amazing dances around the world

This pre Spanish dance from the Philippines involves two people tapping, beating and sliding bamboo poles on the ground as well as against one another in coordination while stepping over and in between the poles.

Also known as Gopak, it is considered to be the official dance of the Ukraine and is composed of visually and technically amazing acrobatic feats. These include jumps and spins, and are usually the highlight of the performance.

With a tradition that more than 1,500 years old, these have combined their knowledge, discipline and their martial art in order to make this dance form their very own.

Kathak is one of the eight forms of Indian classical dances which originated from India. This dance form traces its origins to the nomadic bards of ancient northern India, known as Kathakars or storytellers.

This dance combines both Indian dance and music with big Hollywood movie style set. You can expect the dresses to not just be bright but colorful too.

Hip hop dance refers to Street Dance styles primarily performed to hip hop music or that have evolved as part of hip hop culture. It includes a wide range of styles primarily breaking, locking, and popping which were created in the 1970s and made popular by dance crews in the United States. This dance style, usually danced to hip hop music that evolved from the hip hop culture. Hip dance consists primarily of moves executed close to the ground.

The Yangko dance is a traditional folk dance of the Han Chinese. It originated from China and happens to be a popular part of their culture. It involves swaying of the body to certain rhythms. The waist and the hip are used to drive feet in order to sync with the music. The dance has a one thousand year history in China and is usually performed in the Lantern Festival. You can see a lot of videos on YouTube concerning the dance. Yangko has changed since its inception and the one that we see now happens to come from the late 1940s.

The phrase Gangnam Style is a Korean neologism that refers to a lifestyle associated with the Gangnam District of Seoul. The song and its accompanying music video went viral in August 2012 and have influenced popular culture worldwide since then. Gangnam Style received mixed to positive reviews, with praise going to its catchy beat and PSY amusing dance moves in the music video and during live performances in various locations around the world have become a phenomenon and become a famous dance style now.

A line dance is a choreographed dance with a repeated sequence of steps in which a group of people dance in one or more lines or rows without regard for the gender of the individuals, all facing the same direction, and executing the steps at the same time. Line dancers are not in physical contact with each other. Older line dances have lines in which the dancers face each other, or the line is a circle, or all dancers in the line follow a leader around the dance floor while holding the hand of the dancers beside them.

One of the most popular forms of classical dances of India is Kathakali dance. Kathakali dance drama originated in Kerala and it essentially is a musical drama.Embedded in stories from the epics, Ramayana, Mahabharata and from the Puranas (ancient scriptures), the dance form is believed to have originated in the 16th century. Kathakali can be described as a highly stylized classical Indian dance drama, noted for the heavy make up and stunning costumes of the dancers. The make up and costumes form an essential part of the art of Kathakali.