stage dancing
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- noun
- /steɪdʒ ˈdænsɪŋ/
:
danza escénica
- After months of rehearsals, she finally stepped onto the stage dancing with confidence.
Examples
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Puff, dressed a bit like he's a Victorian dandy, sits in the front row and watches a naked woman on stage dancing.
Fiction book (2001) -
You was up on stage dancing... and Charlie was playing the piano.
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Other kids are up on the stage dancing, but Jim goes right up alongside Ray, shaking his hips like Elvis.
Fiction book (1991) -
A few aimed their denunciations at stage dancing; virtually none of the adversaries talked about folk dancing.
Academic text (1999) -
When he was on stage dancing, it took me back to when Lil Mama jumped on stage with Jay-Z and Alicia Keys...
Blog text (2) -
The performers captivated the audience with their graceful stage dancing during the show.
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The bright lights lit up the theater as the cast showcased their vibrant stage dancing.
Synonyms
A dance on stage with planned steps performed for an audience like ballet or modern dance
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Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'stage' (a performance platform) and 'dancing' (rhythmic movement to music): it describes dancing performed onstage or as a performance. This noun + activity composition is cross-linguistically common and follows straightforward logic, so a B1 learner who knows both words will understand it.
Etymology
Stage dancing comes from the simple picture of dancers moving on a raised stage in front of people watching. So, stage dancing means 'artistic dancing performed as part of a show'.