A-Z Dance Index

Alphabetical Index of Sanna Longden’s World Dances

Dear Friends: It may be confusing to know which of the five CDs go with which of the seven DVD/videos, and which of the 85 dances are on those products.  This is because the whole series began impulsively in 1990 with videos in an attempt to offer teachers a visual rendering of the written notes, and has enjoyably evolved through the next 16 years to the resources below. We hope these lists will help.

Dance Name & Culture CD # DVD/VIDEO #
Ach Ja (Germany) 3 6 (white-blue)
Agadu (Israel/Canada) 1 1 (red)
Aloha Kakahiaka (Hawai’i) 3 (aqua)
Alunelul (Romania) 3 6 (white-blue)
Ba La (Israeli cha-cha) None
Barnereinlender (Norway) 1 2 (purple)
Bear Went Over the Mountain, The (USA) Sing it 1 (red)
Bele Kawe (Carib/West Africa) 3 6 (white-blue)
Bluebird (USA playparty game) 1 (red)
Bongo (West Africa/Caribbean) 1 1 (red)
Boot Scootin’ Boogie (USA country-western) 2 5 (cinnamon)
Bulgar (Eastern European Jewish) 3 (aqua)
Canoe Dance (Native American) 3 6 (white-blue)
Constant Billy (ancient Morris Dance 2 5 (cinnamon)
Cotton-Eyed Joe (USA country, Tex-Mex dance) 2 5 (cinnamon)
Debke (Arabic) 3 6 (white-blue)
Diu Xie (Chinese-Tibetan) 4 7 (blue-white)
Dva Pâti Nadjasno (Bulgaria) 4 7 (blue-white)
El Juego Chirimbolo (Ecuador) 3 6 (white-blue)
El Vals de los Paños (USA Spanish Colonial) 2 5 (cinnamon)
Epo i tai tai e (Hawai’i/Samoa) 2 (purple)
Gathering Peascods (England, Maypole) 2 4 (green)
Goin’ Down to Cairo (USA playparty game) 4 7 (blue-white)
Good Old Days (USA) 1 (red)
Grand March (USA/ International) 2 5 (cinnamon)
Gustav’s Skøal (Sweden) 3 6 (white-blue)
Hashual (Israel) 3 6 (white-blue)
Here Comes Sally (African-American) 3 6 (white-blue)
Here Comes Santa in a Red Canoe (Hawai’i) 1 (red)
High Green Mountain (Taiwan) 3 6 (white-blue)
Highlife/Pandoga (West Africa/Caribbean) 1 3 (aqua)
Hoe Ana (Tahiti/Roratanga Islands) 4 7 (blue-white)
Hora (Israel) 1 (red)
How Do You Dootee (Australia) chant it 2 (purple)
Hoy Nergis/Toi Nergiz (Armenia) 3 6 (white-blue)
Huayno (Andes Mountains) 1 1 (red)
Huitzilopochtli/Tonanzin (Mexico, Aztec) 2 4 (green)
I Let Her Go-Go (Trinidad & Tobago) none 7 (blue-white)
I Love a Rainy Night (USA Tex-Mex) 2 5 (cinnamon)
Jenny Pluck Pears (17th c. English country dance) 2 5 (cinnamon)
Jingle Bells (Netherlands/USA) 1 (red)
La Belle Catherine/ Muffin Man (18th–20th c. contra) 2 5 (cinnamon)
La Boulangère (France) 4 7 (blue-white)
La Raspa (Mexico, novelty & traditional) 2 4 (green)
Lo Ahavti Dai (Israel) 4 7 (blue-white)
Los Machetes (Mexico, stick & partner mixer) 2 4 (green)
Los Tachos (southern France) 3 6 (white-blue)
Maypole Dances (England) 2 4 (green)
Mexican Clapping Game (Monterrey) 4 7 (blue-white)
Minuet, The (17th-18th c. English/US) 2 5 (cinnamon)
Niška Banja (Serbia) 1 3 (aqua)
Oh, Hanukah (Israeli hora) none
OxDansen (Sweden) 4 7 (blue-white)
Paddle Dance, The (French Canada) 1 2 (purple)
Pata Pata (South Africa) 4 7 (blue-white)
Penguin Dance (Antarctica) 4 7 (blue-white)
Peopleton Stick Dance, The (ancient Morris Dance) 2 5 (cinnamon)
Pop Goes the Weasel (England/USA) sing it 2 (purple)
Raj/Raas (India) 1 2 (purple)
Sasha (Russia/Denmark/etc.) none
Scratch (USA) many 2 (purple)
Seljančica/Cigančica (Serbian/Croatian) 1 3 (aqua)
Sellenger’s Round (England, Maypole) 2 4 (green)
Servihassapikos (Greece) 3 (aqua)
Sevivon (Hanukah) 1 1 (red)
Sicilian Tarantella (Sicily) 3 6 (white-blue)
Siege of Carrick (Ireland) 2 4 (green)
Sir Roger de Coverley, The (English/USA Colonial) 2 5 (cinnamon)
Swing Dancing (USA) 3 6 (white-blue)
Tant’ Hessie (South Africa) 4 7 (blue-white)
Te v’Orez (Israel) 1 2 (purple)
Thady You Gander (Australia) 3 6 (white-blue)
Tinikling (Philippines) 1 3 (aqua)
Tokyo Dontaku (Japan) 1 1 (red) 3 (aqua)
Tonanzin/Huitzilopochtli (Mexico, Aztec) 2 4 (green)
Troika (Russia) 2 (purple)
Tsamikos (Greece) 4 7 (blue-white)
Twelfth Street Rag (USA) 1 (red)
Tzlil Zugim (Israel, Yemenite) 1 3 (aqua)
Virginia Reel, The (England/USA) 2 5 (cinnamon)
Waves of Tory (Ireland) 4 7 (blue-white)
Ya’abud (Israel, Arabic) 3 (aqua)
Yakima Round Dance (Native USA) 4 7 (blue-white)
Yan/Jean Petit (France) 1 2 (purple)
Yesh Lanu Taish (Israel) 1 1 (red)

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