Social dance is a major category or classification of danceforms or dance styles, where sociability and socializing are the primary focuses of the dancing.

This compares to other major categories based on purpose:

- Ceremonial dance - Competitive dance - Erotic dance - Participation dance - Performance dance

It includes dance forms such as follow:

• Ballroom dance
• Club dance
• Country/western dance
• Ethnic dance
• Folk dance
• Square Dance
• Street dance

Please insert dances in alphabetical order.

There may be aspects of any of the above dance forms that are either competitive or performance-oriented in nature.

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• Dance basic topics
• List of dance style categories
• List of dances