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beresque act

beresque act

9.9
A stage show that mixes playful, sexy comedy with dance
  • noun
  • /bɛˈrɛsk ækt/
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translation icon : actuación burlesca
  • The theater featured a beresque act that enthralled the audience with its humor and choreography.

Examples

  • She trained for months to perfect her role in the new beresque act.

  • Tickets sold out within hours for the city's most anticipated beresque act of the year.

  • The beresque act was the highlight of the evening.

  • Did you enjoy the beresque act last night?

  • The theater featured a beresque act that enthralled the audience with its humor and choreography.

  • She trained for months to perfect her role in the new beresque act.

  • Tickets sold out within hours for the city's most anticipated beresque act of the year.

Synonyms

burlesque
vsberesque act
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15 9.3

A stage show with comic skits, music, and often dancers who remove clothing

adds choreographed dance to those comic and parody elements

Surface Forms

beresque act singular
beresque acts plural

Morphology

beresque + act

The constituent 'beresque' is not a recognized English word (likely a misspelling or nonce form), so a B1 learner who only knows the literal constituents cannot infer the intended genre-specific meaning; knowing 'act' alone is insufficient. Because one element is unanalyzable and the overall sense depends on prior knowledge or correction to 'burlesque', the expression is not predictably compositional for learners.

Etymology

Beresque act may come from mixing the words burlesque and dance. Imagine a playful, teasing show where the style of burlesque meets careful dance steps, and that's why it means 'an artistic performance that combines elements of burlesque and dance'.