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waltz
thumb|Detail from Book frontispiece|frontispiece to Thomas Wilson Correct Method of German and French Waltzing (1816), showing nine positions of the waltz, clockwise from the left (the musicians are at far left). At that time, the waltz was a relatively new dance in England, and the fact that it was a couples dance (as opposed to the traditional group dances), and that the gentleman clasped his arm around the lady's waist, gave it a dubious moral status.
polonaise
thumb|Typical rhythm of a Polonaise
mazurka
thumb|right|300px|Mazur rhythm.
minuet
thumb|Minuet in the classical period (music)|Classical period
sarabande
thumb|upright=1.4|A sarabande in binary form by Johann Kuhnau
bolero
Spanish folk dance and music
Viennese waltz
genre of ballroom dance
courante
thumb|upright=1.35|A courante rhythm
fandango
thumb|Eighteenth century Castile (historical region)|Castilian fandango dancers (by [[Pierre Chasselat) (1753–1814)]] thumb|right|250px|Fandango rhythm.
waltz
International Style dance category; previously referred to as slow or English waltz
Oberek
thumb|upright|Oberek – Antoni Kurzawa, 1881. The oberek, also known as obertas or ober, is a lively Polish dance in triple metre. Its name is derived from the Polish obracać się, meaning "to spin". It consists of many dance lifts and jumps. It is performed at a much quicker pace than the Polish waltz and is one of the national dances of Poland.
Passepied
thumb|250px|Passepied from opera-Entr'acte|interlude [[The Shagreen Bone]]
kujawiak
thumb|A modern couple performing the Kujawiak in a competition setting. The kujawiak is a Polish folk dance from the region of Kuyavia (Kujawy) in central Poland. It is one of the five national dances of Poland, the others being the krakowiak, mazur, oberek, and polonaise.
branle
thumb|250px|''Branle d'Ossau'' by Alfred Dartiguenave, 1855–1856
Tinikling
Tinikling (traditionally written tiniclín) is a traditional Philippine folk dance which originated prior to Spanish colonialism in the area. The dance involves at least two people beating, tapping, and sliding bamboo poles on the ground and against each other in coordination with one or more dancers who step over and in between the poles in a dance. It is traditionally danced to rondalla music, a sort of serenade played by an ensemble of stringed instruments which originated in Spain during the Middle Ages. The locomotor movements used in this dance are hopping, jumping, and turning.
Tourdion
The tourdion (or tordion) (from the French verb "tordre" / to twist) is a lively dance, similar in nature to the galliard, and popular from the mid-15th to the late-16th centuries, first in the Burgundian court and then all over the French kingdom. The dance was accompanied frequently by the basse danse, due to their contrasting tempi, and were danced alongside the pavane and galliard, and the allemande and courante, also in pairs.
Polska
Nordic dance and music genre
Tsamiko
The Tsamikos (, Tsamikos) or Kleftikos () is a popular traditional folk dance of Greece, done to music of 3/4 meter.
redowa
"The original Redowa waltz", by Jullien|thumb A redowa () is a dance of Czech origin with turning, leaping waltz steps that was popular in European ballrooms.
Hambo
thumb|A hambo being danced at a contra dance in Massachusetts, U.S. The hambo is a traditional dance that originated in Sweden in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It is a couple dance in time, danced to music played with a strong accent on the first beat and a tempo that varies from moderate to fast (100 to 120 beats per minute). The hambo is a dance with a fixed pattern and tunes almost always have a corresponding eight measure structure.
Peruvian waltz
Peruvian musical genre