced in the valleys, foothills and altiplano of the Tarapacá and Antofagasta regions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958711-JVL0KFX8OWUNKIEPJVGU/164+CHIMWEMWE+-+Zambia.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 164.chimwemwe / Zambia CHIMWEMWE is a dance style that originated with a song and music video by the artists Ma Africa and Drimz, and that gained popularity in Zambia. People started making videos while performing this dance and soon it became a dancing trend. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958597-8ZSP8I83W74X4739V9JG/143+CHA+CHA+CHA+-+Global.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 143.Cha-Cha-CHA / Global CHA-CHA-CHA is a dance of Cuban origin. It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrin in the early 1950s. Its rhythm was developed from the danzón-mambo. The name is an onomatopoeia derived from the shuffling sound of the dancers’ feet. Traditionally it is danced to authentic Cuban music, although in ballroom competitions it is often danced to Latin Pop or Latin Rock. Styles of cha-cha-cha dance may differ in the place of chasse in the rhythmical structure. The original Cuban and the ballroom cha-cha count is “two, three, chachacha”, “four-and-one, two, three” or “one, two, three, chacha”. The dance does not start on the first beat of a bar, though it can start with a transfer of weight to the lead’s right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958738-M8SVML2L2HF88SYYHVM3/162-Chitelera+Malawi.png Dance Style - Cc - 170.Chitelera / Malawi CHITELERA is a dance from Malawi, mostly performed on full-moon nights by young girls, but also used as a form of inter-village competitions. Teams of girls travel to neighboring villages to see which village has more talented dancers. Girls form circles as they dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958865-AZMJYMUFN8H5JX3JZC8H/192-Courier-Russia.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 200.Courier / Russia COURIER is a type of breakdancing that gained popularity in the Soviet Union and Central Asia after it appeared in the Russian movie “Courier”, directed by Karen Shakhnazarov. It became a part of the male youth culture and was strongly absorbed by the mainstream culture. Big shopping malls in Kazakhstan commission the services of semi-professional dancers to attract young target groups with professionally organized battles. B-boy battles also influenced the way in which people dance at weddings. It is quite common to see two guests (regardless of age, gender and dancing style) battling under the applause of the celebrating wedding crowd. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958692-UAGMKXQ5CW8ERQ2TAC95/152-Chikhat-Morocco.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 160.Chikhat / Morocco CHIKHAT is not a type of dance but a type of performer—usually a female dancer, that can sing, play music, and dance. The music and dances are region specific, either Amazigh or Arab. In the East of Morocco, Chikhat referred to poets. However, following the French invasion, the term became associated around the country with prostitution. In modern times Chikhats often perform as an entertainment at women exclusive spaces and events, such as gender segregated wedding parties. Contemporary Chikhat’s performances frequently play with gender identities and alternative definitions of femininity in the Moroccan context, as many Chikhats are transvestite men in women’s clothing performing in private or public spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958681-14QMLIWP1O5CXXH2ENNG/150-CHICAGO+FOOTWORK-USA.png Dance Style - Cc - 158.CHICAGO FOOTWORK / USA CHICAGO FOOTWORK is a genre of music and street dance that originated in Chicago during the 1990s. The dance involves fast movement of feet with accompanying twists and turns, and usually takes place as part of a “battle”. The music style has evolved from the earlier, rapid rhythms of juke and ghetto house. Sampling is a key part of footwork. Tracks frequently feature heavily syncopated samples from rap and pop. Footwork also incorporates the club culture cultivated in disco, house and techno. Much like in techno, it is about the “aesthetic of anonymity”. Yet its status as an international genre was boosted by artists like the late DJ Rashad. Most modern footwork draws on funk and soul basslines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958575-K31WGOQ2ZUULZV8382L7/130-%C4%8Card%C3%A1%C5%A1.png Dance Style - Cc - 138.Čardáš / Hungary / Slovakia ČARDÁŠ is a traditional Hungarian folk dance. It developed in the first half of the 19th century and was popularized by Romani music bands in Hungary and neighboring lands of Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Burgenland, Croatia, Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Transylvania and Moravia, as well as among the Banat Bulgarians, including those in Bulgaria. It is a courting couple dance, but it is also possible to dance it alone. Čardáš has different speeds and it consists of two parts: slow and fast. The slow part is typically two-step to the side, while the fast one is a twist with fast jumps. Čardáš is especially widespread in Slovakia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958593-KJQXM6SUTDQ9R7SA1GI7/134-Ceilidh.png Dance Style - Cc - 142.Ceilidh / Scotland / Ireland CEILIDH is a traditional Scottish or Irish social gathering. In its most basic form, it simply means a social visit. Nowadays, it usually involves playing Gaelic folk music and dancing, either at a house party or a larger concert at a social hall or other community gathering place. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958579-S5AQCAM6C7W8318U3JX9/131-Carnavalera-Chile.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 139.Carnavalera / Chile CARNAVALERA is a carnival dance created by a Chinchintirapié carnival school. It was inspired by the culture of Chinchineros with a music built on the sound and the rhythm of the Chinchín bass-drum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958794-HXU79XQE1FAH7HF1BBGH/176a-CLASSICAL-Cambodia.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 184.CLASSICAL DANCE / Cambodia CLASSICAL DANCE in Cambodia takes its premier form in the Khmer classical dance or “Robam Preah Reach Trop”, a highly stylised dance originating from the royal courts. Performances of classical dance consist of elaborately costumed dancers and music played by a pinpeat ensemble. The dance is performed for invocation of deities and spirits as well as to pay homage to royalty and guests. In the mid- 20th century, the classical dance was introduced to the general public and became widely celebrated as iconic of Cambodian culture. It is often performed during public events, holidays, and for tourists. Two of the most performed classical dances are the Robam Chuon Por (“Wishing dance”) and the Robam Tep Apsara (“Apsara dance”). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958625-TQQ3YKA0GUWPOB095RRH/139-Chalga.png Dance Style - Cc - 147.Chalga / Bulgaria CHALGA, often referred to as POP-FOLK, is a Bulgarian folk-inspired dance and music genre, with a blend of Bulgarian ethno-pop music and primary influences from Greek, Turkish, Arabic, Romani and Albanian music. Chalga was forbidden by the ruling Communist governments and it was considered as inferior to purely Slavic roots music. It often came with a provocative hip-shaking dance and at times lewd sexual lyrics, so it was also considered inappropriate from a moral standpoint. Yet it has become popular in Chalga dance clubs, which are sometimes the busiest venues in Sofia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958617-CTGMUHTUGIT64W8P0LSE/138-chair+dance.png Dance Style - Cc - 146.Chair Dance / Global CHAIR DANCE is a favorite of burlesque and cabaret dances where the dancer is introduced to the chair as a dance partner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958656-59KT1LY082PBH47E8WVT/145-Charya+Nritya-Nepal+.png Dance Style - Cc - 153.Charya Nritya / Nepal CHARYA NRITYA is a meditation, a vehicle of bodily and spiritual transformation, and an opportunity for audiences to experience a vision of divine beauty. A Sanskrit term translatable as “dance as a spiritual discipline”, Charya Nritya is a moving meditation, tailored to specific deities, which enables the dancer to fully become the deity in body, speech, and mind, in order to benefit all beings. This dance has been performed by the Newar priests of the Kathmandu Valley in Nepal for over 1,000 years. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958660-FT65VKVYVH76S5J9BYN6/146-Chavittukali-India.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 154.Chavittukali / India CHAVITTUKALI is a highly colorful Christian classical dance-drama from Kerala, with the most sensual blend of cultural influences. The dancers are noted for their attractive make-up, elaborate costumes, detailed gestures and well-defined body movements, performed in tune with the rhythmic playback music and complementary percussion. Chavittukali is believed to have originated during the 16th century. It is prevalent among the Christian community in the districts of Alappuzha, Ernakulam and Thrissur of Kerala. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958852-EMN0L88350FJB8QQMQXX/189-Contradanza-Peru.png Dance Style - Cc - 197.Contradanza / Peru CONTRADANZA is the Spanish or Latin American version of the French contredanse, which was a popular international style of music and dance in the 18th century, derived from the English country dance and adopted in the court of France. The dance represents the opposition of the Andean peoples to the customs imposed during the Viceroyalty. The dancers make fun of the Spanish imposition through this dance. The contradanza was taken to America and there adopted the creole forms that still exist in Mexico, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Panama and Ecuador. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958799-S7PNEIPTJQF9XUUELGKQ/177-CLASSICAL-China.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 185.CLASSICAL DANCE / China CLASSICAL DANCE in China was established on the foundation of the five-thousand-year-old, vast Chinese culture and history. It dates back to the Quin Dynasty of 220 BC, when the images of dancers in temple rituals were found in artwork on pottery. Each following dynasty had their specific moves that they incorporated into their ritual dances. The movements of classical Chinese dance are rich in their ability to express a variety of feelings, and their original forms were similar to those of martial arts. Dance styles are divided into two categories —one is based upon the exercises of Chinese warriors, the other on the Confucian etiquette and ritual dances. This second dance category evolved over time to turn into today’s dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958763-Z6739AA118OW7BL6ERR6/168-Chuntaro-Mexico.png Dance Style - Cc - 176.Chuntaro / Mexico CHUNTARO is a dance with origins in the region of Nuevo Leon in Mexico, but it is also practiced by Latin communities in the US. Chuntaro is a sound that comes from the onomatopoeia of music origin—“chun tachún tachún”—that evokes the accompaniment, with guitar or vihuela, in 2/4 or 4/4 time, which marks the rhythm in courting songs of ranchers. Their mix comes from cumbia, vallenato and banda music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958821-NBOGZD3WNS6WZ91OHSBK/190+cocek+Balkans.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 190.Čoček / Balkans ČOČEK is a musical genre and dance that emerged in the Balkans during the early 19th century. It features prominently in the repertoire of many Romani brass bands. It originated from Ottoman military bands, which at that time were scattered across the region, mostly throughout Serbia, Bulgaria, the Republic of Macedonia and Romania. This led to the eventual segmentation and wide range of ethnic sub-styles in Čoček. It was handed down through the generations, preserved mostly by the Roma minorities, and was largely practiced at village weddings and banquets. Čoček is especially popular among the Muslim Rom and Albanian populations of Republic of Kosovo, South Serbia and the Republic of Macedonia. When it first came to America in 1956, it was performed as a Muslim woman’s dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958570-DPQ3XS8MCX1GGF57BBWF/137-CAR+DANCING+Global.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 137. CAR DANCING / Global CAR DANCING is an Internet trend that has inspired drivers all over the world to jump out of moving vehicles and dance in the street while a friend in the passenger seat films them. It became especially popular with the dance challenge called #InMyFeelings or #Keke. Car dancing can also stand for freestyle dancing while sitting in a car. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958561-LJ1NQFZFO7PPJP2JVYUS/128-Candombe.png Dance Style - Cc - 135.Candombe / Uruguay CANDOMBE is a style of Uruguayan music and dance that originated among the descendants of liberated African slaves and is considered an important part of the culture of Uruguay. It was also recognized by UNESCO as an Intangible Heritage of Humanity. To a lesser extent, Candombe is practiced also in Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil. As a Uruguayan music style it is based on three different drums: chico, repique and piano, and is usually played in February during carnival in Montevideo at special dance parades called “Llamadas” and “Desfile Inaugural del Carnaval”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958778-1C7HFIT5WVHAIM7SIH32/172-Cimarrona-Costa+Rica.png Dance Style - Cc - 180.Cimarrona / Costa Rica CIMARRONA is a music and dance style from Costa Rican folklore. The dance is performed by people dressed in complex outfits and masks that originally represented and mocked the Spanish people that came to America. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958869-K9OYPKXPFRPOCZBDFUF0/193-+Crip+Walk-USA-Global.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 201.Crip Walk / USA / Global CRIP WALK, also known as the C-WALK, is a dance move that was originated in the early 1970s by Crip gang members from the South Central Los Angeles area, and has since spread worldwide. It is primarily an act of performing quick and intricate footwork. The rivalry between the Crips and the Bloods spilled over into the world of entertainment, with the adoption of the gang dance by various rappers on the West Coast of the United States, who gave it its name. It involves the movement of one’s feet, classically to the spelling of C-R-I-P. It was used by the Crips at parties to display affiliation and also after killings to show their signature. MTV declined to broadcast any music videos with the Crip Walk. In the early 1990s it became part of the hip-hop dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958889-439R31KZC2FY33FU9R3Q/197-CyberGoth-Global.jpg Dance Style - Cc - 205.CyberGoth / Global CYBERGOTH is a dance performed by a subculture that derives from elements of goth, raver, and rivethead fashion. Unlike traditional goths, cybergoths primarily listen to electronic music rather than rock music. Cybergoth fashion combines rave, rivethead, and goth fashion, as well as draws inspiration from other forms of science fiction. Common signs of a cybergoth are neon dreads or a gas mask and goggles. Dancing style includes large footsteps, energetic hand movements and aggression. Perhaps more than other types of goths, cybergoths spend a lot of time perfecting their dance moves. They might actually spend a lot of time in front of a mirror before a night out, because they would practice their newest collection of dance moves that they would bring to the club. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338958608-DJ5DEIFV3HBJTL6YUCRT/136-Chadzunda+Nyau.png Dance Style - Cc - 144.Chadzunda Nyau / Malawi CHADZUNDA NYAU is a traditional ritual cult dance from Kasungu in Malawi. It was performed by members of the Nyau brotherhood, which was a secret society of initiated men. https://www.universaltongue.com/about daily 0.75 2023-02-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/ed50ba68-7403-41b0-a249-55dad2f9b612/universal-tongue-website-identity-image.jpg About - Twerking, vogue, Fortnite, flash mobs, a Sufi or musical chairs. Visual artist Anouk Kruithof is fascinated by dance as a form of self-expression and empowerment, which has led her to research dance styles from all over the world. The dance-conclave and video installation Universal Tongue leads us through the jungle of the internet. It explores how dance has developed throughout history as part of our global media culture, and how it manifests online today. The immersive installation is based on 32 hours of found video material presenting thousands of different dance styles, selected by a team of 52 researchers from all over the world from YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. Collectively, they collected 8800 videos; 250 hours of video material, 1000 dance styles, from all 196 countries of the world. This four-hour rousing dance video installation is spread over eight screens, with no less than 32 hours of found footage bundled into Universal Tongue, arranged by rhythm and the number of dancers. The ongoing loop of moving image erases typical categories of the world order, such as country, continent or culture. Instead, it looks at our era of fluidity, hybridity and non-stop connectedness with respect for and in celebration of our diverse historical backgrounds, cultural differences and unique individuality. About Anouk Kruithof Anouk Kruithof (b. 1981, Dordrecht, The Netherlands) is a visual artist with a transdisciplinary approach, which encompasses photography, sculpture, collage, video, websites and (social) interventions in the public domain. Kruithof depicts the transience and the chaos of this world, which the artist skillfully addresses by mixing urgent societal issues with personal experiences. She graduated from the art academy in 2003 and currently lives and works alternately in Brussels, Belgium and Boto-Pasi, Suriname. Kruithof has had solo exhibitions in Foam Fotografiemuseum Amsterdam, Centro de la ImagenMexico City and Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. Her work has also been included in the collections of MoMA San Francisco, Museum Folkwang in Essen and Museum Voorlinden in Wassenaar. Universal Tongue is still intensively shown all over the world and has been exhibited in Museum Tinguely in Basel, VIERNULVIER (formerly known as Vooruit) in Ghent and at WHOLE | United Queer Festival, Ferropolis, Gräfenhainichen, Germany. https://www.universaltongue.com/team daily 0.75 2023-02-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/70a08cc0-bdd3-43a8-b5d4-015e101fced5/ivo.jpg Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/fbe28747-dc0d-4228-a3d5-0d5e74c8bc13/Selma_staand_MarcellaHomsma00.jpg Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/127ceb64-309c-43b3-a026-25abd9448923/Maciej%2BMadracki.jpeg Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339138889-I1P4QZ4SMF5O69FNINYB/Ula+Kahul.jpg Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/11b853fb-5a5c-47d9-bd73-14129de0d193/Ginta%2BVasermane.jpg Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/f7e842ee-7c4d-48db-910b-18deb14d8242/Ward+janssen.jpg Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/3b661e7f-ba89-43e5-ae0f-31157021235c/portrait_imas.jpg Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/0d4f6faf-dc0f-4c59-a567-7733e3797597/Justin%2BSwinburne.jpg Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/dd662b9f-f0b7-440a-965d-5c03b21559b6/Ritratto.jpg Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1cc15e34-1d98-4270-b9ab-ec74af4f214b/karoliina_BW.png Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/da9acd99-6911-4f5b-a516-6ddbd190ba49/Duygu%2BAtceken.jpg Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/e15986a6-7de5-4372-9845-8ae7afdd6d91/anouk+k.jpg Team Anouk Kruithof The Netherlands Researched: Musical Chairs, Free the Nipple Dance, Zangbeto Voodoo, Clown dancing, Subway Dancing, Fire Dancing, Virtual Dances, Religious Dance, Spiritual and Possessed Dancing, Human Robot-ing, Robots dancing, GIF dance, #crazydance, Fortnite Dancing, Air Dancers, Zombie Dance, Flashmobs, Gabber, Hardcore, Hardstyle, Jumpstyle VS. Poppin, Shuffle, Stick-Broom-Stelt Dancing, Zombie dance, Umbrella dance, Synchronized Dancing, Senile & Infantile Dancing, Dance Phenomina, Barbiedance, Dancing under the influence of drugs&alcohol and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/15960b76-082f-4f6e-a369-105c6b47ccac/Joep-de-Boer---20230213---Cindy-van-Rees---HR---DSC_4576-2.jpg Team https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/f407ecc3-4540-4703-aa01-9c2d451793ae/peter.jpg Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/eb0882b6-1183-451e-80ef-4f860151ce8b/Koen%2BNutters.jpg Team - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-aa daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180802-ECF94G5KJCNTH9WNDKDC/27-AL-SAMAH.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 27.AL-SAMAH / Syria AL-SAMAH is a Syrian traditional Sufi ecstatic dance that was born out of Dhikr and prayer gatherings at the home of the Sheikh Aqeel al-Minbaji. Generally, the dance begins with authorization from a religious figure, usually a sheikh, and is composed of rhythmic, repetitive movements of the hands and feet, as well as rotations of the body, similar to that of the whirling dervishes. The male dancers twirl with their outfits throughout the song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180815-A3X1DQJAN5LYG3KU6PAU/30-Amish+Dance.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 30.Amish Dance / USA AMISH DANCE is a dance performed within the Amish community in the USA. In fact, dancing is not really seen among Amish adults, but Rumspringa-age youth may dance. Amish do not consider dancing modest, because moving the body to the music is seen as a worldly activity, even so, many people know the famous square dance scene in which Amish happily shake a leg. Among Amish, music is limited to church hymns, as well as to religious hymns sung at home. The Amish community dances solely to the accompaniment of a harmonica or simply to the unaccompanied singing of the young people or to a caller. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180822-JZGUVVTJ0I81167JIO1C/31-animal+dance+global.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 31.ANIMAL DANCE / Global ANIMAL DANCE is a dance performed by animals or by humans with animals. It is also a dance style that involves dancers imitating animal moves, often performed in a mask. Hundreds of videos of animal dancing (dogs, cats, horses, pigeons, squirrels, dolphins, fish, parrots, etc.) can be found on the Internet. Animals stomp, bob, waggle, nod, jerk, move rhythmically and with grace, which looks like dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180810-G1YDSYAZ1E9DEKD57CMC/29-Amarilletje.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 29.Amarilletje / The Netherlands AMARILLETJE is a typical Dutch folk dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180835-FVXKBX8FRDVKUN547EK4/33-A%E2%80%99PASTURARA+.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 34.A’PASTURARA / Italy A’PASTURARA, also called LA PECORARA, is a traditional dance from Calabria, Italy. It is performed by one or two couples in 6/8 time to bagpipe and accordion accompaniment. Steps are usually close to the ground with occasional small leaps. The man keeps all his attention on the woman who holds her dress in her right hand with her left hand bent sharply at her hip. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180901-3YCHGHF058LQ4UL0E6AE/45-Awa-Odori.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 48.Awa-ODori / Japan AWA-ODORI is a Japanese dance style with origin found in the Japanese Buddhist priestly dances of Nembutsuodori and hiji-odori of the Kamakura period (1185–1333), and also in kumiodori, a lively harvest dance, known to last for several days. The Awa Odori festival grew out of the tradition of the Bon Odori, danced as part of the Bon “Festival of the Dead”—a Japanese Buddhist celebration where the spirits of deceased ancestors are said to visit their living relatives for a few days of the year. The term “Awa Odori” was not used until the 20th century. It is a dance which takes place in various locations throughout the prefecture of Tokushima in Shikoku, the smallest of the four main islands of the Japanese archipelago. The largest celebrations are held in the city of Tokushima. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180791-QJRCXFDLIQZUV9HK10TH/23-Al-Ayyala.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 24.AL-AYYALA / Oman / United Arab Emirates AL-AYYALA is a dance performed in north-western Oman but also practiced in the United Arab Emirates. Two rows of men facing each other with thin bamboo sticks in their hands simulate a battle. The dance involves chanted poetry and drums, cymbals, and tambourines. It is a traditional group dance accompanied by traditional music. Separate groups of males and females are represented. Leather bagpipes, flute, and drums are the traditional musical instruments played during the dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180858-H4JI8JU022P867M1DYYS/36-ASSIKO.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 39.ASSIKO / Cameroon ASSIKO is a popular dance from the south of Cameroon. Originally based in the Bassa country, this rhythmic dance takes its name from two words: “isi” changed into “assi” which means “earth” or “ground”, and the word “koo” which means “foot”. Assiko is danced dressed in a simple T-shirt and a full skirt with an underlined waistline to emphasize hip movements. Choreographies of Assiko use several lop-sided walks, successive small close walks that the dancers make at different heights, standing up or crouching, which makes you feel they float on the stage. There are also demonstrations of a sense of balance, contortions, and physical strength calling to the exhilaration of dance or trance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180799-D0MXO3GJGBK8TG0JOCRB/26-Aleke.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 26.Aleke / Suriname ALEKE is a dance originating in Suriname performed to aleke songs. These songs are about love, as well as about events and social problems in the community. In one of the latest aleke hits, young people are warned about the danger of AIDS. Aleke is performed by a cantor and a choir, with three drums about one meter high, a djas, a large drum that resembles a pauk, and lids, the bengele-bengele, named after the sound they produce. It is strengthened electronically, with a striking vocal. The dance is mostly freestyle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180885-R0G9K5I23WXECL1J8U7C/45+AURRESKU+-+Basque.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 45.Aurresku / Spain AURRESKU is a Basque folk dance of courtship, in which the men perform spirited acrobatic displays for their partners; it is one of the most elaborate European folk dances of this type. It begins as a chain dance for men, in which the leader and last man break off, dance competitively, and rejoin the chain. Each later dances before his partner, and finally all bring their partners into the line, which eventually breaks into a fandango for couples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180805-5TTDZKCEZZC78PQHBKRA/28-Alunelu.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 28.Alunelu / Romania ALUNELU is a family of dances from Oltenia in Romania. In the early 20th century the song Alunelu became a staple of the Romanian school system, the position it holds to this day. It is not known whether at that time a particular dance was associated with the song. Today there seems to be no fixed dance tied to the relatively fixed song. Choreographies seem to be linked more to the age of the children and the demands of the stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180700-468I9M3Q7P8GBH86NWSB/3-ABUKO.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 3.ABUKO / Ghana ABUKO is a traditional Ashanti dance rhythm from Ghana. It is performed during traditional healing ceremonies to help excite and energize okomfo, traditional priest, in preparation for the possession by gods. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180750-OLXG84E7W0BVHZ0BIHUZ/15-Ahidous.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 15.Ahidous / Morocco AHIDOUS is a traditional Amazigh dance from the Middle and High Atlas performed by many Berber tribes. The performance includes songs, dances and impromptu poetry performed by a group of performers standing shoulder to shoulder along with other men and women. They all form either a large circle or two facing lines and dance making small smooth movements. Ahidous is one of the most common Amazigh dances and is present at any celebration, from weddings to religious Eid, or the end of the harvest season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180845-L5DEDYH087Z9AH0AIXS0/36+ardah+Qatar.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 36.Ardah / Qatar ARDAH is a type of folkloric group dance, performed with two rows of men opposite one another, each of whom may or may not be wielding a sword or cane, and is accompanied by drums and spoken poetry. It used to be a dance performed before going to war, but nowadays it is done at celebrations, weddings, and national and cultural events. There are a lot of variations of the Ardah dance in Arabic countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180918-W7SAGZDLEH8UXM3T8XV6/48-Azonto.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 51.Azonto / Ghana AZONTO is a dance and music genre from Ghana. The dance originated from a traditional dance called Kpanlogo, associated with the coastal towns in the country such as Chorkor, James Town, La, Teshie, Nunguaand Tema, in the Greater Accra Region. Songs in the Afrobeat genre are usually the ones dedicated to the Azonto dance. Other music genres, however, can also be used. The dance involves a set of hand movements that either mimic everyday activities or are meant to amuse an audience. It began with one- or two step movements but has been advanced to more complex and almost acrobatic movements. It involves knee bending and hip movements. The dance has effectively evolved from a few basic moves to miming actions such as ironing of clothes, washing, driving, boxing, praying, swimming, and others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180786-ZZG08GGWEL6E5ZB5FH32/22-Alaoui.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 23.ALLAOUI / Algeria / Morocco ALLAOUI is a traditional warrior music and dance from western Algeria and eastern Morocco. It is of Berber origin and developed several variants. It is performed by several male dancers guided by a leader, who celebrate victory and pride with feet and shoulders movements to the rhythm of percussion. The dancers express their attachment to the land and their endurance capacity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180721-19SDRBOUCRG2ASC2Y6B2/08+Adowa+-+Ghana.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 8.ADOWA / Ghana ADOWA is the most widespread and frequently performed social dance of the Akan people of Ghana. The Akan are located in Ashanti, Brong Ahafo, Eastern, Central and parts of the Volta Regions of Ghana. In the Akan musical traditions, it is best described as a women’s dance because they dominate the performance. The few men that are seen during any performance handle the musical instruments. The dancers use a symbolic language, the different movements of their hands telling their story. The body language is accentuated by the use of a white linen cloth, which they hold in their hand. The short dance steps are very subtle, drawing attention to the upper part of the body. Adowa is mostly performed at funerals but it can also be seen at yearly festivals, visits of important dignitaries and other celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180871-AQV6E4199HTPJ1QYMWKA/39-Asyik.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 42.Asyik / Malaysia ASYIK (literally “beloved”/”besotted”) is a classical royal court dance popular in Patani and Kelantan. The dance was created in 1644 to entertain the grieving Ratu Kuning over the loss of her favorite bird. The dance’s name “the beloved” could have been referring to the lost bird. The performance begins with ten beautifully costumed dancers entering the dancing hall and sitting gracefully. The prima donna, also known as “the princess of love” appears then and the dance begins with gracious and delicate body movements and gestures. The orchestra consists of eleven types of small drums, gambangs (a xylophone like instrument, usually made of slabs of wood or bronze), and a rebab (a bowed lute). Although the dance began as a court dance, over time, it became popular among common people and used as folk entertainment during festivals and marriages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180732-M1MM879MBF5BOIW4S8AO/11-AFRICAN+DANCE.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 11.AFRICAN DANCE / Africa / Global AFRICAN DANCE refers mainly to the dances of Sub-Saharan Africa, with a close connection to the Sub-Saharan African music traditions and Bantu cultivation of rhythm, with many cultural differences in musical and movement styles. African dances utilise the concept of total body articulation. They teach social patterns and values, and help people to work, mature, praise or criticize members of the community while celebrating festivals and funerals, competing, reciting history, proverbs, and poetry, or encountering gods. African dances are largely participatory, with spectators being part of the performance. With the exception of some spiritual, religious or initiation dances, there are traditionally no barriers between dancers and onlookers. Even ritual dances often require spectators’ participation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180862-VGR1NV05A87PUICYK5TZ/37-Assyrian+Folk+Dances.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 40.ASSYRIAN FOLK DANCES / Syria / Iran / Iraq / Turkey ASSYRIAN FOLK DANCES are dances that are performed throughout the world by Assyrians, mostly on occasions such as weddings, community parties, and other jubilant events. They are mainly made up of circle dances that are performed in a line, which may be straight, curved, or both. Most of the dances allow an unlimited number of participants, with the exception of the Sabre dance, which requires three at most. Assyrian dances would vary from simple to more complex, depending on the mood and tempo of a song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180771-AVOKE4CSZRQ907LMP4IF/19-Akayida.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 20.Akayida / Ghana AKAYIDA is a Ghanaian dance with an emphasis on the side to side moves, incorporating upper body gestures, and encouraging group routines as well as individual competition. It is extremely relaxed, free-form. It involves footwork, incorporates vast arrays of hip-life dance moves, and involves the swaying of the body along with hand and shoulder movements in a certain pattern. Ghanaian hip hop artist Guru, whose song “Boys Abrɛ” provides a soundtrack for the Akayida, has stated clearly that the dance has nothing to do with Al Qaeda and the Taliban. He has explained that it is the name for a new dance move that emerged on the streets of Accra but wasn’t getting attention. The dance gained popularity only because of the popularity of the song which speaks of the hardships of relationships, wealth, and life in general. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180768-EDM4IMVSKSM8OU2S2JR2/18-Aji+Lhamu.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 19.Aji Lhamu / Tibet / India AJI LHAMU is one of the most prominent folk dance styles by the Monpa tribe of Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is basically the Tibetan version of the Hindu epic Ramayana. There are mainly five characters in this dance drama. Nyapa is the central character and Nyao is the rival character, Lhamu and Lhum are two female characters and Gyeli is another character. They all have mythological origins. Lhamu is a fairy from heaven, who came to Earth and later became the queen of Gyeli. This dance style also portrays the grand ceremony of the wedding of King Chhoegay Norzang and Lhamu. It is performed during the Losar festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180760-3IVG7SWD093EBI6IXVGI/17+AIR+DANCING+-GLOBAL.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 17.AIR DANCING / Global AIR DANCING is a dance performed in the sky by a tube man, also known as an air dancer. Originally called the Tall Boy, it is an inflatable moving advertising product comprising a long fabric tube (with two or more outlets), which is attached to and powered by an electrical fan. As the electrical fan blows air through the fabric tube, this causes the tube to move about in a dynamic dancing or flailing motion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180705-QCMIEAQ12F74ZXNEATSE/4-Aceh+Ratoh+Duek.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 4.Aceh Ratoh Duek / Indonesia ACEH RATOH DUEK is a famous dance from Indonesia, traditionally performed by women kneeling in a line. They all clap and move their hands in unison as a symbol of the harmony of the people of the Aceh province. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180891-NNCBUUIAY8RNU4N965GZ/43-Ausdruckstanz.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 46.AUSDRUCKSTANZ / Germany AUSDRUCKSTANZ is a German dance called EXPRESSIONIST DANCE. It stems from the movement that arose in 1900 as a protest against the artistic stagnation of classical ballet and towards maturity in the future of art in general. The traditional ballet was perceived as austere, mechanical, and tightly held in fixed and conventional forms. This new dance was freer, natural, and less rule-governed. It was strongly influenced by the passage of the expressionist visual arts. Expressionist dance flourished until World War II when it disappeared almost completely in Central Europe. Typically, many solo expressionist dance evenings were held. They were influenced by the individual’s desire to create and present their own choreographic works, with the choreographer and dancer often being the same person. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180896-Y9LJDVY1UPJPPPTE3A0V/44-AWASSA.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 47.AWASSA / Suriname / French Guiana AWASSA is a dance of the Bushinengues community from Suriname and was performed to close the periods of grieving. Traditionally the dancers tell a story with their gestures or embellish the story that is being sung. The dance is accompanied by traditional drums, kwa kwa (bangi, small bench) and various apinti drums. The dancers have a strand of kawai (dried, hardened shell of fruit) around their ankles, which makes a crisp shaker-like sound and adds another rhythmic dimension to the music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180910-TQ3WSDHHNJBQ96ZGSYWQ/47-Azari.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 50.AZARI DANCES / Iran AZARI DANCES are performed by the Azerbaijani people of Azerbaijan and Iranian Azerbaijan in the northwest of Iran. These dances feature quick tempo, but also sometimes very delicate movements of hands, and steps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180840-GNNDIYSPRZMX5SZ0KQDC/35-AQUABATIC+Global.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 35. AQUABATIC / Global AQUABATIC is a type of dance related to gymnastic feats performed in water. Pole dancers show off their aquabatic skills as they run their dance routines underwater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180755-V7X42J392VMWAXC7646A/16+AHWACH+Morocco.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 16.Ahwach / Morocco AHWACH is a style of collective performance, including dance, singing, poetry and percussion, from southern Morocco. It is performed as a community celebration, usually by two large groups of people, typically men and women on opposite sides, who alternate their performances of song, dance, poetry, and drumming on frame drums. It is rarely performed outside of individual villages, because of the difficulty of transporting the large number of participants (often more than twenty, and sometimes 150 or more). As a result, the Ahwash has developed somewhat independently among different villages, and the details of the performances differ—the ritual performance tends to reenact the tales and stories of each village. The experience can be spiritual with connection to pre-Islamic beliefs and rituals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180781-XKTLZVZ5ZG3WN5GG82GQ/21-AKWAABA.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 22.AKWAABA / Ghana / Viral AKWAABA means “welcome” in Ghana. It is undoubtedly the biggest Ghanaian dance anthem of 2018, after a Ghanaian DJ and record producer GuiltyBeatz dropped his debut single featuring Mr Eazi and rappers Pappy Kojo and Patapaa. The song and its accompanying dance went viral shortly after its release, and it has been seen on dance floors all over the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180827-TGYWGPNBT1IWENGKHRB9/31-Animation+Dance.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 32.Animation Dance / Global ANIMATION DANCE is a style and a technique where one imitates film characters being animated by stop motion. The technique of moving rigidly and jerky by tensing muscles and using techniques similar to strobing and the robot makes it appear as if the dancer has been animated frame by frame. Walt Disney was the first to use this term, referring to his character Steam Boat Willie’s motions as “the animation dance” in 1929. This style was heavily inspired by the films created by Ray Harryhausen, such as “The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad” (1958). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180740-4HCWODKH4U1Z8EBLOQL4/13-Afrohouse.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 13.Afrohouse / Africa AFRO HOUSE is an energetic dance style that originated in Africa. It derives from Kuduro, an Angolan dance style that evolved during a period of war. Besides elements of Kuduro, Afro House has a softer, more cheerful side, inspired by—among other styles— Pantsula, a dance style developed in South Africa and discovered by Angolan youth on their travels. They were the ones who developed the mixed dance style into the form we now know as Afro House. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180832-TKK5CZDNYT5YUDEA14V5/32-Antikristos.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 33.ANTIKRISTOS / Greece / Armenia / Cyprus ANTIKRISTOS is a dance of Greek origin. In the Greek language, it refers to the verb “to be across, opposite, face-to face”. It is also known in Armenia and it has similarities with karsilamas dance. It is danced in couples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180696-RR5U2MK4TYTKZTJY745J/2-Aboriginal+Traditional+Dance.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 2.ABORIGINAL TRADITIONAL DANCE / Australia / Papua New Guinea ABORIGINAL TRADITIONAL DANCE is closely associated with singing songs and used to be experienced as making present the reality of the Dreamtime. Some groups held their dances secret or sacred. Dancing styles varied among hundreds of tribes and were performed with set arm, body, and foot movements with a lot of foot stamping. In some ceremonies, men and women would have separate dance traditions. Serious ritual or sacred dancing was quite distinct from lighthearted camp dancing that men, women, and children could share. While telling a story, dancers would imitate the actions of a particular animal. The best dancers and singers were highly respected. The term corroboree, coming from the people of the Sydney region, commonly refers to all Australian Aboriginal dances. Nowadays, they are also performed for tourists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180725-Z03R4TF4ZXH3QW7UDCUH/9-AEROBIC.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 9.AEROBIC / Global AEROBIC is a form of physical exercise that combines rhythmic aerobic exercise with stretching and strength training routines with the goal of improving all elements of fitness (flexibility, muscular strength, and cardio-vascular fitness). It can be seen as a dance because aerobic practitioners perform various routines, comprising a number of different dance-like exercises, usually to music and mostly in a group setting with an instructor. Although, it can also be done solo and without musical accompaniment. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180854-4637XL0KLW31DAWR9S8R/38-ASHATSHYRTRA++Abkhazia.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 38. ASHATSHYRTRA / Abkhazia ASHATSHYRTRA is a beautiful dance from Abkhazia, performed on the toes. It is of a military nature, reflecting the impact of the victory in the battle, performed by large groups of men each holding a weapon, mainly moving in a circle. It is some sort of theatrical performance that is a reflection of historical events and fighting of Abkhazian soldiers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180850-RAKN3VFO0S41LK5BNGQH/35-ARMENIAN+DANCE.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 37.ARMENIAN DANCE / Armenia ARMENIAN DANCE is considered one of the oldest and most varied in its respective region. There are rock paintings of scenes of country dancing from the fifth to the third millennia BC, found in the higher regions of Armenia, the land of Ararat. These dances were probably accompanied by certain kinds of songs or musical instruments. Old descendants of Armenia mention epic tales that were translated into their songs and dances. Traditional dancing is still quite popular among expatriate Armenians and has also been very successfully exported to international folk dance groups all over the world. Costumes vary depending on religious traditions, family, or other practicalities. The traditional coloring and exquisite beading of the costumes are quite common. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180777-VVM6424GDLSNKFQRKSH0/20-Aku+Shaku.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 21.AKU SHIKA / Ghana / Viral AKU SHIKA is an afro urban dance inspired by the song of Kuami Eugene, Ghanaian afrobeat singer-songwriter. The dance video to this song became a hit and soon it went viral with people all around West Africa going crazy about this new dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180736-NN9FD12LVKOUWNXBIOYS/12-AFRO+DANCE.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 12.AFRO DANCE / Global AFRO DANCE is a mixture of Sub-Saharan African dance moves with contemporary pop, rap and trap movements. It is strongly present in the European countries with many African immigrants, especially France and other French-speaking places, the Netherlands, as well as the UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180717-TDFHLJCBHRVFDY29NA2O/7-ACROBATIC+ROCK.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 7.ACROBATIC ROCK / France ACROBATIC ROCK is a dance based on rock ’n’ roll dance which was brought by the Americans after the Second World War. Further, it added more dynamic movements. In France, Acrobatic Rock first appeared in Lyon in 1960. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180692-LLBO68Z5P22Q1508NXB8/01-Abakua%CC%81.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 1.ABAKUÁ DANCE / Cuba ABAKUÁ DANCE is a dance performed by the Abakuá, an Afro-Cuban men’s initiatory fraternity or secret society originating from fraternal associations in the Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon. Members of this society were known as ñañigos, a word used to describe street dancers. Also called diablitos, they were well known all around Cuba because of their participation in the carnival on the Day of the Three Kings, when they danced on the streets in their ceremonial outfits—a multi colored checkerboard dance costumes with a conical headpiece topped with tassels. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180744-EWI855FGFDPE734XZQN0/14-Agbadza.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 14.Agbadza / Ghana / Togo / Benin AGBADZA is a music and dance that evolved, from the times of war, into a very popular recreational dance. It is originally done by the Ewe people of the Volta Region of Ghana, particularly during the Hogbetsotso Festival, a celebration by the Anlo Ewe people. It is also danced in Togo and Benin. The dance is usually played at funerals, weddings, and parties. Essentially, it is played on any occasion that calls for the Ewe identity emblem, since by other ethnic groups this music is known to be uniquely Ewe. Everyone is welcome to join in the dance. Sometimes it is known as the “chicken dance” because of the bird-like dance moves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180713-KH7RSJ35CDWGJU683C40/6-Acholi+.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 6.Acholi DANCES / Uganda / South Sudan ACHOLI DANCES are traditional dances by the Acholi people from Northern Uganda, such as Larakaraka dance or Bwola dance. Larakaraka is a courtship dance performed during weddings. When the youth in a particular village are ready for marriage, a big ceremony is organized where all potential partners meet. Only the best dancers will get partners, so there is a lot of competition during the dancing. Bwola is one of the most prestigious dances—a royal dance performed for the Acholi king. The men form a large circle and each carries a drum. The movement of their feet matches rhythmically with the beating of the drums. The women dance separately inside the circle without beating drums. The dance has a leader who moves by himself within the circle, setting the time and leading the singing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180764-M1SC40A782OGEAHKNNZ2/18+aissawa+marocco.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 18.AISSAWA / Morocco AISSAWA is a type of mystical and religious brotherhood in Morocco, where music and dance are organized in ritual nights, with participants being often brought to ecstatic trances. Aissawa emanated from Sufism in the region of Meknes. Dances differ from each other in a variety of rhythms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180729-LFJKIEXVUPESPN0IMQ7D/10+AFAR+DANCE.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 10.Afar Dances / Ethiopia AFAR DANCES are performed by the Afar people, an ethnic group inhabiting the Horn of Africa, primarily the Afar Region of Ethiopia and northern Djibouti, although some inhabit also the southern point of Eritrea. Dance plays an important role in the Afar culture and is always present at important celebrations. There are two typical dances: Laale and Keeke. Laale is performed exclusively by men, and Keeke is danced by men and women, for example at marriage ceremonies. The dances are characterized by feet stomps and jumping accompanied by hands clapping. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180882-6IB9EAJ637Y5JK5W8WUK/44+ATTAN+-+Afghanistan.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 44.Attan / Afghanistan ATTAN is a dance that originated in Afghanistan. It began as a folk dance performed by Pashtuns in times of war or during weddings or other celebrations. Now it is considered the national dance of Afghanistan. It is performed typically by the Pashtun in open air by a troupe of 50 to 100 dancers who wave red scarves in the air while musicians beat the drums. To the accompaniment of drums and pipes, the dancers form a circle, taking each other by the hand or preparing to revolve in circles of their own. The dance starts with slow steps that gradually get faster and faster until it seems the performers must drop from exhaustion. However, the dance continues, sometimes for two or three hours with no breaks except for lowering the tempo or changes in the tunes and songs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180877-X3SMWEU59FD3U7YC7PJC/40-ATSIAGBEKOR.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 43.ATSIAGBEKOR / Ghana / Togo / Benin ATSIAGBEKOR is among the oldest traditional dances of the Ewe-speaking people of Southern Ghana, Togo, and Benin. Originally, a war dance performed after the battle when the warriors returned to the village—now performed on many social occasions. One of its outstanding features is the interaction between the master drummer and the dancers. Atsiagbekor songs constitute an important heritage of the Ewe oral tradition. Most of them contain historical references to their chiefs, war leaders, migration stories, as well as the themes relating to the invincibility of the Ewes against their enemies, of their loyalty, bravery, and death. The performance presents scenes of the actual origins of the battles fought as the Ewes trekked through hostile countries in search of peace. And it speaks about the qualities of womanhood, manhood, and human dignity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180709-EXUJ0F53D4YEHBEXKU3V/5-Acharuli.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 5.Acharuli / Georgia ACHARULI got its name from the region of Achara in Georgia. Its colourful costumes and playful mood distinguish it from other Georgian dances. It is especially characterised by graceful, soft, and playful flirtation between the male and female dancers. Unlike in Kartuli, the relationship between men and women in this dance is more informal and lighthearted. Acharuli instills the sense of happiness in both the dancers and the audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180906-D9T4FFT8YEKAB8CPEA7K/46-Ax%C3%A9.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 49.Axé / Brazil AXÉ is a popular music genre that originated in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil in the 1980s, fusing different Afro-Caribbean genres, such as marcha, reggae, and calypso. It includes influences of Brazilian music such as frevo, forró, and carixada. The wordAxé comes from the Yoruba term “às̩e̩” meaning “soul, light, spirit or good vibrations”. It is also present in the Candomblé religion, as “the imagined spiritual power and energy bestowed upon practitioners by the pantheon of orixás”. Samba Axé is the major dance for the Northeast of Brazil during the holiday months. The dance is completely choreographed and the movements tend to mimic the lyrics. It is a very energetic dance that mixes elements of Samba no pé and aerobics and because of the lyrics, which are made for entertainment, the dance generally has some sort of ludic element. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180795-QTZ5GIV9B3K5N7OIOQRM/24-lcatraz.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 25.ALCATRAZ / Peru ALCATRAZ comes from a folkloric celebration. It is danced in the regions of Lima and Ica as a festive erotic dance of loose couples. A man with a lit candle tries to light the “Cucuruchu” while a woman tries to turn it off with her sensual hip movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339180866-YCRRRLW58VZ2TZEHDVJJ/38-As%CC%A7uk+%26+Mas%CC%A7uk.jpg Dance Style - Aa - 41.AŞUK AND MAŞUK / Turkey AŞUK AND MAŞUK is a dance of the Taseli district of Silifke in Turkey and is performed by two male dancers. It tells a story of a couple who loves each other but has obstacles preventing them from getting together. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-ff daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900890-DTX1OCC2H19J09EXMIR0/262-Festival+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 274.Festival Dance / Global FESTIVAL DANCE is hard to follow totally uncontrolled and undefined dance style which is mostly performed to music at dance festivals by people under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901043-M1DCLJ0J104VIWDLK8UL/289-FULA+FARE+Guinea+.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 303.FULA FARE / Guinea FULA FARE is a dance of the Fula (Peul) people of Guinea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901052-LX6XUCPP8SI0FRWQGH6O/291-funan%C3%A1+Cabo+Verde.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 305.funaná / Cabo Verde funaná is a couple dance, with the partners embracing each other with an arm while with the other arm they hold on the hands together. The dance is made through alternated quick and strong inflexions of each knee, marking the beats of the rhythm. In the more rural way of dancing, the bodies are slightly inclined to the front (having shoulder contact), and the feet lift off the ground. In the more urban way of dancing, more stylised, the bodies are more vertical (having chest contact), and the feet drag on the ground. Funaná is also an accordion-based music. The rhythm is usually provided by the ferrinho. The lyrics of the funaná generally talk about everyday situations, mentioning the sorrows and the happiness of quotidian life, but they also talk about social criticism, reflections about life and idyllic situations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901016-Q2ACTRB0JF2F7776XIO6/284-FREESTYLE+Global+.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 298.FREESTYLE / Global FREESTYLE, also called DANCE IMPROVISATION, is a way of a dance style in which the dancers improvise their moves on the spot, as they dance, instead of having them planned beforehand. The improvised movements are facilitated through a variety of creative explorations including body mapping through levels, shape and dynamics schema. Improvisation is a free, seemingly unstructured, less technically strict and impulsive form that draws inspiration from everyday dance practices and influences. It is a movement technique that is capable of evoking dramatic and thought-provoking content just as well as more codified western dance techniques such as ballet and non-western movement forms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901048-25CHAD49J688ILICU9TC/290-FULANI+Burkina+Faso.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 304.FULANI / Burkina Faso FULANI is a dance from Fulani people in Burkina Faso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901055-HX15871WUPTRKD4I400O/292-FUNK+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 306.FUNK / Global FUNK refers to several street dance styles created in California in the 1970s such as roboting, bopping, hitting, locking, busting, popping, electric boogaloo, strutting, sac-ing, and dime-stopping. Out of all of these dances, boogaloo is one of the oldest. Funk used to be danced to funk music rather than hip-hop and was not associated with the other cultural pillars of hip-hop (DJing, graffiti writing, and MCing). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900934-T3XUD4G4UYMJQEXRPF3Y/269-+FIRST+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 281.FIRST DANCE / Global FIRST DANCE is an element in a number of traditions, being an opening of a certain dance function: ball, prom, wedding, etc. First dance of a married couple is a popular element at modern European and American wedding receptions or post-wedding celebrations. The newly married couple, as the guests of honour, open the dancing. The style of the first dance is a personal choice. Some couples opt for a rehearsed or a choreographed dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901010-6EQM1XUERZKV4WFKPMXF/283-FORTNITE+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 297.FORTNITE DANCE / Global FORTNITE DANCE is a dance borrowed from a video game called “Fortnite”. Fortnite dances are themselves born out of viral videos, Vines and GIFs. In the dance the animations are arranged in a shifting storefront that creates an artificial rarity to each move, encouraging players to purchase them during a small window of availability (following victory in battle). Here the symbolic content of each dance is absolute—each is existing in place of its original reference. Players purchase them as both a sign of allegiance to a chosen strand of nostalgia (be that for now defunct Vines or 1990s cult TV) and a signifier of their own pop culture knowledge. During the World Cup 2018, French soccer player Antoine Griezmann used to perform a dance right after he scored. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900938-0ZR5ZJE0R3I4Q99C7KRX/270-+First+nations+Chicken+and+Grass+Dances+Canada.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 282.First nations Chicken and Grass Dances / Canada FIRST NATIONS CHICKEN AND GRASS DANCES are many different forms of dance originating from the Plains Indigenous Peoples of Canada, which are still performed at pow wows today. Chicken Dances are meant to imitate the movements of the prairie chicken, with dancers wearing costumes adorned with feathers. The Grass Dance is performed by a male dancer usually dressed in colorful and elaborate fringed costume. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900997-ZK84NXPN0RVBCEQO8ICT/280-Fon+Thailand.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 294.Fon / Thailand FON is a folk dance from Thailand, performed to local folk music. A variety of Fon dances came into being, featuring music and style of each province. Fon is divided into three types: Fon Lep (fingernail dance)—a northern Thai dance, with each dancer wearing six inch long brass fingernails, accentuating the fingers’ movement, and hair in a chignon-style with a yellow jasmine flower tiara; Fon Tian (candle dance)—a performance always held at night, consisting of eight dancers, each carrying candles, in pairs, one pair on each side, wearing full length sarongs and jackets with a matching shoulder cloth; Fon Ngiew (scarf dance)—a dance performed at happy events, similar to Fon Lep, but faster, with each dancers wearing yellow flower tiara. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900978-UONE00BYH24E5SNJEU0K/277-FLOSS+Global+.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 290.FLOSS / Global / VIRAL FLOSS is a dance move in which a person swings their arms, with clenched fists, from the back to the front of their bodies on each side and does these movements repeatedly. It is said that the dance is harder to perform than it appears. It became viral after the “Saturday Night Live” performance of Katy Perry’s music “Swish Swish”, and has since become a trend among children and teens, and has been performed by celebrities in videos often posted on the Internet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900989-ORKKCQ7UYECC45IOSKNX/278-FOLK+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 292.FOLK DANCE / Global FOLK DANCE is a dance developed as a reflection on the life of people of a certain country or region. Folk dances share some or all of the following attributes: 1. they are usually held at folk dance gatherings or social functions by people with little or no professional training, often to traditional music; 2. they are not generally designed for public performance or the stage, though they may later be arranged and set for stage performances; 3. their execution is dominated by an inherited tradition from various international cultures rather than innovation (though folk traditions change over time); 4. new dancers often learn informally by observing others or receiving help from others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901060-X7LQZQUURTRACJTVI9PW/293-Funk+Carioca+Brazil.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 307.Funk Carioca / Brazil Funk Carioca called also favela funk, and in other parts in the world, baile funk, is a music genre from Rio de Janeiro, derived from Miami bass and gangsta rap music. In Brazil it also to the actual parties or discothèques in which the music is played. Although originated in Rio, funk carioca has become increasingly popular amongst working classes in other parts of Brazil. In the whole country, it is most often simply known as funk, although it is very different musically from what funk means in most other places. Twerking is always associated with this genre. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900900-37FCWK0818NPG3ATLZPA/264-+Fik-Shun+USA.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 276. Fik-Shun / USA FIK-SHUN is an American dancer who combines his martial arts background with the free-flowing style of hip hop to form his own form of dance. His love for performing and competitive nature fuelled him to pursue the career path he wanted, one of a global entertainer. He has wowed the crowds at World of Dance competitions all over the country. In fact, he has two of the top 10 most viewed videos on the World of Dance channel. He was also a “So You Think You Can Dance” Season 10 male winner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900969-Z2KOHRE9LS0BBS7H8A4M/288+FLOATING+USA.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 288.FLOATING / USA FLOATING is a dance that emphasises slick floating movements, giving the impression that the dancer is dancing in the air. There are three basic moves: the float, gliding and sliding. All three moves are focused on creating the illusion that there is no friction between the dancer’s shoes and the floor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900958-FUTMN8368EBFZOOIUCRN/286-FLEXING+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 286. FLEXING / USA / Global FLEXING, also called BONE BREAKING, is a style of street dance from Brooklyn, New York that is characterized by rhythmic contortionist movement combined with waving, tutting, floor moves, and gliding. Flex dancers, referred to as flexers, often perform shirtless and incorporate hat tricks in their performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901006-NK8Q9MO2HSHPEPZ8SJWL/282-Forr%C3%B3+Brazil.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 296.Forró / Brazil FORRÓ is a genre of Brazilian music and dance that originated from Northeastern Brazil. There are three rhythms of forró: “xote” (a slower paced rhythm), “baião” (the original forró) and “arrasta-pé” (the fastest of the three), and many styles of dancing, varying from region to region, and being known by different names according to location. Forró is danced in pairs, usually very close together, with the man’s left hand holding the woman’s right hand, his right arm around her back and her left arm around his neck. Other styles may require to stay partially away, or in a considerable distance, only holding their hands up their shoulders. Influences from Cuban salsa and other Caribbean dances have given mobility to forró. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900993-SSJD63OUO67I90Z6R46T/293+FOLK+DANCING+TRADITION+-+Switzerland.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 293.FOLK DANCING TRADITION / Switzerland FOLK DANCING TRADITION in Switzerland has been primarily taken care of by Trachtenvereine—associations for traditional costumes that aim to preserve traditional folk dancing. In the 162 central Swiss municipalities there are currently 904 such associations. They perform their dances mainly at folk festivals, association celebrations, traditional events and the “Urschweizer Trachtentag”—a folk festival at which people wear traditional costumes. One unique dance form is the traditional Bödälä, in which dancers stamp their feet on the floor in an expressive, rhythmical manner. Created rhythms act as a percussive accompaniment to the traditional folk music, usually performed live. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901021-EFMWSHP0IQBP34K1Y7S2/285-FRENCH+CANCAN+France+.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 299.FRENCH CANCAN / France FRENCH CANCAN is a high-energy, physically demanding dance that became a popular music hall dance in the 1840s, continuing in popularity in French cabaret to this day. Originally danced by both sexes, it is now traditionally associated with a chorus line of female dancers. The main features of the dance are the vigorous manipulation of skirts and petticoats, along with high kicks, splits, and cartwheels. It became the dance from Montmartre and the Moulin Rouge in Paris from the end of the 19th century and it is still very famous today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900984-0UVCACDAQ9U70GZ0044Y/291-FOAM+PARTY+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 291. FOAM PARTY / Global FOAM PARTY is the ultimate social event in which participants dance to music on a dance floor covered in several feet of suds or bubbles dispensed from a foam machine. Foam parties can be dated back to “A Rhapsody in Black and Blue”, a 1932 short film directed by Aubrey Scotto, where Louis Armstrong dances, sings, and plays his trumpet in a large area of soap suds. Modern foam parties were developed in the early 1990s by club promoters in Ibiza, especially at the Amnesia. Generally, machines were large, ceiling mounted foam generators, that created a large volume of foam that fell from the ceiling onto clubbers. As Ibiza foam parties became more popular the craze spread. In 1992, such foam parties were introduced into the UK. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900881-7VYFIEMYPFKKPUO0ZQQ3/260-Fadango+Spain+Portugal+.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 272.FaNdango / Spain / Portugal FANDANGO is a Spanish dance, usually in triple metre, traditionally accompanied by guitars, castanets or hand-clapping. It can both be sung and danced. Its meter is similar to that of the bolero and seguidilla. The earliest fandango melody and its description were found at the beginning of the 18th century. Fandango became fashionable among the aristocracy and was often included in ballets and operas, not only in Spain, but also elsewhere in Europe. Although of Spanish origin, fandango is one of the main folk dances in Portugal. The choreography is quite simple: two male dancers face each other, dancing and tap-dancing one at each time, showing which one has the most lightness. The repertoire of feet changes in the tap-dancing. Fandango can be danced either by male and female dancers, or two males (most frequent) or rarely two females. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901001-Z58L2D2CX642S3NBP2V9/281-Formation+DANCe+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 295.Formation DANCe / Global FORMATION DANCE is a style of ballroom dancing. It is a pattern or shadow team dancing by couples. The choreography may be based on a particular dance or a medley of dances. Formation dancing may be done for exhibition or for competition between teams. It originated in 1932 in London’s Astoria Ballroom. Formation team contests also began in the 1930s in England and spread to many other countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900886-NLWEV7F0LFUWN819C02M/261-FARANDOLE+France.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 273.FARANDOLE / France FARANDOLE is the oldest traditional French dance. It has been practiced in the south of France, in Provence. It is a very simple dance, each dancer has to hold a hand from the dancer next to him, and make a circle. It is a so-called chain dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900896-WR6T1SXI8AFTLX0UG174/263-FEST-NOZ+France.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 275.FEST-NOZ / France FEST-NOZ is a festive gathering based on the collective practice of traditional Breton dances, accompanied by singing or instrumental music. It is an expression of a living and constantly renewed practice of inherited dance repertoires with several hundred variations, and thousands of tunes. About a thousand Fest-Noz gatherings take place every year with participants varying from a hundred to several thousand people, thousands of musicians and singers and tens of thousands of regular dancers. Most dances are practised in a chain or in a circle but there are also dances in pairs and choreographed dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900920-4BFJ3M8JTVE8EF4VCUVJ/267-+FIN+TANGO+Finland.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 279.FIN TANGO / Finland FIN TANGO is a Finnish dance, established variation of the Argentinian tango but with rhythm following the Ballroom tango. It used to be the most popular music for decades in Finland. Its special characteristics include the change of rhythm to during chorus. Central themes of Fin tango lyrics are love, sorrow, nature and the countryside. Many express longing for the old homestead or a distant land of happiness. One of the highlights of Finnish summers is a tango festival, held annually since 1985 in the town of Seinäjoki, which attracts more than 100,000 participants. Fin tango is more related to (slow) foxtrot, but the feel is different—the weight shift happens close to the end of the beat, the pushing foot will accelerate only to pause next to the grounded one before it moves forward to a long step. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901037-NLO6J6I1MEMEYHJVSEKK/288-+Fugdi+India.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 302.Fugdi / India Fugdi is a Goan folk dance performed by the women in the Konkan region of India during Hindu religious festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi and Vrata. The women sing and dance while enacting varied formations - in a circle or in rows. Usually women in the villages dance Fugdi in circles and women in forest settlements formulate rows. The dance starts with an invocation to Hindu Gods. The pace is slow in the beginning, but soon gains speed. No percussion support is provided. At the maximum pace, the dancers match the rhythm by blowing air through the mouth that sounds like “foo", hence the name Fugdi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900943-25EVSVVFP0CLTVOZJ3NW/271-Flamenco+Spain.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 283.Flamenco / Spain FLAMENCO is a highly expressive, Spanish dance. Performed as a solo dance, it is characterised by hand clapping, intricate sweeping arm and body movements and rhythmic percussive footwork. It is usually accompanied by a singer and guitar player. Flamenco comes from Andalusia with the rich cultures of the Sephardic Jews, the Moors and is associated with the Roma people called: Gitanos. Some Flamenco movements resemble those of classical Hindu dance from India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900908-NKTF11VRBYA0PXC5PXED/265-Finger-tutting+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 277.Finger-tutting / Global FINGER-TUTTING is a type of dance that involves intricate movements of the fingers. The word “tutting” describes a street dance style based on angular movements which are supposed to stylise the poses seen on reliefs in the art of ancient Egypt, and refers to King Tutankhamun. A funk dancer named King Boogaloo Tut, aka Mark Benson, and his dance crew Street Scene is credited for inventing the style, which was adopted and popularised by funk dancers in the USA in the 1980s and 90s, especially in New York alongside the blossoming vogue scene. Today it is related mostly to popping (or pop and locking), dubstep, funk, and industrial dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900962-H7PXK4UPKOQLPSKCJC1Q/274-Flirt+dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 287.Flirt dance / Global FLIRT DANCE is a dance with aim to seduce a partner or a larger audience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900929-7PW8R6ZCCATUPR1AU69M/268-Fire+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 280.Fire Dance / Global FIRE DANCE is a group of dance moves that involve the manipulation of fire. Fire performance typically involves equipment or other objects made with one or more wicks which are designed to sustain a large enough flame to create a visual effect. Fire performance includes skills based on juggling, baton twirling, poi spinning, and other forms of object manipulation. It also includes skills such as fire breathing, fire eating, and body burning—so called fakir skills. Fire performance includes fire dancing, done as choreographed routines to music, as freestyle, or performed with vocal interaction with the audience. Some aspects of a fire performance can be found in a wide variety of cultural traditions and rituals around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900949-OC6WC0NFRPDDU31ROKJX/272-+Flashmob+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 284.Flashmob / Global FLASHMOB is a performance often including dance by a group of at least 10 people who assemble suddenly in a public place, perform an unusual and seemingly pointless act for a brief time, then quickly disperse, often for the purposes of entertainment, satire, and artistic expression. Flash mobs are organised via telecommunications, social media, or viral emails. The term, coined in 2003, is generally not applied to events and performances organised for the purposes of politics (such as protests), commercial advertisement, or publicity stunts that involve public relations firms, or paid professionals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900973-SUU8I66641LGV00LZKZ3/276-Floor+Shows+North+Korea.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 289.Floor Shows / North Korea FLOOR SHOWS are a kind of variety shows revolving around pretty women singing, playing instruments and dancing in front of an audience. In Asian countries such as Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and China, the North Korean government has set up restaurants where guests can eat (North) Korean food and enjoy watching women singing and dancing to a mix of traditional and contemporary music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901027-2WIPIUTVNCYJYKS072AB/286-+Free+the+Nipple+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 300.Free the Nipple Dance / Global FREE THE NIPPLE DANCE is a movement where the nipples freely move while dancing. Such dance moves appear among members of The Free the Nipple movement that emerged in 2015 as a light-hearted protest against the inequality of women. This infectious hashtag sparked a hippy revolution: breasts (as well as nipples) are the symbol of equality. Celebrate female sexuality and embrace the nipple! After all, men’s nipples can be seen all around. Hence the slogan, Free the Nipple! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338901032-2XWM9670L3ZZ21X84LJ2/287-FRUG+USA.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 301.FRUG / USA FRUG was a dance craze from the mid-1960s, which included vigorous dance to pop music. It evolved from another dance of the era, Chicken dance, which featured lateral body movements, was used primarily as a change of pace step while doing the Twist. As young dancers grew more tired they would do less work, moving only their hips while standing in place. They then started making up arm movements for the dance, which prompted the birth of the Swim, the Monkey, the Dog, the Watusi, the Mashed Potato, and the Jerk. The Frug is sometimes referred to as the Surf, Big Be a, and the Thunderbird. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900954-BRG1R89EIEX9ZU7A5GTR/273-Flashmob+Bangladesh+Bhutan+Nepal+Tibet.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 285.Flashmob / Bangladesh / Bhutan / Nepal / Tibet FLASHMOB is a name for random acts performed at large public gatherings. Bangla, Tibetan, Bhutanese, and Nepali people have performed dances in flash mobs to gather attention, display traditional costumes, dance skills, for general social mobilisation to minority causes, or to simply have fun. When flash mobs are organised abroad, they frequently have political reasons, as in the case of the Tibetan diaspora. They are opportunities to enjoy community life, celebrate, gather attention to a particular group, or as an instant performance opportunity for students, artists and like-minded. The choice of dance style depends on the motif for the mobilisation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338900915-ZUMF74HYO9MEXCP9DE9R/266-FINNISH+FOLK+DANCES+Finland.jpg Dance Style - Ff - 278.FINNISH FOLK DANCES / Finland FINNISH FOLK DANCES are a popular hobby in Finland. The popularity dates back to the beginning of the 19th century. Dances are separated in western and eastern tradition. There is not much information about the traditional Sami-dances from Lappland. Finnish folk dances are mainly symmetric group dances or couple dances. They are separated into performative and social dances. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-kk daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051428-MZSG5OZ08BBS2MZOOJCW/490-Kumpo+Gambia.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 511.Kumpo / Gambia KUMPO dance originated from the Cassa subgroup of the Jola tribe in Gambia. The Kumpo mask is made of thin dried palm leaves in beige colour and it covers the dancer from head to toe. The other feature of the Kumpo is a stick secured to the performer’s head which he uses to spin almost magically in fast circles, while being accompanied by an ensemble of metal bells, singers and drums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051204-MW6SVL5RPK94IEQICOZO/440-Karsilamas+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 461.Karsilamas / Turkey KARSILAMAS is a folk dance spread all over Northwest Turkey. It is a couple dance that is danced from Persia to Serbia, and also in the Macedonia and Thrace regions of Northern Greece. The term “karşılama” means “encounter, welcoming, greeting”. Figures and steps may vary from region to region but the main theme is two people facing each other, with music rhythmically controlling their next moves. Traditionally people dance the steps learned from their elders. The dance is popular especially at wedding parties and festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051099-OBMB8RPA1RHBCR6YNCKC/418-+Kad+tie+zeni+pr%C5%AB%C5%A1os+g%C4%81j%C4%81+Latvia.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 438.Kad tie zeni prūšos gājā / Latvia KAD TIE ZENI PRŪŠOS GĀJĀ (“When those men to Prussia went”) is a decoratively dramatic Latvian dance, for the middle aged dance groups. The idea is to break with a misunderstood concept of a “wild sea wolf”, when he is away from home. The sailor remains faithful to proven values—his wife. The dance follows folk song lyrics with its inside dramaturgy. It is danced energetically and with humor. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051433-3B8LUD1HWA08WBA2Q1N8/491-Kuna+Dances+Panama.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 512.Kuna DAnces / Panama KUNA DANCES are performed by the Kuna people, an indigenous group of Panama with multiple dances used in their traditional ceremonies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051383-MOS51TCVRYCM2GYTJ6AM/480-Krakowiak+Poland.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 501.Krakowiak / Poland KRAKOWIAK is a fast, syncopated Polish dance in duple time from the region of Kraków and Lesser Poland. It dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries. Later it became a popular ballroom dance in Vienna (“Krakauer”) and Paris (“Cracovienne”). It is a dance for several couples, among whom the leading male dancer from the first pair sings and indicates the steps. As they approach the band, the man taps his heels or dances a few steps. The band follows the melody and the couples move off in file to form a circle (with the leading couple back at the band). Thereafter the couples circulate during the played verses. The three most characteristic steps are: “galop” (fast running forward), “hołubiec” (jump with clicking the heels and stamping), and “krzesany” (sliding motion of the feet with stamping). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051345-GRDBK77VI8PG6QTDUAL3/471-+Kolbast%C4%B1+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 492.Kolbastı / Turkey KOLBASTI is a popular Turkish dance, originally created in the 1930s in the seaport of Trabzon on the Black Sea in the north-eastern Turkey. Its name translates loosely into “caught red-handed by the police”. According to legend, the name comes from night police patrols that were to round up the drunks, who made up a song and its lyrics. In the past few years this dance became very popular both in Trabzon and outside the region. Nowadays it is mostly danced at weddings or by youngsters who like to show off to impress girls. A rise of its popularity outside of Trabzon has led to the belief that Kolbatsi disappeared from the region. But it is still prevalent among the local youth of today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051304-RR7XBCAEWPWP6QPU3V0O/463-+King+kong+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 484.King kong / Uganda KING KONG is a comedy dance by a famous Ugandan comedian called “King Kong”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051221-QZMO29M64FE94XUI16TS/465+KASHIF+Sudan.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 465.Kashif / Sudan KASHIF is a bridal dance from Sudan, performed by the bride at her henna (the ceremony before the wedding) in the presence of only her husband and other women. The dance is characterized by shoulder rolling movements in sync with neck movements. It can have an erotic flavour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051400-SQOK3GDPSPPUMDX3A4AK/484-KUDA+LUMPING+Indonesia.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 505.KUDA LUMPING / Indonesia KUDA LUMPING is a traditional dance from Java, Indonesia. It depicts a group of horsemen who “ride” horses made of woven bamboo and decorated with colourful paints and cloth. The dance portrays troops riding horses, but other performances incorporate trance and magic tricks. When a “possessed” dancer performs in trance, he can show unusual abilities, such as eating glass and resistance to the effects of whipping or hot coals. Although native to Java, Kuda Lumping is also performed by Javanese communities in Suriname, Malaysia and Singapore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051463-H3R4WQPOIOGVKLBG8CVX/497-Kwangwaru+Challenge+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 518.Kwangwaru Challenge / Kenya KWANGWARU is a dance challenge that was taken up by East African women on Instagram. It shows twerking to Harmonize and Diamond Platnumz’s new hit that goes by the same name “Kwangwaru”. In the videos, the women showcase their skills in loose clothing, shaking to the Kwangwaru song. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051226-4T3WWABNVWW96566WY4X/445-KASSA+Guinea.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 466.KASSA / Guinea KASSA is a harvest dance and a rhythm from the Malinke people of Northeastern Guinea. In Malike "kassa" means "granary" and it is the rhythm for farmers. The fields are often far away from the villages, so the farmers live and work in the fields. Drummers play for the workers all day long and some girls sing and clap along. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051327-G60CNOET3ANY204A6YR4/468-Kochari+Armenia+Kurdistan.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 489.Kochari / Armenia / Kurdistan KOCHARI is one of the most popular dances of Armenians and it has been danced for over a thousand years. It is also a dance popular among Azerbaijanis, Assyrians and Kurds. Each region in the Armenian Highlands has its own Kochari, with its unique way of both dancing and music. It is danced in a group by men and women, and it is intended to be intimidating. Dancers form a closed circle, putting their hands on each other’s shoulders. Kochari is known for its tune played on the zurna. More modern forms of Kochari have added a “tremolo step”, which involves shaking the whole body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051282-VAIEUNOJ7UD62616Z82L/458-Kikuyu+Dances+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 479.Kikuyu Dances / Kenya KIKUYU DANCES are dances performed by the Kikuyu people, the biggest ethnic group in Kenya. Music and dance are strong components of Kikuyu culture. Different dances have symbolic meaning like warrior dances, dances of love, etc. Ngucu, Kibaata, Gichukia, Mugoiyo dances are all for young people, while Muthongoci for the older folks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051404-NZ9917A1XCWWEE3ISJWX/485-Kuduro+Angola+Portugal.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 506.Kuduro / Angola / Portugal KUDURO is a type of music and dance that originated in Angola in the 1980s. Initially, producers sampled traditional carnival music from the Caribbean and semba from Angola and laid it around a fast 4/4 beat, similar to the Kizomba rhythm. In times of Angolan civil unrest, Kuduro provided means of coping with hardship and positivity for younger generations. With the strong immigration of Angolans to Portugal, it evolved in Lisbon with elements from Western European electronic music. The name refers to a peculiar movement in which dancers seem to have hard buttocks (“Cu Duro” in Angolan Portuguese). The movements emanate movement/stillness, incoordination, falling, pop, lock, and breakdancing. Kuduro seems to “break down” body parts into isolations, staccato movements, serving as a reflection of and a mixture of abled/ disabled bodies in performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051357-XZE4CHBAOWHEUA0DZG7E/474-KONO+TRIBAL+DANCES+Sierra+Leone.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 495.KONO DANCES / Sierra Leone KONO DANCES are traditional dances performed by the people coming from the Kono district in the Eastern Province of Sierra Leone. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051096-PTZNXZKTWUEH9WX2US7R/417-Kadodi+DANCE+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 437.Kadodi DANCE / Uganda KADODI is a Gisu traditional freestyle dance from Uganda, typically performed at the Gisu male circumcision initiation ceremony, the Imbalu. Its beat sends pulsating waves through all that encounter its rhythm leaving no one the same. The dance is not intimidating and is largely participatory, with the audience free-styling as the beat leads them. In a country where hundreds of cultures abound, Kadodi stands unchallenged and continues to conquer hearts wherever it is introduced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051113-XQFVDRIVG5B0R98BS55X/441+KAIKOTTIKALI+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 441.Kaikottikali / India KAIKOTTIKALI is a South Indian dance from the Hindu communities of the state of Kerala, India. It is performed exclusively by women mainly during the Malayalam festival of Onam and during the Thiruvathira day that usually falls between December and January, or any other festive occasion. The unmarried young girls believe that the Kaikottikali dance will bring them luck in marriage and a happy married life. Kaikottikali dance is believed to have been developed out of the classical Kathakali dance of Kerala. It involves a dance area and in its centre a ceremonial brass light known as the Nilavilakku is placed, over a traditional flower decoration called the Pookalam. Around this centre the women and young girls arrange themselves in concentric circles and start dancing in a circular motion to the beat of their clapping and meter of their singing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051369-94C814XQIAHCA9EFI4WV/498+KOU+KOU+-+Ivory+Coast.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 498.KOU KOU / Ivory Coast / Guinea / Senegal KOO KOO is a dance from the northern Ivory Coast, danced by the Senoufo people. It is normally performed in a circular formation. Depending on the location the dance can be performed fast or slow. The dancing is typically done by women regardless of location. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051386-NBR1P8KHJOVW81KZG2R7/481-KROCHA+Austria.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 502.KROCHA / Austria KROCHA is a style of dancing popular among Austrian young people, who wear baseball caps in neon colours, Palestine scarfs, colourful T-shirts, skinny jeans, and colourful sport sneakers. Their haircut is short in front and long in back, and their skin overly tanned from solarium. Krocha dancing cannot be clearly defined. Krocha fans describe their dance as “krochn”, which is Austrian slang for the breaking sound. Dancers go wild when they hear fast techno, and dance as if they could break their legs, hence they “krochn”. The dance is inspired heavily by the Melbourne shuffle and hardstep, as well as by jump style. Some steps are also taken from Charleston. To keep the dance alive and constantly growing, Krocha videos are shared on YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051390-OAQGS44JGRI1BRCSM1HZ/482-Krumping+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 503.KrumpING / USA / Global KRUMPING is a street dance popularized in the United States, described as Afro-diasporic dance, characterized by free, expressive, exaggerated, and highly energetic movement. The youths who started Krump saw the dance as a way for them to escape gang life and to release anger, aggression, and frustration positively, in a nonviolent way. There are four primary moves in krump: jabs, arm swings, chest pops, and stomps. Krump is rarely choreographed—it is almost entirely freestyle (improvisational) and is danced most frequently in battles or sessions rather than on a stage. It is very aggressive and danced upright to upbeat and fast-paced music. Despite that, krump does not promote aggression or fighting—moves are meant to take up space and challenge other dancers to feed off and return the energy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051188-AFC5VEU82V09MISGH5GZ/436-+KARATE+Japan.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 457.KARATE / Japan KARATE is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom, Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. It developed from the indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts, under the influence of Chinese Kung Fu, particularly Fujian White Crane. It is now predominantly a striking art using punching, kicking, knee strikes, elbow strikes and open-hand techniques such as knife-hands, spear-hands, and palm-heel strikes. Historically, and in some modern styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints, and vital-point strikes are also taught. Nowadays, Karate in Japan exists in two very distinguished practices: one more traditional and the other contemporary, which allows the participants to actually hit and kick the opponents with bare hands and feet. Karate can also be seen as an incredible dance form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051268-5JB8V10J7NKJVTSKM2H2/455-KIGBA+Burkina+Faso.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 476.KIGBA / Burkina Faso KIGBA is a traditional women's dance of the Sanon people in Burkina Faso, performed at various celebrations for example after weddings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051285-SE44G7KV2R1Y39G429QJ/459-Kilalaky+Madagascar+.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 480.Kilalaky / Madagascar KILALAKY is a dance craze sweeping through Madagascar, a frantic 6/8 groove, punctuated by percussive breakdowns, which drives dancers wild. The singers interlock patterns of rhythmic panting that bring dancers to ecstasy. Onstage and in video clips, a line of dancers moves in synchrony, following the exact steps of a leader. It is controlled mayhem, and a rare example of a distinctly Malagasy music and dance genre that feels hip and contemporary enough to appeal across regions and generations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051340-DK6DXR46G4ACCKTGKN6Q/470-Kolattam+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 491.Kolattam / India KOLATTAM, also called a STICK DANCE, is one of the most popular dance narratives in Andhra Pradesh in India.It is a rural art usually performed during village festivals. It is a combination of rhythmic movements, songs and music. The Kolattam group comprises dancers ranging from 8 to 40, grouped in pairs. The sticks provide the main rhythm. The dancers are led by the leader and move around in two circles. The inner circle dancers receive the strikes on their sticks from the dancers in the outer circle that deliver them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051353-XAPMYNSTPROPBZEHP35I/494+KOLO+Serbia.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 494.Kolo / Serbia / Kosovo / Albania / Macedonia / Bosnia / Bulgaria KOLO known also as HORO or ORO is a traditional dance named after the circle formed by the dancers. It is performed amongst groups of people (usually several dozen, at the very least three) holding each other’s hands or having their hands around each other’s waists, ideally in a circle. The basic steps are easy, but experienced dancers dance Kolo with great virtuosity due to different ornamental elements added, such as syncopated steps. Each region has at least one unique style. It may be performed in a closed circle, a single chain or in two parallel lines. Both men and women dance together—some dances require only men to dance and some dances are only for women. Many Kolo variations are usually performed at weddings, social, cultural and religious ceremonies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051169-D4UPEC45KW8O2O7LJQ28/453-KANDYAN+Sri+Lanka.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 453. KANDYAN / Sri Lanka KANDYAN are various dance forms native to the area called Kandy of the central hills region in Sri Lanka, nowadays also widespread to other parts of the country. Kandyan dances were traditionally performed only by male dancers. The technique, partly derived from South India, focuses on dynamism, powerful footwork, leaps and whirls. They have a vast repertoire, partly originating from an ancient indigenous ritual dance. Kandyan dances are now probably the most important cultural export of Sri Lanka. However, the most spectacular performances can still be seen in a religious context, particularly during the annual Kandy Perahera procession in the city of Kandy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051293-2CJBUOI2N1OMTVDX8YAD/461-Kilumi+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 482.Kilumi / Kenya KILUMI is a traditional rain dance in modern Kenya. It is a drum song and dance performed by women from the Kamba community. The dance is composed of two kilumi drums that are accompanied by ululations and singing of the lead singer who is usually backed by two or more other women vocalists. The drummers sing, too. A single session of the Kilumi dance can last about half an hour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051175-JWB18FGD6VMEELZU9FJH/433-Karagattam+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 454.Karagattam / India KARAGATTAM is a Tamil folk dance performed in honor and praise of the rain goddess Mariamman. In this beautiful folk dance, the performers use a water pot, clay or metal pots or other objects, which they balance on their heads. The pots are decorated in various ways and often topped with a moving paper parrot, which rotates as the dancer swings. Traditionally, this dance has two versions: Aatta Karakam symbolizing joy and happiness and performed mainly for entertainment; and Sakthi Karakam performed only in temples as a spiritual offering. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051148-144XPPH9JSBWJBKJQ3YF/429-Kamandi+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 449.Kamandi / India KAMANDI is a popular folk dance belonging to the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is celebrated to commemorate the puranic event when Manmada—the god of love—was burnt to ashes by Lord Shiva in anger. Villagers separate themselves into two parties as Erintha katchi and Eriyatha katchi and a heated debate ensues about the fate of Manmada or Kamadev in this tale from the Purana. Kaman and Rathi, his consort, are the main characters. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051201-GHD96QHKNCO35UGTJYBO/439-Karma+Naach+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 460.Karma Naach / India KARMA NAACH is a tribal dance performed by the Gonds, Binjahal, Kharia, Oraon, Kisan, Kol, Baiga and other tribes annually during the Karma festival. Karma is a famous autumn festival, starting from the 11th day of the bright fortnight of the month of Bhadrab. It is celebrated in the tribal dominant areas of Jharkhand, Western Orissa, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. Karma means “fate”. This dance is performed during the worship of Karma Dev—the god of fate—who is considered by people to be the cause of good and bad fortune. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051259-735GOZT6VO70N3MZ7FU1/453-Khukhuri+Dance+Isla+Malvinas.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 474.Khukhuri Dance / Isla Malvinas KHUKURI DANCE is a dance performed by the Gurkha soldiers on various occasions such as ceremonial parades and cultural shows. The name of the dance derives from the “Khukuri”, a small knife that is a very important part of the Gurkha culture. The dance itself is a combination of patterns of drill, where the dancers demonstrate their skills of handling the Khukuri knife to the beat of the accompanying music. The dance symbolizes courage, strength and victory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051208-MTQK1Q0Z83HYFUZGQA5X/441-+Kartuli+-Georgia.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 462.Kartuli / Georgia KARTULI is a truly romantic dance that reminds of a wedding. It is performed by a dancing couple and incorporates softness and gracefulness of a woman, as well as dignity and love of a man. It shows that even while in love, the man keeps his respect and manners by not touching the woman and by maintaining a certain distance from her. He focuses his eyes on his partner as if she was the only woman in the entire world. He keeps his upper body motionless at all times. The woman keeps her eyes downcast at all times and glides on the rough floor as a swan on the smooth surface of a lake. This utmost skill, necessary to perform Kartuli, has earned the dance a reputation of one of the most difficult dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051272-OPSJQO1ZOB5C4OWK5W62/477++KIKGA+DANCES.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 477.Kikiga DANCES / Uganda KIKIGA DANCES are traditional dances from the Western Uganda, such as Kizino dance, very popular nowadays at happy occasions such as marriage ceremonies, graduations and in churches. It is a very energetic dance with some jumping, first developed as a revenge dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051088-HEZZ5CK4SR2GSGNUPM9W/415-Kaa%CC%82da+Morocco.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 435.Kaâda / Morocco KAÂDA is a Moroccan tap dance, performed mostly, but not exclusively by men, with a band playing music and the dancer tapping a back and forth “conversation” with the musicians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051136-LNQD4BQSNISD11SMPDCC/426-Kali+amman+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 446.Kali amman / India KALI AMMAN is a dance usually performed in different parts of southern India, where a dancer dresses up as Kali, the goddess of destruction, wearing a huge mask and performs at different Kali amman festivals at temples. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051152-2W7Z5AM1VP4TWD2PKH6R/430-Kamba+dance+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 450.Kamba dance / Kenya KAMBA DANCE is undoubtedly the most spectacular manifestation of the traditional Kamba culture from Kenya, performed to throbbing polyrhythmic drum beats. It is characterized by exceptionally acrobatic leaps and somersaults, which flung dancers into the air. The style of playing was similar to that of the equally disappeared traditions of the Embu and Chuka: the drummers would hold the long drums between their legs, and would also dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051416-QQ68QZY93GDTL5Z123YL/487a-+Kukeri+Bulgaria+.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 508.Kukeri / Bulgaria KUKERI are elaborately costumed Bulgarian men and sometimes women who perform traditional rituals intended to scare away evil spirits. Closely related traditions are found throughout the Balkans and Greece (including Romania and the Pontus). The costumes cover most of the body and include decorated wooden masks of animals (sometimes double-faced) and large bells attached to the belt. Around the New Year and before Lent, kukeri walk and dance through villages to scare away evil spirits with their costumes and the sound of their bells. They are also believed to provide a good harvest, health, and happiness to the village during the year. Traditionally, they visit houses at night. After parading around the village they usually gather at the main square to dance wildly and to entertain people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051374-VVSGI095MI3JF8PU9FFY/478-KPANLOGO+Ghana.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 499.KPANLOGO / Ghana KPANLOGO is a recreational dance and music, originating from the 1960s among urban youth in Accra, Ghana. It was first played by the Ga people, one of the ethnic groups in Ghana. It is not only a dance but a way of communicating with the general public. Kpanlogo is often performed low to the ground, with bent knees and bent back, and frequently features sexually suggestive motions. Accounts of police seizing musical instruments and detaining performers in the early days have been documented. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051197-WZHBWFET4ROH78UL3E4Y/438-Karik%C3%A1z%C3%B3+Hungary.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 459.Karikázó / Hungary KARIKÁZÓ is a Hungarian folk dance traditionally performed by women. It is a circle dance in 4/4 time, danced a cappella rather than to any instrumental music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051289-EZRIIQ074RXBUMMWY66E/460-Kilic+Kalkan+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 481.Kilic Kalkan / Turkey KILIC KALKAN is a folk dance performed since the 14th century, which emerged following a battlefield victory. It is performed with symbolic swords and shields and its choreography has emphasised brotherhood and peace for seven centuries. It is one of the rare folk dances in the world performed without being accompanied by music. Unique to Bursa, the former Ottoman capital city, for centuries it has sent a peace message to the world. It is believed that the dance emerged among Ottoman soldiers who waved their swords and shields to celebrate the conquest of Bursa by the Ottoman Empire in 1326. The dance was rearranged and choreographed by physical education teacher Mustafa Tahtakıran in the 1930s, and has been performed with modern stage directions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051103-UONHOY7LP5UMN6PKKG17/439-Kafkas+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 439.Kafkas / Turkey KAFKAS is a dance from the northeastern part of Turkey. It is performed by both men and women. The dance is characterized by speed, agility, and the ability to manoeuvre the body in tune with the increasing speed of the music. It shows societal beliefs and customs, and other aspects of life such as love, peace, honour, jealousy and bravery. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051140-30G1OK7F5SHC98Q14STQ/427-Kalinda+Trinidad+and+Tobago.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 447.Kalinda / Trinidad and Tobago KALINDA is a traditional stick-fighting dance that is practiced during Trinidad carnivals. It originated in the 19th century and involves two dancers who pretend to fight and joust with their sticks. They are accompanied by a drummer and a singer called “chantwell”. The chantwell’s main purpose is to talk trash to the opposing dancer/fighter. Kalinda is also a form of martial arts and is practiced in many countries around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051297-EBLH4ZNRGCK8G06JGLP8/462-KINACHUN+Ghana.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 483.KINACHUN / Ghana KINACHUN is a traditional dance of the Konkomba people, frequently seen in the northern part of Ghana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051423-E7YS20FGDVNCAUW9WLEL/489-Kumbar+Pakistan.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 510.Kumbar / Pakistan KUMBAR is a folk dance performed by the Hazara people from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051365-CDV953BIGK02S707XB2Z/477-Kotokoli+Togo+Ghana+Benin.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 497.Kotokoli DANCES / Togo / Ghana / Benin KOTOKOLI DANCES are traditional dances performed by the Kotokoli people living in the West African countries of Togo, Ghana and Benin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051108-9M7R305PPV5XFYTWHJL7/420-+Kai+Silambu+Attam+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 440.Kai Silambu Attam / India KAI SILAMBU ATTAM is performed in temples of Tamil Nadu in India during the Amman or Navaratri festival. The dancers wear ankle-bells and silambu on their hands, which make noise when shaken. They perform various steps and jumps. The dance praises all female deities, in particular the powerful angry goddess—Kali or Durga. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051217-V5SI6LKSIBXRVL9KEH6O/443-Ka%C5%9F%C4%B1k+Oyunlar%C4%B1+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 464.Kaşık Oyunları / Turkey KAŞIK OYUNLARI is a dance from Southern Anatolia near the Mediterranean and from the Central Anatolian Region in Turkey. It is danced by two or more people facing each other and striking a pair of wooden spoons. Frequently, the songs tell a story of the migratory Turkmen people. The lyrics describe their nomadic journeys, or their daily routines when settled. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051438-6UC5328V6G9SXYHX0D7M/492-Kuravan+Kurathi+Attam+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 513.Kuravan Kurathi Attam / India KURAVAN KURATHI ATTAM is a dance performed by the Kuravar community, a Gypsy tribal group with hunting skills. They are nomads, travelling from place to place, in search of food, a space to set up their tents and opportunities to earn money. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051131-190E4YQSYEJYZ446WV4H/425-Kalbelia+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 445.Kalbelia / India KALBELIA is one of the most sensuous dance forms, performed by a tribe of the same name in Rajasthan, India. The Kalbelias were known in ancient times for their frequent movement from one place to another. Traditionally, they were catching snakes and trading snake venom. Their dance movements and costumes bear a resemblance to that of the serpents. The dancers are women in flowing black skirts—they dance and swirl, imitating the movements of a serpent. The male performers play music. The dancers are tattooed traditionally and wear jewellery and garments richly embroidered with small mirrors and silver thread. As the performance progresses, the rhythm becomes faster and faster and so does the dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051314-MUUBQT3CCNWH24A633P7/465-+Kisoga+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 486.Kisoga DANCE / Uganda KISOGA DANCE is a traditional dance performed by the people from Kisoga town in Uganda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051163-MK6I640NU5VIVT2N7SYP/432-Kanchendzonga+Dance+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 452.Kanchendzonga Dance / India KANCHENDZONGA also called SINGHI CHHAM is a dance form in Sikkim, India, where the dancers perform in costume of the snow lion. It is a dance of the Bhutia people, usually performed during the Panglapsool festival. There may be two to four snow lions during the dance, with each snow lion consisting of two men in a white costume with a bluish mane. The dance is accompanied by a single drummer. It has religious connections as the peaks of Kanchenjunga, which is sacred to the people of Sikkim, are believed to resemble the legendary snow lion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051361-0GEK6UWY10XSCZQ54SO9/476-Kool+Kache+Togo.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 496.Kool Kache / Togo KOOL KACHE also known as COOL-CATCHÉ is an afro urban dance born in Togo, that has created a tremendous buzz over the past few years. The band Toofan introduced the dance which gave a new identity to Togolese music and became a viral dance craze in no time. Inspired by the daily life of young resourceful people of Lomé, Cool-Catché promoted an image of people who keep smiling through it all and who move their bodies to shake off all problems and to enjoy life. It has been danced all over Africa, inspiring other dance genres like Gweta. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051122-HMDRFNXKNNMFWT14KNPW/443+KALANGA+DIHOSANA+Botswana.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 443.Kalanga Dihosana / Botswana KALANGA DIHOSANA is a traditional rain making dance by the Kalanga or Ikalanga people in Botswana, which has been performed for a long time. It involves the invitation of ancestors through a trance to pray for rain. The dancers usually dance in groups and wear black skirts, and long strings of beads in their necks. Dihosana is part of the Kalanga culture and not everyone qualifies to be a Dihosana dancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051442-579WD9I7YCFUVXJSRXNG/514+KURDISH+DANCE+-+Kurdistan+.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 514.Kurdish dance / Kurdistan KURDISH DANCE is a group dance from the Kurdish regions of Iran, Iraq, Syria and Turkey. It is performed in a semicircle by male and female dancers, with their hands tied together and moving from left to right. Rhythmic and elegant movements are called Halparke. Kurds sing and dance at festivals, birthdays, New Years, Newroz, marriage and other ceremonies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051318-BO1IB7NVDW6FC63VEEAW/466-+Kizomba+Angola+Portugal.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 487.KizOmba / Angola / Portugal KIZOMBA is one of the most popular genres of dance and music originating from Angola. With origins in semba, it is a mix of Kilapanda and Angolan Merengue. It was the Kimbundu name for a dance in Angola as early as 1894. It has a romantic flow and is known to be very sensual. It has a slow, insistent, somewhat harsh, yet sensuous rhythm from the electronic percussion. It is danced with a partner, very smoothly and slowly, though not too tightly. Dancers frequently bob up and down, which requires a large degree of flexibility in the knees. It is danced on the tempo, as well as off the beat and only sometimes using syncopation steps. Kizomba is most popular in Angola and also eagerly performed in other Portuguese-speaking African countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051255-XB69TV85YCUB2HN0CKIZ/452-Khon+Laos+Thailand+.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 473.Khon / Laos / Thailand KHON is the most stylised of the dance-dramas in Laos and Thailand, with troupes of male and female dancers in elaborate costumes and masks performing very graceful movements. As a form of Lao classical dance, Khon was originally performed for the royal court and it used to depict scenes from the Para Lak Para Ram, or the Lao Ramayana and the Sadok. Other scenes come from legends, historical epics, stories from local or Hindu mythology, or adaptations of stories from surrounding nations. In Lao Khon each dancer plays a character in the drama, although most of the narration comes from a singing chorus. In Thailand Khon was traditionally performed solely in the royal court by men in masks accompanied by narrators and a traditional piphat ensemble. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051459-80PV5YCTXKI0FFC5PNKK/517+KWAITO+-+South+Africa.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 517.Kwaito / South Africa / Namibia KWAITO is a street style form of self expression, with music reflecting life in the townships, same way hip-hop reflects life in the American ghetto. Born in Johannesburg in the 1990s when certain local artists combined international house sounds with South African music, it is a unique music style, described as a fusion of disco music, hip-hop, R&B, international house music and Ragga, with local African attitude. Vocals are typically shouted over a slow tempo with African percussion. Dance steps offer a window into everyday life of South Africans, building on traditional dance styles from the region. Women dance independently, redefining the gender boundaries for work, ethics and morality. Kwaito is a whole subculture with a swirl of irresistible dance beats that has expanded to the neighbouring countries. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051180-0MWY8OZJJ8AB9NJFQJLB/image-asset.jpeg Dance Style - Kk - 455.Kara Jorga / Kyrgyzstan / Kazakhstan KARA JORGA is a popular rhythmic group dance, resembling the horse gallop, fast, but full of grace and delicacy. A horse plays an important role in the life of nomadic peoples, thus the dance imitates the movements of a man sitting in a saddle. It is danced by both men and women at a fast tempo. Kara Jorga is claimed by both Kazakhs and Kyrgyz, considering it their national dance and believed to have been brought to Kazakhstan by ethnic Kazakh repatriates from China. Some claim that it is foreign to the Kazakhs and in no way refers to their traditions. Regardless, the Kyrgyz have begun to practice this dance and it became iconic. Recently, Kara Jorga has been gaining popularity in other countries. People from China, the U.S., Malaysia, and Europe go crazy for it, performing it in colorful flash mobs and uploading dance videos to YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051144-UJW70AXO7AR2VKYATHME/428-K%C3%A1llai+kett%C5%91s+Hungary.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 448.Kállai kettős / Hungary KÁLLAI KETTŐS, also referred to in English as KÁLLÓ TWO-STEP, is an early vocal composition and a dance by Hungarian composer György Ligeti. It was composed in 1950 and is one of Ligeti’s collections of Hungarian pieces which the composer himself conceived as a whole. This composition was written, when Ligeti was still living in Hungary. He was very interested in adapting and arranging Hungarian traditional music with his own style. During this period, Hungary was going through the repressive Stalinist era. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051184-904K70UPSOGB0OUYKPRP/435-+Karamajongo+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 456.Karamajongo DANCES / Uganda KARAMAJONGO DANCES are dances performed by the Karamajongo people, Nilotic-speaking agro-pastoral herders of the Ateker ethnic group living mainly in the north-east of Uganda, precisely in the Karamoja region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051396-O8J4ZMPOQOO6D0EJOLB3/483-Kudachozhi+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 504.Kudachozhi / India KUDACHOZHI is a part of Chozhikali, the popular folk dance style from Kerala in India. It is performed after the harvest season (Onam season). The dancers are called chozhis and they go visit houses in the village. While performing, the dancers hold a small umbrella made of palm leaf called kuda and a fan called visuri. Thudi, a folk musical instrument, is the main accompaniment to the Kudachozhi dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051453-OYZMCU5GOGGKXLLB9XTH/495-Kushdepdi+Turkmenistan.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 516.Kushdepdi / Turkmenistan KUSHDEPDI, a fast-paced Turkmen dance, has its roots in the ancient Turkmen ritual of dancing around the fire and is often performed during Navruz, the festival celebrated all over Central Asia to welcome the arrival of spring. The dance is performed by men and women together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051234-1UA4CR8V5ZL8R5AL4OHA/447-Kaura+Naach+Nepal.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 468.Kaura Naach / Nepal KAURA NAACH is a traditional Nepali dance mainly popular among the Magars of the Western region. It is accompanied by a Kaura song. It is danced in a line usually by female dancers, whose steps follow the beat of the traditional instruments with accompanying hand gestures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051349-3Z4F0A6MQAAVYPJFSJMC/472-+Kolkali+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 493.Kolkali / India KOLKALI is a 200 year old folk dance style from Kerala, India. The dance performers move in a circle, striking small sticks and keeping rhythm with special steps. The circle expands and contracts as the dance progresses. The accompanying music gradually rises in pitch and the dance reaches its climax. Folk songs and musical instruments like Chenda, Ilathalam, Maddalam and Chengila add zest to the performance. There are two styles of Kolkali: the actual Kolkali and Thekkan Koladi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051379-BH0FKS2FL8EMQAGADMID/479-K-Pop+South+Korea+.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 500.K-Pop / South Korea K-POP is a dance performed to K-Pop music, which is a South Korean Pop. Multiple singers often switch their positions while singing and dancing by making prompt movements in synchrony. The K-Pop choreography often includes the so-called “point dance”—a dance made up of hooking and repetitive movements within the choreography that matches the characteristics of the lyrics of the song. The cultural differences between the old and the young in South Korea are very stark. Young people enjoy K-Pop and express themselves through it. They form dance groups or attend dance classes. Every weekend in the arts college district of Hongdae in Seoul, dozens of dance troupes made of teens and young adults dance for hours in front of their peers, tourists and their screaming fans. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051212-ASOPA4Y6WPGHUDJVEPCW/463+KASEKO+French+Guiana.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 463.KASEKO / French Guiana KASÉKÒ is a name given to the rhythm of the most popular Guyanese drum and to the dance that accompanies it. The Creole term “kasékò” means “to break the body”, and it was used during slavery in French Guiana to indicate a swift dance. The dance consists of making dynamic movements that remind of literally breaking someone’s body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051126-9CUTQRC6BHTNY43PYHP6/444+KALARIPAYATTU+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 444.Kalaripayattu / India KALARIPAYATTU is a martial art and fighting system, which originated as a style in North Kerala in India. The word “kalari” first appears in Tamil Sangam literature. It is considered to be one of the oldest surviving fighting systems still in existence in the world. Although originally practiced in Kerala, it is also practised in the southern parts of Tamil Nadu. It is sometimes performed on a stage as a dance form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051238-Q2LI239Y2NY2U05VOFFS/448-Kawliya+Iraq.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 469.Kawliya / Iraq KAWLIYA is an Iraqi belly dance style, coming from the Khaleegy group of dances. Kawliya is a community in Iraq with Indian origin—its name means “gypsies”. Kawliya dance is famous as different from the other belly dancing styles as it emphasises rhythmic movement of the hair. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051251-0CCAGE2A1MZNCOJMNDP5/451-Khattak+Pakistan+Afghanistan.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 472.Khattak / Pakistan / Afghanistan KHATTAK is a swift martial art and dance, by men from the Khattak tribe of Pashtuns in Pakistan and some eastern parts of Afghanistan, usually performed while carrying a sword and a handkerchief. It used to be performed by the Khattak warriors as a war preparation exercise before going to war. Aside from the Pashtuns classical literature, popular ballads, the Pashtunwali (the common code of social values), and the romantic Zakhmi Dil (Bleeding Heart), the Khattak is part of the tribal collective identity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051247-SKQCMBOFTWQ3SOQZPUVH/450-KETE+Ghana.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 471.KETE / Ghana KETE is a royal court dance-drumming originating from the Akan people of Ghana. The term Kete simultaneously refers to a specific set of instruments, the music played by those instruments, and the dance performed to that music. Originally existing exclusively within the Asante royal court system, it is now performed also at funerals and weddings, as well as royal palace events. Kete dancing demands great skills. It is done in semi-circle, with the dancers organizing their body movements and gestures to the specific rhythms from particular drums. Like most Akan dances, the movements are avenues for communication. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051243-X5M3EGN3T0QH6PUCLFQN/449-KAZANGA+CEREMONY+DANCE+Zambia.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 470.KAZANGA CEREMONY DANCE / Zambia KAZANGA CEREMONY DANCE is a dance held during the ceremony performed by the Nkoya people in Zambia. It is a dance that constitutes the conclusion of female puberty rites. It is performed by a pubescent girl, seconded by a much younger girl, and from a distance vocally supported by an ensemble of girls and women accompanied by several male drummers. The ceremony takes place in Kaoma district. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051156-0PVJKJN9AMYZO01MMU4Y/431-+Kambala+Sudan.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 451.Kambala / Sudan KAMBALA is a dance found in the Nuba Mountains area in South Kordofan State in Sudan. This traditional and ceremonial dance has been passed on from one generation to another. The dancers imitate movements of cows. Kambala is associated with a myth that a farmer in the area of Nuba Mountains heard a mysterious voice calling on him to slaughter a bull and then tie its horns to his head. During the harvest season, people invited by farmers say that they can’t eat from the new harvested crop unless they perform Kambala. Nowadays Kambala is a popular dance—one of the main national dances that are performed on special occasions. It has been performed outside Sudan as well. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051264-PWEKJMDKNMK6DGPDX4P6/454-KIDS+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 475.KIDS DANCE / Global KIDS DANCE is a mostly freestyle dance performed by kids. It can also have a structure as children are very often taught various dance styles while in kindergarten. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051309-X2RAX3POSGQJ4GNQTG1H/464-+Kirang+Sudan+.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 485.Kirang / Sudan KIRANG dance is one of the famous dances of the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, especially among the Ajang people who live along the North line of the Nuba Mountains. The dance is easily recognizable from the stomp of the dancers’ feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051117-GZGTT7BKQKXHLWV13Z8N/422-kaka+DANCE+Sierra+Leone.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 442.kaka DANCE / Sierra Leone KAKA DANCE is a dance of a Kaka devil performed by the Kaka masker who sings in accompaniment to his own dance, which makes it clear that this devil is a dressed up human. Dancing devil ceremonies are very common in Sierra Leone because of the different types of devil beliefs. Some devils are referred to as spirits and some are believed to help for example in times of wars. These types of dances are used to entertain during ceremonies and to educate people about local culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051230-MMWL5I1MDIXN97NCKAOH/446-Kathak+India+.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 467.Kathak / India KATHAK is one of the eight major Indian classical dance forms and is traditionally attributed to the traveling bards of ancient northern India known as Kathakars or storytellers. The term Kathak is derived from the Vedic Sanskrit word “katha” which means “story”, and “kathana” which means “the one who tells a story”, or “one who has to do with stories”. Wandering Kathakars communicated stories from the great epics and ancient mythology through dance, songs and music. Kathak dancers tell various stories through their hand movements and footwork, but most importantly through their facial expressions. Kathak survived as an oral tradition learned and passed from one generation to another. It transitioned, adapted and integrated the tastes of the Mughal courts—ridiculed in the colonial British era, it was reborn as India gained independence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051322-4VBQ9D45X57FLY5Y3Q4Y/467-KNIFE-DANCE+Egypt.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 488.KNIFE-DANCE / Egypt KNIFE-DANCE emerged from the poor areas in Egypt with violence defining identity among people, who had experience with street fights, prison culture and being outlaws, and who used weapons on many occasions, also at weddings for celebration and to exhibit courage and power. Knife dancing is this place where very old traditions of men’s physical culture are passed on the modern generation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051192-LK9KJMP53RN5SFY8V0EY/437-Kari%C4%8Dka+Slovakia+.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 458.Karička / Slovakia KARIČKA is a typical folk dance from Eastern Slovakia, originally performed only by women and girls in a circle, especially during wedding celebrations. The circle represents unity, deep human connection, a sense of friendship and belonging. Karicˇka was reborn in Slovakia a couple of years ago among young people, who try to restore traditions and attempt to gather as many people as possible dancing together in circles in public places. Typical movements for karicˇka dance are steps, crossings and turns. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051334-UHMYJFXDF5O7M5LKXESN/469-+Kochia+Dances+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 490.Kochia Dances / Kenya KOCHIA DANCES are traditional dances performed by the Kochia people from Kenya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051409-D4LFKE1A4G79GLHPKALL/486-Kujawiak+Poland+.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 507.Kujawiak / Poland KUJAWIAK is a Polish folk dance from the region of Kujawy in central Poland. It is one of the five national dances of Poland. The music is in triple meter and fairly slow. The dance usually involves couples walking gracefully in a quarter-note rhythm, on slightly bended knees, with relaxed turns and gently swaying. Originally, it was danced with calm dignity and simplicity, in a smooth flowing manner. The couples were spinning around the circle in a seemingly endless rotation. There were no vigorous stamps and no drastic changes of tempo. This style was passed on from generation to generation. There was no special schooling: children and young people would watch it during parties and festive occasions and then try dancing it on the side. Women-only Kujawiak dances are also performed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051092-S4Y8QM5YJ81IM6PRGFWZ/416-Kacchi+Ghodi+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 436.Kacchi Ghodi / India KACCHI GHODI is an Indian folk dance that originated in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan. It has since been adopted and performed throughout the rest of the country. Dancers wear novelty horse costumes, and participate in mock fights, while a singer narrates folk tales about local bandits. It is commonly performed during wedding ceremonies to welcome and entertain the bridegroom’s party, and during other social events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051419-DZLAADTOAEY3BUMN65R8/509+KULLAWADA+-+Bolivia+-+Peru.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 509.Kullawada / Bolivia KULLAWADA is a traditional dance of the Aymara people, related to the activity of spinners and weavers. It is practiced both in Bolivia and Peru. The dance is usually performed by groups of men and women carrying small spinning wheels and dressed in elaborate and colourful costumes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051447-7KLUOAW7C7B7ID1YEVHU/494-+Kusarigama+Japan.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 515.Kusarigama / Japan KUSARIGAMA also called CHAIN-SICKLE is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle) on a kusarifundo— a type of metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at the end. The kusarigama is said to have developed during the Muromachi period. The art of handling the kusarigama is called kusarigamajutsu and it can be considered as a dance form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339051277-1560PXPJIBUW6H7PEARA/457-Kikli+India.jpg Dance Style - Kk - 478.Kikli / India KIKLI is one of the folk dances of Punjab, India, performed by girls holding hands and twirling each other in circles and balancing their positions. It is generally popular with young girls and performed in pairs. 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it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.universaltongue.com/researchers daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849920-UYPE8GAAWL53AUY8H3T2/Paola+Paleari.jpg Researchers Paola Paleari Italy Reasearched: Denmark and Greenland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849791-XRNKDMMQPHPO7YOTIL8M/Ashiq+Khondker.jpg Researchers Ashiq Jahan Khondker U.S.A/Singapore Researched: Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849947-RS23UOHXFKYUREQM81MB/Vendula+Knopova%CC%81.jpg Researchers Vendula Knopová Czech Republic Researched: Czech Republic and Slovakia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849900-RGJ81WY4X80IZZBEMPIK/Maria+Isabel+Arango.jpg Researchers Maria Isabel Arango Colombia Researched: Colombia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849823-C3X47WU8V5EP9Y6S5X4K/david+kinyanjui.jpg Researchers David Kinyanjui Kenya Researched: Kenya, Sierra Leone, Gabon, Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania and Zimbabwe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849857-C2J9BXH8M4CUJ4NDF6HQ/Harald+Smart.jpg Researchers Harald Smart 1994 Researched: Scotland, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland and Wales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849915-YUPV3F9QS1IW4MT7GTF6/Pablo+Cianca.jpg Researchers Pablo Cianca Costa Rica Researched: Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Jamaica and other Caribbean islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849924-YZID1PGNRXGXSEWG19VQ/Peter+Hubert.jpg Researchers Peter Hübert Germany Researched: Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Mongolia and Tajikistan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849904-1Y435QANI50K7OAVE84V/Miia+Autio.jpg Researchers Miia Autio Finland Researched: Finland, Sweden, Norway and Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849811-ZU5PGRQA6KWJW0BWJHPI/Clarisse+Mekongo.jpg Researchers Clarisse Mekongo aka Kirii’ah Cameroon Researched: Cameroon, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Ghana Uganda, Kenya and Togo https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849768-ARMAZASFOCIS8KI3PYU7/Alba+Zari.jpg Researchers Alba Zari Thailand Researched: Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849840-3BEIL7H9A896YNAI5WF2/Francesca_Seravalle.jpg Researchers Francesca Seravalle Italy Researched: Italy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849875-C5EUPH5NA4VBJVZBIS6F/Keren+Shavit.jpg Researchers Keren Shavit Israel Researched: Israel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849827-2GT4QH33YVJ2GYJPGT37/Duygu+Atceken.jpg Researchers Duygu Atceken Turkey Researched: Turkey and Germany https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849896-LLJ3RPYENFO0815WUHLO/Lihong+Liao.jpg Researchers Liao Lihong China Researched: China and Taiwan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849891-R0V7XX4J0U6R85EL1ZQF/Leo+Caobelli.jpg Researchers Leo Caobelli Brasil Researched: Brasil, Uruguay and Argentina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849807-SGE9DR2WDC4HZCKO110T/Christiaan+Kritzinger.jpg Researchers Christiaan Kritzinger South-Africa Researched: South-Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Swaziland, Madagascar, Namibia, and Botswana https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849969-GRBFU1GX8AKFWNSF34LO/XLE.jpg Researchers XLE.LIFE Global Researched: Bhangra and Punjabi, Indian Classical, Tutting, Theyyam, Ghooma, Reak, X-style, Jumpstyle, Industrial, Dabbing, Dougie, Daggering, Bmore Club, Philly Club, Voguing, both old-school and new-school. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849799-C1A9F1D8CHM8SBYL1SSS/Bob_Civil.jpg Researchers Bob Civil USA Researched: LGBTQ Global https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849866-0TD7UIC43JTL69M11YLY/Kalinca_.jpg Researchers Kalinca Susin Brazil Researched: Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Myanmar and Bangladesh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849955-LI8MTJTR9ADH1F1OUQ6V/Voin+Voineg.jpg Researchers Voin de Voin Bulgaria Researched: Bulgaria https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849943-70P2DMIN4ZYHYFVG2B05/Ula+Kahul.jpg Researchers Ula Kahul Poland Researched: Poland + AfroBeats https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849950-FUNUFCLUXW67B9VMCGPJ/Victoire+Eouzan.jpg Researchers Victoire Eouzan France Researched: France, Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guinée, Réunion Island, Wallis & Futuna, Tahiti, French Polynésie and French Métropolitain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849803-1GH9WKY0Y7GYBGVWLV4W/Chikara+Umihara.jpg Researchers Chikara Umihara Japan Researched: Japan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849883-M6RPHYF2B87C90RLHLAG/Ksenia+Kirsta.jpg Researchers Ksenia Kirsta Russia/Mexico Researched: Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Cabo Verde, Guinea- Bissau, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Equatorial Guinea and Senegal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849935-2CL697JRDIJ4IT6F5L1C/saman+p.jpg Researchers Saman P. Iran Researched: Iran https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849907-AWXK28P532EY54DFW7XP/Moana+J.+Packo.jpg Researchers Moana J. Packo Hawai'i, USA Researched: Hawai'i, Indonesia, Philippines and Canada https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849831-RDRC904VX75X5NK5U7F3/Dz%CC%8Cejlana+Prus%CC%8Cevic%CC%81+%26+Miona+Bogovic%CC%81.jpg Researchers Džejlana Prušević & Miona Bogović Serbia & West Germany Researched together: Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia (Republic of North Macedonia), Montenegro and Slovenia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849764-N5NQOHK21E3VREV983A9/Abhinaya+Penneswaran.jpg Researchers Abhinaya Penneswaran India Researched: India and Pakistan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849847-BPXRIE2PVHSITS5L0O30/image-asset.jpeg Researchers Gina Maree DeNaia USA Researched: North and South Korea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849939-DMITI7ID4J0ZR399FYVZ/Samara+Mitri.jpg Researchers Samara Mitri Mexico Researched: Mexico and Palestina https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849787-E0O2WL0VMRDKOCZ7AFFF/Anouk+Kruithof.jpg Researchers Anouk Kruithof The Netherlands Researched: Musical Chairs, Free the Nipple Dance, Zangbeto Voodoo, Clown dancing, Subway Dancing, Fire Dancing, Virtual Dances, Religious Dance, Spiritual and Possessed Dancing, Human Robot-ing, Robots dancing, GIF dance, #crazydance, Fortnite Dancing, Air Dancers, Zombie Dance, Flashmobs, Gabber, Hardcore, Hardstyle, Jumpstyle VS. Poppin, Shuffle, Stick-Broom-Stelt Dancing, Zombie dance, Umbrella dance, Synchronized Dancing, Senile & Infantile Dancing, Dance Phenomina, Barbiedance, Dancing under the influence of drugs&alcohol and many more. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849815-36DVW03AJ41TSZG1WI5E/Daleen+Bloemers+%26+Selma+Hengeveld.jpg Researchers Daleen Bloemers & Selma Hengeveld The Netherlands Researched together The Netherlands, Surinam, Aruba, Bonaire, and Curacao https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849911-SAKNQD1S2IESYLDJ5KIB/Nina+Suramelashvilina.jpg Researchers Nina Suramelashvili Georgia Researched: Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849835-8HV6XTWMW9F0LJR5FHTO/Faouzia+Haidara.jpg Researchers Faouzia Haidara Côte d’Ivoire Researched: Sudan, South Sudan, Ethiopia, Guinea and Mali. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849870-2CWOLLRMK4G7RX8R3OZM/Keazia+King+.jpg Researchers Keazia King South Africa Researched: Eritrea, Somalia, Tunisia, Libya, Algeria, Gambia, Nigeria, Togo, Congo and Niger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849888-LUBTO8CDO9Z5OA1EEC5C/Laetitia+Jeurissen.jpg Researchers Laetitia Jeurissen Belgium Researched: Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Luxemburg, Angola, Sao Tome y Principe Diverse Dance-styles: Mexican quinceañeras, school performances, pole dancing, wheelchair dancing, mascot dancing, wedding dancing and viral dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849819-3G2DFUUM8AE05OJP6871/Darcy+Moore.jpg Researchers Darcy Moore Australia Researched: Australia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and The Philippines https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849776-0V7X5U25SS283S9RYAQQ/Alejandra+Huerta.jpg Researchers Alejandra Huerta Ramos Chile Researched: Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru, Islas Maldivas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849843-NEM1WE6QIOWT0PQ3J8TH/F.L.O.A.T.jpg Researchers Ginta Vasermane Latvia Researched: Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849879-OGYYASOETJQG9LNVRSDO/Kolbrun+Lilja+Torfadottir.jpg Researchers Kolbrún Lilja Torfadóttir Iceland Researched: Iceland https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849795-3NMM2RYA0LQ7JUD9GQF7/Assem+Hendawi.jpg Researchers Assem A. Hendawi Egypt Researched: Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Jordanian, Kuwait, Lebanon and Beirut https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849772-9B20737ZX7TLBOZ2SJPE/Albert_Allgaier.jpg Researchers Albert Allgaier Austria Researched: Austria, Switzerland Dance-styles: Wiener Walzer, Schuhplattler, Krocha, Gangster Walk, Finger Dance, Radetzkymarsch, Lindy Hop, Fortnite, DanceDanceRevolution, Japanese Rockabilly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849964-15TCDUQEK1TV6WLWLNQ1/Walter+Shintani.jpg Researchers Walter Shintani Brazil Researched: Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Dubai, Oman, Qatar and Arab Emirates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849862-M64PXOWYHWYLO2UPYGV6/jihad+yagoubi.jpg Researchers Jihad Yagoubi Morocco Researched: Morocco https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849780-R69SMP5HW5LUOH5YSZ9K/Alexandra+Koumantaki.jpg Researchers Alexandra Koumantaki Greece Researched: Greece and Cyprus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849783-WBAH37BIU8TVR74Q477B/Aniko+Antalfi.jpg Researchers Anikó Antalfi Transylvania, Hungary Researched: Hungary and Romania https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849852-CQV73L6DNITD6GDHL5CV/Guergana+Tzatchkova.jpg Researchers Guergana Tzatchkova Cuba Researched together with Anouk Kruithof: Cuba https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849928-KEMMF5LQAH91LK1MNM1Y/Priscila+Gomez.jpg Researchers Priscila Gómez Costa Rica Researched: Guyana, Trinidad Tobago, Venezuela, Ecuador and Paraguay https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338849932-ND05KUUHSZ8UQ0WDQ73C/Resi+Bender.jpg Researchers Resi Bender Germany Researched: USA https://www.universaltongue.com/video daily 0.75 2024-08-23 https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-uu daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339032802-GWX7VJI38FXK1N4HUPFN/933+USSUA+Africa.jpg Dance Style - Uu - 933.Ussua / Africa ÚSSUA is a traditional dance and rhythm from São Tomé and Príncipe. It is a dance of Portugese origin, which was later adapted by the San Tomean people. Considered a ballroom dance, it is extremely formal, reflected both in the dancers’ costumes and in the steps and gestures that are full of bows. It is performed through rhythmic movements and pleasant rhythms, through an interplay between men and women to the sound of a horn made of wood or animal horns. Today it is danced at various events and performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339032807-B6ROTWXZ2QCA1NPVES4Y/899-%C3%9Cveges+Hungary.jpg Dance Style - Uu - 934.Üveges / Hungary ÜVEGES is a traditional Hungarian bottle dance. Especially at weddings, it is often performed by the cooks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339032791-1LMRY183QTQTMEY6FCWY/896-UNDEFINED+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Uu - 931.UNDEFINED DANCE / Global UNDEFINED DANCE is a non-specific dance, usually a mash-up of various dance styles and self-invented improvisation based dance movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339032816-SR9FNZH1E64TB74DT5EG/901-Uz%CC%8Cgave%CC%87ne%CC%87s-Lithuania.jpg Dance Style - Uu - 936.Užgavėnės danceS / Lithuania UŽGAVĖNĖS DANCES are dances performed during the Lithuanian festival called Užgave˙ne˙s that takes place during the seventh week before Easter (Ash Wednesday). Its name means “the time before Lent”. The celebration corresponds with Roman Catholic holiday traditions in other parts of the world, such as Mardi Gras, Shrove Tuesday and Carnaval. Užgave˙ne˙s begins on the night before Ash Wednesday, when an effigy of winter is burnt. A major element of the holiday, meant to symbolize the defeat of winter in the Northern Hemisphere, is a staged battle between “Lašininis” personifying winter and “Kanapinis” personifying spring. Devils, witches, goats, the grim reaper, and other joyful and frightening characters appear in costumes during the celebrations. The participants and masqueraders dance and eat pancakes, the traditional dish of the holiday. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339032785-X7OJVG37ZSWJ4B6T7VKP/895-Umxhentso+South+Africa+.jpg Dance Style - Uu - 930.Umxhentso / South Africa UMXHENTSO is a traditional dance of the Xhosa people in South Africa. It is performed mostly by traditional healers, who wear beaded clothes during the performance and usually paint themselves beforehand. Umxhentso has always been a source of pride to the Xhosas as they use this type of dancing in their celebrations. There are different types of Umxhentso: Umngqungqo—a highly dignified dance, slow, and accompanied by low-pitched music and clapping, performed by old women in ritual ceremonies; Umdudo—performed in weddings, often accompanied by umbolorho; Ukuxhentsa— performed by Sangoma healers during their ceremonies, and by young girls during festivals and traditional ceremonies; Umguyo—performed by young boys before they depart for their initiation, danced as a symbol of transition from boyhood to manhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339032797-AWFZ3I4BW4UEL7CG9AJ7/897-Urban+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Uu - 932.Urban Dance / Global URBAN DANCE is a style of dance, community, and lifestyle revolving around choreographed pieces and performances by a dancer or groups of dancers. Choreography is influenced by several different dance styles, but is ultimately based on the choreographer’s own interpretation of the music. A big part of the modern Urban Dance culture stemmed from collegiate dance teams and competitions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339032812-7QH4T36XZJ8CI8TM5SHC/900-UZBEK-Uzbekistan.png Dance Style - Uu - 935.UZBEK DANCE / Uzbekistan UZBEK DANCE is an umbrella term for dances originating from Uzbekistan. Uzbek dancing is very expressive and involves complicated hand gestures and animated facial expressions. It has a one-of-a-kind repertoire of movements, each with its own special meaning. There are three main schools of classic traditional Uzbek dance: Fergana—characterized by smooth movements, light sliding steps and expressiveness of gestures; Bukhara— involving sharp gestures, fast spins, backbends, and quick drops to the floor; and Khorezm—characterized by original and distinctive motions. Uzbek dancing traditions include also various folk dances from different regions in the country performed on weddings and family holidays, rural and urban events. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339032781-4DL1144YSR5L2K92MM4S/894-Umhlanga+reed+dance+Swaziland.jpg Dance Style - Uu - 929.Umhlanga reed dance / Swaziland UMHLANGA REED DANCE is an annual eight-day event in Swaziland. Tens of thousands of unmarried and childless Swazi girls and women travel from the various chiefdoms to the Ludzidzini Royal Village. The maidens gather reeds from selected areas to honour the Queen Mother. It is from this custom that the ceremony derived its name. The maidens dress in short beaded skirts, colourful sashes, ankles, and bracelets. The royal princesses wear red feathers in their hair and lead the maidens to perform traditional dances before their Majesties, i.e. the climax of the event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339032777-VSHV4HOAFS1X435ZWAZ2/893-+Ula-Ula+Tahiti.jpg Dance Style - Uu - 928.Ula-Ula / Tahiti ULA-ULA is a dance from Tahiti. Couples dance separated from each other to the rhythm of the lively corrido, undulating their hips softly from side to side, and resting their feet alternatively on the heel and the tip of the toes. The women make graceful arm movements, waving them from one side to the other in a very harmonious manner, and imitating the act of combing their hair with one hand and looking themselves in an invisible mirror with the other. All of this is executed with a suggestive and captivating feminine grace. The dancing is usually alternated with figures where the dancers bend their legs until the heels almost touch their backside in a crouching position, and then rise again, constantly moving in a rhythmical manner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339032772-050KFM59YX9TA0INBBAL/892-+Ugr%C3%B3s+Hungary.jpg Dance Style - Uu - 927.Ugrós / Hungary UGRÓS is an athletic Hungarian jumping dance for couples in 2/4 meter with an off-beat accent similar to polkas or hasaposerviko. Its origins lie in weapon dances from the Middle Ages. Dunántúli Ugrós is a couple folk dance from Transdanubia (Dunántúl in Hungarian), the western part of Hungary. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-rr daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200699-6NDN29QLKF16P2987KXS/700-RAVE+England+Global.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 727.RAVE / ACID HOUSE / England / Global RAVE, also called ACID HOUSE, is a set of dances developed in the late 1980s and early 1990s, when news media and tabloids devoted an increasing amount of coverage to the hedonistic acid house/rave scene, focusing on its association with psychedelics and club drugs. After the emergence of the Acid House parties in the late 1980s up to 4,000 people were known to attend a rave. These events happened almost every weekend. Raving in itself became a symbol of free dance, whereby the movements have not been predefined and the dance has been performed randomly. Rave dancers take immediate inspiration from the music, their mood and watching other people dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200770-X67Q6ZBJT24IM2D4NZJ8/716-+Ritual+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 743.Ritual Dance / Global RITUAL DANCE is performed in religious or shamanic rituals, for example a rain dance performed in times of drought. Shamans dancing for rain were mentioned in ancient Chinese texts. Ritual dance was also an important aspect of some religious rites in ancient Egypt, and similarly dance has been integral to many ceremonies and rites among African people. It may also be performed in temples and during religious festivals, for example the Rasa ritual dances of India (a number of Indian classical dances may have their origin in ritual dances), and the Cham dances of Tibet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200740-RR0YY61WFAUV8I4YQZ7J/710-+REINLENDER+Norway+.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 737.REINLENDER / Norway REINLENDER is a Norwegian form of the schottische dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200796-6SJ9ZVJ848KVFOFUIWQH/721-+Robam+Trot+Cambodia.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 748.Robam Trot / Cambodia ROBAM TROT is a popular Khmer folk dance presently performed during the Khmer New Year. If the Chinese have Dragon Dance, Cambodians have Robam Trot to ward off bad luck from the previous year and celebrate the coming of the New Year. The term “trot” comes from Sanskrit, which means “to end”, as is the case with ending the previous year. It represents a tale of a hunter and a deer, with also other characters such as oxen, giant, peacock and witch. It is performed to ward off evil and bad luck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200759-IZKDW4QNJLY7MJM8WYZF/714-RIGAUDON+France.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 741.RIGAUDON / France RIGAUDON is a French baroque dance born in the South of France, in Provence. It has a lively duple metre and music similar to that of a bourrée, but it is rhythmically simpler and with regular phrases. It became popular as a court dance during the reign of Louis XIV. Its hopping steps were adopted by the skilful dancers of the French and English courts, where it remained fashionable through the 18th century, but then it gave way in popularity as a ballroom dance. Back in the days, it used to be also very famous in Quebec. And at the end of the 19th century it became outdated and old fashioned. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200827-WPWCQ3G0CX6301WBXJC1/image-asset.jpeg Dance Style - Rr - 755. ROLLER SKATE DANCING / Global ROLLER SKATE DANCING is a dance style where dancers wearing roller skates (traditional quad or inline) perform dance routines either solo or in pairs, or even in groups. A roller disco is a discothèque or skating rink where all the dancers wear roller skates. The music played is modern and easily danceable, historically disco but in modern times including almost any form of dance, pop or rock music. Roller skate dancing can be also performed as a part of the sport discipline called artistic roller skating, similar to figure skating, within three major subdisciplines: compulsory dance, original dance, and free dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200847-SP20DDTWY6BORXNYWAQC/732-Rueda+de+Casino+Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 760.Rueda de Casino / Cuba RUEDA DE CASINO is a particular type of Salsa round dance. The origins of the name Casino are the “casinos deportivos”, the dance halls where a lot of social dancing was done among the affluent, white Cubans during the mid-20th century and onward. Casino danced with multiple partners in a circular fashion emerged in 1956 under the name “Rueda del Casino”, and has become a popular dance throughout the world. Pairs of dancers form a circle, with dance moves called out by one person, a caller. Many moves have hand signs to complement the calls, useful in noisy venues. Most moves involve the swapping of partners, where the partners move around the circle to the next partner. The combination of elaborate dance figures and constant movement of partners create a visually spectacular effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200764-069N51S0TGBR0EQ7J4J0/715-Rigsar+Bhutan.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 742.Rigsar / Bhutan RIGSAR is a music genre, the dominant popular music and dance in contemporary Bhutan. A common feature of Bhutanese television and film, the Rigsar dances are a fast version of traditional dances, in a fusion style that draws from Indian and Nepalese movies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200831-N7TQFR4G52VLK8VZGHMP/728-+Rota%2C+meiti%C5%86%2C+ugu%C5%86a+plostu+Latvia.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 756.Rota, meitiņ, uguņa plostu / Latvia ROTA, MEITIŅ, UGUŅA PLOSTU (“Decorate, daughter, the flame ramp “) is an ornamental dance from Latvia for middle-aged dance groups. The dance choreography is designed in accordance with the Latvian folk music. It uses the basic dance moves of the Latvian dance and some original step combinations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200684-84URONM7Y87KHB2TL6ZO/697a-Ramwong++Thailand.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 724.Ramwong / Thailand RAMWONG is a partner folk-dance from Thailand, also performed in Cambodia and Laos. It is a slow round dance with continuous circular movements. It incorporates graceful hand movements and simple footwork. Both men and women dance in the same circle. The basic step involves two couples folding their palms, with their fingers at right angles to their wrists, and bringing the hands up from behind the body to front of the face, straightening and bending the fingers to the music. Hands move in opposite directions and legs move to the rhythm and in the opposite direction of the partner. Dancers continue in a circle, keeping up with the beat of the drum. Often a decorated pole or a vase of flowers is used to mark the center of the circle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200720-4OTR47R4ADBAX4YJBDQR/732+REEL+Scotland.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 732.Reel / Scotland REEL is a Scottish folk dance as well as the accompanying music. The earliest reference was in a witchcraft trial of 1590, where the accused was reported to have danced reels. However, the dance style may go back to the Middle Ages. In Scottish country dancing, the reel is one of the four traditional dances, the others being the jig, the strathspey and the waltz, and it is also the name of a dance figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200804-F1EU5KD9UU8JH5JO5PBE/723-+ROBOT+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 750.ROBOT DANCE / Global ROBOT DANCE also called ROBOT AND MANNEQUIN is an illusionary street dance style—often confused with popping—that attempts to imitate a dancing robot or mannequin. Roboting gained fame after Michael Jackson used the dance when he performed “Dancing Machine” with his brothers, and later performed the dance during his solo career in songs such as “Smooth Criminal”. It was created in 1967. Despite the dance’s appearance in the 1960s, the robot goes back to the 1920s, when it was used theatrically in miming. Movements of the robot are usually started and finished with a very abrupt stop, to give the impression of motors starting and stopping, but poppers have also been known to do the robot with a pop to the beat. As long as the illusion of being a robot is maintained, it is considered the robot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200774-MZJ2OF9LY79MC2C5DMOA/717-+RITUALISTIC+DANCE+Egypt.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 744.RITUALISTIC DANCE / Egypt RITUALISTIC DANCE from Egypt is a dance not necessarily religious, but mostly with a religious aspect. It can also be related to specific customs and norms of particular social groups and the way in which they mourn the death or celebrate weddings, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200812-3TWO7K8W08T4M0B2LIIV/725-ROCK+%E2%80%99N%E2%80%99+ROLL+USA.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 752.ROCK ’N’ ROLL / USA ROCK ’N’ ROLL is an acrobatic dance, a very athletic, competitive form of partner dance that originated from Lindy Hop. It is a choreographed dance designed for performance, danced by both couples and groups, either all-female or four to eight couples together. It is a very fast and physically demanding dance. The most obvious features are the kicks and other acrobatic elements such as lifts, jumps, throws and flips. Today’s rock ’n’ roll is a show and competition dance. It is danced in pairs or in formation and can even be danced with one male and two females simultaneously which is called “triples”. Over the years rock ’n’ roll dancing has experienced several important changes: the former 6-basic step was converted into the modern tournament’s 9-basic step. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200851-9KLZ56GHOLC2QY8K0J44/733-Rugova+Kosovo+Albania+Montenegro.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 761.Rugova / Kosovo / Albania / Montenegro RUGOVA also called THE WARRIOR DANCE OF RUGOVO is a traditional sword dance named after the Rugova Canyon in Kosovo. It is a “maiden’s dance”, with two male dancers fighting a mock battle for the hand of a girl. Kosovo Albanian Rugova clans made it famous. It has been unreliably claimed that the dance was a historical “warrior training of the guard of the Monastery of Pec´”. The dance can also be found in mountainous Montenegro and it was performed by the Yugoslav folk dancing ensemble, and in 1982 it gained wide popularity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200787-SFTN393OW593JPCO7XXW/720-Robam+Neary+CheA+Chuor+Cambodia.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 747.Robam Neary CheA Chuor / Cambodia ROBAM NEARY CHEA CHUOR is a traditional Khmer dance of young Cambodian women wearing colorful and elegant costumes. The dance reminds the Khmer people of the rich culture that has been nourished through generations, and it is well known among the neighboring countries of South-East Asia. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200745-YMJNNMB5TGOSHV22NEQM/711-Religious+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 738.Religious Dance / Global RELIGIOUS DANCE is a dance that is part of religious celebrations or rituals. Dance is present in mythology and religion globally, and it has certainly been an important part of ceremony, rituals, celebrations and entertainment since before the birth of the earliest human civilizations. Archeology delivers traces of dance from prehistoric times such as the 5,000-year-old Bhimbetka rock shelters paintings in India and Egyptian tomb paintings depicting dancing figures from c. 3300 BC. One of the earliest structured uses of dances may have been in the performance and in the telling of myths and expressing religious beliefs. Before the production of written languages, dance was one of the methods of passing these stories down from generation to generation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200675-FWFQW6I5FRGUNQZ43IJJ/722+RAJDHAR+Guyana.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 722.RAJDHAR / Guyana RAJDHAR is a dance style developed in Guyana incorporating kathak, nagara, and bhojpuri styles to Tan Sangeet music. Intricate foot works, storytelling, and subtle hip movements are the essence of this dying art form. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200689-PDJCO8KY0HQBMSUQ8TEE/698-Rathwa+ni+Gher+India.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 725.Rathwa ni Gher / India RATHWA NI GHER is a dance performed on the occasion of Holi (festival of colors) by the Rathwas, who dwell in Rath-Vistar, the hilly area of the southeastern part of Gujarat, India. The Gher (dance with music) performances begin on Dhulendi, which is “the day of flying colored dust”. This is the day when people smear each other with color powder. The festivities last for five days during which the Rathwas fast and abstain from sleeping, doing laundry and bathing. Both men and women perform Rathwa ni Gher together, in groups of 20 to 25 dancers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200808-QO6IMIBMU1N6TXAA8DHS/724-ROCKABILLY+Global.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 751.ROCKABILLY / Global ROCKABILLY is a dance based on rock ’n’ roll. It was born when Elvis Presley became famous during the 1950s. Ten years later rockabilly dance became very trendy and practiced globally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200870-ZK71SG916RRRKUB2BIQI/737-+Russian+folk+dance+Russia.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 765.Russian folk dance / Russia RUSSIAN FOLK DANCE has been an important part of Russian culture and it has its origins in various groups, including those with Slavonian and Tatar origins. Some of the first Russian folk dances appeared around the 10th century when the Slavic tribes moved into Russia. With Russia witnessing various invasions, in turn, a cultural mix of dances helped to develop Russian folk dance styles. Many of these early dances were performed and practiced by the lower classes. Typically the upper classes would watch performers rather than participate in the dances themselves. Women dancers used to wear holiday headdresses, embroidered shirts, belts and ornamented aprons, while men wore shirts, a belt, narrow pants and high boots. The red color was incorporated into many costumes as it is associated with beauty in the Russian tradition. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200783-IMADULK0ITDOVMVHT0AH/719-Robam+Kom+Araek+Cambodia+.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 746.Robam Kom Araek / Cambodia ROBAM KOM ARAEK is a dance from Cambodia mainly using two or three bamboo poles which hit every second. It is reported that the dance came from Kuy people but it is more believed that it was born in the Philippines during the reign of King Norodom (1834-1904) when he was traveling there. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200843-A4A915F2HUZFVFK1CIYY/759++RUCHIGA+-+Kenya+-+Uganda+.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 759. RUCHIGA / Kenya / Uganda RUCHIGA is a term describing traditional dances from the Ruchiga region in Uganda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200874-NCLSQK9XC0ZHISI3LWFF/766+RUSSIAN+QUEER+DANCE+-+Russia.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 766.RUSSIAN QUEER DANCE / Russia RUSSIAN QUEER DANCE is a dance video recorded by young cadets from aviation school from the city of Ulianovsk in Russia in 2018, who made a tribute video for Benny Benassis’ “Satisfaction”. They dressed queer and did a funny homoerotic dance. With homophobic Russian government, it led to a real scandal around them with even a state procurator being involved, accusing them of offending morality and with the head of their school wanting to dismiss them. To support them and to show solidarity many other students and all different professional and age groups from different Russian cities, such as nurses or even pensioners made their own version of the video to protest against the government. The videos went viral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200816-ONC1PUWUB889AGURQGYO/726-Rodat+Malaysia.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 753.Rodat / Malaysia RODAT is a Malay folk dance believed to have originated from the Middle East and brought to Terengganu by the Achehnese traders at the beginning of the 19th century. Until the 1900s, it was performed in all males groups with the original style of singing Zikir with rebana accompaniment to celebrate Muhammad’s birthday and Malay weddings. By 1930, the dancing was included, performed by transvestite dancers which were later replaced by women dancers after World War II. With the addition of dancing and singing of popular Malay and Hindustani tunes and female dancers, it became popular at secular events such as the harvest celebration or Malaysian National Day. The performance involves the singing of 8 to 12 verses from the Kitab Zikir, in responsorial style between the male and female groups, accompanied by the rhythmic patterns of the Rebana drum. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200822-AOPG02K5J495M1JN2R73/727-Rokba+Morocco.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 754.Rokba / Morocco ROKBA is an old folk dance that originated from Wahat Zagoura in the south of Morocco. It is a collective dance consisting of movements and lyrical poems. It is performed by men and women or sometimes by men alone. It is often performed at weddings and local festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200735-IN5XPB9O3QN1AWAGVSPX/736+REGGAETON+Global.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 736.REGGAETON / Global REGGAETON, known in the US as daggering, grinding or juking, is a dance that emerged during the early 1990s in Puerto Rico. It is influenced by hip hop and Latin American and Caribbean music. Vocals include rapping and singing, typically in Spanish. It focuses on grinding, with one partner facing the back of the other (usually male behind female)—“back-to-front”, where the woman presses her rear into the pelvis of her partner to create sexual stimulation. Since traditional couple dancing is face-to-face (such as square dancing and the waltz), reggaeton dancing initially shocked observers with its sensuality but soon it was featured in several music videos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200861-NEVEPZ1624G754ZXNGAR/735-Rumba+Flamenca+Spain.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 763.Rumba FlamencA / Spain RUMBA FLAMENCA is a dance that originated from flamenco and Cuban rumba, highly improvised with prominent hip and shoulder movements, more overtly sexual than other styles of flamenco dances. Originally, in northern Cuba, the term “rumba” was used as a synonym for a “party”, and by the late 19th century it was used to denote the complexity of secular music styles known as Cuban rumba. In Spain, rumba was introduced in the early 20th century as rumba flamenca. In the late 1950s, popular artists developed an uptempo style that combined elements from rumba flamenca, Spanish gypsy music and pop. This became known as rumba catalana, with main instruments: guitar, flamenco clapping and castanets. In the 1980s, it gained international popularity thanks to the French ensemble Gipsy Kings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200712-F4TU3NCB688N0QHVH896/730+Rebita+-+Angola+.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 730.Rebita / Angola REBITA is a traditional music and dance originating in Angola during Portuguese colonial times. It combines European and African elements both in the dance moves, as well as in the dress code. It is a couple dance performed in a large circle, accompanied by accordion or harmonica, with percussion providing the rhythm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200800-56GV7YPDCK6T7NALSN0B/722-ROBOTBOYS+DANCE+Denmark.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 749.ROBOTBOYS DANCE / Denmark ROBOTBOYS DANCE was invented by Nick Nitro and Jeppe Long who met around 2004 when they were both very young. Working together in combination with various other dancers in groups such as Natural Effects and Big City Brains, Nick and Jeppe found out they shared the same dream of combining old classic mime techniques and commedia del arte with impressions from movies, video games, cartoons and all the other stuff from the international entertainment industry they shared with all the other members of the first computer generation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200878-VPRG4MZ4CYZZJQ66PLPQ/767+RWENZORI+DANCE+-+Uganda+.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 767.Rwenzori / Uganda RWENZORI DANCE is a traditional dance performed by the people from the Rwenzori Mountains in the Western part of Uganda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200679-I8ZZP0N7G6Y23UCLWT7C/696a-Ram+Muay+Thailand.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 723.Ram Muay / Thailand RAM MUAY is a ritualised dance that takes place before Southeast Asian kickboxing matches such as Muay Thai. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200865-X3426VQ562S01BDQP66M/736-Rumba+Flamenca+Spain.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 764.Runyege / Uganda RUNYEGE is a dance performed by the Batooro people from western Uganda. The dance is both ceremonial and cultural, and it is mainly performed by the youth from this tribe when it is time to choose their partners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200856-6XYOXE6N0NIUVAOB6I2S/734-RUMBA+Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 762.RUMBA / Cuba RUMBA, traditionally performed in the streets by poor workers of African descent, remains one of the most characteristic Cuban dances. Vocal improvisation, elaborate dancing and polyrhythmic drumming are the key components of all rumba styles. It is one of the most erotic and sensual of all Latin dance styles due to its slow rhythms and hip movements that create intense bodily expressions. Ballroom Rumba splits into two main styles, American—focused on the Cuban motion, which requires the bending and straightening of the knee in order to achieve the desired hip-swaying movement; and International—utilizing Latin motion, which requires the dancer to step on to a straight leg, and does not include the bending of the knee. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200724-8GT0IY80LGES88QU0531/706-Regency+Dance+England.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 733.Regency Dance / England REGENCY DANCE is the term for historical dances of the period ranging roughly from 1790 to 1825. Most popular exposure to this era of dances comes in the works of Jane Austen. Balls occur in her novels and are discussed in her letters, but with few specifics. Films based on her works tend to incorporate modern revival English country dance; however, they rarely show the actual dances of the period and they are often performed without the appropriate footwork and social style which makes them inaccurate. Dances of this era were lively and bouncy, not the smooth and stately style seen in the movies. Steps ranging from simple skipping to elaborate ballet-style movements were used. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200706-80JJ2173RSC4S1OCSWLU/702-+REAK+Indonesia.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 729.REAK / Indonesia REAK is a trance dance and music combo found across Java and Bali. The name may be linked to Reog (either a trance dance popular in East Java or a Sundanese comedy format), but according to village elders it has roots in the Sundanese word “ngareah-reah”, meaning “to enliven”. The format is at its core the same as the more famous Javanese dances: young men enter into a trance to the sounds of intense, repetitive music, their bodies are possessed by the spirits of ancestors and animals. Some ride horses called “kuda lumping” (literally “leather horse”), while others flail about or prove their altered state by eating glass, getting whipped, or having roof tiles smashed on their heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200668-TW0PM26KI80I6QFYM530/721++RAAS+LEELA+-+India+.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 721.Raas Leela / India RAAS LEELA is part of the traditional story of Krishna, described in Hindu scriptures such as the Bhagavata Gita and literature such as the Gita Govinda, where he dances with Radha and her sakhis (friends). The term “rasa” meaning “aesthetics” and “leela” meaning “act”, “play” or “dance”, it is a concept from Hinduism that roughly translates to “play (leela) of aesthetics (rasa)”, or more broadly as “Dance of Divine Love”. It is the divine and devotional dance done by Lord Krishna with Radha Rani and all Gopi of Virndavan on a full moon day, which is known as Sharad Purnima. It is also a popular theme in kathak dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200839-T79MXRXSF98I25E5GBMH/730-Rouf+India.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 758.Rouf / India ROUF is a folk dance usually performed by women during springtime in Jammu and Kashmir, India. The dancers split themselves into two rows facing each other and put their arms around the shoulder of the dancers next to them. The dance includes a simple footwork. Chakri, a pleasant song based on mystical poetry, is sung while performing. Rouf is also performed on different festive occasions such as Id-ul-Fitar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200716-5WIMRTGYRIM381QR00XY/704-Red+River+Jig+Canada.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 731.Red River Jig / Canada RED RIVER JIG is a traditional dance of the Canadian Métis. The origins of the dance lie in the traditional dances of the First Nations, French, English, Scots, and Orcadian peoples who the Métis Nation comes from. The name refers to the Red River of the North which forms the border between North Dakota and Minnesota (USA) flowing northward through Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to Hudson’s Bay. Contemporary interpretations of the dance include solo performances, which provide an opportunity for individuals to demonstrate their highly technical stepping patterns and freestyle jigging abilities. In 2012, a Métis Jig dance crew named Sagkeeng’s Finest won first prize on the only season of “Canada’s Got Talent”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200778-E3JGFV4RY161E33U0533/718-Robam+Kngaok+Pailin+Cambodia.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 745.Robam Kngaok Pailin / Cambodia ROBAM KNGAOK PAILIN is a dance portraying the Kula people in Pailin, the west region of Cambodia. It relates to the Pailinian legend about a magic peacock that goes to preach to the king. The lively dance is about commemorating this peacock which is a symbol of happiness. The dance is said to bring happiness and prosperity to villagers and is often performed during the New Year and ritual ceremonies in times of drought to pray for rain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200693-CXL4J71WWR0GOLLCFDLP/699-Raut+Nacha+India.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 726.Raut Nacha / India RAUT NACHA is an Indian dance, performed by Yadava / Yaduvanshis, a caste which considers themselves to be descendants of Lord Krishna. The dance symbolizes Krishna worshiping and it is performed at the time of Dev Udhni Ekadashi. According to the Hindu calendar, this is the time of awakening of gods after a brief resting period. The dance closely resembles Krishna’s dance or raas leela. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200755-676CJPR0Y6C5889HDGGQ/713-Rieldans+South+Africa+.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 740.Rieldans / South Africa RIELDANS is a dance of the Khoisan hunters, with distinct Irish and Scottish folk music influences, performed to the beat of “boeremusiek”, Dutch folk songs and minstrel songs of South Africa. It is the oldest entertainment form used as a social, cultural and educational tool by the Khoisan, long before Western cultures and traditions arrived at the Cape of Good Hope. It became the dance of the working classes between the 1940s and 1950s and was danced, especially in the Northern Cape and Karoo. It was danced around the campfire after hunting expeditions, good harvests or during celebrations. Later it became the dance of farmworkers and sheep shearers, whose daily activities are often portrayed during dancing. It gained popularity again in recent years as a true celebration of ancient traditions that finds new expression in contemporary forms. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200732-CUVMLLC8TPZNU97EDE69/708-+Reggae+Jamaica+Global.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 735.Reggae / Jamaica / Global REGGAE is a music genre and a dance style born in Jamaica, with origins in ska and rocksteady music. It is characterised for being accented in the offbeat which is an important part of the performed dances. Stylistically, reggae incorporates some of the musical elements of rhythm of the blues, jazz, mento, calypso, and also draws influence from traditional African folk rhythms. Offbeat rhythms are one of the most easily recognisable elements of reggae— staccato chords played by a guitar or piano (or both) on the offbeats of the measure. The tempo is usually slower paced than ska but faster than rocksteady. The concept of call and response is to be found throughout reggae music and dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200835-SB0P7V80NIT8IBLEWZD6/729-Rotterdam+street+parade+Dances+The+Netherlands.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 757.Rotterdam street parade DanceS / The Netherlands ROTTERDAM STREET PARADE DANCES are performed by more than 2,500 dancers, 25 carnival groups and 30 floats marching the streets of Rotterdam on 28th of July, at the Summer Carnival street parade. They unleash a huge wave of energy and explosion of colour, joy, music and creativity in a parade of spectacular floats. Rotterdam Street Parade has only one mission—make everyone dance! The Summer Carnival street parade is the largest Caribbean street party in the Netherlands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200703-HTUY848SQZX5WTWTXOR5/701-Razha+Oman.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 728.Razha / Oman RAZHA is a traditional dance from Oman. Dances in Oman vary from region to region, as despite being in the Arabic Peninsula the influences come from Indian and African cultures. Razha is a dance often performed at horse or camel races, with men gathering in a semicircle and the drummer in the middle setting the rhythm of an old war dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200728-G21YDIA7HC5IEOCA5TK8/707-reggada+Morocco.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 734.Reggada / Morocco REGGADA is an old traditional warrior dance from the Eastern Rif Mountains and the North-Eastern parts of Morocco. The warriors used to perform this dance as a sign of victory over the enemy, hence the use of the rifles—replaced by sticks nowadays. The incessant strikes of the feet on the ground symbolize the belonging to the land. The dancers form a row, side by side and dance to the rhythm of the bendir. They also happen to form a circle between them and go back and forth. Reggada as a Moroccan folk dance has been modernized by combining modern instruments with traditional ones—these days piano synthesizer is used in addition to the traditional flutes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339200750-SBJY9T8SIUM1X8R4DN1Z/712-ReQuest+New+Zealand.jpg Dance Style - Rr - 739.ReQuest / New Zealand REQUEST is a name for an all-female hip-hop dance crew from Auckland, New Zealand, formed in 2007, with originally five members. They are based out of The Palace Dance Studio in Penrose and Hamilton, and are one of 6 crews from The Palace, alongside the Royal Family (MegaCrew), Royal Family Varsity (Varsity MegaCrew), Kingsmen (Adults), Sorority (Varsity), and Bubblegum (Junior). The crazy-good dance crew, which has been at the top of the competitive hip-hop scene for what feels like a century, moves as if it is a set to a perfectly eclectic mix of current bangers by the likes of Cardi B and Kendrick Lamar and early- 2000s throwbacks. And as always with the Family, every step of the fabulous choreography is impossible, jaw-droppingly clean. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-ii daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989337-KJK51DGAGH0DY2QJGGY6/384-+Indigenous+People+Traditional+Dance+Taiwan.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 401.Indigenous People Traditional Dance / Taiwan INDIGENOUS PEOPLE TRADITIONAL DANCE is an umbrella term to describe the dance performances by the indigenous peoples from Taiwan. There are numerous indigenous ethnic groups in Taiwan, such as Amis, Atayal, Paiwan, Bunun, Puyuma, Tsou, Saisiyat, Yami (Tao), Rukai, Thao, Kavalan, Truku, and Sakizaya. Each of them has distinct dances, performed on various occasions often in traditional clothing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989321-9LL72OY2W5O9F14P8ZN7/381-+iLuminate+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 398.iLuminate / Global ILUMINATE is an entertainment technology company that combines state-of the- art technology with electrifying entertainers who perform in the dark to create the ultimate performing arts experience. Founded by dancer and software engineer Miral Kotb, iLuminate enables performers, choreographers, engineers, technicians, stylists and artistic directors to produce explosive performances with customised wireless lighting programs. The results are extraordinary lighting effects choreographed with phenomenal dance moves that take viewers on an exhilarating ride. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989382-PS0KCU2FJ87CQD9QA12K/393-ITALO+DANCE+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 411.ITALO DANCE / Italy ITALO DANCE originates from the early counterpart Italo disco in the 1980s. Except for their name, origin, and categorization within dance music, Italo dance and Italo disco do not have much to do with each other musically. Italo dance is predominantly nightclub-oriented music and mainly produced in Italy. The genre never really became mainstream enough for the whole of Europe but received much airplay on Italian radio. It was also very popular in Malta. Often it is very positive and uplifting music and so is the dance. The lyrics mostly involve issues of love, partying, dancing, or expressing feelings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989299-DP6AQG7Z1UE1N3UYIQ2I/377-Ikariotikos+Greece+.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 394.Ikariotikos / Greece IKARIOTIKOS is a traditional dance originating in Ikaria, a Greek island in the North Eastern Aegean Sea. Traditional Ikariotikos was a slow dance. It is first danced with the arms in the basket weave hold. As the dance speeds up it is danced with hands on the shoulders. It has three parts and is accompanied by the most famous song called "My love of Ikaria”. Throughout the year Ikarians host baptisms, weddings, parties and religious festivals where they listen to traditional Ikarian music live and dance Ikariotikos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989374-KNEICY2C0530SGMZYHRJ/391-Israeli+folk+dancing+Israel.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 409.Israeli folk dancing / Israel ISRAELI FOLK DANCES are usually performed to songs in Hebrew, or to other songs that have been popular in Israel, with dances choreographed for specific songs. Israeli dances include circle, partner, line, and individual dances. As almost all dances are intentionally choreographed and the choreographers are known and attributed, to reference these dances as “folk dances” is sometimes controversial among the general folk dance community. The Jews have a long dance history. The Bible and Talmud refer to many events related to dance, and contain over 30 different dance terms. Israeli folk dancing includes folk dances such as the Hora and the dances that incorporate the Yemenite step. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989364-C4N3K3R2C200I31CFREQ/389-Irish+dance+Ireland.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 407.Irish dance / Ireland IRISH DANCE is a group of traditional dance forms originating from Ireland, encompassing dancing both solo and in groups, and dancing for social, competitive, and performance purposes. Irish dance in its current form developed throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, from various influences such as French quadrilles and English country dancing. The most predominant form of Irish step dance is the one popularised by the Broadway show Riverdance, and other Irish dancing stage shows since the late 20th century. Characterised by a rigid torso and dances performed high on the balls of the feet, this style became distinct from the late 19th century when the Gaelic League began efforts to preserve and promote Irish dance as part of a broader nationalist movement concerned with Irish culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989368-9ZY8YZ74Y9MV8208QHSC/390-Irish+Set+Dance+Ireland.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 408.Irish Set Dance / Ireland IRISH SET DANCE, also referred to as COUNTRY SET DANCING, is a dance based on the French quadrille that was adapted by the Irish by integrating their sean-nós steps and Irish music. The distinguishing characteristics of Irish set dancing is that it is danced in square sets of four couples (eight people), and consists of several figures, each of which has a number of parts, frequently repeated throughout the set. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989388-ZN4QSKTR62UZKZ3F6M1E/394-Iteso+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 412.Iteso / Uganda ITESO is a name for traditional dances by the Iteso people who live in eastern Uganda in the districts of Soroti and Kumi. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989347-8VRGBXOEBBJILORS2CJP/386-+Industrial+Global+.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 403.Industrial / Global INDUSTRIAL is a dance characterized by its electronic beats, symphonic keyboard lines, pile-driver rhythms, angst-ridden or sampled vocals, and cyberpunk imagery. It is a fusion genre of industrial music and electronic dance music. Fans who are associated with this music scene refer to themselves as rivetheads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989315-XMTDBW0721M0JVASQLLF/380-IL+BALLO+QUA+QUA+QUA+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 397.IL BALLO DEL QUA QUA / Italy IL BALLO DEL QUA QUA is a version of the chicken dance, a fad dance associated with a song composed by accordion player Werner Thomas in the 1950s, which with time became a popular dance throughout the Western world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989341-15T0YQ4J40YPY7XDESX8/385-Indlamu+South+Africa.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 402.Indlamu / South Africa INDLAMU is a traditional Zulu dance from South Africa where the dancer lifts one foot over his head and brings it down hard, landing squarely on the downbeat. Typically, two dancers in warrior’s pelts perform Indlamu routines together, shadowing each other’s moves perfectly. Historically, it was performed on numerous occasions, especially when warriors prepared for war or when a harvest was celebrated. Nowadays, it is often performed at weddings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989333-3I5YDUYOPSZ1UFMY26BU/383-+IMPROVISATION+DANCE+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 400.IMPROVISATION DANCE / USA / Global IMPROVISATION DANCE is a process of spontaneously creating movement through a variety of creative explorations. Improvisation is a free, seemingly unstructured, less technically strict and impulsive form that draws inspiration from everyday dance practices and influences. It is a movement technique that is capable of evoking dramatic and thought-provoking content just as well as more codified western dance techniques such as ballet and non-western movement forms. Dance improvisation is not only about creating new movement but it is also defined as freeing the body from habitual movement patterns. Michael Jackson combined improvisation in both of those definitions and he insisted that he would perform a dance to “Billie Jean” song only if he could do it each time in a completely new way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989326-C9M2PAC121BGHJ4TLKM1/382-Incwala+Ceremony+Swaziland.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 399.Incwala Ceremony DANCE / Swaziland INCWALA CEREMONY DANCE is a dance performed during the main ritual of Kingship in Swaziland—the first fruit ceremony. It is a national event that takes place during the summer solstice, a date chosen by royal appointed traditional astrologers in conjunction with the phases of the moon, normally in December or January. The main person in incwala is the King of Swaziland—when there is no king there is no incwala. Incwala ceremony takes place for many days. Young men perform various rites, including traveling in groups to selected parts of the country to collect the sacred branches of Lusekwane, a species of acacia shrub. On the fourth day is the culmination of the ceremony. The King appears in his full ceremonial gear and eats the first fruit of the season. The nation participates in the dancing all the time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989350-9HDIWLXSWDYWNJGOM1IW/387-+Infantile+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 404.Infantile Dance / Global INFANTILE DANCE is a dance performed by people of such a young age you would not expect them to already be able to dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989295-QOBMCY8D34TX4O2FL890/393+ICUPO+ME+FIMBUSA+Zambia+.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 393.Icupo me fimbusa / Zambia ICUPO ME FIMBUSA is a dance from Zambia usually performed in the bedroom where there are two partners. The dance is performed for arousing the other partner sexually. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989397-UZGE1YZ2V5EKI3FO01EZ/396-Izikhothane+South+Africa.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 414.Izikhothane / South Africa IZIKHOTHANE refers to South African dance battles with individuals or groups competing against each other in front of large crowds to determine who is wealthier. They are performed using material items: money, mobile phones, clothes, alcohol or food. Competitors are predominantly black males 12-25 years old, from low income households. Dance battles also gained popularity among female youth. A battle is won by the intentional destruction of one’s own expensive items to demonstrate the lack of concern for such material possessions. There is no tangible reward for winning, just the recognition from the audience that witnesses the battle. The practice originated in the early 2000s in the townships and it remained unnoticed until it gained popularity in 2011/2012. Similar trend existed in the 1950s among migrant workers and laborers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989304-25S92N3OMSBOEOODE9N6/378-IKOKU+Gabon.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 395.IKOKU / Gabon IKOKU is the most famous erotic and sensual dance style among the Punu people from Gabon in Central Africa. Female choreography reflects femininity, grace, and typically also her booty. The dance is often focused on female fertility, whereas the males are to show power, agility and virility. Almost all ethnic groups in Gabon have at least one courtesan dance, where one person dances in the center of the circle and after a walking around invite an opposite-sex person to simulate a sex act. These dances can also have a ritual character. The choreography can seem provocative for a warrior dance, or a profane dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989359-0FZLWAOOII699FY3HMDI/388-Inuit+Greenland+.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 406.Inuit DancING / Greenland INUIT DANCE is a traditional drum dance performed by Inuit in Greenland. Usually, dancers dance in a “qaggi”, a snow-house built just for community events. Drum dancing is an important element of Greenlandic culture and a part of many celebrations such as birthdays, marriages, an Inuit boy’s first hunt, changing of seasons, greetings for visitors or to honor someone who had passed away. Inuit music is based on a drum called a “qilaut”, traditionally made from caribou skin with seal or walrus skin around the handle, and on an Inuit throat singing, called “katajjaq”. In the past Inuit drum dancing was most commonly performed by men, but nowadays it is also performed by women. Male dancer’s skills are evaluated by his endurance in his lengthy performance and the nature of his compositions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989393-M4ND1ZK4RPGREZX536L6/395-Itik+Itik+Philippines.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 413.Itik Itik / Philippines ITIK ITIK is one of the Philippine folk dances that have an interesting origin. According to stories, a Filipino maiden-dancer of Surigao del Norte was asked to perform a native dance on one special occasion. She started to improvise new steps and imitate the courtship movements of a local species of duck known as “itik”. The spectators began to imitate the duck and that is how the dance came to be. It is one of the most popular dances in the Philippines.ITIK ITIK is one of the Philippine folk dances that have an interesting origin. According to stories, a Filipino maiden-dancer of Surigao del Norte was asked to perform a native dance on one special occasion. She started to improvise new steps and imitate the courtship movements of a local species of duck known as “itik”. The spectators began to imitate the duck and that is how the dance came to be. It is one of the most popular dances in the Philippines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989310-9N95ZZRLVGETMFTIWOA8/379-+IL+BALLO+DEL+MATTONE+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 396.IL BALLO DEL MATTONE / Italy IL BALLO DEL MATTONE is an Italian rock ’n’ roll written and danced by the Italian singer and actress Rita Pavone in 1963. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989355-8FKZTH3GW9M348HW8UFT/405+INTORE+Rwanda+-+Burundi.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 405. INTORE / Rwanda / Burundi INTORE is the most famous traditional dance coming from Rwanda and Burundi. It is a highly choreographed routine consisting of three components—the ballet, performed by women; the dance of heroes, performed by men; and the drums. Traditionally, music is transmitted orally with styles varying between the social groups. Drums are of great importance in the dance accompaniment, and drummers usually play together in groups of seven or nine. The royal drummers used to enjoy high status within the court of the mwami (king). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675338989378-R3OEQIQ3F5WQQG0PNUZ6/410+ISUKUTI+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Ii - 410.Isukuti / Kenya ISUKUTI is a dance popular among the Isukha and Idakho sub-clans, which became the first Kenyan dance to get global recognition. It is danced with much vigour and passion. Unlike the coastal people who shake their waists, or the people from the center whose main focus is the feet, or the northerners who love to jump and the easterners who shake their shoulders, the people of western Kenya shake their whole body. Accompanied by the famous Isikuti drums and the karingaringa, a metallic circular instrument that is hit to produce sound, these people love to dance. https://www.universaltongue.com/locations daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-styles-xx daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339234612-KCRLN5WGEEZC7X6WTWDX/981-XIBELANI+South+Africa.jpg Dance Styles - Xx - 971. XIBELANI / South Africa XIBELANI is an indigenous dance of the Tsonga women of the Limpopo province in northern South Africa. The name of the dance comes from the native Xitsonga language and it can translate to “hitting to the rhythm”. The name “xibelani” can refer both to the dance style and the skirt (commonly known as “tinguvu”) worn by the dancers. The dance style, in essence, requires the dancer to shake the hips in tune with the rhythm but the whole body should be used to guide the movements. https://www.universaltongue.com/book daily 0.75 2023-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/a275fc9d-e375-4b22-95bb-e86e46a18d0b/universal-tongue-website-identity-image-medium-long.jpg Book - Universal Tongue celebrates the great diversity of the global dance kaleidoscope in the era of the Internet. It was born from visual artist Anouk Kruithof’s fascination with dance videos distributed online as a representation of self-expression, cultural identity, empowerment and fun. In collaboration with a team of 50 researchers from across the globe, she sourced over 8800 dance videos online, which were edited down to a 1000 unique dance styles that she blended into a dynamic 8 channel video installation with a four hour duration, accompanied by a unifying soundtrack. The researchers provided a short text for each dance style presented in their found videos. These 1000 edited texts combined with screenshots taken from the videos introduce the origin, background and meaning of the dance styles. Et voilà! this ‘dancyclopedia’ through the jungle of the Internet was born! This book shows how dance can be a way of knowing about the world. It is by no means exclusive, final, or academic. It is a statement. Organized in alphabetical order by the first letter of each dance style, it confirms the horizontality of Universal Tongue, by erasing typical categories of the world order, such as country, continent, or culture. Instead, it points us towards a more inclusive world with a limitless exchange – a world where simply everyone is a dancer. ! 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JITTERBUG / USA JITTERBUG is a type of dance popularized in the United States in the early 20th century, and is associated with various types of swing dances such as the lindy hop, jive, and East Coast swing. In the 1940s it was a dance where a male and female dancer performed a series of moves not unlike the rock ’n’ roll dancing. It required skill and strength to throw the female dancer, which was considered too much for mainstream dancing couples. The jitterbug evolved into the rock ’n’ roll style dancing seen in the 1950s and 1960s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251369-DF41DH5A0CS6BRXE0W8W/407-Joe+Bollie+masquerade+Sierra+Leone.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 426.Joe Bollie masqueradE DANCE / Sierra Leone JOE BOLLIE MASQUERADE is a dance performed by the Mende people in Sierra Leone during their masquerade called Joe Bollie. The dancers wear masks and costumes typical for the Mende tribe. This dance is performed at ceremonies and social gatherings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251345-DDK5VMPZIBVYVVM6USR1/404-Jazz+dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 422.Jazz dance / Global JAZZ DANCE is a performance dance technique and style that emerged in America in the early twentieth century. It began as an African American social dance that had roots in African slave dances. Over time, a clearly defined jazz genre emerged, changing from a street dance to a theatrical dance performed on stage. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251350-7LIBN9A6IFK60KDTHXTW/405-Jhumur+Nach+India.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 423.Jhumur Nach / India JHUMUR NACH is one of the most famous dance forms of Assam, India, mainly performed by the tea tribes during the autumn season to take a break from their daily schedule. There are over 800 tea estates in Assam and in each one of them Jhumur Nach is performed on special occasions and festivals. Its steps remain synchronised with Madal—a popular two-headed hand drum. Further, the dance is accompanied by a flute and a pair of Taals that make the music harmonious. The dancers clasp each other’s waist while holding precision of the footwork. The male members wear long traditional dresses and women wear sarees with broad borders. The dress is simple yet colorful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251401-Q0RJ15C6F9V3JZYFONXP/434-JUST+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 434. JUST DANCE / Global JUST DANCE is a dance video game that expands upon a concept introduced in a minigame for Rayman Raving Rabbids: TV Party, players mimic the motions of an on-screen dancer’s choreography for a selected song, using the Wii Remote to judge the player’s motions and accuracy (eschewing accessories such as physical dance pads). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251313-MH8Q4507Q0J1RHJNC4WC/398-Jaipongan+Indonesia.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 416.Jaipongan / Indonesia JAIPONGAN is a popular traditional dance of the Sundanese people from West Java, Indonesia. It was created by Gugum Gumbira and based on traditional Sundanese Ketuk Tilu music and Pencak Silat movements. In the 1970s, the Indonesian government was opposed to the spread of Western pop music and encouraged the development of Indonesian styles of arts. Developed during this period, Jaipongan’s way of using traditional instruments appealed to the older generations, while the raunchy lyrics and dancing appealed to the younger Indonesians. The dance often makes use of fans and scarves, and is influenced by the movements of the local martial arts. Religious conservatives condemn its suggestive nature, encouraging men and women to dance together. It still remains popular throughout West Java and is considered to be a uniquely Sundanese form of art. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251332-8FA35RGVCU5M9E9LL5OK/402-JERA+Ghana.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 420.JERA / Ghana JERA was originally a religious music and dance of the Kparibas in Dagbon in Ghana, performed before and after hunting expeditions. It is now performed by most Dagbamba villages in Northern Ghana on diverse social occasions: festivals, funerals, and for recreation after a hard day’s work. The religious costume is however retained. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251323-KRJ1HQHUCG5KRKD3NQXY/400-Jenile+Djibouti+.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 418.Jenile / Djibouti JENILE is a traditional oracle dance of the Afar people, tied to their ancient Cushitic religion, predating the Islam that is practiced today. It is not considered what we might call a “dance” per se. The Jenile, who can be a man or a woman, will enter a trance and then deliver oracles. The men will then form a circle around the Jenile while chanting and clapping their hands. Then, the men in the circle, without moving their feet, will bend forward and start chanting faster and faster, until the Jenile in the middle answers the questions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251392-FP08YVENTZLQSC08B3YZ/413-JOTA+Spain.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 432.JOTA / Spain JOTA is a Spanish dance originating from the Spanish region of Aragon, but performed all over the country. It tends to be in 3/4 metre and is both danced and sung. In the Castilian style, the dancers are accompanied by guitars, bandurrias, lutes, a dulzaina and drums. The Galician form uses Galician style bagpipes, drums and bombos. Jota dancers wear regional costumes and sometimes castanets. Their steps resemble those of a waltz, yet there is a lot more variation. Jota songs can be about diverse subjects, from religious themes, to patriotic feelings, to relationships. Jota has been used by many classical composers i.e. Georges Bizet included a Jota in his famous opera “Carmen”. The dance has many different variations. It became very popular in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251396-W7T32LPCX1UC8B6BQ70U/414-Junkanoo+Bahamas.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 433.Junkanoo / Bahamas JUNKANOO is the most important parade with music, dance and costumes in many cities around the Bahamas. The name “junkanoo” might come from the French word “l’inconnu”, which means “the unknown”, because most people parade with their faces painted or masked. This celebration is traditionally held twice a year, on December 26th and on the New Year, beginning between 2AM and the dawn, until around 3PM. In this festival people parade wearing masks and colourful costumes while dancing energetically to the rhythm of drums, bells and whistles. The largest Junkanoo parade happens in the capital Nassau, New Providence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251336-IWSMDL91474HPHWVTLWE/403-JERSEY+CLUB+USA+.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 421.JERSEY CLUB / USA JERSEY CLUB is a style of electronic club music and dance that originated in Newark, New Jersey in the early 2000s. It was pioneered by DJ Tameil and other members of the Brick Bandits crew, who drew inspiration from Baltimore club's hybrid of house and hip hop. Similarly to its Baltimore influences, Jersey Club music has an aggressive style defined by its fast, “bouncy” groove, with strong emphasis on dance accompaniment. Jersey Club frenetic, competitive dances have gained global popularity through viral videos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251382-HN455LASTRCY8Y83VI72/410-Jonin%C4%97s+dance+Lithuania.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 429.Joninės dance / Lithuania JONINĖS DANCE is a dance performed during Midsummer Celebrations in Lithuania, called The Magical Night of Jonine˙s. Nature was worshipped in Lithuania for centuries. Before the country became Christianised, Lithuanians were pagans who praised and venerated nature. They believed in nature deities because they were wholly dependent on nature and its whims. Jonine˙s is a midsummer folk festival celebrated all around Lithuania on June 24th. The traditions include singing songs and dancing until the sunset, telling stories, searching to find the magic fern blossom at midnight, jumping over bonfires, greeting the rising midsummer sun and washing the face with a morning dew, young girls floating flower wreaths on the water of river or lake. These are customs brought from pagan culture and beliefs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251328-8DRX3OAFSTZP8LHTTQTL/401-JENKKA+Finland.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 419.JENKKA / Finland JENKKA is a Finnish folk dance, the Finnish version of Schottische. It is a fast partner dance, with men and women performing similar steps. In the initial dance position, a man is to the left of a woman, both facing in the direction of the line of dance, with their inner arms on each other's waists. Dancers go forward in a run similar to Polka. After that they join their free arms, assume the face-to-face closed dance position and proceed with the chain of pivot turns, stepping "left-right-left-right" or "left-hop-right-hop". The runs of similar steps are normally started at the beginnings of musical phrases. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251386-XN0UKUIGBQ2J0HXAE7SY/411-+JOOKIN%E2%80%99+USA.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 430.JOOKIN’ / USA JOOKIN’ took the classic steps of the Gangsta Walk and combined a much smoother look caused by the music change in Memphis Music during the early 1990s. Jookin’ is most noted for not only its smooth steps but also its heavy introduction of pantomiming into the dance style. It emphasizes footwork in a way that focused the crowds’ attention on the feet. It is especially characterized by the dancers’ abilities in sliding and stepping movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251318-DM2KDANJ7KXEC3N2QLNS/399-JAVA+France.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 417.JAVA / France JAVA is a dance which was developed in France in the early part of the 20th century. The origin of its name is uncertain, but it probably evolved from the waltz. Mainly performed in French bal-musette between 1910 and 1960, the dance was largely conceived due to popular demand for a new type of waltz—one that was easier, faster, more sensual, and would not require a dance hall as large as those typically used for waltzes. Java takes the form of a fast waltz, with the dancers dancing very close to one another, taking small steps to advance. Men will often place both their hands on their partner’s buttocks while dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251307-ANBJ01VLMT9WE2TKJRV0/397-JABBAWOCKEEZ+DANCE+USA.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 415.JABBAWOCKEEZ DANCE / USA JABBAWOCKEEZ DANCE is a dance performed by an American hip-hop dance crew called JABBAWOCKEEZ, best known for being the winners of the first season of ”America's Best Dance Crew” in 2008. This innovative dance crew was put together by dancers Kevin "KB" Brewer and Joe Larot in 2003 in San Diego, California. They participated in dance competitions with the idea of disrupting the existing dance scene. At the time they felt that dance crews were clones of one another and they set out to do something different. Jabbawockeez showcased freestyle dance and were able to strike a balance between dancing to the music, and dancing as an artistic expression. They do not have a group leader - choreography for their performances, as well as music and design choices, are made as a collective unit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251363-11IX68UWZEHEGZ8D4MUW/406-Jive+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 424.Jive / USA / Global JIVE is one of the five International Latin dances. Many of its basic patterns are similar to those of the East Coast swing with the major difference of highly syncopated rhythm of the triple steps called “chasses”. It originated in the United States from African-Americans in the early 1930s. It is a lively and uninhibited variation of the jitterbug, a form of swing dance. In the United States the term “swing” became the most common word used to describe this dance and the term “jive” was adopted in the UK. Variations in technique led to styles such as boogie-woogie and swing boogie. The modern form of the ballroom jive is a very happy and boppy dance, with the lifting of knees and the bending or rocking of the hips. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251374-VXHQZYQS639T7RSUEPNS/408-Joenpa+Legso+Bhutan.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 427.Joenpa Legso / Bhutan JOENPA LEGSO is a traditional welcoming dance for all ceremonies in Bhutan. It is performed to popular traditional songs during lay celebrations at home, at community gatherings or work celebrations, with the main purpose of welcoming the guest of honor, announcing a good start and for the good luck of the event. Usually it is performed by men and women dancing in line or sometimes in a circle. The choreography is quite simple, including graceful arm and hand gestures. There is little movement of the core body, which remains upright all the time. The dancers always start and end with the customary Bhutanese bow, arms stretched in front of the body, showing palms. The traditional attire must be worn. Simplicity in the coordinated movements is the key. The dancers are always part of the community or organisers of an event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251389-CYJICLU6DXD418QOXIA7/412-Joropo+Venezuela.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 431.Joropo / Venezuela JOROPO is the most famous folk dance in Venezuela and its national dance. It is a couple dance that consists of 36 steps. It features the hand turn and waltz turns. First, the partners dance a type of waltz holding each other tightly. Then they stand facing each other and make small steps forward and backward as if sweeping the floor. Lastly they hold each other's arms, and the woman does sweeping steps while the man stomps his feet along to the beat of the music. Joropo is also the most iconic Venezuelan music style, which combines South American, African and European musical elements. Common instruments used are the llanera harp, bandola, maracas, and cuatro — a special Venezuelan guitar with four strings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339251378-8KAV64KRJMQ2D8KJXMXF/409-+Joget+Malaysia+.jpg Dance Style - Jj - 428.Joget / Malaysia JOGET is a traditional Malay dance originated in Malacca. It was influenced by the Portuguese dance of Branyo, which is believed to have been spread to Malacca during the spice trade. It is one of the most popular folk dances in Indonesia and Malaysia, normally performed by couples in cultural festivals, weddings and other social functions. It also grew in popularity within the Malay community in Singapore after its introduction in 1942. With Portuguese roots, it is accompanied by an ensemble consisting of a violin of Western world, a knobbed gong of Asia, a flute (optional) and at least two rebana or gendang of Maritime Southeast Asia. The tempo is fairly quick with the feeling of teasing and playing between the partners. The music emphasizes duple- and triple-beat division, both in alternation and simultaneously, and is played in the Northeast Malaysia style. https://www.universaltongue.com/complain daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://www.universaltongue.com/video-edition daily 0.75 2024-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/f1cb236a-c453-40b7-a1ff-c7771b7b99e6/universal-tongue-website-banner.jpg Video Edition - In 2022 Anouk Kruithof made a new video edition of duration 4 hours out of the 8 existing Universal Tongue videos. This video can be shown with just one projector malleable to the exhibition space. Interested to see this whole video? please write a request to mail@anoukkruithof.nl and below you can review a short part out of the vidoe editon. This video edition of 12 is available to acquire and is edited with Ieva Maslinskaitė and accompanied by a new soundtrack composed by Karoliina Pärnänen https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-ss daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273147-ATT8HDB9PYT4IZDS52IL/776-Sevaiattam+India.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 804.Sevaiattam / India SEVAIATTAM is a traditional dance performed by villagers in Tamil Nadu, in the southern regions of India. Sevai means “service” and this dance is performed in many temples as a service to gods, especially to Lord Vishnu. The special features of this dance are the classical songs and the measured steps with simple movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273167-0KOZN89F5JZXULHDC276/780-+Shaman+Dances+South+Korea.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 808.Shaman Dances / South Korea SHAMAN DANCES, unlike the traditional dances in South Korea, are done for practical reasons. They are performed by shamans (“mudang”) during a ceremony called “kut” with the aim to expel demons or to get rid of a stubborn bout of bad luck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273344-AOI0GMG8XWCELFOB1MIX/815-SUNGURA+Zimbabwe.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 846.SUNGURA / Zimbabwe SUNGURA is a dance from Zimbabwe performed to local music of the same name. It became popular in the early 1980s and was pioneered by the frontman Ephraim Joe and his band Sungura Boys. With a large number of their successful natural successors, Sungura bands and dance have remained popular until today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273284-7AGVNIX7KN2S7YKOE11B/803-SQUARE+DANCE+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 833.SQUARE DANCE / USA / Global SQUARE DANCE is a dance for four couples (eight dancers in total) arranged in a square, with one couple on each side, facing the middle of the square. Square dances were first documented in 16th-century England but were also quite common in France and throughout Europe. They came to North America with the European settlers and have undergone considerable development there. In some countries and regions, through preservation and repetition, square dances have attained the status of folk dances. The modern western American square dance may be the most widely known square dance in the world, possibly due to its association in the 20th century with the romanticised image of the American cowboy. Square dancing is, therefore, strongly associated with the United States. Nineteen US states have designated it as their official state dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273019-REIPT01FK3GCJ6SCLJWU/747-SALTARELLO+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 775.SALTARELLO / Italy SALTARELLO is a popular folk dance played in the regions of Southern- Central Italy, such as Abruzzo, Molise (but in these two regions the name is feminine: Saltarella), Lazio and Marche. The dance is usually performed on the zampogna bagpipe or on the organetto, a type of diatonic button accordion, and it is accompanied by a tambourine. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273107-KFAGGTQKCGPR9LUHC11L/767-SEGA+Reunion+Island.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 795.SEGA / Reunion Island / Madagascar / Mauritius SEGA is the most famous dance on the Indian Ocean islands, such as Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion Island. It originated from the ritual music of Madagascar and the mainland of Africa, and it is the musical expression of the Mauritian way of life: joy and liveliness. Originally sung by men and women who had been sold as slaves but whose souls had remained sensitive to music, the Sega is nowadays a folk song which has integrated itself within the framework of the local folklore. It is a two-person dance—a woman leads and a man follows her movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273206-G8EMCNAOHY6556724TZQ/788-Silifke+Dances+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 816.Silifke Dances / Turkey SILIFKE DANCES are dances coming from a South-Anatolian town Silifke on the Mediterranean coast, one of the areas of Turkey where the once predominantly nomadic Turkmen were numerous. So called “Teke and Yoruk Turkmens” and their dances are enriched by the vast-history of this region. Dances, such as Türkmen kizi, Yayla Yollari, Silifkenin Yogurdu and Keklik, as well as accompanying songs depict the daily lives and chores of men and women, and surrounding nature. The most representative dances are the “spoon” dances. These, in general, are mostly spread in the Mediterranean region, with a characteristic structure in arrangement, performance, rhythm and melody. The instruments used are violin, baglama and clarinet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273173-HL5HSXCWLAOT66RNG63X/781-Shota+Albania+Kosovo.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 809.Shota / Albania / Kosovo SHOTA is a dance very popular in Albania and Kosovo. It involves synchronized steps with a strong rhythm. It is commonly danced at weddings, folk festivals and other events. Since 2013 it has belonged to the National Ensemble of Songs and Dances of Kosovo. It is an idyllic dance for a girl and a boy, showing their interest in each other. At first the girl is teasing the boy, then the boy shows as if he was not interested in her, but in the end he receives a scarf from the girl—as she shows her love for him. Sometimes the girl receives the scarf from the boy in return. In Albanian the name refers to “dance of the duck”. Shota is also often related to the Kosovar female freedom fighter Shota Galicës, wife of the freedom fighter Azem Betem Galicës. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273288-WN19EKEH6OPG2WWYGI3W/804-Square+dancing+China.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 834.Square dancing / China SQUARE DANCING is an exercise routine, performed to music in squares, plazas or parks in China. It is popular with middle-aged and retired women who are called “dancing grannies”. They dance to a variety of music, mostly Chinese popular songs, both contemporary and historic. Square dancing began in the mid-1990s, as middle-aged women, forced into retirement, began dancing to keep themselves occupied. The groups gather in the early morning and evening, any time of year, in parks or public squares, or anywhere they can find enough space. Dancers organise themselves into ranks—with the most experienced dancers in the front and the best ones being in the center. All the dancers face forward. Apparel varies greatly. More advanced groups sometimes wear costumes and use props. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273014-LNOOU8ADYOB1I8QA0QA9/746-SALSA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 774.SALSA / Global SALSA is a popular form of social dance that originated in the Caribbean. Its movements have origins in Puerto Rican bomba and plena, Cuban Son, cha-cha-cha, mambo and other dance forms. It originated in the mid-1970s in New York. Different regions of Latin America and the United States have distinct salsa styles of their own, such as Cuban, Puerto Rican, Cali Colombia, LA and New York styles. Salsa dance socials are commonly held in night clubs, bars, ballrooms, restaurants, and outside, especially when part of an outdoor festival. In many styles of salsa dancing, as a dancer shifts their weight by stepping, the upper body remains level and nearly unaffected by the weight changes. Weight shifts cause the hips to move. Arm and shoulder movements are also incorporated. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273182-OX4LLO4FU5J33AKRWF3J/783-ShowgirlS+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 811.ShowgirlS DANCE / Global SHOWGIRLS DANCE is a dance performed by a showgirl—a female dancer or a performer in a stage entertainment show, intended to showcase the performer’s physical attributes, typically by way of revealing clothing, or toplessness, or nudity. Showgirls are often associated with Latin music and dance, particularly with samba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273202-677IV11FL4X9F5U19SOT/787-+Siganos+Greece.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 815.Siganos / Greece SIGANOS is a dance coming from Crete. As its name suggests (“siganos” means “slow”), it is a slow dance, conducted almost at a walking pace. It has 6 or 8 steps, depending on where it is danced, with the music of an 8-beat rhythm. The performers clasp each other’s shoulders while dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273111-O2TF4XKNMR3IXUUXFJFP/768-+SEKSMANNSRIL+Norway.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 796.SEKSMANNSRIL / Norway SEKSMANNRIL translates to 6-man Reel and is a bright, lively 3-couple set dance. As with several other folk dances of similar nature in Norway, it is generally considered to have been an import from Scotland centuries ago, but over the years has acquired a typically Norwegian character. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273253-LCQQQ5U861HEUY3SZFG4/826-+Sneang+Tosoang+Cambodia.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 826.Sneang Tosoang / Cambodia SNEANG TOSOANG also called DANCE OF THE WILD OXEN is a dance coming from Cambodia. It originated in Phnum Kravanh District, Pursat Province. It consists of dancers dressed as peacocks, tigers, oxen and other animals, and depicts the lives of the Pear Community that share many traits from the dominant Khmer and Thai cultures. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273162-MI0SJNFWZ4OOV6CUTAGV/779-+Shaku+Shaku+Nigeria.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 807.Shaku Shaku / Nigeria SHAKU SHAKU is a dance, originating from Nigeria, that involves rhythmic movements of the legs side to side while the hands can be moved in any manner but mostly are crossed forward as if in handcuffs. It was popularized by Nigerian street pop artists such as Slim Case, Small Doctor, Olamide, Idowest, Mr. Real, Obadice and took social media by storm in 2018. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273198-9LIVXTAQBEQJU0G98KVM/786-Siddhi+Dhamal+India.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 814.Siddhi Dhamal / India SIDDHI DHAMAL is an Indian religious dance, performed by the Siddhi community of Gujarat state. The Shiddhis or Siddis (African migrants) came to India about 750 years ago as slaves. They settled in the coastal part of Gujarat, in places such as Bharuch, Bhavanagar, Junagarh and Surat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273367-13EU967ZG98FURUNT47G/851+SYNCHRONISED+DANCING+-+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 851.Synchronised dancing / Global SYNCHRONISED DANCING is done by groups of people simultaneously. The dances are generally, but not always, coordinated or standardised in such a way that all the individuals in the group dance the same steps at the same time. Alternatively, various groups within the larger group may perform different, but complementary, parts of a bigger dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273194-DKB20NJAFOJVBQOMBIZP/785-Sibhaca+Swaziland.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 813.Sibhaca / Swaziland SIBHACA is a vigorous dance performed by teams of men throughout the Kingdom of Swaziland. It involves the stomping of the feet in unison accompanied by traditional music and rhythmic traditional chants. The men wear colorful quilts and decorate their legs with mohair ornaments. A typical Sibhaca session can last up to two or three hours, with a variety of different rotations, songs and styles performed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273231-W6C8JJ9TLWNIYDMY3F73/821+SKANKING+England.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 821.Skanking / England SKANKING is a form of dancing practiced in the ska, ska-punk, hardcore punk, reggae, jump-up (a drum and bass subgenre) and other music scenes. The dance style originated in the 1950s or 1960s at Jamaican dance halls, where ska music was played, and was first adopted and modified by British mods and skinheads. Originally, skanking consisted of a “running man” motion of the legs to the beat while alternating bent-elbow fist-punches, left and right. Over time, variations have emerged, with the style, speed, and moves of the dance being as diverse as the music it is performed to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273314-BDXC3D80Z8X1SHGOEHKU/809-Stiletto+dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 840.Stiletto dance / Global STILETTO DANCE, also called HEEL DANCE, is a dance style that emerged and evolved in the United States and Europe in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. It is a solo dance inspired by dance routines seen in pop and hip-hop music videos, performed in high-heels. Its techniques and dance vocabulary derive from a wide range of dance styles used in music video-style choreographies. It is characterized by dynamic footwork based on jazz, ballroom, Latin and go-go dances, torso isolations borrowed from bellydance and hip hop, and floor work, fluid arm work and body language coming from exotic and contemporary dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273143-JOIHRQCD379DF7IUSJ9R/803+SETAPA+-+Botswana.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 803.Setapa / Botswana SETAPA is a traditional music and dance that originated from the Bangwaketse people of Kanye village and surrounding areas in Botswana. It involves a group of people stamping into the ground with their feet, to the song played or sung by a choir or a group. The word is derived from the Tswana word “Go tapatapa”, which means “to step into the ground continuously”. Setapa troupes involve an equal mix of both men and women, traditionally dressed up in the costumes made of animal skins. They also wear shells around their ankles to create a sound while dancing. Men usually carry whistles and heifer horns to make sound from the stream of air or as they blow into them. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273299-FU35C08ZEO4O7TX1WT4H/806-+Step+Dance+Ireland.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 837.Step Dance / Ireland STEP DANCE is a dance style with roots in traditional Irish dance. It is characterised by a stiff upper body and quick and precise movements of the feet. It can be performed solo or in groups. Beside public performances, there are also step dance competitions all over the world, often called “Feis”. In Irish dance culture, a Feis is a traditional Gaelic arts and culture festival. Both males and females can perform, but the dance remains predominantly female. Thus costumes are mainly dresses. In both traditional and more modern competitive dance styles specific shoes are used. Also costumes are considered an important element of the stage presence and they can be remarkably elaborate. Irish step dance is the only form of step dance on Broadway. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273096-0RVPBGWAGFKL1PEQPR6K/764-+Schuhplattler+Germany.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 792.Schuhplattler / Germany / Austria / Italy SCHUHPLATTLER is a traditional folk dance popular in the regions of Bavaria and Tyrol (southern Germany, Austria and the German speaking regions of northern Italy). The performers stomp, clap and strike the soles of their shoes (Schuhe), thighs and knees with their hands held flat (platt). More than 150 basic Schuhplattlers, as well as marches and acrobatic feats, are often interspersed with the basic dance performance. It is danced today in Europe and in German immigrant communities around the world. While the Schuhplattler is still largely performed by adults, it has become increasingly popular with youngsters, who love its colourful costumes and its bouncing, leaping, kicking and choreographed show-offs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273100-07Y7DRPHO9C3YWK5F897/765-Schunkeln+Germany.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 793.Schunkeln / Germany SCHUNKELN is a word in German used to describe a certain rhythmic movement to the beat of a song—people link arms and sway side to side on the spot. It can be done either standing or sitting, with people moving side to side on their seats via the upper body. Sometimes people will also move backwards and forwards, with stand-up sit-down movements. It is a popular dance in German speaking countries at Oktoberfest where Volksmusik and the popular folk music is played. It is also performed by audience members on TV shows such as “Musikantenstadl”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273080-7CFB0K372UCC873B1JE6/760-Saya+Bolivia.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 788.Saya / Bolivia SAYA is an Afro-Bolivian folkloric dance. It can be considered as the product of the fusion of African, Aymara and Spanish elements. The accompaniment of drums and guanchas and the couplets between soloist and choir emerge from the African roots, while the dress adopted by the women resembles the dress of the Aymara women. The song is performed in Spanish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273178-BUMM6A83PB3NB7MSNPL2/782-SHOWDANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 810.SHOWDANCE / Global SHOWDANCE is a mix of all kinds of different dance styles that is performed for the entertainment of an audience. Originally, traditional showdance moved from jazz to combine disco, hip hop, ballet, Latin and Afro dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273371-ENX8YZZ7DX1MYDLEN9K4/821-+Synchronised+Swimming+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 852.Synchronised Swimming Dance / Global SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING DANCE is a hybrid form of swimming, dance, and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a synchronised routine (either solo, duet, mixed duet, free team, free combination, and highlight) of elaborate moves in the water, accompanied by music. Synchronised swimming dance demands advanced water skills, requires great strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, as well as exceptional breath control when upside down underwater. During routines swimmers may not touch the bottom of the pool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273318-U8EFBDT8XJDJ3J95KW0Z/810-STILT+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 841.STILT DANCE / Global STILT DANCE is a dance performed by people on stilts—poles, posts or pillars used to allow a person or structure to stand at a height above the ground. Stilts for walking are poles equipped with platforms for the feet to stand on and can be used, depending on the design, with straps to attach them to the user’s legs or be held in place by the hands of the user. Stilts are used widely in many countries for the purpose of entertainment. Stilt dancers perform their skills in parades, festivals, street events and at corporate functions. Stilt dance is present in many cultures around the world. For example in Ivory Coast it is a part of rituals that are designed to protect the village and performed at celebrations, weddings and funerals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273328-4TMAVL25URV5FHOA6A56/812-street+dance+USA+Global+.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 843.street dance / USA / Global STREET DANCE is a dance style that has evolved outside dance studios in any available open space such as streets, dance parties, block parties, parks, school yards, raves, and nightclubs. The term is used to describe vernacular dances in an urban context, often improvisational and social in nature, encouraging interaction and contact with spectators and other dancers. Examples of Street Dance include b-boying (or breakdancing), hip-hop, swaggers, which originated in New York City. It is usually based on battle dance happening in the street. Street dances have become popular in many countries. For example, street performances and dance festivals are now very popular among the Bhutanese youth, who are interested in street dance and hip-hop as a way to break with the strong traditions and hierarchical society. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273311-NNZVSW4PR4HXVS7CSJEY/808-Stick+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 839.Stick Dance / Global STICK DANCE is a dance style that developed among African-Americans during slavery, where dancing was used to practice “secret military drills” among slaves and sticks used in the dance were in fact disguised weapons. Other slaves would gather around the competitive fighters. They would clap in rhythm, and sing in a call-and-response style, while one caller led the rest of the crowd. It became a standard part of the minstrel shows performed by African-Americans during the late 19th century. It had an element of humor, where the dancer would shuffle onto the stage dressed as an elderly African-American man using a cane, and then suddenly use the cane to perform energetic acrobatic capoeira dance moves. Various forms of stick dance can be found in many cultures around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273323-I6UISNID64TNELUH88D9/811-Strathspey+Scotland.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 842.Strathspey / Scotland STRATHSPEY is a dance named after the Strathspey region of Scotland. It refers both to the type of music and the dance style usually performed to it. It is also one of the dance styles in Scottish country dancing, which typically consists of equal numbers of strathspeys, jigs and reels. Strathspey step is a slower and more stately version of the skip-change step used for jigs and reels. It also forms part of the musical format for competing pipe bands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273130-DTKXROG9FLJK0PV9KVQA/772-SENIOR+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 800.SENIOR DANCE / Global SENIOR DANCE is a dance performed by seniors—older people dance various dance styles, typical for the region they come from. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273221-Z0RZOPKJC1EMFJCZ437M/790-Sirtaki+Greece+.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 819.Sirtaki / Greece SIRTAKI is a popular dance of Greek origin, choreographed by Giorgos Provias for the 1964 film “Zorba the Greek”. It is a mixture of the slow and fast rhythms of the hasapiko and hasaposerviko dance respectively. The dance and the accompanying music by Míkis Theodorakis are also called “Zorbá”. It is a line or a circle dance, with hands held on neighbors’ shoulders. Line formation is more traditional. The name Sirtáki comes from the Greek word “syrtos”, which means “to drag” or “to lead the dance”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273139-NWEOEN0CAYK2XDFXJ6F4/802+SERTANEJO+-+Brazil.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 802.Sertanejo universitário / Brazil SERTANEJO is a music and dance style that originated in the countryside of Brazil in the 1920s. It is one of the most popular music styles in Brazil, particularly throughout the southern/southeastern and centerwestern countryside. Its subgenres include sertanejo de raiz, sertanejo romântico, and sertanejo universitário. The dance itself is not very hard to learn and anyone can grasp its basics. It is danced in pairs and incorporates movements of various ballroom dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273276-YF60U87279P5WCDZ9DGW/801-+Son+Cubano+Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 831.Son Cubano / Cuba SON CUBANO is a genre of music and dance that originated in the highlands of eastern Cuba during the late 19th century. It is a syncretic genre that blends elements of Spanish and African origin. Among its fundamental Hispanic components are the vocal style, lyrical metre and the primacy of the tres, derived from the Spanish guitar. On the other hand, its characteristic clave rhythm, call and response structure and percussion section (bongo, maracas, etc.) are all rooted in the Bantu traditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273212-MAVS1PJ9LRE5P7F6V078/817-SIMD+Ossetia+.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 817. SIMD / Ossetia SIMD iis an Ossetian folk group dance. Its beauty lies in the strict graphic outline of the dance, the contrast between black and white costumes, the softness of movements, the strictness of line formations, and the harmony created by all of the above. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273249-XSCO0OK3CGDNTDNFJ48X/825+SMA%CC%8A+GRODORNA+Sweden.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 825.SMÅ GRODORNA / Sweden SMÅ GRODORNA (“The Little Frogs” in Swedish) is a traditional Swedish dance and a song traditionally performed at midsummer, with dancing around the maypole. It involves movements that illustrate body parts that frogs lack (ears and tails). Occasionally, it is also sung at Christmas, with Swedes dancing around the Christmas tree. The melody originates from the refrain of a military French Revolution march “La Chanson de l’Oignon”. It is unknown how the melody ended up in Sweden, but the Swedish lyrics are clearly inspired by the French version. The song is not often performed outside Sweden, yet hundreds of examples of people singing and dancing Små Grodorna can be found on YouTube—the performance groups range in size from backyard family parties to multiple thousands gathered in fields and public parks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273036-QYLOEZH5AIHQIUDGHRI4/751-SAMO+Burkina+Faso.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 779.SAMO / Burkina Faso SAMO DANCE is a traditional dance of the Samo people living in northwest Burkina Faso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273295-9O9ZEPJU2BCEI5L7UK8J/805-Step+Dance+Canada.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 836.Step Dance / Canada STEP DANCE is a dance from Canada, inspired by the step dances of immigrants from France, Scotland, and Ireland. Canada boasts its own unique style of step dancing, with dancers traditionally making fast, complicated feet-focused moves, usually accompanied by fiddle music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273246-TO7BU52YIC0K75PNJY93/824+SLA%CC%88NGPOLSKA+-+Sweden.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 824.SLÄNGPOLSKA / Sweden SLÄNGPOLSKA is a Swedish folk dance and music. There are two types of slängpolska. The first one is a couple dance with two basic set positions: one in which the couple is spinning around while holding crossed hands outstretched; another in which the couple is spinning around in a closer position while holding shoulders and arms. In the second type, the couple moves counterclockwise around the periphery of the room and chooses to do so with or without clockwise rotation around a central axis, one full rotation for each measure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273032-6GITJ2CBF7B7QL4PS15Y/750-Samia+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 778.Samia / Uganda SAMIA DANCE is a traditional dance performed by the Samia people from eastern Uganda on happy occasions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273339-UT2WFDX8ZOSYVYNJKW7V/814-Sufi+whirling+Turkey+.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 845.Sufi whirling / Turkey / Egypt / Global SUFI WHIRLING is a form of physically active meditation that originated among Sufis, and is still practiced by the Sufi Dervishes of the Mevlevi order from Koyna in Turkey and by some other orders. It is a customary meditation practice performed within the Sema, or worship ceremony, through which dervishes aim to reach the source of all perfection. This is sought through abandoning one’s egos or personal desires, by listening to the music, focusing on God, and spinning one’s body in repetitive circles, which are seen as a symbolic imitation of the planets in the Solar System orbiting the Sun. The Mevlevi practice gave rise to an Egyptian form, tanoura, performed in multicoloured skirts, which later developed into a performance dance by non-Sufis, including dancers from outside the Islamic world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273151-ECYC8OBPYEAXET59E8XX/777-Sevillana+Spain.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 805.Sevillana / Spain SEVILLANA is a folk dance from Sevilla and its region in Spain. It is derived from the Seguidilla, an old Castilian folk music and dance genre. In the 19th century it was influenced by flamenco. It has a relatively limited musical pattern but its rich lyrics are based on country life, little towns, pilgrimages and love themes. It is danced by couples of all ages and sexes during celebrations (fiestas or ferias), often by whole families and towns. Its choreography is very simple. Thus those intending to dance flamenco usually start by learning sevillana as it is easier to master and there are more occasions for practice and training. Each sevillana is composed of 4 or sometimes 7 parts, with each part divided into 3 coplas and with each copla made up of 6 movements. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273134-UBHCM4LW6DR3GSN7CEOL/773-SENOUFO+Burkina+Faso.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 801.SENOUFO / Burkina Faso SENOUFO DANCES are traditional dances performed by the Senoufo people from the southwest of Burkina Faso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273307-4EC6G1PA9L86IA03RLAJ/807-+STICKDANCE+Finland.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 838.STICKDANCE / Finland STICK DANCE, also called TIKKURISTI, is a Finnish folk dance, danced on crossed sticks with an accelerating tempo. It is based on French dance from the 15th century. It is also a type of competitive dance. The competitor who manages to dance longest without stumbling into the sticks wins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273292-VB77B1R08D34KW98ESIO/835-STAMBALI++Tunisia.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 835. STAMBALI / Tunisia STAMBALI is a traditional religious trance ceremony from Tunisia, as well as a healing and demon exorcism ritual. It originated among the Sub-Saharan slaves brought to Tunisia and their descendants, who combined their tribal rituals with popular Muslim beliefs and traditions related to the cult of saints practiced throughout Maghreb. Stambali mixes music, dances and songs during which some participants enter into a trance and embody supernatural entities. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273059-86K8TPLNXKEF9U78RM4T/784+SARDINIAN+DANCING+PROCESSIONS+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 784.SARDINIAN Dancing processions / Italy SARDINIAN DANCING PROCESSIONS are typical celebrations on the island. Among them is the traditional carnival masquerade parade of Mamuthones and Issohadores in Mamoiada. Twelve Mamuthones in two rows, surrounded by eight Issohadores, move in a way that has been described as a “dancing procession”, because of the grave yet musical, rhythmical pace they follow. Mamuthones move slowly, with heavy steps, as if they were chained. With their backs curved under the weight of the bells, dressed in coarse vests and grimacing masks, they rhythmically shake their right shoulder, advance the left foot, while the bells clang in unison. Issohadores move with agile, deft steps, surrounding the darker figures, guiding, and then confronting them. Mamuthones do not interact with the crowd, while Issohadores skip across the road, catching young women with the slim reed rope (soha). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273333-VELTL2SSVKX42BJ2D6O3/813-Studenternes+Dans+Denmark+.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 844.Studenternes Dans / Denmark STUDENTERNES DANS is danced by graduate students of gymnasiums in Denmark. When they graduate, each of them wears a cap with different badges and hat bands, depending on the type of study they completed. On the graduation day, each class drives around on the back of a truck and visits the house of each student, where the graduates get some snacks and drinks, before moving on to the next house. In some cities, such graduate parties include group dances on the largest square of the city. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273348-KHMRE7X6NA8M4GN5BKAQ/816-SUNU+Mali.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 847.SUNU / Mali SUNU is a rhythm from the Kassouke people from the Kayes region in Mali. It is played as competition-dance rhythm for young men. It is a popular rhythm originating from the pre-colonial era. In that period a pretty girl called Sounou Mamady lived in the village Sagabari. She was known for her dancing skills and participated in any dance festival that was organized. The Djembéfola from her village created a rhythm to honor her. The dance is performed after a good harvest. Women show their grace, beauty and sometimes seduction, while dancing. And young men use this opportunity to show their strength and vitality while performing all sorts of acrobatic jumps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273120-2HHMELAH2HV4AKFRVHC3/770-SEMBA+Angola.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 798.SEMBA / Angola SEMBA is a rhythmic form of music and dance from Angola, born in the 20th century at the creative intersection of traditional African dance and colonial European influence. Its characteristic rhythm is one of the main contributors to kizomba music. Semba was played by small bands in Angola at large gatherings. The word “semba” comes from “massemba” meaning “a touch of the bellies”—one of the most recognizable and entertaining movements in semba. It is a walking based dance, with a range of tempos, from slow and relaxed to blisteringly fast, and with the undeniable energy. It can be linear or move around the lead. The hold is similar to a ballroom hold, although leaders lean forward or bend slightly at the waist, and ladies never lean back. Frequently it gets confused with Brazilian samba, since the names are similar. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339272998-O6HEJWUA3DAEPR6SV6MI/743-Saila+India.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 771.Saila / India SAILA is a stick dance performed by the Gond tribe during the post-harvest season. Chhattisgarh has a considerable population of tribal people. Majority of them are directly or indirectly dependent on agriculture. Thus, harvest seasons are of utmost importance and are celebrated with much enthusiasm and dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273071-1H65LL2XHTZKABATJGR2/758-Saudi+penguin+dance+Saudi+Arabia.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 786.Saudi penguin dance / Saudi Arabia SAUDI PENGUIN DANCE is a dance that became very popular at weddings and among children in Saudi Arabia, despite the country being very conservative. Its popularity stems from the fact that Saudi Arabians are some of the biggest users of YouTube, so the penguin dance became viral across the platform. Its steps imitate the steps of a penguin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273065-PIZ1J6312G2G8E9VV47Q/757-+Sau+Sau+Easter+Island.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 785.Sau Sau / Easter Island SAU SAU is a dance of Samoan origin that came to the island in the 1940s and was modified with Rapa Nui music and lyrics. It represents an amorous story about a boat rocked back and forth by the waves, which is represented by undulating movements of hips and hands, especially by women who wear colorful feathers. It has become one of the main Rapa Nui dances, a must in any celebration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273104-G6YGFVJXQYN37101CPJS/794+SEAN+NOS+DANCE+Ireland.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 794.Sean Nos Dance / Ireland SEAN NOS DANCE is a form of Irish dancing that originated from the western regions of Ireland. It has been described variously as a regional style of step dancing, and as an entirely separate style that was virtually unknown outside small areas until the late 20th century. It is distinguished by footwork which is percussive but low to the ground in comparison to step dancing, and by its more freeform nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273226-JKDH1UL42Y8LQWTM77W4/791-+Sirtos+Greece+Cyprus.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 820.Sirtos / Greece / Cyprus SIRTOS is a group of Greek folk dances, mentioned as a Greek traditional dance form already in ancient Greece. It is also one of the most favourite folk dances in Cyprus. It is a line and circle dance, done with the dancers in a curving line holding hands, facing right. The dancer at the right end of the line is the leader. He may also be a solo performer, improvising showy twisting moves as the rest of the line does the basic step. While he does this, the next dancer in line stops dancing and holds him up with a twisted handkerchief linking their hands, so he can turn and not fall down. Sometimes pairs of dancers hold a handkerchief from two sides. Many regional variations of sirtos exist in the region. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273257-PZWCDEZDVY7IW2CMD0Z2/797-SNOA+Sweden.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 827.SNOA / Sweden SNOA is a Swedish folk dance. Its name, meaning “to turn” or “to rotate”, was first used in the 20th century, but the dance itself has been practiced for a much longer time. From the beginning, it has been danced to polka music, but in the 1970s a unique way of playing the dance was developed. The tempo is between schottis and polka, but is more smooth and has a more “rolling” 2/4 beat. Snoa is a couple dance that involves a simple pivot-spin step in 4/4 duple-meter time. In order to fully appreciate its beauty, dancers should strive to keep their feet on the floor as much as possible, thus assuring maximum stability. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339272994-7R6RVA4OSWY86UUX28DM/742-Shad+Suk+Mynsiem+India.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 770.Shad Suk Mynsiem / India SHAD SUK MYNSIEM is celebrated in the month of April as a prayer to mother nature for a good harvest and for fresh sowing of seeds. Both men and women participate in the dance. The dance begins with drums, flutes and cymbals picking up the tempo. Two circles are formed with women on the inside and men on the outside. With eyes down, the women take small steps forward and backward as they gradually shift sideways to move in a circle. The men do a more energetic dance with swift movements in a clockwise and anticlockwise direction around women. Ka Shad Suk Mynsiem is symbolic of women fertility where they are the receptacles of seeds and bearers of fruit, and men are cultivators who plant, cultivate and nurture the seeds until they are harvested. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273048-0NQC10OAERAZ39UHZ8CP/753-SAO+MAKO+Wallis+%26+Futuna.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 781.SAO MAKO / Wallis & Futuna SAOMAKO is a traditional warrior dance from Wallis and Futuna, French Territory. It has been described as an informal type of dance accompanied by continuously accelerating music, the final speed of which was limited only by the energy of the singers and dancers. Soamako of today, is performed as a “combat dance” between two groups of dancers who enter from opposite sides alternately and try to better the performance of their opponents. It is performed as a group dance at special occasions such as weddings, festivals, anniversaries and celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273115-OGOM3NVK9U4CZ3ZRV63G/769-Semah+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 797.Semah / Turkey SEMAHis a religious ritual folk dance performed by the Alevi and Bektas¸i communities. Performed by turning and whirling with divine love, the dance is called “turning semah”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273042-JEGWAVWD9IBSAEWJOG4C/752-+San+Dance+Botswana+Namibia.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 780.San Dance / Botswana / Namibia SAN DANCE is a hunting and gathering dance (sometimes referred to as the rain dance) which the Sarwa tribe use to celebrate for good hunts, while the Tswana ethnic group use it for rain making or “go fetlha pula”. The Basarwa are classified as hunter-gatherers, therefore they perform the rain dance as a celebratory dance to thank gods for every successful hunt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273270-LESZO0VDI20KMQFOQ2B9/800-Social+Shake+China+Viral.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 830.Social Shake / China / Viral SOCIAL SHAKE is a dance style that has become a cultural phenomenon in China and a viral craze on Weibo—a Chinese version of Twitter. The name sounds like someone ran the concept of Harlem Shake through China’s famous communist propaganda machine. Social Shake was born as a familiar combination of head-bobbing, knee-swaying and hip thrusting. It is not a dance routine, it is about moving to the music. Paipaiqi and Er Qiang Dance are the most popular performers of the dance on the video-sharing platform Kuaishou with millions of followers. Social Shake has become a form of Chinese street culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273084-RLJX0DOHIBXA4U87KHTE/761-+Sayaw+Sa+Bangko+Philippines.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 789.Sayaw Sa Bangko / Philippines SAYAW SA BANGKO is a famous Pilipino folk dance in which the dancers must use good skill and balance as they dance on top of a narrow bench. This dance dates back to before the Spanish colonisation of the Philippines, which means it is a purely Pilipino ancestral dance. Dancers showcase their skills as they dance atop a narrow bench, while constantly trading places. As opposed to competing with each other to stay on the bench, dancers must complement each other to ensure that they do not fall. This dance is usually performed in town fiestas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273352-N712LLQ6DAS04TN1G7E9/817-SWING+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 848.SWING / Global SWING is a name for a group of dances developed with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s–1940s. With hundreds of swing styles, the origins of each dance predate the popular swing era. The swing dance styles that survived are: Lindy Hop, Balboa, Collegiate Shag, and Charleston. Today, the most well-known is the Lindy Hop, originated in Harlem in the early 1930s. While the majority of swing dances began in African American communities as vernacular African American dances, some swing era dances, like Balboa, developed outside of these communities. The term Swing was not commonly used until the latter half of the 20th century. Its popularity continues till today, with swing moves being the foundation of many dances including disco, country line dancing, and hip hop. Swing dance clubs and contests are held around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273265-FZ90A9LV4W2937ELFHBG/799-Social+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 829.Social Dance / Global SOCIAL DANCE is a category of dances with social function and context. They are generally intended for participation rather than performance and can be led and followed with relative ease. They are often danced merely to socialize and for entertainment, though they may have ceremonial, competitive and erotic functions, too. Many social dances of European origin are partner dances—it is quite rare elsewhere, where there may instead be circle dances or line dances, perhaps reserved for those of a certain age, gender or social position. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273092-3P0TKBI50RR99XTCYP34/763-+Schottische+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 791.Schottische / Global SCHOTTISCHE is a partnered country dance that apparently originated in Bohemia. It was popular in Victorianera ballrooms as a part of the Bohemian folk-dance craze and left its traces in the folk music of countries such as Argentina (“chotis” and “chamamé”), Finland (“jenkka”), France, Italy, Norway (“reinlender”), Portugal and Brazil (xote, chotiça), Spain (chotis), Sweden, Denmark (“schottis”), Mexico (Norteño music), and the United States. Its basic step is made up of two side steps to the left and right, followed by a turn in four steps. The European version is typically danced to faster music and is quite restrained in its movements. The American one is often large and open, with the first part expressed equally as promenades, individual or led twirls or similar moves, and the second part most often expressed as a close pivot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273156-VZS3LQHLB26BR1JCA49Y/778-SHAKER+Dance+USA.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 806.SHAKER Dance / USA SHAKER DANCE is a dance coming from The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, a community more commonly known as the Shakers. It is a millenarian restorationist Christian sect founded in the 18th century in England. They were initially known as “Shaking Quakers” because of their ecstatic behavior during worship services. As early as 1747, women assumed leadership roles within the sect. They practice a celibate and communal lifestyle, pacifism, and their model of gender equality. They are also known for their simple living, architecture, and furniture and their controlled dancing where men and women distantly perform a square dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273076-M9H2KWREAHB30O17I6ND/787+SAVELUGU+DANCE+-+Ghana.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 787.SAVELUGU DANCE / Ghana SAVELUGU DANCE is a dance by a dance group from Savelugu, a village near Tamale in the Northern Region of Ghana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273125-WKP0X6DPKUOU8VGZTZZM/771-Senile+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 799.Senile Dance / Global SENILE DANCE is a dance performed by people of such an old age you would not expect them to still be able to dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273028-MHA6P3PLNN0KTLSG4VER/749-Samba+Brazil.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 777.Samba / Brazil SAMBA is a lively, rhythmical dance of Afro-Brazilian origin in 2/4 time danced to Samba music whose origins include the Maxixe. It is a dance of black/African people in Brazil who brought much of their music and dance culture into Latin America upon their arrival into many Latin American countries. Samba music is very similar to and has been influenced by many Angolan music genres. It has also been influenced by many other Latin American music genres and dances. The Samba music rhythm has been danced in Brazil since its inception in the late 16th century. There is actually a set of dances, rather than a single dance, that define the Samba dancing scene in Brazil; however, no dance can be claimed with certainty as to the “original” Samba style. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273088-R1SIHK9L8JZPIVXKUNWW/762-Schacshas+Peru.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 790.Schacshas / Peru SCHACSHAS is a dance of Ancash, region north of Lima in Peru, performed on the occasion of religious festivals, such as the Lord of May in Huaraz and the Virgin of the Assumption in Chacas or the province of Corongo, specifically in the district of Aco. It is also present in Lima in school competitions, various shows and celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273362-SDPJ4YUCAMWK39XIM13Y/819-+Sword+Dance+Scotland+.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 850.Sword Dance / Scotland SWORD DANCE is an important part of Scottish folklore, recorded from as early as the 15th century. It was recognized as a war dance with some ceremonial sense in the Scottish Royal court during that period. The old kings and clan chiefs organized the Highland Games as a method to choose their best men at arms, and the discipline required to perform the Highland dances allowed men to demonstrate their strength, stamina, and agility. The earliest reference also mentioned that the dance was often accompanied by the music of bagpipes. The basic rule requires the dancer to cross two swords on the ground in an “X” shape and to dance around and within the 4 quarters of it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273358-ZQ4LYEG7N81PTGODPP7P/818-+SwinG+Criollo+Costa+Rica.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 849.SwinG Criollo / Costa Rica SWING CRIOLLO is a dance style from Costa Rica, based on cumbia songs. Over the past ten years, it has gone from relative obscurity to being accepted as national heritage. In the 1970s and 1980s, because of its associations with the working-class music of cumbia and San José’s seedy dance salons, it became considered as a dance of the urban working-class chusma, or “riffraff”. Starting in the early 2000s, however, dance instructors have led an active campaign of nationalisation and folklorization of this dance, which has gained him the status of the national patrimony. It has been achieved through dance classes, festival performances, the creation of a short video documentary, and the work of the dance company La Cuna del Swing to canonise the dancers and stages of swing criollo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273261-L1JJSLJI2T0CNUDL3BIE/798-SOCA+Trinidad+and+Tobago+Guyana+Venezuela.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 228.SOCA / Trinidad and Tobago / Guyana / Venezuela SOCA is a modern variant of the calypso music and dance, but with a faster rhythm. Its name comes from the fusion of the first syllables of the words “soul” and “calypso” (so-ca). It combines the danceable melody of the calypso with persistent percussion, which is usually electronic. The rhythm incorporates the indigenous musical traditions of the ethnic groups of the East of the Anglophone Caribbean, and in turn, the Indian rhythms and the percussion of the calypso. In this genre it is possible to find also African, Trinitarian and even European influences. Its history begins in the 60s and 70s of the 20th century, with roots in Trinidad and Tobago, and in the African sounds of Guyana. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273052-Q4KLG8TGER3K75KLDKTF/754-+S%C3%A2rba+Romanian.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 782.Sârba / Romanian SÂRBA is a Romanian dance usually played in 2/2 or 2/4 time. It can be danced in a circle, line, or couple formation, and it was historically popular not only in Romania but also in Serbia, Ukraine, Hungary, among Polish highlanders (Górals) and Ashkenazi Jews. It is fast-paced and triplets are usually emphasized in the melody. The dance is still popular in Romanian traditional music and in Jewish Klezmer music. It was named after the Serbs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273187-YCQRMPIJ04DA947E7NVO/784-Shuffle+Global+.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 812.Shuffle / Global SHUFFLE is a rave and club dance that developed in Melbourne, Australia in the early 1990s. Many of the movements used in shuffling are typical jazz dance steps but with a contemporary twist. The style is also influenced by a Chicago based ghetto house dance called footwork and a style called the crip walk that originates in Compton LA. The basic movements in the dance are fast heel-and-toe action with a style suitable for various types of electronic music. Most variants also incorporate arm movements. Shuffling is for the dance elitists: a light-footed skip-step-jump on the spot, without betraying quite how difficult it is to master. A variety of “how-to” dance videos for the beginners can be found on YouTube. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273280-XP9JME93RVFH1BZ5LSLN/832++SOUSTA+-+Greece+-+Cyprus.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 832.Sousta / Greece / Cyprus SOUSTA is a folk dance with origins in Crete, danced throughout Greece, on Cyprus, and generally in the Balkans. The music is usually played with a lyre, violin, lauoto, and mandolin. There are elements of eroticism and courtship acted out in the dance. It is danced by men and women, alternating and arranged at first in a semicircle. Partners face each other and after a while they separate off into couples. In another form, all the dancers in a row follow the first dancer who moves in complex patterns. Almost every island in the Aegean Sea has a local variation of the Sousta dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273023-DO3CS01GQDXEP6XWN7Y8/748-Samaia+Georgia+.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 776.Samaia / Georgia SAMAIA is a traditional Georgian dance performed by three women, said to be originating from the pagan times. However, nowadays it is seen as a representation of King Tamar and her glory. King Tamar in many sources is mentioned as a Queen of Georgia. Nevertheless, she was considered to be the king of the United Kingdom of Georgia in the 12th-13th centuries and was the first woman king in Georgia’s history. The idea of the Trinity presented in the dance represents King Tamar as a young princess, a wise mother and a powerful king. All these three images are united in one harmonious picture. Moreover, simple yet soft and graceful movements create an atmosphere of beauty, glory and power that surrounded King Tamar’s reign. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273003-DOB4NQY954H606G3VC4N/744-Sajuriana+Chile.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 772.Sajuriana / Chile SAJURIANA is a dance from Chile. Its choreography consists of a confrontation of the dancers, who, at the beginning of the song, make a complete turn, turning the woman to the right, in three quarters of an imaginary circle, and the man, in the same direction. During the introduction, the performers follow the rhythm of the music with clapping. The lady takes her skirt with her left hand and the handkerchief with her right hand, holding it up a little above her head. The man can take it with both hands, making a pavilion over the head of his partner, moving with grace to the beat of the music. The music consists of two parts, corresponding to the couplet and the chorus, each formed by a regular binary period. The interlude of the melody possesses the same slight undulatory character as most Chilean folklore dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339272985-AIDK7U2Z5JBUVMJF7LLW/740-SABAR+Guinea.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 768.SABAR / Guinea SABAR is an energetic dance from Guinea. Sabar dancers hurl their legs and arms back and forth with phenomenal intensity, sometimes do rapid-fire turns and often explode into the air in jumps. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273009-3UM8VZ3MYXQZ6NIE9PZ5/745-+Salegy+Madagascar.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 773.Salegy / Madagascar SALEGY is a traditional dance of the Malagasy people from the northern Madagascar, danced by various ethnic groups. There are numerous styles of Salegy dance with moves often inspired by planting crops and protecting cattle. Popular Salegy Groove is an energetic, upbeat dance, that shares the hip- and booty-shaking style with some Latin dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273237-J2Z8DOYM4C97EOLHFYXF/822-Skibidi+Russia+Viral.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 822. SKIBIDI / Russia / Viral SKIBIDI is a viral dance challenge that arose from a music video of the same name by the Russian band Little Big and became a dance craze on the Internet in October 2018. The video was released earlier on October 5th and has racked up more than a staggering 20 million views. In the clip information on YouTube, Little Big appealed to fans to: “Join the #skibidichallenge—just film how you dance the skibidi-dance, put the #skibidichallenge hashtag and post it on your YouTube and Instagram”. The video has sparked a dance craze of thousands attempting to recreate the moves in the video, which include cross punching arms and stepping with your toes turned out while lifting your knees towards your body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339272990-MY458QUEXZ1ASCKUPE04/741-Shad+Nongkrem+India.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 769.Shad Nongkrem / India SHAD NONGKREM is the most important festival of the Khasis in Meghalaya, India, a five day long colorful celebration held annually in November at Smit, the capital of the Khyrem Syiemship near Shillong. It is an occasion for thanksgiving to the all powerful goddess Ka Blei Synshar for a rich harvest and for the prosperity of people. Young lads brilliantly clad in colorful silk dhotis, coat and a plumed turban, adorning glittering ornaments dance around with a sword or spear in one hand and usually a white Yak hair whisk in their left hand. Pretty maidens in magnificent silk-robes and elaborately decked in priceless intricately designed ornaments of gold and silver, wearing a silver crown, move in the inner circle in twos and threes taking tiny steps while the lads form the protective ring around them and flash their weapons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273056-3JJG3BPWVH2SY7ZHJADC/755-Sardana+Spain.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 783.Sardana / Spain SARDANA is a circle dance from Catalonia—the national dance from this region. Originally from the Empordà, it became popular in Catalonia during the 20th century. There are two main types, the original “sardana curta” (short sardana) and the more modern “sardana llarga” (long sardana), which is more popular. The origin of the sardana is not clear. Modern choreography was established at the end of the 19th century. Dance circle can be opened to a highly variable number of dancers, alternate men and women, with the man’s partner on his right. Usually an experienced dancer leads the circle with dancers holding hands—arms down during the curts and raised to shoulder during the llargs. Traditionally shoes called espardenyes were used for dancing, made of esparto grass fabric, with two long fabric strips tied up around the ankle. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273242-DHWZAM8Y9MGW769SYVKD/793-Skydancing+Global.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 823.Skydancing / Global SKYDANCING also called INDOOR FREESTYLE SKYDIVING, is a form of sport made possible since the development of vertical wind tunnels in 1964. It is typically set to music. Although the movements appear fluid and effortless, they require great strength and control. A number of competitions in skydancing have emerged all around the world. They consist of low and high-speed flow which means competitors can execute very different moves. The routines include gymnastic moves, balletic type Ts, somersaults, twists and splits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339273217-YW7FNA51W30Q61X3HUA5/789-Sirmpa+Greece.jpg Dance Style - Ss - 818.Sirmpa / Greece SIRMPA is a Greek folk dance from Leros. It originated in the Middle Ages as a battle mime with swords performed by the Greek butchers guild, which adopted it from the military of the Byzantine era. The meter is 2/4. There are similar folkloric dance tunes known as Hopak in Ukraine. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-hh daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237132-BW8OFF37Q60OMF349PN6/349-HAMBO+Sweden.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 365.HAMBO / Sweden HAMBO is a traditional dance, originated in Sweden in the late 19th and the early 20th century. It is a couple dance in 3/4 time, danced to music played with a strong accent on the first beat and a tempo that varies from moderate to fast (100 to 120 beats per minute). It has a fixed pattern and tunes almost always have a corresponding eight measure structure. In Sweden, it is in the gammaldans (old-time dance) tradition that, despite the name, arose fairly recently around the beginning of the 20th century. The dance is also danced in North America in the social clubs formed by immigrant Swedes, at international folk dance events and during breaks at contradance venues. Many social waltz groups include the hambo among their regular dances. One of the potential origins of hambo is the polka-mazurka. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237179-MX7ON4EPKT9UMR7N1PXO/359-HISTORICAL+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 375.HISTORICAL DANCE / Global HISTORICAL DANCE is a term covering a wide variety of Western European-based dance styles from the past as they are danced in the present. Historical dances are done as performance, for pleasure at themed balls or dance clubs, as historical reenactment, or for musicological or historical research purposes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237171-ZHEURRXBITFX0ABB796I/357-+Hipster+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 373.Hipster Dance / Global HIPSTER DANCE is a dance style performed by a hipster or a group of them. With their beards and fashionably uncool clothing, hipsters could be mistaken for all sorts of people. Not surprisingly, there are lots of “or hipster” hashtags on the Internet, eager to hold up a mirror to the hipsterdom. Is this a homeless person on a good day, or a hipster? Is this a Hassidic Jew, or a hipster? It casts the trend in a critical light, drawing either a wry or a hearty laugh among the Internet public. The same goes to the hipster dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237165-KOIAL1GD2G7G69N68GAN/356-+HIPHOP+USA+Global.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 372.HIPHOP / USA / Global HIP HOP refers to street dance styles primarily performed to hip-hop music. It includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking which was created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States. The television show “Soul Train” and the 1980s films “Breakin’, Beat Street, and Wild Style” showcased these crews and dance styles in the early stages; therefore, giving hip-hop mainstream exposure. What distinguishes hip-hop from other forms of dance is that it is often freestyle/improvisational in nature and hip-hop dance crews often engage in freestyle dance competitions— colloquially referred to as “battles”. Classically trained dancers developed studio styles in order to choreograph from the hip-hop dances performed on the street. Thus, hip-hop dance is practiced in both dance studios and outdoor spaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237220-5C7P2JINT3FCABDY0WZB/367-+Horon+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 384.Horon / Turkey HORON is a well-known folk dance of Northern Turkey on the Black Sea Coast. It is performed by very fast, shivering, trembling body movements, with fast melodies played by kemençe, stringed bowed musical instruments. The sea plays an important role for the local economy and social life in this region. One of the types of fish that lives primarily in the Black Sea is the hamsi, a kind of anchovy. This small fish is caught in great numbers by the fishermen’s nets. One of the most characteristic movements in Horon dance is a fast shoulder shimmy and a trembling of the entire body, which imitates or suggests the movements of the hamsi as it swims in the sea or struggles in fishermen’s nets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237183-DAEEU5ZYC1SRF7BVTNQB/376+HO+JAMALO+-+Pakistan.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 376.Ho Jamalo / PAKISTAN HO JAMALO is a popular form of music and dance from the Sindh region of Pakistan. The performance is about the local folk hero Jamalo Khoso Baloch, of the middle 19th century. Mostly this song and dance are performed at the end of a programme which interprets the battles and folk legends of Sindh. It is danced on the occasions of festivity and celebration. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237242-L8DPX7S3M3N9MPIFTLAP/372-HUMPPA+Finland+.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 389.HUMPPA / Finland HUMPPA is a type of music from Finland, related to jazz and very fast foxtrot. It is also the name of a few dances done to humppa music. They involve bouncing that follows the strong bass of the music. There are three different forms of humppa. First one is related to the one-step, which arrived in Finland in 1913, where both dancers take a step on each first beat (on “hump”) and progress to the direction of dance. It is danced making turns in the closed positions or making figures by changing various open positions. The second form is related to two-step, which came to Finland in 1910, with some rhythm and movement from samba, and waltz. The third form is based on a slow, slow, quick, quick rhythm. Since the mid-1970s there has been a revival of humppa, which keeps traditional social dancing alive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237159-GZB5RR5BFB4M4I5DUPDK/355-Highland+Dancing+Scotland.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 371.Highland Dancing / Scotland HIGHLAND DANCING is a style of competitive solo dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the 19th and 20th century in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highland games. It developed from the Gaelic folk dance repertoire, but formalised with the conventions of ballet, and has been subject to influences from outside the Highlands. It is a form of solo step dancing, from which it evolved, but it involves not only a combination of steps but also some integral upper body, arm, and hand movements. It is often performed to the accompaniment of Highland bagpipe music, with dancers wearing specialised shoes called “ghillies”. Nowadays it is seen at nearly every modern-day Highland games event. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237136-09TI3PYFXP90WAWFCMUB/350-Ham%C3%A7%C3%B6kelek+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 366.Hamçökelek / Turkey HAM ÇÖKELEK is a Turkish folk dance, performed by Anatolian Hemshin people, Crypto-Armenians, Yörük and others. Its light-hearted lyrics tell the story of a village man's plot to seduce his love. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237249-KNAG50UH2HB2K4UOHIUJ/373-Huapango+Mexico.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 390.Huapango / Mexico HUAPANGO is a Mexican folk dance and music style. The word may come from the Nahuatl word “cuauhpanco” that literally means “on top of the wood”, alluding to a wooden platform which dancers can make zapateado dance steps on. A typical huapango dance begins with a slow pace that increases with tempo until the music stops. A variation, the huapango norteño, is danced at a faster pace. Important element in all forms of huapango that the dancers focus on is tapping their shoes in sync with the music. Classic huapango is interpreted by a trio of musicians, while the huapango norteño is interpreted by a group and the huapango de mariachi can be performed by a large number of musicians. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237253-4QVWLIWTIBU9VJ8JBLJQ/374-Huayno+Peru+Bolivia.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 391.Huayno / Peru / Bolivia HUAYNO is a genre of popular Andean music and dance originally from the Andes highlands. It is especially common in Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, but also present in Chile and Argentina, and is practiced by a variety of ethnic groups, especially the Quechua people. The dance begins with the man offering his right arm to the woman as an invitation for her to dance, he puts his handkerchief on the shoulder of the woman. The dance consists of an agile and vigorous stamping of the feet during which the man follows the woman, opposite to front, touching her with his shoulders after having turned around, and only occasionally touching his right arm to the left hand of his partner while they both swing to the rhythm of the music. His movements are happy and roguish. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237146-D03NH32I8CWXEMGCO4NM/352-HARDBASS+Russia.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 368.HARDBASS / Russia HARDBASS is electronic music and crazy dance style coming from Russia, popular among football fans and gopniks (same as chavs in England or prolls in Germany). It is based on simple energetic movements to low bass beats. There are thousands of memes and fun videos about hardbass fans on the Russian Internet. It is also a dance style and music popular in former Soviet Republics. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237237-ESREJLWTFZWV63OSF0IM/371-Hula+Kahiko+Hawaii.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 388.Hula Kahiko / Hawaii HULA KAHIKO is a traditional style of Hula dance, accompanied by percussion instruments such as “ipu heke” (a double gourd) and “hula pahu” (drum made of sharkskin and the trunk of a coconut). Hula was an integral part of ancient Hawaiian society as a form of ritual and prayer to the gods. It was banned in the 1820s after the arrival of the Protestant missionaries, who considered rhythmic hip movements hedonistic. When banned, Hula was practiced secretly. After being legalised again in 1870, Hawaiian society had changed and the dance took on the role of entertainment. Chanting plays an important role in the Hula kahiko, as every dance is intended to tell a story based on a poetic text called “mele”. It is danced barefoot by both men and women, usually wearing decorative leis made of leaves, flowers and shells. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237256-RW2E6K5I0EXJ56JY0DHQ/375-+hustle+Global.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 392.hustle / Global HUSTLE is a catchall name for some disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s. Today it mostly refers to the unique partner dance done in ballrooms and nightclubs to disco music. It has some features in common with mambo, salsa and swing dance. Its basic steps are somewhat similar to the discofox, which emerged at about the same time and is more familiar in various European countries. In the 1970s there was also a line dance called the hustle. Modern partner hustle is sometimes referred to as New York hustle, however, its original name is the Latin hustle. Hustle is still danced all around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237106-84GFA6ZRUQ1L4HJRUY1P/343-Hagallah+Libya.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 359.Hagallah / EGYPT / Libya HAGALLAH is a folkloric dance celebration by the settled Bedouin in Western Egypt, often performed during harvest, which is the wedding season in that area. It is also a dance known in areas of neighbouring Libya, related to kaf (clapping) dances in other regions of the Middle East. It has been described as a wedding dance, usually performed by a member of the bride’s family, allowing the woman to showcase her beauty, charm and power, or also as a girl's coming-of-age dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237192-T5MJOUYIVN72ZLEX1HAD/378-HOME+DANCING+Global.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 378. HOME DANCING / Global HOME DANCING is a dance style where people of all ages coming from all around the world dance at home and film themselves to share their home dance on various social media. Home dancing may include freestyle dancing or mimicking certain dance styles or dance routines. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237197-1VOGPYCBMSNQRZHB24NT/362-HONALA+Malawi.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 379.HONALA / Malawi HONALA is a name of a popular dance from the Nkhata Bay in Malawi, performed by the Tonga people, referring themselves as the most neat and charpiest tribe of Malawi. The dance is secular in nature and is commonly performed by elderly men and women at functions like weddings, political rallies etc, dressed in elegant clothing, such as suits and hats. It is danced to melodic tunes of live accordion music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237127-DF5OGRYQ48PH12JDL9K8/348-HALLING+Norway.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 364.HALLING / Norway HALLING is a folk dance traditionally performed in rural Norway, although some versions can also be found in Sweden. It is traditionally performed by young men at weddings and parties. It is a quick dance in 6/8 or 2/4 that includes acrobatic, athletic competition between the dancers. It can best be described as rhythmic and acrobatic, consisting of a number of steps which requires both strength and softness elation. It is associated with the valleys and traditional districts of Valdres and Hallingdal, where it is often referred to as the “loose dance”. The term refers to it being danced solo, not in couples. In the move called “hallingkast”, a girl is holding a hat high using a stick or something similar, and the dancer is supposed to kick down the hat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237102-2H4LMZX16DY9U5JIH4WM/342-Hadandawa+Sudan.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 358.Hadandawa DANCE / Sudan HADANDAWA DANCE is a dance from Sudan performed by a nomadic traditionally pastoral people of the Beja tribe. They are famous for being excellent sword and knife makers and for their swords dance, which evolved out of sword fighting between men. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237228-3AMASCG3B0JTHDXRG0NG/386+HOJAGIRI+-+India.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 386.Hozagiri / India HOJAGIRI is a folk dance, performed in the state of Tripura, India by the Reang people. It is performed by women and young girls, about 4 to 6 members in a team, singing, balancing on an earthen pitcher and managing other props such as a bottle on the head and earthen lamps in the hand, while only the lower half of the body is moving. It is performed on the occasion of Hojagiri festivals or Laxmi Puja, held on the following full moon night of Durga Puja, generally after the 3rd day of Dussehra. The male dancers sing very simples lyrics and play the Kham and Sumui. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237122-NKKNB6CJHVX97BGQLDN0/347-Halay+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 363.Halay / Turkey HALAY is a regional folk dance from the Eastern, South-Eastern And Central Anatolia. Typically, Halay dancers form a circle or a line, while holding each other with the little finger or shoulder to shoulder or even hand to hand with the last and first player holding a piece of cloth. The dance has very different forms from simple figures to the most sophisticated. Undoubtedly it is the most commonly performed dance at the entertainment venues in Turkey due to its simplicity and popularity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237215-PGG5O17B7TJKGCLHC2US/383-HORO+Romania+Bulgaria.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 383.HORO / Romania / Bulgaria / MOLDOVA HORO, also known as HORA, is a circle dance originating in the Balkans but also found in other countries. Horo is a traditional Romanian folk dance with dancers holding each other’s hands, spinning usually counterclockwise in a circle, as each performer follows a sequence of three steps forward and one step back. It is usually accompanied by cimbalom, accordion, violin, viola, double bass, saxophone, trumpet or the pan pipes. It is popular during weddings and festivals, and as entertainment in rural areas. In Bulgaria Horo is not necessary in a circle dance—a curving line of dancers is also acceptable. The steps are extremely diverse. There are probably over one hundred types of Horo dances in the Bulgarian folklore. Horo is also performed in Greece, Moldova, Macedonia, Montenegro, Turkey or even Israel. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237110-1FZKCV7NOVRVGTCZZOHO/344-Haka+New+Zealand.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 360.Haka / New Zealand HAKA is a traditional war dance in Māori culture in New Zealand. It is a posture dance performed by a group, with vigorous movements and stamping of the feet with rhythmically shouted accompaniment. It was originally performed by Māori warriors before a battle, proclaiming their strength and prowess in order to intimidate the opposition. The Haka Peruperu is a war dance performed with weapons, yet most Haka nowadays is performed without weapons. The Haka Pōwhiri is a welcome dance, also performed to welcome distinguished guests or to acknowledge great achievements, occasions, or funerals. Kapa Haka groups are common in schools. New Zealand sports teams perform Haka before their international matches, which made the dance widely known globally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237186-4BN2HWG47Y5123QIVFQA/361-Holzhackertanz+Germany.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 377.Holzhackertanz / Germany HOLZHACKERTANZ also called THE WOOD CHOPPER'S DANCE, is one of the most famous of the German Schuhplattler dances. It is performed by 4 and 6 men, alternately chopping and sawing into a massive log, and slapping their legs around the fallen tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237114-479GZ6CSXT8EUE7O62HZ/345-HAKA+MANU+%26+MAHA%E2%80%99U+French+Polynesia.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 361.HAKA MANU / French Polynesia HAKA MANU is a traditional dance from French Polynesia, called Bird Dance. There are also different dances based on Haka such as Danse du Cochon—Pig Dance, the warrior dance. Polynesian civilization is based on verbal culture—their ability to tell stories, call spirits and speak to their ancestors, materializes in their dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237142-MYC0IW9FED4AJGFU4A1I/351-Hara-Odori+Japan.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 367.Hara-Odori / Japan HARA-ODORI is a belly painted dancing originating from Japan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237234-S3N4VVXM1Z9SW2O5QL7R/370-Hula+%27Auana+Hawaii.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 387.Hula 'Auana / Hawaii HULA 'AUANA developed in the 1900s after Hawaii was made the US territory and the islands became a popular destination for American tourists. Once a religious ritual, Hula became popular entertainment, being accompanied by modern instruments such as the ukulele and slack guitar, and songs written in English. To match the relaxed nature of the islands, movements became more sensual and slow. At its worst, the dance began to take on the kitschy, gaudy stereotypes of commodified Hawaiian tiki culture, with a sexy girl in a coconut bra and grass skirt. It is still practiced by many locals as a modern form of Hula. Male dancers usually wear contemporary Hawaiianprint shirts and female sarongs or long dresses. It is danced at many social gatherings such as weddings, graduation ceremonies, or the annual May Day celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237201-CZE10I8V00CRCEVF3OQX/363-Hopak+Ukraine.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 380.Hopak / Ukraine HOPAK, also referred to as GOPAK and PRISYADKA is a Ukrainian folk dance originating as a male dance among the Zaporozhian Cossacks but later danced by couples, male soloists and mixed groups of dancers. It is performed mostly as a solitary dance by amateur and professional Ukrainian dance ensembles, as well as other performers of folk dances. It has also been incorporated into larger artistic opuses such as operas and ballets. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237118-486Q7O5Q5B7MBUYIHKQD/346-Hakken+The+Netherlands.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 362.Hakken / The Netherlands HAKKEN is a form of a rave dance originating from the Dutch hardcore and gabber scene. It is very similar to earlier European folk dance and is said to be a sub form of zapateo with less airborne moves (unlike jumpstyle, which features the “drunken sailor” style of jazz dance and high kicks). The name is derived from the Dutch verb “hakken” which generally means “chopping” or “hacking”. It consists of small steps that quickly follow each other to the rhythm of the bass drum. The lower body (down from the pelvis) plays the most important part in this dance, though it is not unusual to move the arms and torso too. Because one is supposed to keep up to the beat, the dance is usually done fairly quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237207-KXMWW3QDL8OMZPXAF3XX/364-HORAH+Israel.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 381.HORAH / Israel HORAH is a circle Jewish dance that predates the State of Israel, that became an icon of Jewish and Israeli folk dance. It is performed to many of the traditional klezmer and Israeli folk songs, traditionally to the music of “Hava Nagila”. In its pioneer version, horah was done at a whirling, breakneck pace. Each dancer’s arms were around the shoulders of those flanking him, with the circle spinning so fast that dancers were sometimes lifted off the ground. Dancing often continued for hours. In the early days, horah was popular mainly in kibbutzim and small communities. Nowadays it is the most common dance at the Jewish life celebrations such as weddings and Bar, and Bat Mitzvahs. It also became popular at celebrations by Jews in the United States, UK and Canada. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237155-K4KEAJUOYOTHKQCY5YPW/354-Harmandali+Turkey+.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 370.Harmandali / Turkey HARMANDALI is a dance particular to the Western region of Turkey. It expresses courage, self-confidence and heroism. It is a victory dance where males are depicted as brave and honourable. The dancers walk bravely and place their knees on the ground showing the power in each step that the warrior takes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237175-C4GPP7RRJOL8UZ5XRPWP/358-Hiragasy+Madagascar.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 374.Hiragasy / Madagascar HIRAGASY is a musical tradition in Madagascar, particularly among the Merina ethnic group of the Highland regions around the capital of Antananarivo. The hiragasy is a daylong spectacle of music, dance (the Dihy), and kabary oratory performed by a troupe (typically related by blood or marriage and of rural origin) or as a competition between two troupes. The singers take a seat on the ground while the musicians play behind one, two or several dancers who will perform for approximately for 15 minutes. Two dancers typically perform the true Dihy. The style is often acrobatic or takes its inspiration from martial arts. Typically there is one male dancer performing, occasionally accompanied by a female dancer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237212-CYW81UJW8HRXD895HRZB/382+HORN+DANCE+England.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 382.Horn Dance / England HORN DANCE also called ABBOTS BROMLEY HORN DANCE is an English folk dance dating back to the Middle Ages. It is performed each year in Abbots Bromley, a village in Staffordshire, England. The modern version of the dance involves reindeer antlers, a hobby horse, Maid Marian, and a Fool. There are 12 dancers. Six carry the horns and they are accompanied by a musician playing an accordion (a violin in former times). Traditionally, the dancers are all male, although in recent years girls have been seen carrying the triangle, and bow and arrow. Until the end of the 19th century the dancers were all members of the Bentley family. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237224-FQMF3PGRV94ELX746BKD/368-HORSE+DANCING+Egypt.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 385.HORSE DANCING / Egypt / GLOBAL HORSE DANCING is a dance style performed solely by a horse or by a horse with a rider sitting comfortably on its back. It can be seen as a form of a dressage—a highly skilled form of horse riding performed in exhibition and competition, which involves the rider and their horse performing a routine, or dance routine in particular. The horse and the rider are expected to perform from memory a series of predetermined movements. Horse dancing has a very long transcultural tradition. In Egypt it is more organic and spontaneous and less organised than in other parts of the Arab world. Horse dancing is essential for the Gulf region, while in Egypt it remains associated with subcultures and with suburban areas. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339237151-LWUD3QMPADI8PWOH0E10/353-Harlem+Shake+Global+Viral.jpg Dance Style - Hh - 369.Harlem Shake / Global / Viral HARLEM SHAKE is an Internet meme that went massively viral in early 2013. It featured short videos of people wildly dancing to a song of the same name, released in May 2012 by an American DJ and producer Baauer as a single called “Harlem Shake”. In January 2013, the Internet personality Filthy Frank uploaded to YouTube a comedy sketch of himself and a small group of friends outrageously dancing to this song in funny costumes. After a few parodies went viral, Harlem Shake spin-off videos mushroomed on the Internet with ever more creative and elaborate variations as the craze ballooned. Videos are about 30 seconds long and begin with one person quietly dancing in a mask or helmet. When the bass drops, the video cuts to a group of people riotously, and sometimes outrageously shaking their limbs to the music. https://www.universaltongue.com/credits daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://www.universaltongue.com/template daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-oo daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331220-4LDC8LDWHQUQMSRU07ZT/629-Om+Telolet+Om+Indonesia+Viral.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 656.Om Telolet Om / Indonesia / Viral OM TELOLET OM was a popular social media meme of 2016. The term originates from Indonesia where it is a popular trend to get the customised bus horns to honk for the enjoyment of others. The phrase refers to children encouraging a truck or bus drivers to honk. It found its way online in December of 2016 when popular EDM musicians began to respond to the spam with the phrase they were receiving, reaching a large and diverse audience in the process. Many non-Indonesians were confused. While many others joined in the trend of spamming the term leading further to its popularity. After the hashtag went viral on Twitter, various international DJs created tracks making use of bus honking and children laughing. Dance videos became popular on Instagram and YouTube with moves inspired by hitchhiking, driving, and waving at drivers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331242-COZ5WTCYQJRT0BSTTXP1/634-OROKO+Cameroon.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 661.OROKO / Cameroon OROKO is a traditional dance of the Oroko people from Southwest Cameroon. It involves much shaking of the back, shoulders and hands, and has slow-to fast rhythms. Dancing often starts slowly and after a while reaches a climax, with the dancers bending downwards and increasing the frequency of shaking. The performers wear loincloths tied around the waist, and also may use masks or paint their bodies with different colours. The accompaniment is provided by drums of different sizes, including a larger base-drum that controls the rhythm of the dance. There are different types of Oroko (Denyangi, Ngoba, Njoku, etc.). For example in the Njoku version, dancers mimic the structure of an elephant and its behaviour. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331207-7SEOGVNRDAF0JKJ44KS4/626-+Odi+Dance+Challenge+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 653.Odi Dance Challenge / Kenya ODI DANCE is a dance track created by a Kenyan gospel dance group from Kibera. It is a celebration of how Christian dance has infiltrated Kenyan society. A dance challenge based on this song became very popular and new videos with Odi dance started to pop up on the Internet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331265-RKPB5FV5GYXI37AGE92S/666+OYILATTAM+-+India.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 666.Oyilattam / India OYILATTAM (“dance of grace”) is a folk dance with origins in the Madurai region of Tamil Nadu in India. It was traditionally a dance where a few men would stand in a row with two pieces of cloth, performing rhythmic steps to musical accompaniment. In recent years, women have also started performing this dance. Typically, the musical accompaniment is the Thavil and the performers have colored handkerchiefs tied to their fingers and wear ankle bells. Oyilattam is usually performed at village festivals. The themes of the dance come from the great epics of India, Ramayana and Mahabharata. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331233-OD7C3TOE3ZYQC0614BMT/659+OPPANA+-+India.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 659.Oppana / India OPPANA is a popular form of social entertainment among the Mappila (Kerala Muslims) community of Kerala, South India, prevalent throughout Kerala, especially in Malappuram. It is performed at weddings by about fifteen females, including musicians. The bride dressed in all finery, covered with gold ornaments and her palms and feet adorned with an intricately woven pattern of henna, sits amidst the circle of dancers. She is the chief spectator sitting on a chair, around which the singing and dancing take place. Dancers sing, clap their hands rhythmically and move around the bride with simple steps. Two or three girls begin the songs and the rest join in chorus. Sometimes Oppana is also performed by males to entertain the bridegroom. Harmonium, tabla, ganjira and elathaalam are the musical instruments employed for this performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331238-QIDH5GQS5XS1M1RSIS5V/633-ORISHA+DANCE+Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 660.ORISHA DANCE / Cuba ORISHA DANCE are a religious manifestation of the Regla de Ocha and are traditionally performed with Batá drums. Dance is crucial to understand Orisha in Yorubaland and the diaspora. For centuries the body was a place of Black resistance in the colonies. Practicing Orisha dance allows for the information to get into Cuban minds, hearts and souls. Today every Cuban is used to watching sacred Yoruba dances, which in the past were known only to a marginalised part of the society. The standard repertoire of Orisha dances went through a process of folklorization, initiated by the Communist Revolution. The African heritage was studied and reshaped to be displayed on stage and integrated into the education system. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331195-AMMH26HSUWLG7LBRIFHJ/624-Obatala+Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 650.Obatala DANCE / Cuba OBATALA DANCE is one of the Orisha dances. Obatala is a creator and a ruler of all humans and the father of all (or most) Orishas, depending on the tradition. Dressed all in white, it is one of the most powerful Orishas. Obatala’s dance mimics the movements of an old man, but it is also a powerful warrior dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331260-HZUX2N9VHV6XP376H6UE/638-OYA+DANCE+Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 665.OYA DANCE / Cuba OYA DANCE is one of the Orisha dances affiliated with Oya—a female warrior Orisha who rules over the cemetery, lightning and the winds of change. She rides into battle with her favourite lover Chango (that is why fire and lightning are always together). If you channel Oya, you will discover the strength of your inner feminine spirit. You will just swing that iruke, screech and summon some nifty hurricanes while dancing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331203-F9PV29R2P5CI5F2FW10K/652+OCCIDENTALI%E2%80%99S+KARMA+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 652.OCCIDENTALI'S KARMA / Italy / Viral OCCIDENTALI'S KARMA is a song performed by Italian singer Francesco Gabbani. The song was released as a digital download on 10 February 2017. It also won the Sanremo Music Festival 2017 and represented Italy in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017, Francesco Gabbani has released a short tutorial on how to dance like him during “Occidentali’s Karma” and so the signature “Gorilla Dance” has become a huge hit in Italy and went viral. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331251-KXY3D7N7FAZS2C211MZF/636-Otemoyan+Japan.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 663.Otemoyan / Japan OTEMOYAN is a Japanese folk song from Kumamoto Prefecture. It is played by mass performers dancing in the streets of Kumamoto in the summer. It is usually accompanied by shamisen, taiko drums and other percussion, and the Japanese used has the southern Kumamoto accent. Originally, it was a song played during drinking parties with geisha girls. Several hypotheses have been formulated on the origin of the name and the most credible one among them is that Otemoyan was a girl named Tominaga (1868-1935) who really lived near the present Kumamoto Station. The writer/composer was Ine Nagata, a teacher of Shamisen and Japanese dances. This song was debuted by Akasaka Koume in 1935. The oldest reference of this song is in “5 Pairs of Shoes”, a book published in 1907. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331255-QC32LIGY4IT4H7FVTWI1/637-OUDJILA+Cameroon.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 664.OUDJILA / Cameroon OUDJILA DANCES are traditional dances performed by the Podoko people in Oudjila village in the far North of Cameroon. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331224-UENVZRVIT741ZOQ0QCDR/630-Ondjongo+Namibia+.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 657.Ondjongo / Namibia ONDJONGO is a dance performed among the Ovazemba and Ovahimba communities in Namibia at any social celebrations. It is danced by both men and women, to songs also known as “ondjongo”. The Ondjongo dance forms the climax of the Himba marriage ceremonies. In this classic courting dance, the dancers assume the roles of oxen and herders, figuratively hunting down prospective partners. Standing in a semicircle facing a line of men, the women clap and chant, while one of them dances in the centre in the manner of a favourite cow. With her arms raised to imitate horns, the woman stamps her feet as though they were hooves and struts in time to the clapping. When the next dancer cuts in, she leaves the centre, flipping up her back-skirt in a defiant flirtatious manner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331247-DSVN6BL5K5U0HITNOEQ6/635-Oromo+Dances+Ethiopia.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 662.Oromo Dances / Ethiopia OROMO DANCES are traditional dances of the Oromo people from the Oromia Region in Ethiopia. It is the largest region of the country and its dance styles are very diverse. One of the most famous one is Shoa Oromo, which is a group dance performed together by men and women. The unique feature of the dance is the violent shaking of the head and the shoulders by the performers. The songs which are played during the dance usually give more emphasis to string instruments than drum beats. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331190-DVHCHPABMWPNO0BVG7PZ/622-OBAMWAM+Benin+Nigeria.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 649.OBAMA MOM DANCE / USA OBAMA MOM DANCE, also known as “The Evolution of Mom Dancing”, is a dance performed by Michelle Obama and Jimmy Fallon on the TV show “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”. It was presented to promote the First Lady’s “Let’s Move” campaign against childhood obesity and to encourage parents to get up and get moving with their kids. The video of the dance has gained millions of views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331211-9ZMG8BB0E33GXME9VSKU/654+OLEG++-+Indonesia.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 654.OlEG / INDONESIA OLEG, often identified as “the dance of the bumblebees”, is a dance style from Bali, Indonesia. It is performed by a male and female dancer in very bright shinny costumes. It is intended to be evocative of a garden, in which bees are buzzing about, collecting nectar from the waiting flowers. The dancers represent a male and female bee, with the obsessively flirtatious male chasing the female from one flower to another. Though the female bee at first appears coquettish, she eventually accepts the male’s advances. The movements of the female dancer are considered more complex than those of the male. Owing to its bee and garden symbolism, the dance intends to convey the message that both sexes naturally need each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331228-ST27U01LHYPGYR06KYBA/631-ONE+CORNER+DANCE+Ghana.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 658.ONE CORNER DANCE / Ghana ONE CORNER DANCE is a cultural phenomenon that initially started in Ghana. Patapaa’s song and video “One Corner” originated from Swedru in the central region of Ghana, a predominantly working-class town where most people work in farming. “One Corner” is a genuine expression of radical self-love and an uninhibited outlet of emotions for people who have to endure protracted economic and political violence on a daily basis. It is said to have its origin in the Katanga Hall of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. It has spread all around West Africa with even celebrities and other folks posting videos of themselves basically just humping whatever corner they can find to various songs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331199-8MIAWJCYGP6VJE4Q6I9N/623-+Oberek+Poland.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 651.Oberek / Poland OBEREK is a lively Polish folk dance and the fastest of the five national dances of Poland. Its name is derived from Polish word “obracac´ sie˛”—“to spin”. It consists of quick steps, constant turns, lifts and jumps. It is characterised by a three-measure metre, mazurka-like rhythmic, fast tempo, whirling and a significant degree of improvisation. Known under many names almost in the entire Poland, it remains one of the most popular traditional dances in the country. Danced by large groups of dancers, in very small steps, with pairs whirling evenly and flatly in place or around a circle, to four sides, it is fashioned after the country dances of the Mazovia region, as remodelled by the upper classes in the 19th century, and subsequently adapted for stage and ballrooms, fitted to the requirements of the national ideology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331269-4GWV1VG66L27RSWU0Q6S/640-Oyil+Kummi+India.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 667.Oyil Kummi / India OYIL KUMMI is a dance performed by large groups of men wearing bells on their feet and narrating mythological stories. The invocation song prays to gods and also instructs the dancers to give adequate space for the movement of the performers’ legs and to prevent them from coming into physical contact. No other musical instruments are used in this dance. Oyil Kummi is performed only by men, during temple festivals. Stories and episodes focusing on Murugan and Valli deities are depicted in the songs. It is one of the rare folk art forms of ancient Tamil Nadu, India. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339331216-OK14SN2BL0FGJZGQNJ6C/655+OLOKUN+DANCE+-+BENIN.jpg Dance Style - Oo - 655.OLUKUN / Benin OLOKUN is a ritual dance of the Edo and Yoruba people from Nigeria. The dance worships the Olokun spirit that is believed to be the ruler of all bodies of water and is praised for the ability to give wealth, health, and prosperity to the followers. The dancers typically wear white clothes and paint their bodies with white clay. Their performances may last many hours and include varying movements ranging from slow and fluid to quick and agitated. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-gg daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309263-1C37ULY2W4VR1LAP4FPR/313+GAMBELLA+DANCES+Ethiopia.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 313.Gambella DANCES / Ethiopia GAMBELLA DANCES from Gambella region in Ethiopia are characterised by the agile spin of the waist. The women dance while hurling a fringe decorated with cowrie. They dance using their entire body while playing the instrument (fringe) which makes a special type of sound. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309300-91YROLUCGAFR1Z8GM7Q2/307-Gauna+Nritya+Nepal.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 321.Gauna Nritya / Nepal GAUNA NRITYA is a dance based in Mithila Tradition and popular in the Janakpur region of Nepal. It is usually performed on religious occasions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309358-NRTTQN4WZ1GP7LALP1PZ/318-GIOCA+JOUER+italy+viral.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 332.GIOCA JOUER / Italy / Spain / UK / Viral GIOCA JOUER was a song written by Italian musicians Claudio Cecchetto and Claudio Simonetti in 1981. It was a great success in Italy, and was also the Festival di Sanremo of 1981 opening theme. The same summer, it arrived in Spain and became very popular in discos. Translated into English, it was called “Superman” and got popular in the UK. The song featured a number of dance gestures that acted out the lyrics, such as walking, swimming, skiing, spraying deodorant, sounding a horn, ringing a bell, flexing muscles as a “Macho Man” and flying like a Superman. These dance moves were detailed on the record sleeve of by Black Lace. In 1987, Colin Gibb released an alternative version of the song with explicit lyrics, entitled “Supercock”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309294-46UP3IXH4UMYSMOLNTGT/306-Gathigiriri+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 320.Gathigiriri / Kenya GATHIGIRIRI is a new urban dance style originating from Gathigiriri settlement in Kenya, performed first in a popular dance video by Kymo & Stigah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309341-EVG2Y116DV8V4V937RG4/314-GHOOMAR+India.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 328.GHOOMAR / India GHOOMAR is a traditional Indian folk dance of the Bhil people, originally performed for worshipping goddess Saraswati. Originating in Marwar, it is traditionally performed during auspicious occasions, including the onset of rains, Diwali, Holi and on a bride’s arrival at her marital home. Ghoomar is a folk dance that is also a symbol of womanhood, a “rite of passage” in which young girls participate, declaring that they are entering womanhood. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309440-NWUO0UWVQK5YNQH7LG3Q/332-Gudi+Padwa+India.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 348.Gudi Padwa / India GUDI PADWA is a spring-time festival that marks the traditional new year for Marathi Hindus. It is celebrated in and near Maharashtra, India on the first day of the Chaitra month to mark the beginning of the New Year according to the lunisolar Hindu calendar. The word “padwa” comes from the Sanskrit word “pratipada”, which refers to the first day of a lunar fortnight. The festival is observed with colourful floor decorations, a special Gudi flag (garlanded with flowers, mango and neem leaves, topped with upturned silver or copper vessel), street processions, dancing and festive foods. The dance performed to celebrate this festival is called Gudi Padwa. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309239-PFH6JURBT0EYQPY68IS0/294-+Gabber+The+Netherlands.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 308.Gabber / The Netherlands GABBER is the only Dutch subculture that got known globally and is now called hardcore after the music hardstyle genre that it is performed to. Gabber dance consists of small steps that quickly follow each other to the rhythm of the bass drum. The lower body is the most important part, though it is not unusual to move the arms and torso too. Because one is supposed to keep up to the beat of the song, the dancers move fairly quickly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309248-M64K1QF1GX7XVWH7DSC2/296-+Gagnam+Style+South+Korea+Viral.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 310.Gagnam Style / South Korea / Viral GANGNAM STYLE is the name of a pop song by South Korean musical artist Psy and his massively viral music video with the famous, much-imitated dance performed in it. It is named after Gangnam, a district in Seoul and one of the richest and most glamorous places in South Korea, which is a symbol of conspicuous consumption and materialism. The song was released with a music video featuring a distinctive dance, called the “horse dance”. It consists of shuffling the feet with the legs bowed. The hands are crossed at the wrist and flicked as if holding the reins of a horse. It had skyrocketed in popularity across the globe by the end of summer 2012 and as of 2017, the video was the most-watched video on YouTube of all time, nearing three billion views. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309271-3S49T0G6GYZOBYW73ZAK/301-GANVIE+Benin.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 315.GANVIE / Benin GANVIE DANCE is a term to describe traditional dances of the Ganvie people, population of around 20,000, living in the probably largest lake village in Africa, near Cotonou in Benin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309267-8CWUNIL37FAI9BO5AXDS/300-GANGSTA+WALK+USA.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 314.GANGSTA WALK / USA GANGSTA WALK, often referred to as: G-WALK , BUCKIN, TICKIN, JOOKIN, or CHOPPINis a street dance that originated in Memphis, Tennessee alongside “Buck” music during the 1990s. It is commonly performed to crunk music due to the particular bounce in the beat and the movement the dancers make to keep with it. Though it has been around for many years, much of the dance is still exclusive to the city and surrounding areas. Along with being a popular street dance, the gangsta walk is often viewed as a form of self-expression and relief from the hardships of living within the inner city. The dance can commonly be found in urban areas of Memphis like North Memphis, South Memphis, Orange Mound, Whitehaven, West Memphis, etc. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309425-GQDJDQWURUFSG9VT5N9V/329-Guayla+Eritrea.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 345.Guayla / Eritrea GUAYLA is a specific dance form coming from Eritrea, where dance plays a very important social role within nine different ethnic groups. The Bilen, Tigre and Tigrinya groups have dances commonly performed by a group of both sexes in a circle. While the Bilen and Tigre ethnic groups call it Golia, or Sisiit, the Tigrinyas call it Guayla or Kuda. The dance movements have variations: the Bilen and Tigre shake their shoulders while standing only to rotate in the circle towards the end of the dance, whereas, the Tigrinya first dance rotating anti-clockwise but later alter it to fast paced shoulder movements while facing a partner breaking the circular rotation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309475-1XVE9Q27WYY9IN5ZAIMT/338-+Gwara+Gwara+South+Africa+.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 354.Gwara Gwara / South Africa GWARA GWARA is a South African dance that was made popular by a South African dance music artist, DJ Bongz, with his hit single “Ofana Nawe”, featuring Sobz. The dance went viral after DJ Bongz posted on his social media tutorials of how to do the dance and has been featured in the videos of some of the country’s biggest hits, including “Wololo” by Babes Wodumo and “Gobisiqolo” by Bhizer. Gwara Gwara has become one of the most popular dance styles in Africa. It mainly involves lifting and swinging one leg, then pulling the rest of your body into that movement. It has been popularized in the US by performers like Rhianna, and it shows some similarities to the Stanky Leg dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309484-4WVYG2SKU1D2X3VIJRKN/340-GWOKA+Guadeloupe+Martinique.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 356.GWOKA / Guadeloupe / Martinique GWOKA is a mixture of dancing, singing and playing music. Created by slaves from Africa in Guadeloupe, it was a form of political claim where the singing was based on question-answer songs. Dancers and musicians together form a circle where one person is dancing in the middle. Throughout time, it is combined with local culture and nowadays Gwoka is one the most iconic culture traits of Guadeloupe. It is a dance of improvisation, a dance of the instinct, of the moment, dance of resistance, of resilience and adaptation: Dance of Life. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309310-R6AR13OJ75RO8OUKRXJT/309-+GBE+GBE+Ivory+Coast.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 323.GBE GBE / Ivory Coast GBÉGBÉ is a traditional dance of the Bété people from Ivory Coast. It starts with stamping the feet right, left, right, left. Then the middle dancer wiggles his arms and the other dancers run around the middle dancer. Afterward, the dancers pair up and spin around each other. After that, all the dancers wiggle their arms and touch the floor with their right arm. And then they slap their waists and look side by side. Then they run and almost collide with each other and spin while doing so. Gbégbé is performed at public celebrations or funerals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309394-FCM9JLWLTPNRL4E57UFB/323-GORA+Burkina+Faso.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 338.GORA / Burkina Faso GORA DANCE is a traditional dance performed in Gora village in the southwestern region of Burkina Faso. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309380-9Q90SCSJWK1SQVT7RWY3/336-GOMBEY+Bermuda.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 336. GOMBEY / Bermuda GOMBEY is a dance from Bermuda, mixture of British, West African and indigenous new-world cultures. It refers to a specific type of drums of African origin. Some also relate Gombay to a Bantu word standing for “rhythm”. It is quite similar to Mummers, seasonal folk play performed by troupes of actors during Afro-Caribbean styles of celebrations. Usually male dancers perform Gombeys in groups of 10-30 in masquerade costumes with bright colors and odd angles. The costume designs often reflect the plumage of tropical birds. The energetic dance gradually picks up and grows faster with time and becomes a great spectacle. Tradition of Gombey dance is passed on through generations through personal coaching. The captain of each troupe decides the style the troupe would specialize in with subtle differences in beats, dances and costumes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309408-9XDZWWGR2V57BHURCI0C/326-GRAHAM+USA.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 341.GRAHAM / USA GRAHAM is a technique of a modern dance and pedagogy created by American dancer and choreographer Martha Graham (1894- 1991). Graham technique has been called the “cornerstone” of American modern dance and has been taught worldwide. It is widely regarded as the first codified modern dance technique, and strongly influenced the later techniques of Merce Cunningham, Lester Horton and Paul Taylor. It is based on the opposition between contraction and release, a concept based on the breathing cycle which has become a “trademark” of modern dance forms. Its other dominant principle is the “spiralling” of the torso around the axis of the spine. Graham technique is known for its unique dramatic and expressive qualities and distinctive floor work. It is described as powerful, dynamic, jagged and filled with tension. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309490-0ARILKKF1D9HSJVQ5REL/341-Gypsy%27s+dance+Slovakia+Hungary+Romania.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 357.Gypsy's dance / Slovakia / Hungary / Romania GYPSY DANCE also called ROMA DANCE is a term describing dances of the Roma people in Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. They are very rhythmic dances expressing pride, joy, fire, temperament or sadness, while being an important part of the culture and non-verbal communication of Roma communities. They help to escape from the reality of everyday life into an exciting world of motion and unwinding. Usually dances are performed in groups or sometimes individually, using various props, such as tambourine, scarf, bells or candles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309413-X11TJLN8LIOWVI478FD8/342-gravity-defying+dance+move+USA.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 342. GRAVITY DANCE STEP / USA / Global GRAVITY DANCE STEP was first performed by Ariel Oliver in 2017—she pulled off her “invisible step” move that has been retweeted over 120,000 times. Thousands of youngsters were trying to unlock her magic and introduced this step into the move and dance environment of the Internet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309337-43LLRF6NL25L857ZID40/313-+Ghatu+Nritya+Nepal.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 327.Ghatu Nritya / Nepal GHATU NRITYA is a popular dance among the Gurung community of Nepal. Mainly 10-19 years old girls in traditional costumes perform the dance singing mantras. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309284-W5UN83DKV3GT4F2JJ3V5/304-+Garifu%C3%B1a+dance+Belize.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 318.Garifuña dance / Belize GARIFUÑA DANCE is a term describing traditional dances performed by the Garifuña people in Belize, indigenous of mixed-race descendants of West African, Central African, Island Carib, European, and Arawak people. Garifuña culture in Belize displays many influences of its African heritage. Most of the slaves brought to the Caribbean were taken from the Niger and cross Delta regions in the Bight of Benin (present-day Nigeria) in West Africa, and from further south from Congo and Angola. Much like the music of these areas, the Garifuña style of music relies heavily on call and response patterns. In accompaniment to their music traditions lie the Garifuña songs and dance styles, which are an integral part of their culture. The dances display a wide range of subjects like work songs, social dances, and ancestral traditions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309433-9UEBZPQ183XNI9EUII8T/347+GUERE+DANCES+Ivory+Coast.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 347.GUERE DANCES / Ivory Coast GUÉRÉ DANCES are traditional dances of the Guéré people from Ivory Coast, performed in spectacular wooden masks. All the masks come from a sacred forest, where only the initiated may enter. Some of the masks dances are performed on stilts, while other dancers do stunts. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309366-9HZ5O8PCYL58UYAXSAK4/319-Giriama+Dances+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 333.Giriama Dances / Kenya GIRIAMA DANCES are traditional dances performed by the Giriama people, an agricultural and hunter-gathering Bantu-speaking people of the larger Mijikenda (Nyika) ethnic group living along with the coastal areas of Kenya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309384-XDXTKG4AURBK3CG1LQ23/322-Gopnik+Dance+Russia+Ukraine+.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 337.Gopnik Dance / Russia / Ukraine / Latvia GOPNIK DANCE is a dance performed by Gopniks, a particular subculture in Russia, Ukraine, and other former Soviet republics, young men or women of sometimes lower-class suburban areas (usually under 25 years of age) coming from families of poor education and (sometimes) income. Gopniks are often seen squatting in groups outside blocks of flats or schools. They are often seen wearing Adidas tracksuits, which were popularised by the 1980 Moscow Olympics Soviet team. Gopniks are often associated with cheap alcohol, such as low quality vodka and light beer, and cheap cigarettes. Gopnik dance is usually performed informally either on the streets or in the places where Gopniks spend their time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309479-ZBGDDQGHZCCZPZX4R9F5/339-Gweta+Africa+.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 355.Gweta / Africa GWETA is a modern dance style from Africa. It derives its name from the sound of croaking bullfrogs which bury themselves in the sand until the rainy season arrives and they emerge to mate. Toofan, the group that sang the Gweta original song, made up both the dance and its name. It is an advanced two step that one can do any kind of freestyle in. It is an easy to follow dance particularly when performed in groups. Nowadays it can be seen danced far and wide in Africa, including at weddings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309243-NWBB6S1F38PHM0GGIMZN/295-GAGA+Israel+Global.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 309.GAGA / Israel / Global GAGA is a movement language and pedagogy developed by Batsheva Dance Company director and teacher Ohad Naharin. It is used in Israeli contemporary dance and has two educational tracks which are taught in Israel and several other countries: Gaga/Dancers is intended for trained dancers and comprises the daily training of the Batsheva Dance Company; Gaga/People is designed for the general public and requires no dance training. Many dancers have stated that after taking Gaga classes, their passion for dance has been re-ignited and they have found new ways to connect to their inner beast without being self-conscious about how it looks and finding how to listen to their bodies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309453-N4I4G60SWZNTOGWRM9OV/333-Gumbe+Guinea-Bissau.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 349.Gumbe / Guinea-Bissau GUMBE is a style of dance to a Gumbe music that originated from several musical traditions in Guinea-Bissau. Gumbe music is primarily characterised by its use of polyrhythmic motifs between the guitars and percussion, although originally it was mainly performed with vocals and percussion. It is likely that the goombay music of the Bahamas is related to gumbe music of Guinea-Bissau and was brought over during the slave trade. It is also related to Caribbean zouk music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309429-64IHFN03PK8CYDUMDOQW/330-Guedra+Morocco+Mauritania+Algeria.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 346.Guedra / Morocco / Mauritania / Algeria GUEDRA is a dance particular to Southern Morocco, Mauritania and Algeria. The primary meaning of “guerda” is a cooking pot, covered with a stretched leather skin to create a drum, also known as guedra. The drummer plays a beat representing a heartbeat. The movements of the dancers respond to the beat. Guedra is danced usually by women and is about body language. For the most part, the dancers are covered by a piece of fine fabric whilst performing, but beneath this veil, they are heavily adorned, with henna, jewels and headpieces. The choreographies have varied meanings and depths, where the religious, aesthetic, metaphysical and mythical dimensions are crossing one another. The dance is generally performed in Nomadic tents, and as such the women remain on their knees for much of the performance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309376-XEPNWKR0F2DMLUOJTYGO/321-Goa+Trance+India+Global.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 335.Goa Trance / India / Global GOA TRANCE is a dance style performed to the electronic music that developed around the same time as Trance music became popular in Europe. It originated during the late 1980s and early 1990s in the Indian state of Goa. Trance music was pop culture’s answer to the Goa Trance music scene on the beaches of Goa where the traveler’s music scene has been famous since the time of the Beatles. Goa Trance enjoyed the greater part of its success around 1994-1998, and since then has dwindled significantly both in production and consumption, being replaced by its successor, Psytrance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309256-22HILGX5BGGTD5LMT6LU/298-Galuc%CC%A7+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 312.Galuç / Turkey GALUÇ is a dance from the Hallun village of Adiyaman Galuç in Turkey and it depicts the struggle of the villagers fighting a poisonous weed called Galuç. Village men get up early in the mornings before planting season to eradicate the weed from the fields. At noon, the women bring their lunch in buckets and water in gourds. After lunch is consumed, the men get back to work. When the field is finally cleared of the weed, the men celebrate the occasion by performing the dance. Women join them, carry the gourds on their shoulders while men go through the symbolic motion of chopping the weed with their sickles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309252-WKZ4Q6LHMIVJDXBQKMJJ/297-Galopera+Paraguay.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 311.Galopera / Paraguay GALOPERA is a Paraguayan folk dance without fixed choreography, improvised and traditional, therefore choreographies can be created according to tastes and creativity. At the same time, it is a musical genre, derived - according to ethnologists - from Polca Paraguaya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309420-4PMU8JF9MKU8R5S2FA0P/328-Guan+Yin+China.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 344.Guan Yin / China GUAN YIN is a THOUSAND HANDS DANCE, an East Asian bodhisattva associated with compassion and venerated by Mahayana Buddhists and followers of Chinese folk religions, also known as the “Goddess of Mercy” in English. The Chinese name Guan Yin, short for Guanshiyin, means “(The One Who) Perceives the Sounds of the World”. The Thousand-Hand Guan Yin dance was created by Zhang Jigang. The performance consists of 63 members of the China Disabled People’s Arts Troupe, all of whom are hearingimpaired. Due to their deafness, six choreographers dressed in white cloth guide the performers to synchronise them with the music. First performed in 2005, the production has captivated audiences around the globe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309349-Y50KCPKBDONREV2DIWYR/316-+Giddha+India.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 330.Giddha / India / PAKISTAN GIDDHA is a popular folk dance in Punjab region of India and Pakistan. It is often considered to be derived from the ancient dance known as the ring dance and is just as energetic as Bhangra. Women perform this dance mainly at festive or social occasions, as it creatively shows feminine grace, elegance and flexibility. The dance is followed by rhythmic clapping and a typical traditional folk song is sung by the aged ladies in the background. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309325-BBC2KW4V6H23M56ORDZD/312-Ghasem+Abadi+Iran.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 326.Ghasem Abadi DANCE / Iran GHASEM ABADI is a dance originating from Ghasem Abad village in Guilan province, in Northern Iran, near the Caspian Sea. It is a rice-harvesting chain dance of the Gilaki people, performed in local costumes to happy Gilaki folk music. It is inspired by happiness during the harvesting season. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309466-X2PIX8IJ6RFO6188RYQE/336-+Gurdjieff+movements+Global.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 352.Gurdjieff movements / Global GURDJIEFF MOVEMENTS is a series of sacred dances collected or authored by G.I. Gurdjieff, taught to his students as part of the work on self-observation and self-study. Gurdjieff movements are not merely exercises in concentration and display of bodily coordination and aesthetic sensibility. On the contrary, in the movements real, concrete knowledge is embedded and passed from generation to generation of initiates— each posture and gesture represent some cosmic truth. The movements are based upon traditional dances that Gurdjieff studied while traveling throughout central Asia, India, Tibet, the Orient and Africa, where he encountered various Indo-European and Sufi orders, Buddhist centers, and other sources of traditional culture and learning. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309275-X0WOUFRB4YKJT9VNZN0R/302-Garadi+India.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 316.gaRADI / India GARADI is a dance of mythological origin, performed during all festivals and at any occasion in the region of Pondicherry, India. One dance lasts from five to eight hours and it is based on various mimicry characters—male dancers imitate gestures and posture of the monkeys. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309417-NBZ3ARCIMW4FKUR42B1N/327-Guaguanc%C3%B3+Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 343.Guaguancó / Cuba GUAGUANCÓ is a Cuban couple dance of sexual competition between the male and female. The male periodically attempts to “catch” his partner with a single thrust of his pelvis. This erotic movement is called the vacunao (“injection”), a gesture symbolising sexual penetration. The vacunao can also be expressed with a sudden gesture made by the hand or foot. Holding onto the ends of her skirt while seductively moving her upper and lower body in contrary motion, the female “opens” and “closes” her skirt in rhythmic cadence with the music. The male attempts to distract the female with fancy (often counter-metric) steps, accented by the quinto, until he is in position to “inject” her. The female reacts by quickly turning away, bringing the ends of her skirts together. Mostly the male dancer does not succeed in “catching” his partner. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309288-6JV4FP4OV8XRWD5N3T7A/305-Garland+Dance+England.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 319.Garland Dance / England GARLAND DANCE is an English dance tradition that began in the 19th century in mill towns in North England. The Industrial Revolution was centralising people, bringing rural folk to factory work. As country girls moved to new industrial cities, they brought with them dancing traditions from many rural areas. Garland dancing was a new combination of familiar movements, made more picturesque by flower-covered garlands. Mill owners encouraged garland dancing as a form of healthful exercise that also brought beauty to company events and town parades. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309458-Z2JTY162Z87P8Q5PMWWQ/334-Gumboot+South+Africa+.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 350.Gumboot / South Africa GUMBOOT is an African dance that is performed by dancers wearing wellington boots. In South Africa these are more commonly called “gumboots”. The boots may be embellished with bells, so that they make sound as the dancers stamp on the ground. This sound would be a code or a different calling to say something to another person a short distance away. It was used to communicate in the mines with strict no talking rules. Rooted back in the dark gold mine tunnels of South Africa, gumboot dancing has come full circle. Initially a codified tap used by black miners deprived of conversation, today it is one of the most expressive South African dance genres. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309353-ZV93GKW9QTO6PS7P746Q/317-GIF+Dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 331.GIF Dance / Global GIF DANCE is a dance presented in gif animations. GIF stands for Graphics Interchange Format and it is a bitmap image format that supports up to 8 bits per pixel for each image, allowing a single image to reference its own palette of up to 256 different colours chosen from the 24-bit RGB colour space. It also supports animations and allows a separate palette of up to 256 colours for each frame. GIF dancers are widespread on the Internet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309279-5O9KPN2K9X50MP92TLMQ/317-garba+India.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 317. GARBA / India GARBA is a dance style which originates from the state of Gujarat in India. It comes from the Sanskrit word for “womb” and so implies “gestation” or “pregnancy”. Traditionally, the dance is performed around a clay lantern with a light inside, called a Garbha Deep (“womb lamp”). This lantern represents life—the fetus in the womb. The dancers honor Durga, the feminine form of divinity. Garba is performed in a circle as a symbol of the Hindu view of time, with rings of dancers revolving in cycles, as time in Hinduism is cyclical. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309306-5GITA61RIH6YXJGCE2QX/308-Gbame+Togo.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 322.Gbame / Togo GBAME is a traditional dance from Togo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309319-EHQO6WUJ8XOI9LCNZCXY/311-Gesture+dancing+China+Viral.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 325.Gesture dancing / China / Viral GESTURE DANCING is a hot dancing phenomenon on a Chinese music video and social network platform called Douyin. The dancing expresses the rhythm by using hands. In March 2018 it got viral around the Chinese Internet and everyone started to imitate it. Through the movements of fingers, wrists, joints, rotations, jumps, etc., the gesture dance is unpredictable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309371-J7X80QHT0N1DA1BE7DXO/320-GNAWA+Morocco.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 334.GNAWA / Morocco GNAWA refers to spiritual music and dance that finds its roots in sub-Saharan Africa, tracing back to the region’s history with slavery, currently performed in Morocco and other parts of the Maghreb. Trance plays an important role in this type of music and dance, insofar it refers to religious and mystical phenomena. The music is performed at “lila”, entire communal nights of celebration dedicated to prayer and healing guided by the Gnawa “maalem”, or master musician, and their group of musicians and dancers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309399-GY3IP06D7O0W2TUDJX1B/324-Gotipua+India.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 339.Gotipua / India GOTIPUA is a traditional dance form from the state of Odisha, India. It has been performed in Odisha for centuries by young boys, who dress as women to praise Lords Jagannath and Krishna and who perform acrobatics inspired by the life of Radha and Krishna. They begin to learn the dance at an early age until adolescence, when their androgynous appearance changes. In the Odia language Gotipua means “single boy”. To transform into graceful feminine dancers the boys do not cut their hair. They style it into a knot and weave garlands of flowers into it. They paint faces with mixed white and red powder, and apply kajal around the eyes. Bindi, usually round, is applied on the forehead, surrounded by a pattern made with sandalwood. Traditional paintings, unique to each dance school, adorn the face. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309314-H7Y102J3W8RSDKBKK7U8/310-Gerewol+Niger.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 324.Gerewol / Niger GEREWOL is a type of courtship dance and an annual ritual competition among the Wodaabe Fula people of Niger. Young men dressed in elaborate ornamentation and made up in traditional face painting gather in lines to dance and sing, vying for the attention of marriageable young women. They adorn themselves with beads and feathers, trying to make themselves attractive to the females who act like they’re blasé about it all but end up choosing the one they like best. Gerewol takes place every year as the traditionally nomadic Wodaabe cattle herders gather at the southern edge of the Sahara before dispersing south on their dry season pastures. The most famous gathering point is In-Gall in northwest Niger, where a large festival, market, and series of clan meetings take place for both the Wodaabe and the pastoral Tuareg people. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309404-56U6EY4UHVX1XXEBHHTN/325-+Graduate+dance+Global.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 340.Graduate dance / Global GRADUATE DANCE are various dances performed by graduate students upon completion of their studies at their graduation ceremonies or celebrations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309471-NY4VFGZBTJ0NNQDZ5JM7/353+GURUNSI+Burkina+Faso.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 353.GURUNSI DANCES / Burkina Faso GURUNSI DANCES are traditional dances of the Gurunsi people from Ghana and Burkina Faso, known for their zoomorphic masks, covered with geometric motifs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309345-DXQJ6GSWIKEYKJ24MNVI/315-Ghumura+India.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 329.Ghumura / India GHUMURA is one of the leading folk dance styles in Odisha, India. It is claimed to have been a war dance in ancient India and used by Ravana in Ramayana. Ghumura is depicted in Sun Temple of Konark confirming the presence of this dance during the medieval period. It was also used as a Darbari dance in the princely state of Kalahandi and played by the erstwhile Kalahandi state during war times. The typical mixed sound that comes out of the musical instruments like Ghumura, Nishan, Dhol, Taal and the expressions and movements of the artists make this dance a “Heroic Dance”. Over thousands of years Ghumura has evolved from a war dance to a dance for cultural and social activities, associated with social entertainment, relaxation, love, devotion and friendly brotherhood among all class, creed and religion in the present days. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339309461-ATRJ9FNS1LJL9HWBW950/351+GURAGE+DANCES+Ethiopia.jpg Dance Style - Gg - 351.Gurage / Ethiopia GURAGE is an Ethiopian dance that features acrobatic full-body moves of the Gurage people. The dance is fast-paced and involves full-body coordination, as participants move their arms and legs forward and backward while jumping on alternate legs. Major dance moves include hip shaking and fast arm movements. Gurage is typically performed as a group dance to high tempo music, with participants wearing traditional dress. https://www.universaltongue.com/dance-style-tt daily 0.75 2023-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342260-PQ4N1DSR945HLJVGLWM4/825-Takamba+Mali.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 856.Takamba / Mali TAKAMBA music and dance originated from the Songhai Empire in the 15th century, and used to be performed by Tamasheq griots and blacksmiths of the Gao region in Mali to celebrate the end of harvest, welcome and encourage warriors back from the battle and praise noble families. The word “Takamba” has its origins in the village of Temera, situated between Timbuktu and Bourem. Nowadays, the genre is listened mostly by the Songhai people and urban Tuaregs, frequently performed at ceremonies, such as marriages, but is also present at festivals. It is usually performed by a band consisting of two tehardents, bass and solo, calabashes, a singer and dancers. The songs evoke such values and themes as love, honor and generosity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342297-W9LUYZQY6G1YQBZC30PE/832-Tanoura+Egypt.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 863.Tanoura / Egypt TANOURA is an Egyptian folk dance with roots in Sufi dances. It merged with folk and Baladi elements to create its own style. The word “tanoura” refers to the colorful skirt worn by the whirler, with a color representing each Sufi order. It may also refer to the dancer, traditionally a Sufi man. The dance is associated with Sufism and is performed at Sufi festivals, but it is also practiced by non-Sufis as a folk dance or concert dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342554-UX9RTLEPFOXOEPYDLVNJ/923-TUVALU+DANCE+Tuvalu.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 923. TUVALU DANCE / Tuvalu TUVALU DANCE called FATELE is a dance performed to a traditional dance song of Tuvalu, a Polynesian island country located in the Pacific Ocean. Dancing songs are the most common type of traditional Tuvalu songs, with other traditional dance styles including “fakanau” and “fakaseasea”. Fatele is performed at community events and to celebrate leaders and other prominent individuals who visit Tuvalu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342280-BRPZXPMNMYOGN24L8BJW/828-Tamb%C3%BA+Cura%C3%A7ao.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 859.Tambú / Curaçao TAMBÚ is a drum, music genre and dance form found on Aruba, Bonaire and Curaçao. Curaçaoan tambu is a major part of that island’s culture, and a genre that is considered “muziek di zumbi” (literally, spirit music, referring to music of African origin). Tambú, sometimes called the Curaçao blues, was first sung by slaves (mostly women) expressing pain and sadness, usually accompanied by the tambú drum and the agan (a piece of iron or ploughshare) or chapi (a hoe), along with clapping (usually only by the women in the audience). The moves are often “suggestive”, yet the dance follows a strict etiquette of no physical touching, despite sexual appeal of the dance. Due to its suggestive nature, it was long banned and persecuted for many years by the Catholic Church and government. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342459-BX43HF8LNPL7A0R67LR6/869-Traditional+dances+Vietnam.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 901.Traditional dances / Vietnam TRADITIONAL DANCES of Vietnam include dances performed in theatre, at festivals, and royal imperial court dances. Much of Vietnamese theatre and dance are intertwined with each other, but popular theatre dances are performed in a rather liberal manner without set rules. Among the dances performed at traditional festivals, such as Lunar New Year, but also during other occasions such as opening of a new business, is primarily the Lion Dance, which was imported from China but developed distinctive local style—highly symbolic, used to ward off evil spirits, typically accompanied by martial artists and acrobatics. Imperial court dances, highly preserved as intangible cultural heritage, are performed at festivals and other special occasions in order to promote the traditional arts. Some of the most popular dances are: Lantern dance, Lotus dance or Ribbon dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342550-MLIZ3KPH358RVTVV84YF/922+TUTTING+Global.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 922.Tutting / Global TUTTING is a dance style inspired by the art of Ancient Egypt. It exploits the body’s ability to create geometric positions (such as boxes) and movements, predominantly with the use of right angles. It generally focuses on the arms and hands, and includes sub-styles such as finger-tutting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342384-6J3W9M1UAZXJ0PWKSCFJ/852-Tippani+India.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 884.Tippani / India TIPPANI is a folk dance from the Chorwad region of Saurashtra in Gujarat, India. Tippani is an instrument made of two long wooden sticks of about 175 cm, joined by a square wooden or iron block called Garbo at the lower end to make it stronger in opposite rows. It was used to press lime into the foundation of a house or floor. Tippani dance originated among labourers, such as the Koli community, who broke the stones and leveled the ground, and who performed it to avoid the monotony of work. It is performed exclusively by women, holding the tippani and dancing while beating the floor in two opposite rows, accompanied by folk songs. Turi and Thali (brass plate) are used to create music. Zanz, Manjira, Tabla, Dhol and Shehnai are the main musical instruments. Tippani is performed during festivals and weddings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342432-JP7E3A3NQH08TS61APYR/863-TRADITIONAL+DANCE+Haiti.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 895.TRADITIONAL DANCE / Haiti TRADITIONAL DANCE is an important part of Haitian life. In the case of Vodou, the religious experience of spirit possession is usually accompanied by dancing, singing, and drumming. Carnival and rara celebrations feature exuberant dancing in the streets. Dancing is also a social activity, used for celebrations such as church socials and informal parties, as well as evenings out with friends. In small restaurants, social dance music is played by relatively small twoubadou groups, while larger clubs with big dance floors often feature dance bands reminiscent of the American big bands in size. Social dance music has been one of the most heavily creolised music forms in Haiti. European dance forms such as the quadrille, waltz, and polka were introduced to white planter audiences during the colonial period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342436-7CZ2F06JQPRGWK0V950W/864-Traditional+Dances+Korea.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 896.Traditional Dances / Korea TRADITIONAL DANCES in both South and North Korea began with early shamanistic rituals five thousand years ago, and now range from folk dance to newly created and adopted contemporary dance. Many South Koreans these days are not interested in traditional dances, especially young people who use K-Pop to express themselves. Unfortunately, traditional dances as a social medium are disappearing. However, some special government programs and grants are introduced to keep these dances alive. Furthermore, college students may major in traditional dance. There is a wide variety of traditional Korean dances. Muyonggwa is a graceful dance primarily performed by women in groups or individually. Janggu is an exciting upbeat dance featuring drums. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342309-PHZVH6XQ6HRIMBZFCKK2/835-+Tarantella+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 866.Tarantella / Italy TARANTELLA is a group of various folk dances with a fast upbeat tempo accompanied by tambourines. It is among the most recognised forms of traditional southern Italian music. The specific dance name varies in every region, for instance “tammurriata” in Campania, “pizzica” in the Salento region, “sonu a ballu” in Calabria. The Tarantella’s origin is typically connected with tarantism, a sickness associated with the bite of the tarantula spider, named after the Taranto province in Apulia, which was seemingly cured by frenzied dancing. Later, it evolved into a courtship dance characterized by light, quick steps and teasing, flirtatious behaviour between partners. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342316-IGOP07O3E3PXDLGQEYJH/837-Tarpa+Nach+India.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 868.Tarpa Nach / India TARPA NACH is a tribal dance, usually performed on moonlit nights. It is an extremely popular folk dance in the regions of Thane, Dadra and Nagar Haveli in Maharashtra, India. Some villages in Maharashtra perform this dance after Diwali Night celebrations. Tarpa is the most popular dance form of the Warli, Kokna and Koli communities and is performed in celebration of the harvest in September and until the festival of Diwali. The lead dancer of the group taps the ground in a rhythmic beat with an ornamental stick. The others hold each other around the waist and wind their way around the musician. The man plays on the Tarpa, a wind instrument fashioned from gourd and bamboo sticks. The pace of the dance and steps change with the tune played by the musician. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342482-U45VX5FQHU05DKBO0O54/907+TRIBA+-+Western+Guinea+.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 907.TRIBA / Guinea TRIBA is a dance from the Landuma people of the Boke and Boffa regions of Western Guinea. It used to be performed after the initiation (circumcision) of young women when mothers and daughters celebrated and danced together. Today it is a very popular rhythm performed at festivals. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342513-UT2QBC2ZWBW7GA2JOP19/880-Tsamikos+Greece+.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 914.Tsamikos / Greece TSAMIKOS is a popular traditional folk dance of Greece, performed to the music of 3/4 meter. It follows a strict and slow tempo not emphasising on the steps, but more on the “attitude, style and grace” of the dancer. The dancers, moving in a row or an open circle, hold each other by the hand raised at shoulder height. The steps are relatively easy but have to be precise and strictly on the beat. The dancer might even stomp his foot in response to a strong beat. There is some improvisation involved and many variations of the steps, depending on which area the dancers come from. Over time the dance has taken on many variations. In the past, it was danced exclusively by men, but in modern times both men and women take part. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342364-PRRF340R5TS0H0DBWKND/848-Thlomela+Botswana+.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 880.Thlomela / Botswana THLOMELA is a popular dance around Botswana. Many saw the dance move for the first time in Mochudi when a certain Jacqueline Mooketsi and her friends took to the stage to showcase their skills. Resident DJ of Masakeng, DJ Thoko, even went to the extent of shooting a video of the dance move and it went viral on social media. The move requires one to go down on their toes, hold on to something with their hands and gyrate. According to Thoko, “this dance move can be done only with high pitch songs such as house music. Ever since I shot the video, it is amazing how people call and want to learn the move. Even South African artists have called seeking for permission to edit the video and use it on their music videos”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342531-ST9J2KB0G2U3RBVS8QRS/884-+TUCA+TUCA+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 918.TUCA TUCA / Italy TUCA TUCA is an Italian dance style created by Raffaella Carrà in 1970. Since the early 1970s, it has got a complex choreography, mesmerising elaborate themes, and uninhibited style. Raffaella Carrà was the first television personality to show her belly button on camera with this song. This was met with heavy criticism from the Vatican and Catholic churches in the countries that watched her show, Canzonissima. Carrà had a hit song with the sensual “Tuca Tuca” (1970), written for her singing and dancing television presentations by her longtime collaborator and former boyfriend, Gianni Boncompagni. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342404-YI9LYTX1NLLXFC2VZ4T2/857-Totur+Denmark.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 889.Totur / Denmark TOTUR is a folk dance from Vejle in Denmark. Its name means “two figures”. It is danced by mixed couples in a circle. Basic steps include walking, two-step, grand right and left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342462-2R5PY40TM4NW005JSIWU/870-+Traditional+Dance+Singapore.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 902.Traditional Dance / Singapore TRADITIONAL DANCE in Singapore can be described as multicultural. Singapore is a multinational country, so the dance styles reflect its cultural diversity. Traditional dances in Singapore usually refer to the generic and popular forms of dances from China, the Malay archipelago and India. Since independence in 1965, these dance forms have been institutionalized as Singapore’s official “traditional” or “ethnic” dances, thus for example Chinese Lion Dance is performed during New Year festivities. With the constant Westernisation of the country, there is also a consistent struggle between the rejection and acceptance of the western dance influences, such as ballet, jazz and tap, that have been locally popular for a long time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342293-TJU43IBRZ1A0YUQGULLD/831-Tango+Argentina.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 862.Tango / Argentina TANGO is a partner dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. It was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries, where natives mixed with slave and European immigrant populations. Tango is the result of a combination of the German Waltz, Czech Polka, Polish Mazurka, and Bohemian Schottische with the Spanish- Cuban Habanera, African Candome, and Argentinian Milonga. It was frequently practiced in the brothels and bars of ports, where business owners employed bands to entertain their patrons with music. Then it spread to the rest of the world. Many variations of this dance currently exist around the world. On August 31, 2009, UNESCO approved a joint proposal by Argentina and Uruguay to include tango in the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage List. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342349-6X1RPO6125Y3S163HP9Q/844-Tenjin+Festival+Dragon+Dance+Japan.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 876.Tenjin Festival Dragon Dance / Japan TENJIN FESTIVAL DRAGON DANCE is a dance performed in Osaka Prefecture in Japan during the Tenjin Festival. Unlike the typical dragon dance done by a group of people manipulating a long flexible dragon figure, this dance features dancers mimicking the dragon. Its shapes and moves are expressed by bending fingers, and twisting hands and body. In addition to the Tenjin Festival, the dance can be witnessed in a number of shrines and during street performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342541-FQV55E8AZ58HV9XBGU1Q/886-+TURFING+USA.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 920.TURFING / USA TURFING, an acronym for Taking Up Room on the Floor, is a dance style hailing directly from Oakland, California. It is much based on non-traditional ways of storytelling or representing a specific turf or place that a particular performer seeks to represent. Turfing is very improvisational and free-form, with dance moves that come from different traditions in order to fully express or narrate a particular life story. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342371-IALRSMWLD23NU9FIQ81C/850-Tinikling+Philippines.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 882.Tinikling / Philippines TINIKLING is a traditional folk dance from the Spanish colonial era in the Philippines. It involves two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance. The poles act as percussion instruments. The dance is traditionally accompanied by rondalla music, but it is also commonly adapted to modern music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342400-7ENJNOF5MMTHW4Q16KRT/888+TORI-SASHI+ODORI+Japan+.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 888.tori-sashi ODORI / Japan TORI-SASHI ODORI (bird-catching dance) is a tradition unique to Unzen city, Nagasaki Prefecture in Japan. Like real old-fashioned bird-catchers, men carry a special bird stick painted with birds on the tip, a pole called a “mochizao”. Unlike real bird-catchers, they only wear “fundoshi”. They also dance around chirping and pretending to be birds. Only men can perform this dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342392-V3AEYPP3NKFSOMZIP0OW/854-Tondero+Peru.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 886.Tondero / Peru TONDERO is a Peruvian dance and musical genre that originated from the Morropón Province in the Department of Piura. It was derived from the fusion of music brought by migrants from southern Spain and Eastern Europe with the indigenous as well as African contribution. The former is expressed in the introduction of Tondero, very similar to an indigenous Yaraví, and the latter is evidenced in the drum rolls. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342418-4ZDGA55GIM5NVQVOKYZZ/860-Traditional+Dance+China.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 892.Traditional Dance / China TRADITIONAL DANCE in China is a highly varied artform, consisting of many modern and traditional dance styles, from folk dances to performances in opera and ballet, performed in public celebrations, rituals and ceremonies. There are 56 officially recognised ethnic groups in China and each of them has its own folk dance. Folk dances are important historically in the development of dance culture in China. Some of the earliest dances in court rituals and ceremonies of various dynasties may have evolved from folk dances. Many of the folk dances are related to harvest and hunting and the ancient gods associated with them. Among the best-known of the Chinese traditional dances are the Dragon and Lion dance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342523-YGMZ5QZQ7SP0GGPSKUWO/882-Tsutsube+Botswana.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 916.Tsutsube / Botswana TSUTSUBE is a traditional dance in Botswana, which is practised by the Basarwa or San people. Tsutsube is performed in four ritualistic categories or stages, which are: the first kill, puberty, marriage and trance. According to the history, the first kill was for males or boys, and trance dance was for healing purposes to engage ancestors spirits. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342266-R4R0A9UL5H0IOQ1HTS6B/857+TAKENOKO-ZOKU+-+Japan.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 857.Takenoko-zoku / Japan TAKENOKO-ZOKU (“bamboo shoot tribe”) describes a type of dance group active from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s in Tokyo, especially in Harajuku. The teenagers, mainly girls but often with one boy leading, were colorfully dressed and danced in a distinctive style on the sidewalk to music from stereos. To an extent, they were precursors to the gyaru groups that would eventually arise in the 1990s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342509-8NEUGHKD9XBWA6P2G8DF/879-+Trote+Nortino+Chile.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 913.Trote Nortino / Chile TROTE NORTINO is a dance from the North of Chile. The pair of dancers perform steps as if they were jogging. While moving rhythmically they move back and forth. They hold hands and turn to one side and another, constantly moving their arms. The clothing used in the dance is very colourful, predominantly made of alpaca or vicuña wool. Both the man and woman wear a hat. The music is accompanied by the guitar, quena, zampoña and bombo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342498-BSPPGU4HJ9O2ZNOPALPP/877-+Tropicana+DANCE+Cuba.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 911.Tropicana DANCE / Cuba TROPICANA DANCE is a name for dance performances in the Tropicana Club, a world-known cabaret and club in Havana, Cuba. It was launched in 1939 at Villa Mina, a six-acre (24,000 m²) suburban estate with lush tropical gardens in Havana’s Marianao neighbourhood. It is famous for its exotic dancers and their performances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342504-XK7KHR5SDH3IEL11PY5L/878-TROT+South+Korea.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 912.TROT / South Korea TROT is a folk music from South Korea aimed for older people in their 50s and 60s. It is like country music in America, and the rhythm is very similar—one two, one two. The beat is simple and so is the dancing. There are no complicated movements as in the K-Pop. Couples may dance together or one can dance by oneself in a group. In many cities and towns, there are clubs for the over-50 crowd to enjoy the trot dance music and to dance together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342332-DUYBBYB2TJLEWK2E9M20/840-+Techno+Global.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 872.Techno / Global TECHNO is a dance performed to the electronic dance music that emerged in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States in the mid-to-late 1980s. It resulted from the melding of African American music including Chicago house, funk, electro, and electric jazz with electronic music by artists such as Kraftwerk and Yellow Magic Orchestra. It is influenced by futuristic and fictional themes relevant to life in American late capitalist society. This unique blend of influences aligns techno with the aesthetic referred to as Afrofuturism. To producers such as Derrick May, the transference of spirit from the body to the machine is often a central element; essentially an expression of technological spirituality. Techno music defeats what Adorno saw as the alienating effect of mechanization on the modern consciousness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342352-V2K0O486W0FXTDA3FMXJ/845-Tera+Tali+India.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 877.Tera Tali / India TERA TALI is a famous folk dance of Rajasthan, India, performed by the Kamar tribe. It is an elaborate ritual with many different types of dance. The women sit on the ground during the performance, while the men sing. Tera Tali includes tying of metal cymbals (Manjiras) to different parts of the body, mostly to the legs. On many occasions the women clench a sword between their teeth and balance a decorative pot on their heads. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342562-7O9DVZWG2YRWT85OAZQ9/890-Twin-Style+Global.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 925.Twin-Style / Global TWIN-STYLE is a dance style performed by identical twin brothers Laurent Nicolas and Larry Nicolas Bourgeois, French dancers and choreographers, professionally known as Les Twins, who are often referred to by their respective nicknames, “Lil Beast” and “Ca Blaze”. They are recognized internationally for their talents in new style hip-hop dancing, which is a commercial form of hip-hop with a strong emphasis on isolations and musicality. They are known to have created a unique Twins-Style dance in which they form a perfect symbiosis. They look totally disjointed with their very jerky movements, although at the same time displaying an amazing fluidity. They undulate, bend and twist, impossible to assess where their center of gravity lies: both phenomenal and unreal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342545-EKJ9NKBKYVWOHSYEP075/887-Turkish+Roman+Dance+Turkey.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 921.Turkish Roman Dance / Turkey TURKISH ROMAN DANCE is a type of mainly Turkish folkloric dance, with the main base and elements from Byzantine music, famous for its signature 9/8 rhythm. The dance highlights intricate pelvic isolations, including tossing the belly and expressive gestures often mimicking aspects of life, such as playing instruments, cleaning clothes, churning butter, or drinking coffee. Delightfully cheeky and playful, this solo improvisational dance provides an opportunity for each dancer to show off their personality, and each dancer’s unique expression within the form is highly valued. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342305-5KW9M5OJC8REIXHMS2C0/834-+Tapetta+Gullu+India.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 865.Tapetta Gullu / India TAPETTA GULLU is a folk dance style of the people of Srikakulam district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a devotional dance performed by the shepherds and cowherds in the worship of the local goddess Gangamma, praying for rain. The main feature of the dance is a procession with the sacred pot known as “ghatam”. The dance is also performed during the Dasavatara festival and danced by a group of 10 to 15 men. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342325-KURD588239WLAM56UU8W/839-+tchiloli+S%C3%A3o+Tom%C3%A9+and+Pr%C3%ADncipe.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 870.tchiloli / São Tomé and Príncipe TCHILOLI is a traditional cultural performance, a mixture of ceremony, theatre, music and dance coming from São Tomé and Príncipe. Typically it tells a story (most commonly, a dramatic one), consisting of the theatrical recreation of the mediaeval conflict between the court of Charlemagne and the court of the Marquess of Mantua. It is syncretic, subversive and mystical, a melting pot of several traditions, a unique work that lends to different levels of interpretation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342489-ATNBXRCWZM84DMOYYSG7/875-Trigona+Greece+.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 909.Trigona / Greece TRIGONA is a traditional dance from Greece that belongs to the Horon dance group. “Trigona” means “pigeon”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342288-OJRWTTIBBZ1XILA00X31/830-TAMURE+Tahiti.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 861.TAMURE / Tahiti TAMURE is the oldest dance from Tahiti. When European colonizers arrived in Tahiti in the mid-19th century, they prohibited this dance because of its erotic, almost satanic aspect. Half a century later, the French protectorate allowed to perform it again. Its movements are based on warrior dance and daily life gestures. Usually danced by a group of boys and girls, all dressed in “more” (the Tahitian grass skirt, not made of grass but of the fibers from the bark of the “pu-rau”—hibiscus). The boys shake their knees and the girls shake their hips. The girls are largely standing still, the boys move around their partner, either facing her in front or hiding behind her back. The tempo of the music is continuously increasing to the point where only the most experienced and fittest dancers can keep up. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342537-EFFVSS9P29BQFOBJK13H/885-Tufo+Mozambique.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 919.Tufo / Mozambique TUFO is a traditional dance from Northern Mozambique. It is performed by groups of women, mostly in Maputo, the provinces of Cabo Delgado and Nampula and the Island of Mozambique. Of Arab origin, the dance is performed to celebrate Islamic festivals and holidays. It is traditionally performed by dancers moving just the top halves of their bodies and accompanied by songs and tambourine-like drums. Tufo songs are transmitted orally and may be composed by one of the dancers or by the group’s poet. They are usually in the Emakhuwa language but may also be in Arabic or Portuguese. The dancers must wear matching scarves and capulanas, which are a kind of sarong made from brightly coloured printed cloth. Each dance requires a new capulana to be worn. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342388-4ZD1PO4HPJY2I88GUHJQ/853-+Tobelo+Indonesia+Viral.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 885.Tobelo / Indonesia / Viral TOBELO is a line dance originating from Maluku, Indonesia, that became a viral dance trend in 2017/2018. It is a group dance full of aerobic moves. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342526-JAB0JYIMBA472LIV6IHH/883-+Tuareg+Sword+dance+Mali.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 917.Tuareg Sword dance / Mali TUAREG SWORD DANCE is a dance performed by the Tuareg people with a sword called Takoba. Since the Tuareg have an aversion to touching iron, the Takoba’s hilt is fully covered. The dancers are usually surrounded by men, women and even children accompanying them by clapping and singing while they do movements with their swords. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342566-73PNT2TTMCYM8MI2DCN6/926+TWIST+-+Global.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 926.Twist / Global TWIST is a dance inspired by rock ’n’ roll music. From 1959 to the early sixties it became the first worldwide dance craze, enjoying immense popularity among all people and drawing fire from critics who felt it was too provocative. It is performed by standing with the feet approximately shoulder-width apart. The torso may be squared to the knees and hips or turned at an angle so one foot is farther forward. The arms are held out from the body, bent at the elbow. The hips, torso, and legs rotate on the balls of the feet as a single unit, with the arms staying more or less stationary. The feet grind back and forth on the floor, and the dance can be varied in speed, intensity, and vertical height as necessary. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342312-ENJUP76WORSGNB36RLL2/836-Tarantism+Italy.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 867.Tarantism / Italy TARANTISM, also called DANCING MANIA, is an Italian social phenomenon, in which the victims were said to have been poisoned by a tarantula or scorpion. Its earliest known outbreak was in the 13th century, and the only antidote known was to dance to particular music to separate the venom from the blood. People would suddenly begin to dance, sometimes affected by a perceived bite or sting, and were joined by others, who believed the venom from their own old bites was reactivated by the heat or the music. Dancers would dance accompanied by the music which would eventually “cure” the victim. Some participated in further activities, such as tying themselves up with vines and whipping each other, pretending to sword fight, drinking large amounts of wine, and jumping into the sea. Some died if there was no music to dance to. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342249-6EDN4VS87453D55GOYI7/823-Tahtib+Egypt.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 854.Tahtib / Egypt TAHTIB is a term for a traditional stick-fighting martial art in Egypt, which later evolved into an Egyptian folk dance with a wooden stick. The name is derived from the word “Hatab” which means “a piece of wood”. Tahtib is related to exhibiting such qualities as honor, courage and power. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342396-7EMMF8T7WRMPVEBCQGGB/855-Tooro+DANCES+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 887.Tooro DANCES / Uganda TOORO DANCES are dances performed by the Tooro people, living in one of the five traditional kingdoms located within the borders of Uganda. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342345-YNRYQ0TYRKNHNOPLHIZZ/843-TEMNE+DANCES+Sierra+Leone.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 875.TEMNE DANCES / Sierra Leone TEMNE DANCES are dances performed by the Temne people. Currently, they are the largest ethnic group in Sierra Leone, at 35% of the total population, living in the Northern Province and the Western Area, including the national capital Freetown. They have a great variety of traditional dances performed on different occasions. in Central Sierra Leone and dressed in colourful attires perform often at graduation dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342478-BQJNOTRYV32JY5T3NLQD/906+triangle+dance+VIRAL.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 906. TRIANGLE DANCE / Viral TRIANGLE DANCE is a dance challenge that started in February 2019. A TikTok user named Matthew Jones posted a video performing the dance to “Milkshake” by Kelis. The dance quickly went viral and it has been really blowing up on Twitter ever since, with friends and colleagues desperately trying to master the intricate footwork. Danced by three people, standing in a triangle with their hands locked on each other’s shoulders and then taking turns to jump into the middle, it is a pretty simple dance as long as you remember to jump in a straight line and avoid giving your pal a concussion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342240-JI8LRYMSLSD598RZJH6V/822-TABLE+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 853.TABLE DANCE / Global TABLE DANCE, called also BARTOP DANCING, is typically an erotic dance performed at (or on) a patron’s table, as opposed to dancing on a stage. It may be an erotic dance performed by a sex worker or it may be done as a leisure activity. In some jurisdictions, table dance may be an alternative to a lap dance, due to laws preventing exotic dancers from making contact with customers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342467-DCYI4UKDNW1YZOGWCPF9/871-traditional+nomadic+dances+Bhutan+.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 903.traditional nomadic danceS / Bhutan TRADITIONAL NOMADIC DANCES by the Nomadic people of Bhutan, who live in the eastern (Yak Cham Dance) or western (Layab Dance) parts of the country, are known for their particular dance styles. The nomads who live in the eastern Bhutan perform dances to honor the local deity known as Aum Jomo. The western nomadic yak herders’ dance is usually performed by men who sometimes dance inside the costume of a yak body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342452-DCW3WDY3OM5H7RZNMAL1/867-+Traditional+DANCE+Papua+New+Guinea.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 899.Traditional DANCE / Papua New Guinea TRADITIONAL DANCE plays an important role in the very complex culture of Papua New Guinea, a land where no native written word exists and with more than 700 spoken languages. Songs and dances are one of the most popular forms of education. Each dance or sing-sing (a gathering of a few tribes or villages) has a special meaning. Sometimes it is a way to say “hello” and “welcome”. At other times, the ceremonial dance celebrates hunting or a war victory. Traditional celebrations include song, dance, feasting and gift-giving. On these celebrations or special occasions, beautifully painted faces, stunning headdresses, vibrant and colorful traditional costumes adorn the dancers, and an array of tumbuna songs and dances—representing and telling a legendary story with each step, twist or jump—have its own significance and value. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342413-9VWCTKEX36GZGHEVDDFJ/891+traditional+dance+cameroon.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 891.TRADITIONAL DANCE / Cameroon TRADITIONAL DANCE is an integral part of the culture, religion, and socializing in Cameroon—with more than 200 traditional dances, each associated with different ceremonies or rituals. Colonial authorities and Christian missionaries discouraged native dances as threats to security and pagan holdovers. After Cameroon’s independence, the government recognised traditional dances as part of the national culture and decided to preserve them. Traditional dances follow strict choreography and segregate dancers based on age, occupation, sex, social status, and other factors. Some require special costumes and props (masks or fans). Dances accompany births, christenings, weddings, funerals and invoke the spirits of ancestors to cure the ill or increase fertility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342301-WNUB07G6R2COPDR6RMEY/833-TAP+DANCE+USA.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 864.TAP DANCE / USA TAP DANCE is a dance that uses the sounds of tap shoes striking the floor as a form of percussion. The sound is made by a metal “tap” on the heel and toe. There are several variations of the tap dance: Rhythm Tap, Classical Tap, Broadway Tap and Post-modern Tap. Broadway Tap originates from English theatrical tradition and is widely performed in musical theatre, and often focuses on formations, choreography and generally less complex rhythms. Rhythm Tap focuses on musicality. Its practitioners consider themselves to be a part of the jazz tradition. Classical Tap has a long tradition that marries European “classical” music, American foot drumming, and a wide variation in full-body expression. Post-modern or Contemporary Tap has emerged over the last three decades to incorporate abstract expression, thematic narrative and technology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342284-XOOJBMWKNQSHI6PPGMYU/829-+Tamenhaibuga+Uganda.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 860.Tamenhaibuga / Uganda TAMENHAIBUGA is a royal dance style and also an entertainment art of the Basoga people in Uganda. Literally, it means “do not break the gourd”. Gourds are fruits much like pumpkins, but are not edible. They are used for storage of grains, fetching in water, carrying in milk or beer and other things. Tamenhaibuga dance has connection to the gourd, a symbol of royalty and unity, and it is also rooted in the Basoga chiefs’ palaces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342360-Z47MR4W87AUW5TOUVPNL/847-THEYYAM+India+.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 879.THEYYAM / India THEYYAM is a popular ritual form of dance worship of the northern part of Kerala, India, a living cult with several thousand-year-old traditions, rituals and customs. It is a combination of ritual, theatrical and lived culture with music and elaborate costumes. Dancer acts possessed with different Hindu, Shaivite and other belief system deities. Performers belong to the lower caste community, and have an important position in Theyyam. The dance is generally performed in front of the village shrine. It is also performed in the houses as ancestor-worship. It is accompanied by the chorus of various musical instruments. There are over 400 separate Theyyams, each with its own music, style and choreography. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342378-JSENJ612AHA950CR9Z9J/851-Tinku+Bolivia.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 883.Tinku / Bolivia TINKU is a ritual and a folkloric dance that is performed originally in the north of Potosí, in Bolivia. Its name means “encounter” (from the Quechua word “tinkuy” meaning “to be found”). The dance is performed in a crouching stance, bending at the waist. The performers move in circles following the beat of the drum. Every jump from one foot to the next is followed by a hard stomp and a thrown fist to signify the violence from the ceremonial Tinku combat. Many times the dancers will hold basic and traditional instruments in their hands that they will use as they stomp, just to add more noise for a greater effect. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342367-6CZBEQVZDWVR7VY8S7AA/849-Tigray+DAnces+Ethiopia.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 881.Tigray DAnces / Ethiopia TIGRAY DANCES are traditional Ethiopian dances performed to a two beat drum rhythm, originating from the northernmost of the nine regions of Ethiopia, homeland of the Tigrayans, Irob and Kunama people. The dance is characterized by various movements and steps, such as skipping steps, distinctive shoulder movements, and delicate neck motions. Dancers often move in a circle and change the tempo and direction of the dance based on the drums. Tigray dancers often perform wearing traditional Ethiopian clothing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342253-Q3AKXWTPRMJ126FBC7SX/855-Tajik+dance+Tajikistan.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 855.Tajik dance / Tajikistan TAJIK DANCE is an umbrella term for the various traditional and folkloric dances originating from Tajikistan. They have several styles: Pamir, Mountain, Bukhara, Southern, Hissar Valley, and Northern Tajikistan, and each of them is distinguished by costumes, movements, manners characteristic for the population of these regions. Tajik dances were born before the early Middle Ages and were an integral part of everyday life, accompanying all significant events‚ births‚ family holidays, etc. They are divided into: pantomime dance (the most ancient), based on imitation of animals and birds; ceremonial dance; dance beside death bed, still preserved in Pamir. Men’s dances are frequently aggressive. The movements are sharp, dynamic, swift in order to symbolize power and force. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342470-2EQ5P26M2K2PSSXMZ1UJ/904+TRASH+DANCE+Global.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 904.TRASH DANCE / Global TRASH DANCE is freestyle dance performed around or on top of trash bins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342486-9PAJXT9348EA372S2P4E/874-+TRIBAL+FUSION+Global.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 908.TRIBAL FUSION / Global TRIBAL FUSION is a mixture of various “tribal” or folk dances from around the world. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342441-TCBVSBAHVYOEWEYQVZTR/865-+TRADITIONAL+DANCES+Kuwait.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 897.TRADITIONAL DANCES / Kuwait TRADITIONAL DANCES in Kuwait show connections with the music of southern Iraq and south-eastern Iran. The music of the Gulf also has roots in African music, due to the extensive links with East Africa, including the slave trade and immigration. Kuwait’s dance and music traditions were well recorded until the Iraqi occupation, during which the music archives were destroyed. Many of the dances in Kuwait are related to the sea, sailors’ life, boats, but also to the desert life. Many of the dance songs use the zither and the lute, and many dances include the performers clapping along in rhythm while dancing. Some dances, such as ardah, showcase the performer’s sword skills. At weddings and other social events such dances as tanboura, samri and khamari are performed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342493-MMH3B565QQI336XN4LGG/876-Trojak+Poland+.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 910.Trojak / Poland TROJAK is a Polish folk dance coming from Silesia region. It is a double partner dance, performed in groups of three: one male dancer and two female dancers. The music of the dance has two parts: a slow one in 3/4 metre and a fast one in 2/4 metre. These parts are repeated several times, one after another. Ignoring the footwork, the figures may have the following arrangements: all three move in sync from the same foot; the male dances with one female, the second one dancing alone, then the male switches the female; the females are rolling on and then rolling off the arms; the trio forms a circle; the male and the females separate and move in the opposite directions, then join again. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342328-RSK5VSNG7KJNTH0NSC8C/871-TEBE+DAI+East+Timor.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 871. TEBE DAI / East Timor TEBE DAI is a traditional circle dance from East Timor. It is one of the most performed dances throughout the country, often presented during customary events and official ceremonies, such as flag raising, church events and when welcoming special guests. The music is played mainly by different drums and the dancers perform in traditional tais. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342456-U5N6TAVA4DJ4K65DO4HG/868-+Traditional+FOLK+dances+Tibet.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 900.Traditional FOLK dances / Tibet TRADITIONAL FOLK DANCES of Tibet are of a great variety, according to the folk music of each region of the Tibetan plateau, now Autonomous Region of Tibet. They are usually cheerful, performed by communities and general people, inspired by regional songs and costumes. They praise local deities, celebrate harvesting, represent Buddhist deities, and more recently even unite different regions into dancing to express the hope that the Tibetan exiled will return to their homeland, like in the Lhoka dances. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342558-QMXIY4UONETZ7TXVTU7K/889-TwerkING+Global.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 924.TwerkING / Global TWERKING is a type of dance originating as part of the bounce music scene of New Orleans in the late 1980s. It is performed individually, chiefly but not exclusively by women, with dancers moving in a sexually provocative manner by throwing or thrusting their hips back or shaking their buttocks, often in a low squatting stance. Twerking is part of a larger set of characteristic moves unique to the New Orleans style of hip-hop known as “Bounce”. Moves include “mixing”, “exercising”, the “bend over”, the “shoulder hustle”, “clapping”, “buttcheeks clapping”, and “the wild wood”—all recognised as “booty shaking” or “bounce”. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342428-S1RWPDZ068W31L9BSG7H/862-TRADITIONAL+DANCE+Equatorial+Guinea.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 894.TRADITIONAL DANCE / Equatorial Guinea TRADITIONAL DANCE and music are the central elements of the culture for both the Fang and Bubi people living in Equatorial Guinea. Many of the songs and dances have religious significance. Drums are a commonly used instrument, so are wooden xylophones, bow harps, zithers and the sanza, a small thumb piano fashioned from bamboo. Dances are usually accompanied by three or four musicians. The Balélé dance is usually performed on Christmas and other holidays. The Ibanga, the Fang national dance, is popular along the coast. Its movements are highly sexual. The men and women who perform it cover their bodies in white powder. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342320-LKHFGNJJ1OOQ2QD7SBBP/838-Tarraxinha+Angola.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 869.Tarraxinha / Angola TARRAXINHA is a slow dance style from Angola, originating from Kizomba. The word means “little nut bolt”. Danced on the spot and with partners very close to each other, Tarraxinha has few steps and is focused on isolations and two bodies moving as one. The music has often little melody and a much heavier hitting beat than Kizomba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342445-GQ2SX1OM5N1BUKO7M3YJ/866-+TRADITIONAL+DANCES+Myanmar.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 898.TRADITIONAL DANCES / Myanmar TRADITIONAL DANCES from Myanmar, including the Belu, Nat Gadaw and Zawgyi dances, are performed to honour classic folklore characters, some from pre-Buddhist times. The Burmese dance, with origins in the pre-Christian era, evolved during the many invasions throughout the country’s history. The different traditional dance styles have references in Pali and Sanskrit myths, Burmese folklore, Buddhist practices, amongst others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342356-8XDF71ZWBPUQZHA5HU7U/846-Tharaka+DANCE+Kenya.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 878.Tharaka DANCE / Kenya THARAKA DANCE is a traditional dance of the Tharaka people from Kenya. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342408-C9X495ZLDCOZ00UN10TX/858-+Traditional+dance+Barbados.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 890.Traditional dance / Barbados TRADITIONAL DANCE of Barbados is related to the popular music that includes calypso, soca, dancehall and reggae. There are also traditional folk songs with accompanying dances, telling stories of times gone by. Dancers often perform at festivals, on local holidays and other special events, presenting a variety of styles. Dances and traditional costumes are an iconic part of Barbadian culture and rituals. Dance is also often part of school education—many of the local primary schools on the island have dance classes as a part of the curriculum, or as a highly recommended after school activity for the students. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342273-ZPBGZKNWQCRZTMVMXXF7/827-Tamberma+Togo.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 858.Tamberma / Togo TAMBERMA DANCE is an amazing traditional dance of the Tamberma people in the north of Togo. The region is also called Koutammakou and the people Batammariba. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342341-G1U5CGLHLYXGPVMXUQ9J/874+TEMETE+-+Ivory+Coast.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 874.TEMATE / Ivory Coast TEMATE is a dance coming from the Wobe people in Ivory Coast. It is a joyful dance, traditionally performed by young women who mime the actions of cultivating the rice field, from the seeding to the harvest. Nowadays, the dance is performed by both females and males of all ages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342424-0M0ULEUQRA9G9RYQZI8M/893+TRADITIONAL+DANCE+-++Ecuador+.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 893.TRADITIONAL DANCE / Ecuador TRADITIONAL DANCE in Ecuador originates from a long indigenous, African and Spanish tradition. Ecuadorians simply love to dance. One of the most traditional forms of dancing is Sanjuanito. Originally from northern Ecuador, it is danced to local music in the festivities of the mestizo and indigenous cultures. Another best known Ecuadorian dance is Pasillo, with origin in the classical waltz. Local dance culture embraces erotic hip movements, used a lot by partners dancing close to each other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342518-ZIH1YEQWLHSDYK4STMWQ/915+TSIFTETELI+Greece.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 915.Tsifteteli / Greece TSIFTETELI is the Greek belly dance. It follows a rhythm common all over the Middle East. Its name is Turkish and comes from “chifteteli”, which originally means “two strings”. Typically it is not performed by a single belly dancer in a Rhine-stone costume, but by a massive number of dancers populating the dance floor, just like in a disco. It is danced by both men and women, in solo, couples and group formations. Essentially it is a seductive female dance. Many women dance it on the tables or bars trying to seduce men who are watching them. It is one of the most important and meaningful dances in Greek music and culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342336-WMPO17J4TTP0OXZCUQXY/841-+Techno+Viking+Viral.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 873.Techno Viking / Viral TECHNO VIKING is an Internet phenomenon or meme based on a video from the 2000 Fuckparade in Berlin, Germany. The 4-minute video was shot by experimental video artist Matthias Fritsch. The camera shows dancing people with a blue haired woman in front. A man stumbles into the scene grabbing the woman. A bare-chested man (known colloquially as the Techno Viking) enters the scene while turning to that man. He grabs him by the arms and the camera shows the confrontation. The bare-chested man pushes the guy back in the direction he came from. He looks at him sternly and then points his finger at him, ensuring that he behaves. Then the camera follows the bare-chested man as the techno parade continues. As the situation calms down, the bare-chested man starts to dance down Rosenthaler Straße to techno music. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/1675339342474-9LWB49UU19BXATUYV9SD/872-Trastrasera+Chile.jpg Dance Style - Tt - 905.Trastrasera / Chile TRASTRASERA is a dance typical of Chiloé Archipelago in southern Chile. It is a simple dance that can be adapted as a rhythmic game even for young children. It is a couple dance, yet it is best performed by larger groups. The dance follows a pattern of three quick steps in place, one beat per step, and on the fourth beat there is a raising of the knee. The pattern then repeats, starting with the opposite foot. All the figures are performed using this step, whether in place, advancing, or turning. The woman is dressed in a dark skirt and a brightly colored jacket, with a scarf tied around the head. She wears thick, dark-colored cotton or wool tights, and closed-toe shoes. The man wears dark pants, a striped shirt, espadrilles or boots with thick white tights folded over the pants. He also wears a poncho and a Chilote gorrito or beret. https://www.universaltongue.com/home daily 1.0 2024-08-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/63dba432cbc517350e5850c6/fe2b0fcf-1df8-4ffe-a5c7-ebe2798abbfd/universal-tongue-website-banner.jpg Home - “Dance—the moving body—more than anything in our diverse and complex world unites us in the recognition of our shared fragility and our common human condition. It also points us towards a possibility of a more inclusive world with limitless exchange and understanding of new identities, a world where simply everyone is a dancer.” — Anouk Kruithof