fan dance
fan dance noun: a dance performance incorporating the artful use of fans.
Noun
fan dance (plural fan dances)
- A dance performance incorporating the artful use of fans.
- Gracefully he led the fan dance, and glided without a pause into the shadow dance and the umbrella dance.1903, Andrew Lang, “The Magic Kettle”, in The Crimson Fairy Book
- [T]he center's Chinese Folk Dance Company plans to perform six pieces, including a fan dance and a sword dance.1996 February 16, Laurel Graeber, “For Children”, in New York Times, retrieved 28 May 2013
- A stage performance or striptease in which a female entertainer disrobes while dancing with large hand-held fans that are alternately used to conceal and provide glimpses of her erogenous body regions.
- Undaunted Ming-Toy did a sinuous, undulating fan dance before the Imperial Daughters of the British Empire, then, at the last moment, showed what she thinks of them by raising her fans and standing starkly revealed in red underdrawers.1935 April 22, “Canada: Ming-Toy's Revenge”, in Time
- In 1962, photographer Bert Stern shot a series of photos of Marilyn Monroe: . . . Monroe, sleepy-eyed and naked, sips from a Champagne glass, enacts a fan dance of sorts with various diaphanous scarves, romps with erotic playfulness on a bed of white linens.2008 Feb. 18, Amanda Fortini, "Lindsay Lohan as Marilyn Monroe in "The Last Sitting"," nymag.com (retrieved 28 May 2013)
- The incremental disclosure of tantalizing bits of information.
- In what may be the most farcical episode of an 18-month-long fan dance, baseball players and ownership will sit down Monday in Los Angeles to discuss "non-economic issues" regarding the expired collective bargaining agreement.1994 May 22, Thomas Stinson, “Labor talks: Much ado about nothing”, in Atlanta Journal-Constitution, retrieved 28 May 2013
- Microsoft did a fan dance of sorts today, giving the public a glimpse at the upcoming Vista operating system.2006 June 6, Ed Sutherland, “More Bits For Vista Enthusiasts”, in internetnews.com, retrieved 28 May 2013
- Synonyms:
- dance of the seven veils
Verb
fan dance (third-person singular simple present fan dances, present participle fan dancing, simple past and past participle fan danced)
- To perform such a dance.
Synonyms of fan dance
Forms of fan dance
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | fan dances |
| alternative form | fan-dance |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | fan dances |
| present participle | fan dancing |
| past participle | fan danced |
| past | fan danced |
Words formed from fan dance
Questions about fan dance
- What does fan dance mean?
- Fan dance means a dance performance incorporating the artful use of fans.
- What part of speech is fan dance?
- Fan dance can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of fan dance?
- The plural of fan dance is fan dances.
Words near fan dance in the dictionary
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