16th & 17th Centuries
Dances from Arbeau (France, 1589)
Pavane
Galliard
Galliard Lyonnaise
Tourdion
Branles
...Opening Branles: Double, Simple, Gay, Bourgoigne
...Cut Branles: Cassandre, Pinagay
...Miming Branles: Sabots, Pois, Lavandieres, Chevaulx, Hermites
...Branle Charlotte
...Branle de la Guerre
...Branle de l'Official
...Branle du Chandelier/de la Torche (mixer)
...Branles d'Escosse
...Branle Montarde
...Hault Barrois styling
...Decoupments/divisions
Dances from Caroso (Italy, 1581)
Galliard variations from Il Piantone
Villanella (for two)
Contentezza d'Amore (for two)
Ardente Sole (for two)
Gagliarda di Spagna (for two)
Passo e Mezzo (for two)
Dolce Amoroso Fuoco (for six)
Furioso (for six)
Chiaranzana (longways set)
Ballo del Fiore (mixer)
Ballo del Fiore in terzo (trio mixer)
...and many others
Dances from Negri (Italy, 1600)
Bizzaria d'Amore (for four)
La Caccia d'Amore (longways set/mixer)
Early English Dances (late 1500s-1600s)
The Old Measures
...Quadran Pavan
...Turkeylone
...Earl of Essex
...Tinternell
...Old Alman
...Queen's Almaine
...Madam Sosilia Alman
...Black Alman
Lorayne Alman, New Alman
Early Playford longways, squares, rounds
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19th Century Couple Dances
Early 19th Century (Regency/Jane Austen)
French Slow Waltz (1810s)
French Sauteuse (1810s)
French Jete/Quick Sauteuse (1810s)
Thomas Wilson's waltz sequence (three French waltzes)
Wiener Waltz (early Viennese waltz) (1820s)
Mid 19th Century (Victorian/Civil War, 1840s-1870s)
Mid-century waltz
Polka Mazurka, Polka Redowa, Redowa
La Koska, Zingerilla, Gitana
Cellarius Waltz (waltz-mazurka)
Sarocco Five-Step Waltz
Polka
Galop
Polka variations: Esmerelda, Zulma L'Orientale, Sicilienne
Hungroise
1850s Schottische (more than two dozen combinations)
The Union Dance
Late 19th Century (1880s-1890s/Belle Epoque)
New Waltz & variations
...Glide Waltz, Military Waltz
...Newport, Fascination
...Gavotte Glide, Metropole
...Bowdoin, Diagonal
Redowa/Mazurka Waltz set
...York, Yale University York, Independent York, New York
...Glide Mazurka, Two-Slide Racket, Galop a Trois Pas
Waltz-Minuet (sequence dance)
Rye Waltz (sequence dance)
Five-Step Waltz variations
Polka Russe, La Troika
Waltz-Galop
Racket
Racket Waltz
Military Schottische
Five-Step Schottische
Schottische variations
...Gavotte, Loomis New Gavotte, Star, Pas Saute, Harvard
...American Schottische (an English sequence)
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19th Century Set Dances
Early Quadrilles (Regency to 1830s)
French Quadrilles (First Set) (1810s)
Dun's Second Set of Quadrilles (1810s)
Caledonian Quadrilles (c1820-22)
Royal Scotch Quadrilles (1824)
Mid-Lothians Quadrilles (1820s)
Sixdrilles (square of trios) (1820s)
Country dance & variations
Country Dances
Ecossoises
Mescolanzes
Swedish Dances
Spanish Dances
Chivonian Circles
Miscellaneous Regency-era dances
Sir Roger de Coverley
La Boulangere
Country Bumpkin
Scotch reel for three, four, or six
1830s Galopades (galop/quadrille mix)
Original Galopade
Royal Galopade
Mid 19th Century Set Dances
Virginia Reel
Spanish Dance
Soldier's Joy
La Tempete
Rustic Reel
Pop Goes the Weasel
Flower Girl Dance
Carillon de Dunquerque
Light Dragoons
Gothic Dance
Holly Berry
Mid 19th Century Quadrilles
French Quadrille (First Set)
Lancers Quadrille
Caledonians Quadrille
Mrs. Henderson's Double Quadrille
Parisian Varieties
London Polka Quadrilles
The Cheat
Promiscuous figures
...Basket, Star, Gavotte, Minuet, Sociable
Royal Lancers/Horse Guards (for sixteen)
Octagon Lancers (for sixteen)
Late 19th Century Quadrilles
Le Triangle (1870s)
New York Lancers (1880s)
Saratoga Lancers (1880s)
Polo Quadrille (1880s)
Cally Polka Quadrille (1890s)
Two-Step Quadrille (1890s)
Fancy Medley (1893)
Polka Quadrille (1893)
Waltz Quadrille (1893)
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Early 20th Century
Early Ragtime (late 1890s-1900s)
Two-Step & variations
...Glide Two-Step, Military Two-Step
...Le Klondike, Tres-Chic, Tantivy
Round Two-Step (mixer, 1903)
Washington Post
Pasadena
Veleta Waltz (sequence dance)
Waltz Two-Step
Late Ragtime (1910s/World War I)
One-Steps & Castle Walks
Early Foxtrots
Maxixe (freestyle)
Hesitation Waltzes
...Aeroplane & Pompadour Waltzes
...Five-Step & Three-Step Bostons
...Twinkle & Mistletoe Hesitations
Half & Half (5/4 waltz) (freestyle)
Lulu Fado (mixer or freestyle)
Castle Schottische (sequence dance)
Castle Polka
1920s
Ballroom waltz -- roots of modern style
Ballroom Foxtrot -- roots of modern style
Yale Blues (1927-1929, bluesy foxtrot)
The Valencia (one-step/foxtrot variations)
1930s
Ballroom waltz -- roots of modern style
Ballroom Foxtrot -- roots of modern style
1930s English "romping" sequence dances
The Lambeth Walk
The Palais Glide
Boomps-a-Daisy!
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Mid-20th Century to Today
1950s
The Stroll
The Hand Jive (as seen in Grease)
The Madison (line dance seen in Hairspray)
Late 1970s Disco Line Dances
The New Yorker
The Line Hustle
California Bus Stop/California Hustle
Hollywood Line Hustle/L.A. Line Dance
Midnight Fever Line Dance (dance seen in Saturday Night Fever)
Hot Chocolate/Bonaparte's Retreat
Disco Duck
Rollercoaster
The Line Walk
New York Bus Stop
Modern Line Dances
Tokyo Polka (R. Powers)
Sunday in the Park (S. de Guardiola)
partnered waltz line dance
Country western couple dancing
Waltz (social, starter syllabus levels 5&6)
Polka (social, starter syllabus levels 5&6, freestyle)
Living couple dances -- fun, not competition
Cross-Step Waltz, basics and more
...hundreds of variations!
...mixer (by R. Powers)
...another mixer (by Susan)
...in 2/4, 4/4, 5/4, and 6/4 times
Cross-Step/One-Step Fusion
Fusion Polka -- mix it all up!
Rotary or Folk Waltz
...pivots & canter pivots
...swingouts & underarm turns
...and more!
Informal ballroom waltz
Popular Choreographies
The Congress of Vienna (J. Hertz)
Bohemian National Polka (R. Powers)
La Bastringue (French-Canadian folk dance)
From the movies!
Rio Tango (1930s Hollywood Tango) (R. Powers)
inspired by Flying Down to Rio
The Landler
as danced in The Sound of Music
Lizzy & Mr. Darcy's dance
from the BBC/A&E Pride & Prejudice
Steampunk Dance!
Airship Pirates/Gears Quadrille (S. de Guardiola)
Overboard Mixer (S. de Guardiola)
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