Historically Accurate Princess Dances –Blog
I love princess stories, and often in my line of work as a ballroom dance teacher, I am asked to choreograph wedding routines bases on Disney princess dances. I began to wonder what each princess would have danced in the period that their stories took place.
On a bet with my daughter, I researched and produced how to historically accurate princess dance videos. If that was not enough, I filmed on location at Colorado castles. I have shared this fun take on dance and history with two international kids clubs, Frontier Girls and Quest Club for Kids, as well as with Denver Free Fun. The princess dances have also been features at medieval festivals, street fairs, father-daughter dances, quest club events, and weddings. If you found this enjoyable or beneficial, feel free to contribute here.
Antiquity: 700 BC – 500 AD Learn more
- Learn the historically accurate dances for
- Flinstones,(line dance Cha cha)
- Princess Jasmine (Line Dance Belly Dance)
- Zipporah & Moses (Hora)
- Queen Ester (Persian Dance)
- Hercules & Meg ( Kalamatianos link)
- Psyche & The Cupid Shuffle (Old steps, contemporary music)
- Mulan ( Dragon dance),
- Reya and the Last Dragon, (Qigong Flow)
- Moana (Hula Line Dance)
Lord of the Rings Dances of Tolkien’s Middle Earth- See Here
- Hobbits (Jig),
- Elves (La Dame Basse dance ),
- Dwarfs (viking fire dance) each have their own dance in middle earth.
Medieval Princess dances: 5-1450 AD- See Here
- Find the dances for Princess Eilonwy (Washerwoman Branle),
King Arthur’s Princess Guinevere (Saltarello),
Princess Merida from Brave (Strip the Willow).
Ward of King Richard, Maid Marion (Toss the Duchess) (Branle de original)(Horses branle),
Princess Aurora (Greensleeves), and her godmother Maleficent (Greensleeves 2 couple)
Ding Dong Merrily On High Christmas Line Dance with the Holly King & Ivy Queen Learn More Oak King Ivy Queen Maypole Dance How To Learn More
Valhalla Calling Ratatoskr Line Dance how to, (Viking squirrel god) Learn more - Gypsy princess Esmeralda Maltese Branle. See Here
Renaissance Princess Dances:1300-1700 AD
(Tudor / Elizabethan 1558-1607) See Here
- Learn the popular dances of the day for the real live princesses
Snow White (Galliard)
Pocahontas (Pavane ) ( La Volta). See Here
Baroque period Dances 1600-1750 “age of the Minuet” – See Here
- Pirate dances Dance with the Pirates of the Caribbean (Pirate jig).
Drunken Sailor Pirate Line Dance.
Ahoy! The Black Pearl Line Dance That’ll Make You Walk the Plank!
Learn to Minuet with Beauty and the Beast,
Find the Fairy Ring Country Dance with Fairy Godmother and the Blue Fairy here
Puss in Boots Paso Doble. See Here
Romantic period (1770-1850) – See Here
- Learn to dance Dance the popular dances or the romantic era with
Rapunzel (Landler),
Anna and Elsa (Reinlender, Bohemian Polka Angels from the Realms of glory)
Polonaise Processonal with the White Queen Dance Like Royalty with the ELEGANT Polonaise!
Waltz of the Flowers, French Pirouette Waltz ,
Nutcracker Children’s Gallop– See Here
Victorian Princess Dances: 1837-1901 AD – Click Here
- Learn about the round dances that dominated the Victorian Era.
Dickens Spirit of Christmas past (Queens Waltz Quadrille)
Fezziwig’s Sir Roger De Coverley English country dance, Dances of Dickens era,
Cinderella (Varsovienne),
Jig with Ariel.
Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Mazurka,
Princess Clara Boston Glide Waltz, Grand March, Spanish Waltz
Sugar Plum Victorian two step
Stranger Tides Samba line dance .
Anastasia (childhood 1890) Korobushka Victorian mixer dance how to.
Gay Pur-ee Cat Can Can Line Dance (Gay Pur-ee 1890, )
See Here
Pirate Dances
- Pirate dances Dance with the Pirates of the Caribbean (Pirate jig).
- Drunken Sailor Pirate Line Dance.
- Ahoy! The Black Pearl Line Dance That’ll Make You Walk the Plank!
- Villain Dancing with Water Challenge with Captain Hook & Ursula– Learn More
- Hook-The Apache Tango with Princess Tiger Lily (1890) – (1904) Learn More
- Stranger Tides Samba line dance .
- Mermaid Macarena– Learn More
Alice In Wonderland-
- Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter Mazurka,
White Queen Polonaise Dance Like Royalty with the ELEGANT Polonaise! ,
Wonderland Tea Dueling How To– Learn More
Nutcracker & The Four Victorian Dances- 1816 Story, 1892 Ballet
Princess Clara- Learn More
- Find the Children’s Gallop, Grand March,
Regency French Pirouette Waltz, Boston Glide Waltz, Victorian two step, Spanish Waltz . Learn More
Steampunk Fun and Dance- Learn More
- Find out about
Parasol Flirtations– Learn More ,
Parasol Dueling– Learn More ,
Teapot Racer How To- Learn More
Tea Duelling How To- Learn More
Compliment Dueling- coming soon!
and more!
Edwardian Princess dances 1901-1918 ( end of WW1 1918) AD
- Peter Pan (1850-1904 AD)
- Villain Dancing with Water Challenge with Captain Hook & Ursula– Learn More
- Hook-The Apache Tango with Princess Tiger Lily (1890) – (1904) Learn More
- Gay Pur-ee Cat Can Can Line Dance (Gay Pur-ee 1890, ) Learn More
- Aristocats “Everybody Wants To Be A Cat” Foxtrot Linw Dance (1910ish) Learn More
- Mary Poppins– Maxie dance how to (1910)- Learn More
- Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Truly Scrumptious (1911) Bunny Hug How to – Learn More
- Anastasia (1914) Boston Waltz coming soon
- Atlantis the lost empire (1914) Turkey Trot Learn More
(I made the Turkey Trot video before starting this series, but it fits this period. I am still writing the blog to go with this)
Prohibition Princess Dances: 1920 -30’s AD
- Downtown Abbey Waltz
- Miss Fischer Valentino Tango Learn More
- Princess and the Frog Tiana’s French Tango How To Learn More
- Princess and the Frog (1920) Charleston Learn More
- Betty Boop Catty Quickstep Line Dance with Felix the Cat Learn More
- Betty Boop Charleston Line Dance (30’s character based on a 20’s flapper) Learn More
War Era USO Princess Dances: 1938-1945 AD
- “Why Don’t You Do Right”(1940’s) Jessica Rabbit Blues Line Dance– Learn More
- Weasels shim sham shimmy
- Mind-Blowing REVERSE Revival Day Rockabilly Jive Dance Challenge!
- Chicca Boom Carmen Miranda Samba Line Dance –Learn More
Toy Stroy Woodie’s Country Western Corner
- Copperhead Road– Learn More
- Rita’s Waltz line dance– Learn More
- Hillbilly Hippie Line Dance how to Learn More
- Colorado Cowboy Cha Cha Line Dance How to Learn More
- Gay Pur-ee Cat Can Can Line Dance (Gay Pur-ee 1890, ) Learn More
1950’s Rockabilly and beyond
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- American Graffiti 1950’s Stroll Mixer – Learn more
- Minnie Mouse Rockabilly Stroll– Learn More
- West Side Story Chalypso – Learn More
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- Learn 50’s ROCKABILLY Cha Cha Stroll Dance Moves in 5 Minutes! – Learn More
- Peter Cottontail’s Bunny Hop line dance –Learn More
- What the Bunny Hop? How To Dance the 1950’s Bunny Hop
- Santa Baby 50’s Christmas Line Dance – Learn More
- Flinstones,(line dance Cha cha)
- Master The Art of 60’s Twist Dance Quickly
- DANCE the 60’s Mashed Potato Line Dance like a PRO?- Learn More
- Cruella DeVille- Doin the Dog (1960’s) – Learn More
- Disco Duck Line Dance Tutorial
- Night Fever Brooklyn Shuffle Line Dance(1977) – Learn More
- Cat’s Tango Line Dance – Learn More
Holiday Line Dances
- Valhalla Calling Ratatoskr Line Dance how to, (Squirrel appreciation day Jan 21) Learn More
- Dragon Appreciaton day: Toothless Dragon Dance Meme- Learn More
- Indian Princess Groundhog Line Dance How To (grounhog day)- Learn More
- Reya and the Last Dragon, (Lunar New Year), (Qigong Flow)
- Purple Day Purple People Eater –Learn More
- Mardi Gras “The Saints” Line Dance How To-Learn More
- Psyche & The Cupid Shuffle (Cupid, Roman God, Cupid Shuffle, 2007) –Learn More
- Leprechaun Irish Jig Line Dance How To (St Patrick’s Day)– Learn More
- Fortnite Bhop how to (Easter)–Learn More
- How to dance the Bunny Hop (Easter)-Learn More
- National Mermaid Day March 29th Mermaid Macarena– Learn More
- Mexican Hat Dance (Cinco De Mayo May 5 also Encanto) –Learn More
- Chicken Dance How To (Dance like a Chicken Day May 14)- Learn More
- Yankee Doodle Line Dance-Learn More
- Lady Liberty Patriotic Princess Line Dance How To- Learn More
- You’re a Grand Old Flag Patriotic Line Dance How To- Learn More
- Oak King Ivy Queen Maypole (May day or first of Spring Dance) Learn More
- Moana (Hula Line Dance)
- Oktoberfest Anton Line Dance – Learn More
- Oktoberfest Beer Barrel Polka Line Dance –Learn More
- Drunken Sailor (Talk like a pirate day Sept 19) Pirate Line Dance-Learn More
- Hillbilly Hippie (Sadie hawkins Day Nov. 13) Line Dance how to Learn More
- Tur-Duck-En (Turkey trot Disco Duck, chicken dance) line dances –Learn More
- Wobble for Gobbles Line Dance-Learn More
- DANCE the 60’s Mashed Potato Line Dance like a PRO?- Learn More
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What’s the STORY behind the TURKEY Trot dance craze of the 1900s?- Learn More
Modern Monster Princesses Dances
Halloween Monster Line Dance Page- Learn More
Addams Family Dance Page- Learn More
Scare up some fun with line dances like….
- Addams Family Theme Line Dance- Learn More
- When You’re an Addams– Learn More
- The Lurch Line dance- Learn More
- Mastering Wednesday Addams’ Classic Dance: “The Drew”
- Morticia Addams Anxiety Tango Line Dance – Learn More
- Wednesday’s Heavyewight Line Dance to Goo Goo Muck – Learn More
- The Werewolf Watusi Featuring Ruby Red Riding Hood- Learn More
- Munster’s Monster Mash– Learn More
- Purple People Eater –Learn More
- Haunted Mansion Grim Grinning Ghosts –Learn More
- Thriller Zombie Line Dance–Learn More
- Hocus Pocus Halloween Line Dance –Learn More
- Hocus Pocus One Way Or Another Line Dance –Learn More
- Jump in the Line Beetlejuice Vs. Just Dance –Learn More
- La Muerte – Day of the Dead – Live Life Line Dance -Learn More
- Wicked- Defying Gravity line Dance – Learn More
Morticia and Gomez Addams dance
Christmas Line Dance Corner
I did not plan on the princesses of Christmas, but they came to me anyway. Some of the line dances were older productions when my I was teaching a kids class and each young lady was a princess to me.
- Christmas Polka Line Dance with Hansel and Gretel. Learn More
- Angels From The Realms Of Glory Frozen Christmas Dance Learn More
- Santa Baby 50’s Christmas Line Dance – Learn More
- Holly Jolly Christmas Line Dance Learn More
- Jingle Bell Rock Line Dance Learn More.
- Christmas Can-Can Line Dance Learn More
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12 Days/Feasts/Dances of Christmas
- Christmas Eve-O Tannunbaum
- 1st day Christmas, Ding dong Merrily On High –Holly King & Ivy Queen Learn More
- 2nd day Feast of St Stephan – Good King Wencelas
- 3rd day Feast of St John -Here We Come a Wassailing
- 4th day Childermas, feast of the Holy Innocents, Coventry Carol
- 5th day Feast of Saint Thomas In Rama sonat gemitus’ (The sound of weeping is heard in Rama)
- 6h day Feast of Saint Egwin of Worcester Greensleeves/What Child is This
- 7th day New year’s Eve Feast of Saint Sylvester/Dragon slayer-Deck the halls with Boughs of Holly
- 8th day The Octave, The Feast of Fools or Festival of Fools Feast of Fools with the Maltese Bransle! Learn More
- 9th Day Feast of Saint Basil
- 10th day Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus
- 11th day In memory of St Mary
- 12th Night, feast of the Epiphany-I Saw Three Ships
- 13th Epiphany Eve Feast of Lights
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