| Description | Dance |
| Classical dance form characterized by grace and precision | |
| 1930s Ballroom dance, coming from the islands of Guadeloupe | |
| Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen | |
| Lively folk dance with its origins in 11th century Punjabi | |
| Spanish dance with sudden pauses and sharp turns | |
| Brazilian dance (literal meaning new voice) | |
| Solo dancing with acrobatic moves in which different body parts touch the ground | |
| Lively, high-kicking stage dance originating in 19th-century Parisian music halls | |
| Rhythmic Latin-American ballroom dance with a basic pattern of three steps and a shuffle | |
| Lively 1920s dance that involved turning the knees inward and kicking out the lower legs | |
| Dance of African origin, with dancers in a single line, one behind the other | |
| Dance style of the Andalusian Gypsies (often with castanets) | |
| Ballroom dance in quadruple time; combines short and long and fast and slow steps | |
| Polynesian dance characterized by undulating hips, miming movements of the arms and hands | |
| 1920s dance characterized by improvised rhythms and techniques | |
| Traditional springy dance of Britain/Ireland, danced in triple time | |
| Dance popular in the 40s/50s, performed to swing or rock and roll | |
| Brazilian dance in which partners hold each other close and gyrate their hips | |