🇩🇪 The dances of Germany
15 dances from Germany, best known first, across 6 cities and regions.
Cities and regions of Germany
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreBreakdancing
A street dance with acrobatics, floorwork and freezes, born in 1970s New York CityStreet or club dance · Solo · Group
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreAllemande
A Baroque instrumental dance and a later Swiss triple-time social dance.Social dance · Line or chain · Couple
🇫🇷 France and 4 moreQuadrille
A social dance for four couples in a square, with set figures and changing musicSocial dance · Set or square · Group
🇦🇹 Austria and 2 moreViennese waltz
A fast-turning partner dance from Vienna, danced in a closed holdBallroom or Latin dance · Couple
🇧🇪 Belgium and 5 moreJumpstyle
A high-energy dance with fast kicks, set to hard electronic music from Belgium and the NetherlandsStreet or club dance · Solo · Couple
🇦🇹 Austria and 4 moreLändler
A lively partner dance with hops and stamps, found across Austria and its neighborsFolk dance · Couple
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreHip-hop dance
Improvised street dance styles shaped by hip-hop music and cultureStreet or club dance · Solo · Group
🇫🇷 France and 4 moreGalop
A fast-paced ballroom dance in 2/4 time, often closing the nightBallroom or Latin dance · Couple
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreSchuhplattler
A stomping, slapping folk dance from the Eastern Alps, danced in lederhosen and dirndlsFolk dance · Couple · Circle
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreBaroque dance
Court and social dances from Europe’s Baroque era, 1600–1750Historical dance · Solo · Couple
🇨🇭 Switzerland and 4 moreEurythmy
An expressive movement art that translates music and speech into visible form through gesture.Concert dance · Group
🇫🇷 France and 3 moreBasse danse
A slow gliding court dance of the 15th and 16th centuries, danced in pairs without leaving the floor.Court dance · Couple
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreTanztheater
A German dance-drama tradition blending stage drama with expressive movementDance-drama
🇩🇪 GermanySchäfflertanz
A Bavarian guild dance performed by coopers in traditional attire every seven years.Folk dance · Group
🇺🇦 Ukraine and 5 moreCombat HopakБойовий гопак
A Ukrainian martial art rooted in Cossack war dances and folk fighting traditionsWar or martial dance · Solo · Group
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Viennese waltz: Sigismund von Dobschütz, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Eurythmy: Awslibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ländler: Emil Rau, Public domain, source
- Allemande: User:Hyacinth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Schuhplattler: Harald Bischoff, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Galop: Johann Christian Schoeller / Andreas Geiger the Elder, Public domain, source
- Baroque dance: John Hewat of Canberra, Australia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Breakdancing: Jose Fernando tenorio rivero, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Quadrille: Silar, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Hip-hop dance: E. Başak, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Schäfflertanz: Michael F. Schoenitzer, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Basse danse: Israhel van Meckenem, Public domain, source
- Combat Hopak: U.S. Army Europe Images, CC BY 2.0, source