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Origin: Argentina (particularly Buenos Aires). Identifying features: Close embrace, intricate and quick footwork, and dramatic poses.

Origin: Los Angeles, California, United States. Identifying features: Highly energetic movements, expressive face-offs, and freestyle dance battles.

Origin: African-American communities in the United States. Identifying features: Aerial leaps, quick turns, and complex footwork, often performed to jazz music.

Origin: Japan (post-World War II). Identifying features: Slow, controlled movements often with contorted postures and white body makeup.

Origin: Appalachian Mountains, United States. Identifying features: Audible foot tapping distinctly heard with the downbeat of music, often performed to country or bluegrass music.

Origin: Ireland. Identifying features: Quick leg and foot movements while the body and arms remain largely stationary.

Origin: Andalusia, Spain. Identifying features: Emotional intensity, percussive footwork, and intricate hand movements.

Origin: Cuba and Puerto Rico. Identifying features: Rhythmic hip movement, quick turns, and a mix of Afro-Cuban dance moves.

Origin: United States (1970s). Identifying features: Breaking, locking, popping, and free-style movements.

Origin: England, then brought to the United States. Identifying features: Four couples in a square formation, often accompanied by 'calls' which instruct the dancers what to do.

Origin: Italian Renaissance courts, developed in France and Russia. Identifying features: Pointe work, high extensions, and precise movements.

Origin: Mid-20th century (United States and Europe). Identifying features: A mix of several dance genres, focus on floorwork, fall and recovery, and improvisational elements.

Origin: Odisha, India. Identifying features: Tribhangi posture, sculptural positions, themes from Hindu Mythology, and lyrical grace.

Origin: Tamil Nadu, India. Identifying features: Fixed upper torso, bent legs, and a sophisticated vocabulary of sign language based on gestures of hands, eyes, and face muscles.

Origin: Bronx, New York City, United States. Identifying features: Athletic style of street dance, including toprock, downrock, power moves, and freezes.

Origin: Brazil. Identifying features: Martial arts-like kicks and spins, acrobatics, and music-driven movements.

Origin: Various. Identifying features: Traditional dances specific to a culture, country, or region, often performed in groups and associated with celebrations and rituals.

Origin: United States (1920s-1940s). Identifying features: Upbeat and energetic, often involves lifts, spins, and throws.

Origin: Middle East. Identifying features: Emphasis on complex movements of the torso and abdomen.

Origin: Hawaii. Identifying features: Graceful gestures that tell stories, hip movements, and rhythmically coordinated with chanting or song.

Origin: Paris, France. Identifying features: High-energy and physically demanding, featuring high kicks, splits, and cartwheels.

Origin: Brazil. Identifying features: Rhythmic, fast-paced steps, and a bouncing motion.

Origin: Central Europe (Bohemia). Identifying features: Lively tempo, a pattern of hop-step-close-step, and often performed in 2/4 time.

Origin: North India. Identifying features: Intricate footwork, spins, and expressive gestures.