STAGE DANCING

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Meaning:

A show involving artistic dancing

Synonyms:

choreography; stage dancing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("stage dancing" is a kind of...):

dance; dancing; saltation; terpsichore (taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music)

show (a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stage dancing"):

ballet; concert dance (a theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers)

modern dance (a style of theatrical dancing that is not as restricted as classical ballet; movements are expressive of feelings)

apache dance (a violent fast dance in French vaudeville (an apache is a member of the French underworld))

belly dance; belly dancing; danse du ventre (a Middle Eastern dance in which the dancer makes sensuous movements of the hips and abdomen)

bolero (a Spanish dance in triple time accompanied by guitar and castanets)

cakewalk (a strutting dance based on a march; was performed in minstrel shows; originated as a competition among Black dancers to win a cake)

cancan (a high-kicking dance of French origin performed by a female chorus line)

nude dancing (erotic dancing with little or no clothing)