Chart and Citation

1500 BCE
Natya
pre 700
** Greek writer "Homer" writes the Iliad
776 BC
** Greece holds mid-summer religious festivals at Olympia (Singing, Dancing, Competitions, Oratories, etc.)
600 BC
** Dionysus worship begins in Greece (believers worshipped, ate and danced together, later men objected to women dancing together).
500 BC
Mime (AKA: Pantomime)
550 BC
Spanish Dance
441 BC
** Euripides, (first choreographer), incorporates dance into his plays.
186 BC
Bacchanalia
2-6 BC
** Approximate birth date of Yeshua of Nazareth (Jesus Christ).
9th AD
Farandole
40's AD
Salome
200 AD
Java Dance
500 AD
Raks Sharki (Belly dance)
500 AD
** Middle Ages Begin: European historical period between roughly AD 500 to 1450 (aka Dark Ages)
500-800 AD
** the Dark Ages begin: (aka Middle Ages)
527 AD
** A dancing girl named Theodora (d.548)* married Emperor Justinian becoming the Byzantine "Empress.
860 AD
** Shiva Appears as the Lord of Dance (Nataraja)
900 AD
** Christian Church holds dance performances on Easter Sunday services
900 AD
Cramignon
1100's
Espringall
1100's
Sarabande (AKA: Zarabande)
1200's
Westphalia - (Waltz Type dance)
1360's
Moresca (AKA: Moorish dance)
1387
** Geoffrey Chaucer writes 'The Canterbury Tales' which adds bawdiness to stage and dance.
1374
St. Vitus Dance (see Tarentella)
1400s
Ahselroten (Shimmy type dance - Germany)
1400's
Basse Dance
1400's
May Pole Dance (Modern version 1880's)
1425
Calata (AKA: Calate, Calado)
1445
Le Branle
1448
Ballet (First actual "ballet")
1450
** Middle Ages end: European historical period between roughly AD 500 to 1450
1450
** Moveable Type Face is invented, and the Latin Bible is printed by 1455, dance treatise can now be printed enmasse.
1450
** Renaissance period begins: (c. 1450-1600)
1455
Conjé
1463
Dance of Death appears
1463
Torch Dance
1470
Ballo (see ballet, court dance)
1480
Cinq-Pas (AKA Galliarde)
1480
Gagliarde
1480
Galliarde (AKA: Cinq-Pas, Romain, Romanesca)
1485
Rigaudon
1489
** Ballet becomes publicly known
1500
Passe-Pied
1500's
Alta Danza (AKA: Salterello, also see Spanish Dance )
1500's
Batugue
1500's
Chacola
1500's
Dansas dos Espingardeiros
1500's
Danses dos Mariyos
1500's
Danses dos Pratos
1500's
Fulafranz
1500's
Salterello (AKA: Alta Danza, Passo Brabante, Pas de Brabant, Breban, Quadernaria)
1500's
Mazurka (AKA: Mazourka, Mazur, Masur, Masurek)
1500's
Trotto
1508
Pavane (AKA: Padovana, Passemesa, Peacock Dance)
1515
Courante (similar to the Corrente)
1520s
Clog (AKA: Des Sabots)
1530's
Tordion
1525
German Dreher (AKA: Walzer)
1546
Padovana
1546
Passemesa (AKA: Pavane)
1549
Triori
1550's
Hautes Danses
1550's
Minuet
1550's
Passe-Mezzo
1552
Canaries, Danse de
1556
Volta, the or Valzer (original not the French version)
1560
Chacona (Guatamalan)
1560
Firlefanz
1560s
** Term Peasant Dance appears
1560's
Pie de Jibao
1560'S
Sarabande
1565
Bourrée d'Auvergne
1565
Foliá
1569
Bergamasca
1570
Cushion Dance (AKA: Joan Sanderson dance)
1570s
Danse de Donzellas
1576
** First "Dance Theater" opens in London
1580
Fuhrungen
1580
Gavotte (AKA: La Danse Classique)
1580
Weller or Spinner (a Waltz)
1588
Romanesca (AKA: Galliarde)
1588
The book Orchesographie by Thoinot Arbeau is written and starts 'dance technique'
1590
Nizzarda (similarities to Waltz)
1597
** Opera Begins (Jacopo Peri's 'Dafne')
1600
Espata Dansa
1600
Espunolet
1600
La Volte (French)
1600
** Renaissance period ends: (c. 1450-1600)
1600's
Allemande
1600's
Baixia
1600's
Carica
1600's
Chaconne (Spanish)
1600's
Corrente (Similar to Courante)
1600's
Dansas Habladas
1600's
Entrée Grave
1600's
Espagnole
1600's
Espanoleta
1600's
Gigue (AKA: Jig, Giga)
1600's
Schäfflertanz
1607
** May 14, 1607 -- Settlers arrive at Jamestown, VA.
1608
Pavanilla Italiana
1619
** First African-Americans land on American soil to be sold as slaves -- Jamestown, VA.
1620
** The Mayflower landing of the Pilgrims in Plymouth, MA 11/9/1620 (aka: Plymouth Rock)
1635
the Academie Francaise was founded
1650's
Les Contredanses - French (AKA: Contredanse Francaise, Contradance, Contra Danza, English Country Dance, anglaise or angloise)
1650
Roger de Coverly
1661
** Louis XIV establishes Académie Royale de Danse
1670
Bocane
1670
Walzen or Walzer (AKA: Waltz)
1670's
** Pierre Beauchamps defines five foot position
1680
Lundu
1681
** LaFontaine, the first woman to dance professionally in a Ballet.
1690
Ländler
1692
** Hysteria grips the village of Salem, Massachusetts, as witchcraft suspects are arrested and imprisoned (May 1692.) Ordeal finally ends in October.
1700
** Raoul-Auger Feuillet creates first dance notation system
1700's
Spanish Fandango
1700's
Allewander (AKA: Allemande )
1700's
Besola, the
1700's
Calenda, The
1700's
Cotillion, The
1700's?
Danse au Virlet
1700's
Fado
1700's
Fofa
1700's
Fogueiras de S. João
1700's
Fricasee
1700's
Friska
1700's
Sicilienne
1710
Royal Galliarde
1710
Rigadoon Royal
1711
Forlana (AKA: Forlane, Fourlane)
1713
Pastoral
1718
** New Orleans is founded by the French.
1720
Ländler or Hospur
1720
Weller, The (a Waltz)
1730
** Shakespears 'Romeo and Juliet' performed for first time
1734
** Marie Camargo raises dancing skirts above the ankle (for better freedom to move)
1735
** Ballet arrives in America (Charleston, So. Carolina)
1736
Arkansas Traveller (AKA: Essence of Old Virginia)
1740
Quadrille
1750
** Performers in Blackface appear on stages, eventually minstrel shows begin. (also see 1830)
1750
Strathspey
1750
the Waltz (see Walzen)
1760's
Flamenco (AKA: Malagueña)
1770
Strassburger
1770's
Shakers Dance
1776
** 7/4/1776 - United States Declaration of Independence enacted
1776
Viennese Waltz
1780
Bolero
1780's
Furlana
1784
** Revolutionary War officially ends
1788
** "Dancing The Slave's" on slave ships recorded by Alexander Falconbridge
1789
** First Inaugural Ball occurs in honor of President Washington.
1800
Galop
1800
the Valse (Germany) La Valse à deux temps
1800's
La Badenowitch (AKA: Danish Waltz)
1800's
Balmoral (AKA: Scotch Schottische)
1800's
Basket of Fans
1800's
Boston Fancy
1800's
Bouffoons (Modern version, not ancient Greek version)
1800's
Boulangère, La
1800's
La Danse des 'Brandons'
1800's
Buck and Wing
1800's
Cascaron
1800's
Chahut
1800's
Czardas
1800's
Firlefei (also Virlefei)
1800's
Friss
1800's
Krocan
1800's
Paseo Doble
1800's
Ta-Toa
1800's
Trenchmore, the
1800's
Tyrolene
1800's
Les Varities Parisienne
1800's
Waltz a Cinque Temps
1803
Romaiika
1809
German, The (AKA: Cotillion Waltz)
1812
German Drekkar (AKA: Imperial Waltz)
1812
English Imperial Waltz (AKA: German Drekkar)
1816
Mazy Waltz
1820
English Contra Dance (see Les Contredanses )
1820
Lancers
1820's
Hop Waltz (AKA: La Sauteuse, Old Waltz, New Spring Waltz and Waltz á trois temps)
1820's
La Sauteuse (AKA: Hop Waltz)
1820's
New Spring Waltz (AKA: Hop Waltz)
1820's
Waltz á trois temps (AKA: Hop Waltz)
1822
Can-Can
1822
Polka
1825
** Romanticism period begins: (c. 1825-1900)
1828
Jim Crow Dance appears (Thomas Dartmouth Rice)
1830
Redowa (AKA: Redjovet)
1830
Virginia Reel
1830's
Cracovienne (AKA: Kracovienne)
1830's
** Minstrel shows appear in the U.S. The Virginia Minstrels appear in 1842 and start a sensation.
1830's
Valse a deux Temps
1833
La Casseralla
1834
Boston (AKA: American and Glide Waltz)
1836
Cachucha
1839
New Polski Mazuorka (see mazurka)
1839
Tarentella (AKA: St. Vitus Dance)
1840
Columbine Waltz
1840
** Master Juba Appears
1840
** Photography is invented
1840
Schottishe Waltz (a Polka)
1840
Tap Dance
1840
Trottartt
1840's
** Burlesque Shows start to appear
1842
La Cellarius
1844
** First Music House opens (Mr. Thomas Rouse extends his London public house "the Eagle Tavern" for music, singing and Dancing)

1845
Pattin' Juba (May be older)
1846
Dance of the Shadows
1846
Eccentric-Can Can
1848
Apollo Dance (Ballet Version)
1849
Five Step
1849
Schottische
1850
A La Mode
1850
Cakewalk
1850
Varsovienne
1850's
Merengue
1850's
Rheinlander (AKA: Schottische)
1850's
Serious Family Polka
1850's
Sicillian, La (AKA: Sicilliana)
1851
Cerrito Schottische
1858
Dance After The Husking
1860's
** 1st American style Burlesque House appears ... Mr. Michael Bennett Leavitt changes his format from plays, skits and farces into the "burlesque show."
1860's
Barn Dance
1860's?
Habanara
1860's
Milonga (AKA: Tango , Andalusan )
1860's
Napoleonienne
1860's
Walk Around (... see cakewalk)
1860's
Waltz La Veilers
1861
** Miss Adah Isaac Menken burlesque dance costume fully bares her legs on stage, abandoning tights.
1863
Stag Dance
1866
** Stage production of "The Black Crook" opens.
1866
Gitana Waltz
1866
Valse L' Americain (French version of the American Waltz)
1868
** Burlesque successfully arrives in U.S. with Lydia Thompson at New York's Woods Theater
1869
** The Folies Bergere officially opens in France
1870's
Balance Waltz (AKA: Two Step)
1870's
Maxixe
1874
Glide Waltz (AKA: Boston)
1875
** Strip Tease is Born (Le Divan Fayouau, in the 'Rue des Martyrs,' France, removes most of her clothing one piece at a time.)
1876
Hootchy - Cootchy Dance (AKA: Hootchie Cootchie, Hootchie, Hoochi Coochi, Hooch dance)
1876
Skirt Dance
1878
** Musical Comedy begins
1879
Danzon
1879
Fascination Waltz
1879
Redowa Glissade
1880
Virginia Reel
1880's
American Gavotte
1880's
Ashland Polka
1880's
Bamboula
1880's
Buzzard Lope
1880's
Cadet Waltz
1880's
Carlton, The
1880's
Celtic, The
1880's
Columbia, The
1880's
Combination Polka
1880's
Counjaille
1880's
Coquette
1880's
Esmerelda Waltz
1880's
Eugenie Waltz
1880's
Hesitation Waltz (or Valse Boston)
1880s
** Ragtime is born
1880's
Soft Shoe (also see Tap Dance, Virginia Essence)
1881
** Cabaret (Le Chat Noir) and leads into Vaudeville by 1883 (Tony Pastors)
1881
College Step Waltz (4/10/1881 -ASPD)
1882
Five Step Waltz
1883
Azalea, The
1883
Xylophone Polka
1884
Boston Dip
1885
College Polka (AKA: Collegiate Polka)
1887
** Hollywood, California is named & Co-Founded by Daeida Hartell Wilcox Beveridge
1888
Berlin, The
1888
Knickerbocker Waltz
1888
Newport Dance
1888
Three Step Galop
1889
** Cakewalk finally becomes fashionable with Sam T. Jacks Creole Show
1890
Ballin' The Jack
1890?
Break Down
1890
Heel & Toe Polka
1890
Mesemba (Samba)
1890
Rye Waltz
1890
Three Step
1890
Two Step
1890's
One Step
1890's
Scarf Dance
1890's
Shadow Dance
1890's
Slow Drag
1890's
Square Dance
1890's
Tango
1890s
** Uncle Tom's Cabin premieres
1892
Serpentine Dance
1893
** Little Egypt dances at the Worlds Colombian Exposition in Chicago, Sol Bloom coins term Belly Dancing here
1893
** Oscar Wilde realeases his play entitled "Salome"
1895
Cloak Dance
1895
Irene Skipping Rope Dance (later became "Double Dutch")
1895
Witches Dance
1896
Passion Dance
1897-1902
** American Gold Rush happens, spawns Saloon hall dancers, the Can-Can and Hooch dancers like Diamond Lil, Diamond-Toothe Gertie etc.
1897
La Czarina Mazurka (also Czarina Waltz)
1899
** Isadora Duncan Appears
1900
** Romanticism period ends: (c. 1825-1900)
1900s
Beguine, The
1900s
Embolada
1900s
Shake and Quiver (Shimmy, Shimmy Sha Wabble)
1900s
Valse Maurice
1900
Apache Dance
1900
** Chorus Line Dancing begins with the "Floradoa Girls" (Sextette)
1900
** Modern era beigins with DeBussey
1900
One Step
1900
Tango American (mouvet)
1902
Irish Trot
1902
Pasadena, The
1903
Betsy Ross Dance
1905
Frat March
1905
Mattichichi, La (incorrect AKA: Maxixe )
1905
Oriental Foxtrot
1906
Chicken Reel
1906
Dance Of The Demons
1907
Cocoanut Dance
1907
Ju-Jitsu Waltz
1907
Whirlwind Waltz
1907
** the Flo Ziegfeld Follies Begin
1908
Boston Two Step
1908
Edelweiss Glide Waltz
1909
Abstract Dance
1909
Grizzly Bear
1909
Klapdanse
1909
Texas Tommy
1910
Argentine Tango
1910
Black Bottom
1910
Buena Vista Tango
1910 Credo Waltz (aka Rosevelts Gavotte)

1910
Open Tango
1910
Walking Boston
1910's
Berceuse
1910's
Camel Walk
1910's
Chicago, The
1910's
Congo Tongo
1910's
Fan Tango
1910's
Fish Walk
1910's
Kangaroo Dip
1910's
Parisienne Tango
1910's
Philadelphia Boston
1910's
Shim Sham
1911
Bunny Hug
1911
Castle Tango (The Castles)
1911
Cubanola Glide
1911
Gaby Glide
1911
Horse Trot
1912
Castle Walk
1912
Come To Me Tommy
1912
Fox Trot (might go back to 1905)
1912
Irish Tango
1912
Lame Duck Valse
1912
Nights of Gladness Waltz
1912
Pidgeon Walk
1912
Santley Tango (Joseph Santley)
1912
Whirlwind Waltz
1912
Three Step (AKA: Jazz Straight)
1913
Ballin The Jack is Introduced in the "Darktown Follies"
1913
Bunny Hug
1913
Chinese Ta-Toa
1913
Innovation Waltz
1913
Newman Tango
1913
Pavlova Gavotte
1913
Philadelphia Drag
1913
Rumba (AKA: Son, Danzon, Rhumba)
1913
Throw Away
1913
Vampire Dance, The
1914
Aeroplane Waltz
1914
Aunt Jemima Slide
1914
Canter Waltz
1914
Castle Fox Trot (The Castles)
1914
Castle Innovation Tango (The Castles)
1914
Castle Walk (The Castles)
1914
Cinquante-Cinquante
1914
Circle, The
1914
Clifford Trot, Clifford Walk
1914
Congo Tango
1914
Davy's Foxtrot
1914
** The Denishawn School Opens
1914
Dengozo Maxixe
1914
Dortohy Waltz (Dorothy Dickson)
1914
Evelyn Foxtrot (Evelyn Nesbitt)
1914
Foxtrot Chasseurs
1914
French Pericon
1914
Kangaroo Hop
1914
LuLu Fado
1914
Papaltatsa Maxixe
1914
Pauline Waltz
1915
Walking The Dog
1915
Whirlwind Waltz
1915
Cincinnati Two Step
1915
Negro Drag
1915
Peabody
1916
Kathlyn Waltz
1917
Jazz Dance
1917
** Mata Hari is executed by a French firing squad
1917
Samba (AKA: Mesemba)
1917
Toddle , The
1918
(Dance of the) Sand Dune
1918
Shimmy (has roots to 1400s)
1918
Tickle Toe
1918
Valse Maurice (Maurice Mouvet)
1919
** World War One (WWI) ends
1919
Chicken Walk
1919
Crap Shooters
1919
** The "Great Migration" begins in full force (Southern Blacks migrate to Northern Cities)
1919
Shimmy
1920
Castillian Foxtrot
1920
Tango Valse
1920's
Arizona Hike
1920's
Bambouca
1920's
Bowery Tap
1920's
Break Away
1920's
Bull Frog Hop
1920's
Civa Dance
1920's
Collegiate, the
1920's
Collegiate Foxtrot (Later became Texas Two Step)
1920's
Collegiate Glide
1920's
Cootie Tickle
1920's
Cutting In (AKA: Memphis Tapping Novelty Dance)
1920's
Czarina Waltz
1920's
Doin' The Racoon (AKA: Racoon Dance)
1920's
Eagle Rock
1920's
Varsity Drag
1921
Baltimore Buzz (introduced in "Shuffle Along")
1921
Footloose Strut
1921
Java, The
1921
Marimba Waltz
1921
Schottische Espagnole
1921
** Broadway Show 'Shuffle Along' Opens
1921
Talmadge Foxtrot
1921
Toddle
1922
Charleston (may go back to 1866) actually 1905, but opens with 'Runnin' Wild' in 1922 became popular.
1923
** Cotton Club Opens in New York
1923
Sugar Foot - Stomp (AKA: Sugar Foot, Flea Hop, part of Mooch and Sugar, Shag, Swing)
1923
The Tucker Dance
1924
Blues Trot, The
1924
Break-Away, published 1929 - (Pre-Charleston Lindy Hop)
1924
Brother Low Down
1924
Coodena, The
1924
Dance-A-La-Graphonola
1924
Indianola
1924
Sonia Polish Dance (Polka)
1924
The Strut
1925
Collegiate Shag (Aka: Flea Hop, New Orleans Shag, Sugar Foot)
1925
Flea Hop (AKA: Collegiate Shag )
1925
Princeton, The (Foxtrot Variation dance)
1925
** Savoy Ballroom Opens in Harlem
1925
Sloppy Sailor Walk
1925
Snake Hips Dance
1925
Sweet and Low Down (Tap)
1926
** Martha Graham does first show
1926
Tragico Tango
1926
Wildflower Waltz
1927
Kinkajou
1927
Lindy Hop (AKA: Swing, Breakaway, Jitterbug, Savoy Style)
1927
** Miss Hinda Wassau is arrested for Stripping while dancing on stage (see 1875, see shimmy)
1927
Novelette
1927
Six Eight, The
1927
Sugar Foot Strut
1927
Varsity Drag
1927
Yale Blues Dance
1927
Yankee Prance
1928
** "Blackbirds of 1928" introduces Earl 'Snake-Hips' Tucker
1928
Excuse Me
1928
Pickin' Cotton
1928
Silent Dance (used headphones)
1929
** Black Thursday starts the Great Depression (October 24)
1929
** Bojangles appears on stage in 'Hello'
1930
Viper's Drag, The
1930?
Al Smith Hop
1930
** Ann Miller arrives on screen in Queen High
1930
Hoosier Hop
1930's
Arthur Murray Shag (AKA: Collegiate Shag, New Orleans Shag)
1930's
Boogie Woogie
1930's
Bubble Dance
1930's
Jitterbug Waltz
1930's
Calypso
1930's
Carioca Tango
1930's
Carolina Shag
1930's
Conga, La (AKA: Conga Line, Barizillian Conga)
1930's
Dance Of The Doves
1930's
Doin' The Chamberlin
1930's
Doin' The King Kong
1930's
Double Shuffle Speed Swing (AKA: Fast West Coast Swing)
1930's
Jitter-Jive
1930's
Shim Sham Shimmy
1930's
Saint Louis Shag
1930's
Sugar Foot (AKA: Shag, Flea Hop, Swing)
1930's
Ya-Ya, The
1931/2
Savoy Style Lindy (AKA: Smooth Lindy, West Coast Swing, Slow Lindy)
1931
Siboney
1932
Dixie Stomp
1932
** Radio City Music Hall Opens
1933
Carioca
1933
Cha Cha (later 1953)
1933
Fan Dance (Burlesque version not Oriental)
1933
** Fred Astaire appears in film "Flying Down To Rio"
1933
Roosevelt Hop
1933
Westchester, the
1933
** Sally Rands Fan Dance becomes a hit in Chicago
1934
Champagne Waltz
1934
Continental, The
1934
Jitterbug
1934
Truckin
1934/5
Balboa
1935
Piccolino
1935
Veolanda (Veloz & Yolanda)
8/21/1935
** Swing Era begins with Benny Goodman at the Palomar Ballroom (actually Sweet's Ballroom: Oakland is more correct) in Los Angeles, CA.
1936
Big Apple
1936
(Doing The) Chamberlaine
1937
** Ann Miller Appears in "New Faces of 1937"
1937
** First National dance congress is held by Tamiris
1936
Suzy-Q
1937
Boomps-A-Daisy
1937
Harvard Hesitation
1937
La Bomba
1937
Peckin'
1937
Peelin' The Peach
1937
Ritz Carlton
1937
Swing Waltz
1937
Trocadero, The
1938
Chestnut Tree (Spreading Chestnut Tree)
1938
Cobra Tango
1938
Doin' The Dopey
1938
Lambeth Walk
1938
Mambo
1938
Palias Glide
1938
Yam, The
1938
Yolanda Tango (Veloz & Yolanda)
1939
** Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declare war on Germany.
1939
Flirtation Walk
1939
Floogee Walk
1940's
Back Bay Shuffle
1940's
Black Out Stroll
1940's
Boopsie Doodle
1940's
Dewey Dip
1940's
Draft-Away, the
1940's
Drum Dance
1940's
Furlough, The
1940's
Pachuko Hop
1940's
Peek-A-Boo Dance
1940's
Trilby, The
1941
** 12/8/1941 - United States with Britain declare war on Japan. 12/11/1941 - Germany declares war on the United States.
1942
East Coast Swing
1942
** Gene Kelly appears on Screen in as "Thousands Cheer"
1942
Harlem Shuffle
1942
Jive
1942
New Yorker, the (AKA: East Coast Swing)
1943
Pass The Ammunition
1943
Thumbs Up
1943
** Broadway's "Oklahoma" Debuts (Changes theatre forever)
1944
Boogie Woogie Maxixe
1944
Cobra Dance
1945
** V-E (Victory in Europe) Day. Japan surrenders to USA
1945
Wiggle-Wobble
1947
The Dominicana
1947
Swing Trot
1948
Eastern Swing (AKA: East Coast Swing)
1948
Western Swing (AKA: West Coast Swing, Savoy Style, Hollywood Style)
1949
Ballroom Hula
1950
Bristol Stomp
1950
Funky Broadway
1950's
Boogaloo
1950's
Bop
1950's
Chicken Dance
1950's
Creep, The
1950's
Dirty Dance (AKA: Sleazy Dance)
1950's
Duck Trot
1950's
La Charanga
1950's
La Bostella
1950's
Rock and Roll (Swing)
1950's
West Coast Swing (first use of the words ... called Western Swing prior)
1952
Stevenson Stomp
1953
Bunny Hop
1953
Tennessee Wig Walk
1954
Champion Strut
1954
Jimmy Creepers
1955
La Plena
1955
Monkey, The
1955
Mule, The
1955
Pony, The
1955
Shake, The
1955
Stroll, The
1957
Barman
1957
The Bounce,
1957
The Horse,
1957
Jamaican Calypso
1957
Skate, the
1958
** Alvin Ailey establishes a dance theatre
1958
Bossa Nova
1958
Twist
1959
Cumbia
1959
Dip
1959
Funky Chicken
1959
High Life
1959
Waddle
1959
Pachanga
1960's
Fish
1960's
Frug, The
1960's
Locomotion
1960's
Hitch-Hiker
1960's
Hully-Gully
1960's
Madison, The
1960's
Strollypso (Stroll and Calypso Mix)
1960's
Watusi
1960's
Wisk, The
1961
Grapevine
1961
Pillmore
1961
** Vietnam conflict begins which finally ended in 1975
1961
Popcorn, the
1961
San Francisco Stomp
1965
Do The Freddie!
1968
Hustle - Couples dance Birth, but not yet known as such.
1970
Texas Two-Step - Country Western (originally the 1920s Collegiate Foxtrot)
1970's Crip Walk
1972
Hustle (AKA: Originally called Disco Swing)
1975
Disco Two-Step (AKA: Nightclub Two Step, NC2)
1980
Disco Fox
1990?s
Casino Rueada
1990's
Lambada
1990's
Macarena (song by Los del Río in 1993, then dance 1996)
1991
** The U.S, Supreme Court ruled that states have the right to prohibit nude dancing in public venues
1994
Country Line Dancing craze (second wave)
1998?
Hamster Dance (Computer animation)
2001
Dubya Dance (Computer animation)

This shows you all the differnent types of dance in the years. It is not hte best udated version but it shows you the dances. Also it shows most all the gernes!


"Dance Timeline at a Glance. Streetswings Dance History Archives." Sonny Watson's West Coast Swing Dance - Streetswings Homepage. Streeetswing, 21 May 2010. Web. 12 May 2011. .