Dance Word Search
Dance shows up in every known culture, and many styles began as social dancing long before they reached a stage. The words gather those styles with the terms dancers use in class.
Dance word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- ballet
- ballroom
- folk dance
- hip hop
- jazz dance
- salsa
- swing
- tango
- tap
- waltz
Dance word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- ballet
- ballroom
- flamenco
- folk dance
- hip hop
- jazz dance
- partner
- polka
- rhythm
- salsa
- samba
- swing
- tango
- tap
- waltz
Dance word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- ballet
- ballroom
- barre
- choreography
- flamenco
- folk dance
- hip hop
- jazz dance
- partner
- polka
- rhythm
- routine
- salsa
- samba
- step
- studio
- swing
- tango
- tap
- waltz
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Words in the Dance word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- ballet
- Formal dance style built on set positions and turnout
- tap
- Dance with metal plates on the shoes making sound
- salsa
- Lively partner dance with Cuban and Puerto Rican roots
- waltz
- Smooth ballroom dance counted in three beats
- tango
- Sharp partner dance that began in Argentina and Uruguay
- hip hop
- Street dance style that grew with hip hop music
- folk dance
- Traditional dance passed down within a community
- swing
- Bouncy partner dance danced to big band music
- ballroom
- Group of partner dances performed in couples
- jazz dance
- Energetic theatrical style with sharp isolated movements
- flamenco
- Spanish dance with strong footwork and hand claps
- samba
- Fast Brazilian dance linked with carnival
- polka
- Quick hopping dance from central Europe
- rhythm
- The steady pattern of beats a dancer follows
- partner
- The person you dance with in couple dances
- routine
- A set sequence of steps learned and repeated
- choreography
- The planned arrangement of steps in a dance
- studio
- Room with mirrors where dancers practice
- barre
- Handrail dancers hold during warm up exercises
- step
- One single movement within a dance
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