character dance
noun
a style of balletic folk dance that intends to give a sense of national character and color.
character dancing
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a word derived from
character dance.
Example Sentences
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It will depict its “Fembot” character dancing in a club with a “Brobot” companion.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 6, 2026
Palladino: A nightmare sequence that somebody has of Luke’s character dancing, maybe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
The acts range from surreal — one duo consists of a rabbi character dancing with a green inchworm character for some reason — to authentically cute, funny, and surreal.
From The Verge ● Sep. 13, 2016
In the original script, it was supposed to be just my character dancing.
From Time ● Feb. 15, 2015
This Americanized ballet is subdivided into various types of dances—toe dancing, classical dancing, character dancing, interpretive dancing, covering all kinds of National and folk dancing.
From The Art of Stage Dancing The Story of a Beautiful and Profitable Profession by Ned Wayburn
