Popular Dances
Disney
Song Titles
In the Movies
Who made it famous?
100

You spell this dance name with your arms and hands.  People would sing that "It's fun to stay at the....."

YMCA

100
A young girl and a blue alien dance the hula in this Disney movie

Lilo and Stitch

100
This popular Lady Gaga song shares the same name of a wildly popular video game series..

Just Dance

100

This animated movie is all about tap dancing penguins who have happy ________

Happy Feet

100

The moonwalk was an instant classic dance move made famous by...

Michael Jackson

200

This type of dance is named after a barn animal.  It has movements for a beak, wing, and tail.

Chicken Dance
200

It was a dance as old as time.  This movie is named after the two characters who danced the waltz in a beautiful ballroom.

Beauty and the Beast

200

This ABBA song is about dancing royalty - not a dancing king but a....

Dancing Queen

200

In this movie, there is a high school dance where people do the hand jive.  It stars John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John.

Grease

200

This singer started a dancing revolution by shaking his hips while he played guitar.  He was all "All shook up" and danced to the "Jailhouse Rock"

Elvis Presley

300

This popular party dance is Boogie, Boogie, Electric.

The Electric Slide

300

In this classic movie, a nanny and a chimney sweep like to dance around with animated penguins.

Mary Poppins

300

Michael Jackson turned this song into a popular Halloween dance - we even learned it together on Monarch Zoom!

Thriller

300

Name one musical that has a dancing scene...

West Side Story, Cabaret, Chicago, All that Jazz, Hairspray, Fame, Singing in the Rain, A Chorus Line

300

This night time talk show host is popular for dancing with his famous guests.  

Jimmy Fallon

400

This would be a fun shuffle to do on Valentine's Day because it a named after a popular flying boy with a bow and arrow.

Cupid Shuffle

400

High school students, Troy and Gabriella, love to sing and dance around in this made for TV movie.

High School Musical

400

You don't need to know Spanish to dance this international dance craze - just move your arms and hips.  

Macarena

400

What type of dancing was made popular by the movie Saturday Night Fever?  There is even a shiny mirrored ball named after this type of dance.

Disco

400

This fab four made it popular to Twist and Shout

The Beatles

500

For this dance, you start by putting your right foot in and out and then shaking it all about....

Hokey Pokey

500
At the end of this movie a Gazelle sings and dances on stage.  The song is titled "Try Everything" - what movie is it from?

Zootopia

500

Finish this lyric to reveal this dance and song title - "Don't tell my heart, my ________ __________ _______, I just don't think it'd understand."

Achy Breaky

500

A popular Christmas ballet featuring a wooden soldier that you can see each year on stage or on a screen.  

Nutcracker

500

This TV competition brought ballroom dancing back into our homes each week by pairing professional dancers with celebrities.

Dancing with the Stars