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Para Para (パラパラ, ParaPara) or Para-Para is a synchronized dance that originated in Japan. Unlike most types of club and rave dancing, Para Para features specific synchronized movements for each song, much like line dancing.

In ballet, a pas de deux [pɑ d(ə) dø] (French, literally "step of two") is a dance duet in which two dancers perform ballet steps together.

Pas de quatre (literally, "step of four") is a French term used to identify a ballet dance for four people. Pas de quatre are usually plotless dances performed as divertissements within the context of a larger work.

The passepied (French pronunciation: [pasˈpje], "pass-foot", from a characteristic dance step) is a French court dance.

Paydushko horo (Bulgarian: Пайдушко хоро, romanized: Pajduško horo; Macedonian: Пајдушко оро, romanized: Pajduško oro; Turkish: Payduşka; Albanian: Pajtushka; Greek: Παϊντούσκα, romanized: Baïdouska) is a Balkan folk dance, particularly ass…

Pendet dance (Balinese: ᬧᭂᬦ᭄ᬤᭂᬢ᭄, igélan pendet) is a traditional dance from Bali, Indonesia, in which floral offerings are made to purify the temple or theater as a prelude to ceremonies or other dances.

Perini Shivathandavam (Perini Śivatāṇḍavam) or Perini Thandavam is an ancient dance form from Telangana which has been revived in recent time. It prospered during the Kakatiya dynasty.

The Philippines is home to several folk dances such as Tinikling, Pandanggo, Cariñosa, and Subli. Dance has integrated itself in Philippine society over the course of many years and is imbedded in Philippine culture.

Piva is an Italian Renaissance dance that may have originated from a peasant dance to the accompaniment of bagpipes. In 15th-century sources it is described as the fastest version of the basse danse.

The pogo is a dance in which the dancers jump up and down, while either remaining on the spot or moving around; the dance takes its name from its resemblance to the use of a pogo stick, especially in a common version of the dance, where one…

Poikkaal Kuthirai Aattam (poi - False, kaal - leg, Kuthirai – Horse) or Puravi Aattam (Tamil:பொய்க்கால் குதிரை ஆட்டம்) (Dummy Horse Dance) is one of the folk dances of Tamil Nadu.

Pole dance combines dance and acrobatics centered around a vertical pole.

Polish folk dances are a tradition rooted in ten centuries of Polish culture and history. Many of the dances stem from regional customs and historical events and are distinct from Czech, Slovak and Germanic styles.

Polka is a dance style and genre of dance music in 24 originating in nineteenth-century Bohemia, now part of the Czech Republic.

The polka-mazurka is a dance, musically similar to the mazurka, but danced much like the polka. Many polka-mazurkas were composed by Johann Strauss II and his family.

Popping is a street dance adapted out of the earlier boogaloo cultural movement in Oakland, California.

Postmodern dance is a 20th century concert dance movement that came into popularity in the early 1960s.

Pravo horo (Bulgarian: Право хоро, lit. 'straight dance') is a simple folk dance from Bulgaria that is done throughout the Balkan countries. In Greece, it is called Zonaradiko.

The Pung cholom (Meitei: ꯄꯨꯡ ꯆꯣꯂꯣꯝ, lit. 'roar of the drum') is a traditional Meitei dance form originated from Manipur, which is the soul of the Manipuri Sankirtana music and the Manipuri classical dance.

Punjabi dances are an array of folk and religious dances of the Punjabi people indigenous to the Punjab region, straddling the border of India and Pakistan.

The quadrille is a dance that was fashionable in late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and its colonies. The quadrille consists of a chain of four to six contredanses.

Queer Tango (or Tango Queer) is dancing Argentine tango without regard to the traditional heteronormative roles of the dancers, and often to exchange the leader and follower roles. Therefore, it is related to open role or same-sex tango.

The quickstep is a light-hearted dance of the standard ballroom dances. The movement of the dance is fast and powerfully flowing and sprinkled with syncopations.

Raibenshe (Bengali: রায়বেঁশে), alternatively, Raibeshe (Bengali: রায়বেশে), is a genre of Bengali folk martial dance performed by male only. This genre of dance was once very popular in West Bengal.

Rainmaking is a weather modification ritual that attempts to invoke rain.

Rapper sword (also known as short sword dance) is a variation of sword dance unique to Northumberland and County Durham.

Raqs sharqi (Arabic: رقص شرقي, [ˈɾɑʔsˤ ˈʃæɾʔi]; literally "Oriental dancing" or "Eastern dancing") is the classical Egyptian style of belly dance that developed during the first half of the 20th century.

Rebolation, from the Portuguese verb rebolar - "to sway" or "to swing",, also known as free step, is a style of Brazilian dance that originated in rave parties in the early 2000s.

Regency dance is the term for historical dances of the period ranging roughly from 1790 to 1825. Most popular exposure to this era of dance comes in the works of Jane Austen.

Renaissance dances belong to the broad group of historical dances, specifically those during the Renaissance period. During that period, there was a distinction between country dances and court dances.

The robot, also called mannequin or dancing machine, is a street dance style—often confused with popping—that suggests the stilted movements of a dancing robot or mannequin.

Rodat (Jawi: رودت) is a folk dance of the Malays and Acehnese believed to have originated from the Middle East and was spread to Maritime Southeast Asia by traders in Aceh as far as Terengganu in the beginning of the 19th century.

Roger de (or of) Coverley (also Sir Roger de Coverley or ...Coverly) is the name of an English country dance and a Scottish country dance (also known as The Haymakers).

This is a list of dances of the Romani people. The most prominent Gypsy dance styles are those amongst the Roma in the Balkans. The Sulukule district in Istanbul is famous for its Romani dances.

Modern social round dance, or round dancing, is a choreographed and cued ballroom dance that progresses in a circular counter-clockwise pattern around the dance floor.

Albanian war dances (Albanian: valle luftarake or loja luftarake) are war dances performed by the Albanian people.

Sacred dance is the use of dance in religious ceremonies and rituals, present in most religions throughout history and prehistory.

Sagayan is a Philippine war dance performed by Maguindanao, Maranao, and Iranun depicting in dramatic fashion the steps their hero, Prince Bantugan, took upon wearing his armaments, the war he fought in and his subsequent victory afterwards…

Salsa is the name for Latin American dances that are danced to salsa music.

The saltarello is a musical dance originally from Italy. The first mention of it is in Add MS 29987, a late-fourteenth- or early fifteenth-century manuscript of Tuscan origin, now in the British Library.

Sammi (Shahmukhi: سمّی) is a traditional dance form originating from the tribal communities of Punjab. The dance originates from Sandal bar but is also popular in other Bars and Pothohar regions of Pakistani Punjab.

Samoan dance traditions reflect contact between Samoan culture and other cultures from the East and West.

Sanghyang (Balinese: ᬲᬂᬳ᭄ᬬᬂ​) is a traditional sacred Balinese dance originated from the Indonesian island of Bali. It is based on the premise that an unseen force enters the body of an entranced performer.

A Sârbă (Moldovan spelling: sîrba; Cyrillic Moldovan: сырба) is a Romanian folk dance normally played in 68 or 128 time.

Sasa, also spelled sāsā, is a type of folk dance from Samoa. Sasa is performed by all ages and genders, usually in groups and while seated.

Sattriya, or Sattriya Nritya, is a major Indian classical dance. It was initially created as part of Bhaona which are performances of Ankiya Nat, one-act plays, originally created by Sankardev, a 15th-16th century polymath from Assam.

The Coopers' Dance (German: Schäfflertanz) is a guild dance of coopers originally started in Munich. Since early 1800s the custom spread via journeymen and it is now a common tradition over the Old Bavaria region.

Highland dance or Highland dancing (Scottish Gaelic: dannsa Gàidhealach) is a style of competitive dancing developed in the Scottish Highlands in the 19th and 20th centuries, in the context of competitions at public events such as the Highl…

The Sword dance is one of the best known of all Highland dances, an ancient dance of war.

No verifiable historical evidence supports a direct continuity between the Sera and the ancient Pyrrhic dance (Πυρρίχιος).

Seungmu is a Korean dance performed by Buddhist monks. It is one of the most famous Korean traditional dances and designated as South Korea's important intangible cultural asset number 27 in 1969.

Shalakho ( sha-luh-KHAW) is a folk dance performed throughout all of the Caucasus. It's distinguished by its 68 time signature and fast-paced, upbeat style.

Shapish is a tradition recorded in open cultural data. This page is a machine-generated stub awaiting review by someone who knows the tradition.

Sheethankan Thullal is a dance and poetic performance form in Kerala, India. This one of the three major thullal forms prevailing in Kerala. Others are Ottan Thullal and Parayan Thullal. This dance is performed in a very slow tempo.

The Shim Sham Shimmy, Shim Sham or just Sham originally is a particular tap dance routine and is regarded as tap dance's national anthem. For today's swing dancers, it is a line dance.

A shimmy or shoulder shakes is a dance move in which the body is held still, except for the shoulders, which are quickly alternated back and forth. When the right shoulder goes back, the left one comes forward.

Sirtaki or syrtaki (Greek: συρτάκι) is a dance of Greek origin, choreographed for the 1964 film Zorba the Greek. It is a recent Greek folkdance, and a mixture of "syrtos" and the slow and fast rhythms of the hasapiko dance.

The Manu Siva Tau is a Samoan war dance, performed by the Samoan sporting teams before each match. The national rugby union team used to perform the traditional 'Maulu'ulu Moa' on tour.

Skanking is a form of dancing practiced in the ska, ska punk, hardcore punk, reggae, drum and bass and other music scenes. The dance style originated in the 1950s or 1960s at Jamaican dance halls, where ska music was played.

A slow dance is a type of partner dance in which a couple dance slowly, swaying to the music.