song and dance
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3.5
- noun
- /sɔŋ ənd dæns/
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espectáculo musical
- Upstairs were information and craft booths, and a stage for song and dance performances.
- ceremonial song and dance
- traditional song and dance
So that a lot of their effort at saying what has happened to them is put into song and dance, particularly in the Afro des Indente populations.
- So that a lot of their effort at saying what has happened to them is put into song and dance, particularly in the Afro des Indente populations.
Examples
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At the festival, we enjoyed a spectacular song and dance show that captivated the audience.
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Lithuania, a country with a rich tradition of song and dance, is developing music education standards as its education system adjusts to a newly democratic society.
Academic text (1998) -
My friend and I were doing a song and dance act.
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But it's a superb piece of song and dance...
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He was a song and dance man in the movies.
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The importance of warfare in nineteenth-century Kiowa society was signified by ceremonial song and dance.
Academic text (1994) -
After the elders helped reconstruct the dance costumes and the ceremonial song and dance, a special Black Leggings dance was held at the Carnegie VFW Hall in late November 1958.
Academic text (1994) -
Some youth groups, such as the Lithuanian White Star Benefit Club, angered parents by holding meetings, printing literature, and advertising social events in English, while others staged parties or other gatherings that merged traditional Lithuanian song and dance with the latest in American popular music and dancing.
Academic text (1998) -
Having mastered a number of traditional songs and dances, many of which are still performed in potlatches, the Sitka youngsters, known as Gajaa Heen Dancers, began taking part in various intertribal contests and festivals of native art and culture.
Academic text (1990) -
The school organized a talent show featuring a variety of song and dance performances.
Synonyms
206
3.0
A play or film with singing and dancing
19
3.2
A stage show that tells a story using songs, talking, acting, and dance
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3.0
A play or film with songs, dancing, and a light funny story
How Elaborate
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a theatrical performance featuring both singing and dancing' follows directly from combining 'song' + 'and' + 'dance' — the conjunction explicitly signals the two activities together. This coordinated, compositional structure is cross-linguistically common and follows a standard English pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Song and dance also describes a stage show where people both sing and dance, from old theaters where performers put a song and a dance together on stage. So it means 'a performance with singing and dancing'.