Quiz: Can You Identify The Dance Moves?

If someone would inquire you today who invented the ultra-cool dance step the moonwalk, you would say “MJ” or “Michael Jackson.” The most interesting aspect is that the moonwalk was documented as early as 1932 by a legendary jazz entertainer called Cab Calloway.

Lee Ju-sun is a South Korean dancer/choreographer well known for his “horse-riding dance” that featured in Psy’s music video “Gangnam Style.” The” Gangnam Style” official music video has garnered more than 3.2 billion views on Youtube since its release in 2012.

Breakdancing or b-girling or b-boying is a form of street dance that consists of four main movements. The main movements include freezes, power moves, down rock, and toprock.

Lambada, normally, is a partner dance. The movements are performed using arched legs and this dance includes a lot of swaying and turning. The short-skirts wore by lambada dancers revealing their thong while dancing became synonymous with this dance.

Extremely popular in the late 20s, Charleston dance moves became insanely famous after the “Runnin Wild” show. At present, Charleston belongs to the Lindy hop school of dance. This dance form leaves plenty of room for creativity and variations.

Stepdance competitions are the main component in Gaelic art tradition. “Riverdance” performed in 1994 Eurovision escalated the popularity of the Irish Step dance. Irish Stepdance is normally performed using a tight upper body and fast moves of the feet.

Originally from the Caribbean, Salsa is a very famous type of social dance. Salsa incorporates dance moves from other dance styles including mamba, cha-cha-cha, Cuban Son, and Puerto Rican plena and bomba.

Ballet dance originated in the 15th century and later became part of the cultural traditions of Russia and France. Performance dance like Ballets is performed by heavily trained ballet dancers. Some of the world-renowned ballet dancers, for example, include Anna Pavlova, Natalia Makarova, and Maya Plisetskaya.

Disco dance is mostly connected with the music it gets its name from. Disco dancing, in fact, is not a difficult form of dance. It has its roots in various other forms of dance including the Caribbean, Latin, and Afro-American dances.

Hip-hop dance is usually associated with hip-hop music. The dance style is pretty popular including street dance and it consists of breaking dance moves. In the 70s, dance crews in America made this dance a household name.