Street and club dances
Born outside the studio: breaking, popping, house, voguing and their kin.
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreBreakdancing
A street dance with acrobatics, floorwork and freezes, born in 1970s New York CityStreet or club dance · Solo · Group
🇧🇸 Bahamas and 2 moreJunkanoo
A costumed street parade with drumming, dance and masquerade, held at Christmas and other timesFolk dance · Group · Procession
🇯🇲 JamaicaDancehall
A Jamaican street dance style shaped by sound system parties and fast rhythmsStreet or club dance · Group · Solo
🇺🇸 United StatesCharleston
A fast-paced dance with kicks and twists, first popular in 1920s AmericaSocial dance · Solo · 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
🇦🇺 Australia and 1 moreMelbourne shuffle
A freestyle club dance with sliding steps and quick footwork from Melbourne’s rave sceneStreet or club dance · Solo · Group
🇺🇸 United StatesPopping
A street dance built on quick muscle contractions, born in California’s funk sceneStreet or club dance · Solo · Group
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreHip-hop dance
Improvised street dance styles shaped by hip-hop music and cultureStreet or club dance · Solo · Group
🇺🇸 United States and 5 moreVogue
A stylized dance of poses and battles from the Harlem ballroom sceneStreet or club dance · Solo · Group
InternationalLocking
A funk dance with sudden freezes, playful moves, and lively audience interactionStreet or club dance · Solo · Group
🇿🇦 South AfricaGumboot dance
A South African dance performed in rubber boots, using stamping and slapping for rhythmFolk dance · Group
🇺🇸 United StatesWaacking
A street dance with fast arm moves and dramatic poses, set to disco musicStreet or club dance · Solo · Group
🇺🇸 United StatesHustle
A fast-paced partner dance from 1970s New York nightclubs, set to disco musicSocial dance · Couple · Line or chain
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreElectro dance
A French street dance with sharp arm patterns and shuffling feet, danced to electronic beats.Street or club dance · Group
🇺🇸 United StatesUprock
A competitive street dance of hand gestures and footwork from New York City.Street or club dance · Couple · Line or chain
🇺🇸 United StatesGangsta Walking
A Memphis street dance born in the 1980s featuring stomps, slides and circle formations.Street or club dance · Circle · Group
🇺🇸 United StatesStreet dance
A social dance style born in open urban spaces during the 1970s.Social dance · Group
🇫🇷 France and 2 moreElectro dance
A French street dance of angular arm patterns and shuffling feet performed to electro house beats.Street or club dance · Group
🇳🇱 Netherlands and 1 moreHakken
A fast Dutch rave dance driven by rapid heel steps to heavy electronic bass beatsStreet or club dance · Solo
🇦🇺 AustraliaRobot
A street dance style that mimics mechanical movements with abrupt stops.Street or club dance · Solo
🇺🇸 United StatesJerkin'
A fast-moving California street dance known for leg twitches and bright skinny jeansStreet or club dance · Solo · Group
🇨🇳 ChinaChinese square dancing广场舞
A communal exercise dance done by groups in city squares and parks across ChinaSocial dance · Line or chain · Group
🇺🇸 United States and 1 moreGrinding
An intimate partner dance where dancers rub and bump their bodies togetherSocial dance · Couple · Group
InternationalJazz-funk
A commercial fusion of classical jazz technique and hip-hop aestheticsConcert dance
🇵🇷 Puerto Rico and 1 moreSandungueo
A partner or solo reggaeton dance defined by circular hip grinds and pelvic thrustsSocial dance · Couple · Solo
🇺🇸 United StatesCollegiate shag
An energetic American swing partner dance danced to fast-tempo jazz.Social dance · Couple
🇮🇳 IndiaDappankuthu
An energetic, informal Tamil folk dance driven by rapid layered drum rhythmsFolk dance · Solo · Group
🇯🇲 Jamaica and 2 moreSkanking
An energetic street dance born in Jamaican dance halls and shared across subculturesStreet or club dance · Solo · Group
🇺🇸 United StatesElectric boogaloo
A funk street dance from Oakland using fluid leg rolls and sharp body hits.Street or club dance · Solo
🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo and 5 moreNdombolo
A Congolese social dance of rapid hip rotations and animated gesturesSocial dance · Solo · Couple
🇨🇳 ChinaKe Mu San科目三
A viral Chinese dance featuring fast wrist twirls and swinging knee movementsSocial dance · Solo · Group
🇯🇲 JamaicaDaggering
A Jamaican dancehall couple dance that acts out sex on the party floorSocial dance · Couple
🇺🇸 United StatesJ-Setting
An energetic Black marching danceline style built on bold thrusts and high kicksStreet or club dance · Group · Line or chain
🇻🇪 VenezuelaRaptor House
An energetic Venezuelan street dance born from electronic party beats in CaracasStreet or club dance
🇿🇦 South AfricaShangaan electro
A high-speed South African township electronic dance style driven by rapid footworkStreet or club dance · Group
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Street dance: Eduardo de São Paulo, CC BY 2.0, source
- Grinding: Jason Rollison The original uploader was Guerillero at Wikimedia Commo, CC BY 2.0, source
- Gumboot dance: Michal Maňas, CC BY 4.0, source
- Dancehall: Desiresibbs, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Junkanoo: WikiPedant, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Breakdancing: Jose Fernando tenorio rivero, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Charleston: Walery , Polish-British, 1863-1929, Public domain, source
- Vogue: S Pakhrin, CC BY 2.0, source
- Hip-hop dance: E. Başak, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Hustle: Heinrich Klaffs, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- J-Setting: 2C2K Photography, CC BY 2.0, source
- Chinese square dancing: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Jerkin': Ninecalling, CC BY 4.0, source
- Dappankuthu: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Ndombolo: Jean Yves ESSIGAN, CC BY-SA 4.0, source