amazing dances around the world

Aerial Dance is an interesting form of expression that involves getting attached to the ceiling, thus letting performers explore space in three dimensions.

This Cambodian dance enacts the sagas that have been in the country for thousands of years. It was even carved into some parts of the Angkor Wat.

A Brazilian half dance, half martial arts Capoiera can be described as astounding, astonishing and fascinating, among others adjectives.

Tango is an Argentinean dance known to be one of the most difficult to master. Nevertheless, it never fails to amaze each time is performed.

This Indonesian dance was originally performed in order to communicate with ancestral spirits, but has since then been interwoven with the Indian epic known as the Ramayana.

One of the primary dances in Portugal, it involves the dancers tapping their feet and quickly changing their positions.

This is a high energy as well as physically demanding music hall dance usually performed by female dancers in chorus line while wearing costumes that have long skirts, petticoats and black stocking. Its primary features are skirt lifting and manipulation, high kicking and suggestive body movement.

Kabuki is a classical Japanese dance drama that is known for the stylization of its performance and for the elaborate make up worn by some of its performers.

This is a form of traditional dance in Chinese culture wherein the performers mimic how a lion moves while wearing a lion costume.

Casually known as riverdance thanks to the popularity of an interval act in 1994 called Riverdance this dance can be done solo or by a group and is characterized by stiffened upper bodies while performing quick and intricate footwork.