Dance of Spain that means 'foolishness' - also a popular website that sells movie tickets.
Fandango
This energetic dance is named for for the town of Taranto in Italy.
Tarantella
The name of this Brazilian dance style means 'to rub navels together.'
Samba
Hurry - this is a catchall name for several disco dances which were extremely popular in the 1970s. Today it mostly refers to the unique partner dance done in ballrooms and nightclubs to disco music.
The hustle
Sensuous hip swinging Hawaiian dance.
Hula
In 1961 while in Paris with the Kirov Ballet, this legendary Russian requested asylum.
Rudolf Nureyev
Savion Glover's Bring in 'da Noise, Bring in 'da Funk features this dance.
Tap
Known for his elaborate musical production numbers that involved complex geometric kaleidoscopic patterns; used legions of showgirls and props.
Busby Berkeley
The name of this French folk dance is from the Provencal for 'mountain dweller'; in a song from My Fair Lady, the name follows the word 'Ascot.'
Gavotte
Is this Bohemian dance performed in round spots?
Polka
In 1998 Time named her 'Dancer of the Century.'
Martha Graham
The name of this dance popularized at Louis XIV's court is from the French for 'small'; often the third movement in symphonies.
Minuet
This 'avian' round dance is almost always performed to ragtime.
Turkey trot
Signature performers at Radio City Music Hall in New York; every December they perform the 'Lighting of the Christmas Tree' ceremony at Rockefeller center.
The Rockettes
The two-step Spanish dance Paso Doble is associated with this pastime.
Bullfighting
The dancer moves to a Caribbean rhythm, then leans backward and dances under a horizontal pole without touching it. Upon touching it or falling backwards, the dancer is 'out' in this neither here nor there dance.
Limbo
Cuban carnival march though it sounds African - three shuffle steps on the beat, followed by a kick that is slightly ahead of the fourth beat.
Conga line
The Galop from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld is the tune most associated with this high-kicking, skirt-manipulating suggestive dance.
Can-can
This American lady didn't direct The Ten Commandments but is best known for her ballet Rodeo.
Agnes de Mille
This African American dance that evolved in the 1920s is based on Charleston and is named for a famous Atlantic crossing of the same time period.
The Lindy Hop
Dance whose moves resemble those of sailors.
Hornpipe
This Spanish dance shares its name with a jacket that is waist-length & collarless.
Bolero
Along with Nijinsky and Nureyev, he is considered one of the three greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century; defected to Canada in 1974.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
The fairy who rules the Kingdom of Sweets in The Nutcracker.
The Sugarplum Fairy
Better known name of Jarabie Tapatio.
Mexican Hat Dance
This 'Fancy Free' choreographer won the Oscar for Best Director with Robert Wise for West Side Story.
Jerome Robbins
1890 fairy tale ballet - Princess Aurora, spinning-wheel spindle, a kissing prince.
Sleeping Beauty
4-letter circle dance that originated in the Balkans and is now a national dance in Israel.
Hora
The three best known ballets of Tchaikovsky.
The Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker and Swan Lake
African-American exotic dancer who achieved fame in the 1930s; 'Jazz Cleopatra'; danced in a skirt made of bananas.
Josephine Baker
This ballet with music by Stravinsky tells the story of a sex-starved clown puppet who dies & becomes a ghost.
Petrushka
This Brazilian dance of the 60s that combined samba & jazz means 'new trend.'
Bossa nova
The name of this dance of Cuban origin is an onomatopoeia from the rhythm of the güiro instrument and the shuffling of the dancers' feet.
Cha-cha
American choreographer Kenny Ortega is known for directing the High School Musical trilogy and this Michael Jackson's last tour.
This Is It
As its name suggests, this French dance is for four couples; in In Alice in Wonderland, it is paired with a lobster.
Quadrille
A little girl Clara is the main character in this all-time favorite ballet of Tchaikovsky that is set in the Kingdom of Sweets; 'Waltz of the Snowflakes.'
The Nutcracker
Mariinsky is the current name of this renowned ballet company.
Kirov
The ballet Swan Lake tells her story.
Odette
Husband-and-wife team of ballroom dancers of the early 20th century credited with 'fortifying' the popularity of modern dancing; the '___ Walk' dance was played by Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers on film.
Vernon and Irene Castle
Street dance that is characterized by exaggerated and highly energetic movement involving the arms, head, legs, chest, and feet. K for?
Krumping
Wham's hit "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" mentions this swing dance of the 1930s & '40s.
Jitterbug
Dance instructor and businessman, whose name is most often associated with the dance studio chain that bears his name.
Arthur Murray
Dance sung about by Chubby Checker.
The Twist
Poland's national anthem is in the style of this dance; Chopin wrote a lot of them.
Mazurka
The Haka dance is famously performed by the All Blacks rugby team of this country.
New Zealand
A mother of modern dance who believed in free-flowing and natural movements based on classical Greek art; death in a scarf incident in 1927.
Isadora Duncan
This British dame was the famed partner of Rudolf Nureyev.
Margot Fonteyn
This 'city' dance most frequently associated with white flappers and the speakeasy.
Charleston
Legendary Russian prima ballerina known for The Dying Swan.
Anna Pavlova
The name of this English folk dance is an alteration of 'moorish.'
Morris dance
Traditional African American form of music and dance which originated among slaves in the Southern United States - now means a task done very easily.
Cakewalk
Irish step-dancing show choreographed by Michael Flatley.
Riverdance
Dance involving putting the hands together in the form of fists and moving them in a horizontal, circular motion - name comes from a line of dolls.
Cabbage patch dance
Legendary Russian ballet dancer known for his gravity-defying leaps.
Nijinsky
Russian art patron and founder of the Ballets Russes, which is regarded as the greatest ballet company of the 20th century.
Sergei Diaghilev
Native American prima ballerina, known for her roles in The Firebird and The Nutcracker; married to Balanchine.
Maria Tallchief
A Mesoamerican ceremony called "Danza de los Voladores" translates as this. It has five people on a pole with four of them suspended from ropes and swinging in a circular fashion.
Dance of the Flyers
Debutante ball - from the French for petticoat.
Cotillion
The tragic 1841 ballet has been called the Hamlet of the ballet world; It tells the story of a peasant girl named ___ whose ghost, after her premature death, protects her lover from the vengeance of a group of evil female spirits called the Wilis.
Giselle
This legendary choreographer was married to Maria Tallchief and was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
George Balanchine
This American known for his highly imaginative modern ballets was born Abdullah Jaffa Bey Khan.
Robert Joffrey
Nickname of Bill Robinson, known for his tap dancing.
'Bojangles'
This African-American choreographer is best known for Revelations.
Alvin Ailey
Dance associated with Andalusia in Spain.
Flamenco
Carlos Gardel is the most prominent figure in the history of this dance.
Tango
Regarded as a 'forbidden dance', this Brazilian dance is typically performed with the stomachs touching.
Lambada
The name Mayim, a folk dance of Israel, means 'water' in this language.
Hebrew