Dance

Dance

Pertaining or related to any style of dance or choreographic technique.

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Hustle

Dance; African-American

A catchall name for several 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 ...

Swing

Dance; African-American

A group of dances that developed concurrently with the swing style of jazz music in the 1920s, '30s and '40s, although the earliest of these dance forms predate swing jazz music. ...

Cakewalk

Dance; African-American

A dance developed from a "Prize Walk" done in the days of slavery, generally at get-togethers on plantations in the Southern United States.

Juba

Dance; African-American

Originally known as Pattin' Juba (Giouba, Haiti: Djouba), is a style of dance that involves stomping as well as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks. "Pattin' ...

Handbone

Dance; African-American

Originally known as Pattin' Juba (Giouba, Haiti: Djouba), is a style of dance that involves stomping as well as slapping and patting the arms, legs, chest, and cheeks. "Pattin' ...

B-Boy

Dance; African-American

Often called "breakdancing", it is a popular style of street dance that was created and developed as part of hip-hop culture among African Americans and, later, among Latino ...