West Coast Swing (WCS) is a partner dance derived from Lindy Hop. It is characterised by a distinctive elastic look that results from its basic extens [ ... ]

The dance teacher Pierre Zurcher Margolie from London visited Cuba in 1952 to find out how and what Cubans were dancing at the time. He noted that this new  [ ... ]

Ice dancing is a form of figure skating which draws from the world of ballroom dancing. It was first competed at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1 [ ... ]

Breaking also known as “Break Dancing", is an improvisational street dance that originated in the South Bronx during the early 1970s. It is a cre [ ... ]

Originating in the 1980s, the Running Man is a dance that is mime-like in its implementation. To perform the dance, you simply act as if you are running in  [ ... ]

An interpretive and loose dance style, the Boogaloo began as a mixture of the African American, Cuban, Latino, and Puerto Rican music and dance cultures. Bl [ ... ]

Kadal Tabaw is a dance performed by the T'boli people during the planting and harvesting season. It is a mimetic dance in which the flights and hops of the tabaw bird are [ ... ]

This dance came from Marawi City, Lanao del Sur. Maranao women living near the shores of Lake Lanao walk nobly with their distinctive movements, most partic [ ... ]

Linggawen refers to a mountain range in the interior part of the island of Samar that have been a favorite hiding place of bandits that harass neighboring t [ ... ]

Neoclassical ballet is a ballet style that uses traditional ballet vocabulary, but is less rigid than the classical ballet. For example, dancers often dance [ ... ]

Contemporary ballet is a form of dance influenced by both classical ballet and modern dance. It takes its technique and use of pointe work from classical ba [ ... ]

Jazz dance is an umbrella term that can refer to several related dance styles. All of them are connected via common roots, namely tap, ballet, jazz music, a [ ... ]

  Dances from faraway lands found its way to the Philippines as a result of colonization. Newly introduced dances by foreigners were readi [ ... ]

Originating in the 1980s in Harlem, the Harlem shake is based on an East African dance called Eskista. It is believed that early African immigrants to New York contribute [ ... ]

Jota Bicolana is a popular dance in Bicol Region wherein the male wears barong tagalog and black trousers while the female wears Maria Clara dress with a fan held by the  [ ... ]