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avant-dance

avant-dance noun: avant-garde dance music.

Noun

avant-dance (uncountable)

  1. avant-garde dance music
    • Alex Ayuli and Rudy Tambala, the British duo behind the luminary avant-dance crew A. R. Kane, play music from their new atmospheric pop record New Clear Child.1994, New York Magazine, volume 24, number 44, page 141
    • The infinite varieties of avant-dance might never sell, and the mainspring of alt-rock is nearly all sprung out.1998, SPIN, volume 14, number 8, page 146

Origin of avant-dance

Blend of avant-garde + dance.

Questions about avant-dance

What does avant-dance mean?
Avant-dance means avant-garde dance music.
What part of speech is avant-dance?
Avant-dance is a noun.

Words near avant-dance in the dictionary

  1. avant la lettre
  2. avant-basic
  3. avant-corps
  4. avant-courier
  5. avant-couriers
  6. avant-dance
  7. avant-disco
  8. avant-folk
  9. avant-funk
  10. avant-garage
  11. avant-garde

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