Ballet and concert dance
Made for the stage and an audience: ballet, modern, contemporary, jazz, tap.
🇮🇹 Italy and 4 moreBallet
A technical concert dance that evolved from Renaissance courts into a global stage artClassical dance · Solo · Couple
🇪🇸 SpainFlamenco
A southern Spanish art form of rhythmic footwork, singing, and acoustic guitarFolk dance · Solo · Group
🇦🇷 Argentina and 4 moreTango
A dramatic partner dance born in the ports of the Río de la Plata.Social dance · Couple
🇦🇷 Argentina and 1 moreArgentine tango
A partner dance from Buenos Aires suburbs, defined by the bandoneon and an intimate embrace.Social dance · Couple
🇺🇸 United StatesTap dance
A percussive dance using metal-soled shoes to create rhythms on the floorFolk dance · Solo · Group
🇺🇦 UkraineHopakГопак
A lively Ukrainian folk dance known for jumps and acrobatic movesFolk dance · Solo · Couple
🇺🇸 United StatesContemporary dance
A stage dance style blending ballet, modern, and many other influencesConcert dance · Solo · Group
🇺🇸 United StatesJazz dance
A performance style born in African American communities that blends improvisation with theatrical movement.Concert dance · Solo · Couple
🇯🇵 Japan and 2 moreButoh舞踏 (Butō)
A Japanese dance theatre form known for slow, controlled movement and white body makeup.Dance-drama · Solo · Group
🇮🇪 Ireland and 2 moreJigport
A lively folk dance in compound time, central to Irish and Scottish traditionFolk dance · Solo · Group
🇮🇹 Italy and 3 moreClassical ballet
A formal stage dance using turnout, pointe work and precise, flowing movementClassical dance · Solo · Group
🇦🇴 Angola and 1 moreKuduro
A fast electronic dance from Angola with sharp, staccato movements inspired by street life and resilience.Social dance · Circle · Group
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreContact Improvisation
A partner dance built on touch and shared weight, created in the United States during the early 1970s.Social dance · Couple
🇯🇵 JapanNihon-buyō日本舞踊
A classical Japanese stage dance refined from kabuki and older traditions.Classical dance · Solo · Group
🇪🇸 SpainAlegrías
A lively flamenco dance from Cádiz with a 12-beat rhythmFolk dance · Solo · Group
🇷🇺 RussiaContemporary ballet
A ballet form blending classical technique with modern dance movementClassical dance · Solo · Group
🇷🇺 RussiaTroika
A staged Russian dance where performers mimic horses pulling a sleigh.Concert dance · Group
🇷🇺 Russia and 1 moreNeoclassical ballet
A 20th-century ballet style with classical technique and a stripped-down lookClassical dance · Group · Solo
🇮🇱 Israel and 5 moreJewish dance
Dances and dance traditions across Jewish communities and celebrationsFolk dance · Circle · Group
🇰🇷 South KoreaSeungmu승무 (僧舞)
A solo Korean dance with long white sleeves and a drum, tracing cosmic cycles.Ritual dance · Solo
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreHooping
An object manipulation art form using a rotating hoop around the body or in tricks.Social dance · Solo · Group
🇲🇽 Mexico and 3 moreBaile folklórico
Stage versions of regional folk dances from Mexico and Central AmericaFolk dance · Group · Couple
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreStriptease
An erotic dance in which the performer slowly undresses for an audienceConcert dance · Solo
🇫🇷 FranceGigue
A lively baroque dance in compound time, often closing a musical suite.Social dance
🇨🇭 Switzerland and 4 moreEurythmy
An expressive movement art that translates music and speech into visible form through gesture.Concert dance · Group
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreAcro dance
A theatrical dance style blending classical technique with acrobatic tricksConcert dance · Solo · Couple
🇫🇷 FranceBallet blanc
A classical ballet scene of female dancers in white staging supernatural spiritsClassical dance · Solo · Group
🇩🇪 Germany and 1 moreTanztheater
A German dance-drama tradition blending stage drama with expressive movementDance-drama
🇩🇪 Germany and 2 moreExpressionist danceAusdruckstanz
An expressive modern dance form rooted in personal emotion, breath, and raw movementConcert dance · Solo · Group
🇷🇺 RussiaCharacter dance
Stylised European folk traditions adapted for the classical ballet stageClassical dance · Solo · Group
🇮🇳 India and 1 moreConcert dance
Dance created and staged for an audience, often in a theatrical venueConcert dance
InternationalPas de quatre
A classical ballet dance choreographed for four performersClassical dance · Group
🇫🇷 FranceApacheDanse Apache
A theatrical French partner dance portraying a dramatic quarrel with mock violenceDance-drama · Couple
🇦🇲 Armenia and 2 moreShalakhoշալախո
A fast Caucasian folk dance often performed as a playful competition between menFolk dance · Solo · Couple
🇺🇸 United StatesPostmodern dance
A 20th century concert dance movement that rejects technique in favor of everyday movement and chance.Concert dance
🇺🇸 United StatesAmerican Tribal Style Belly Dance
A group belly dance built on shared cues and spontaneous movementSocial dance · Group · Circle
🇪🇸 SpainTangos
A lively four-beat Andalusian flamenco dance known for playful expressionFolk dance · Solo · Group
🇷🇺 RussiaPas de trois
A classical ballet suite arranged for three performers across five distinct partsClassical dance · Group · Solo
InternationalJazz-funk
A commercial fusion of classical jazz technique and hip-hop aestheticsConcert dance
🇮🇩 IndonesiaKebyar Dudukᬓᭂᬩ᭄ᬬᬃᬥᬸᬥᬸᬓ᭄
An expressive Balinese solo performed in low, seated squats with a handheld fanClassical dance · Solo
InternationalFree dance
A 20th-century movement style that rejected ballet rules in favor of natural expression.Concert dance
🇫🇷 France and 1 moreSerpentine dance
A stage dance using long silk skirts and colored lights to mimic nature.Concert dance · Solo
🇺🇸 United StatesTribal Fusion Belly Dance
A Western stage dance fusing American Tribal Style with popping and world dancesConcert dance · Solo · Group
InternationalGrand pas
A multi-part classical ballet suite created to display virtuoso techniqueClassical dance · Solo · Couple
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo and 5 moreNdombolo
A Congolese social dance of rapid hip rotations and animated gesturesSocial dance · Solo · Couple
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreCompetitive dance
A performance sport where studio dancers present judged routines in diverse genresConcert dance · Solo · Couple
🇱🇷 Liberia and 2 moreFanga
A Liberian dance of welcome and invocation to the earth and sky.Folk dance
🇮🇷 IranPersian classical dance
An Iranian concert dance form that grew out of royal court entertainmentsClassical dance
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Argentine tango: Manticora87, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Seungmu: Richy!, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Free dance: Arnold Genthe (1869–1942), Public domain, source
- Hopak: Невідомий художник, Public domain, source
- Jig: Michael A. Zapletal Public domain Public domain false false This work, Public domain, source
- Contact Improvisation: Romain Bigé, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Eurythmy: Awslibrary, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Concert dance: jeff medaugh, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Striptease: Patrick S., CC BY 2.0, source
- Pas de trois: KCBalletMedia, CC BY 2.0, source
- Gigue: Hyacinth, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Hooping: AbsconditumEtIncognitum, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tango: carlos luque, CC BY 2.5, source
- Ballet: scillystuff, CC BY 2.0, source
- Flamenco: John Singer Sargent, Public domain, source
- Contemporary ballet: Lambtron, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Contemporary dance: Lorenzo Gaudenzi, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Tap dance: Jack Delano, Public domain, source
- Neoclassical ballet: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Baile folklórico: AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Classical ballet: Edgar Degas, Public domain, source
- Jewish dance: אין מידע, CC BY 2.5, source
- Butoh: Carlos de las Piedras, CC BY 2.0, source
- Nihon-buyō: Rdsmith4, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Jazz dance: Tore Sætre, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Serpentine dance: Frederick Whitman Glasier, Public domain, source
- Acro dance: Lambtron, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ballet blanc: M gulchik, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Expressionist dance: Schütz, Klaus, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, source
- Kebyar Duduk: Crisco 1492, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Pas de quatre: KCBalletMedia, CC BY 2.0, source
- Apache: Miscellaneous Items in High Demand, PPOC, Library of Congress, Public domain, source
- Tribal Fusion Belly Dance: Danecarney, CC0, source
- Ndombolo: Jean Yves ESSIGAN, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shalakho: Old123, CC BY-SA 4.0, source