ARCHIVE / ART FORMS
The archive
1608 traditions on record — 1 thriving, 76 stable, 0 fading, 7 critical, 1524 honestly unassessed.
Every tradition the archive files under dance. A family is how a tradition is made, not where it is from — the same weave is a textile in every country that weaves it. See the whole archive →
Stable
Dance· Oman· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Saudi Arabia· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Indonesia· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Critical
Dance· Mongolia· Critical — UNESCO records its viability as at risk
Stable
Dance· Romania· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Japan· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· South Korea· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· India· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Hungary· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Iraq· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Mexico· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Peru· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Bhutan· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Japan· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· North Korea· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· India· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Zambia· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Japan· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Peru· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Zambia· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Thriving
Dance· Kottarakkara· Thriving — actively performed and institutionally taught
Stable
Dance· Serbia· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· North Macedonia· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Japan· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Tonga· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· People's Republic of China· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Malaysia· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Zimbabwe· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Critical
Dance· Malaysia· Critical — UNESCO records its viability as at risk
Stable
Dance· India· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Japan· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Croatia· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Kazakhstan· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Mexico· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Poland· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Critical
Dance· Indonesia· Critical — UNESCO records its viability as at risk
Stable
Dance· Cambodia· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Critical
Dance· Indonesia· Critical — UNESCO records its viability as at risk
Stable
Dance· Czech Republic· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· South Korea· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Argentina· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Malawi· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· United Arab Emirates· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Stable
Dance· Ivory Coast· Stable — a living practice, on UNESCO’s Representative List
Unassessed
Dance· India
Unassessed
Dance· Norway
Unassessed
Dance· Peru
Unassessed
Dance· Nigeria
Unassessed
Dance· Albania
Unassessed
Dance· Philippines
Unassessed
Dance· Ghana
Unassessed
Dance· Romania
Unassessed
Dance· Philippines
Unassessed
Dance· Greece
Unassessed
Dance· Indonesia
Unassessed
Dance· United Kingdom
Unassessed
Dance· Greece
Unassessed
Dance· Cambodia
Unassessed
Dance· Belgium
Unassessed
Dance· Ukraine
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