dance music
Britishnoun
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music that is suitable for dancing
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Also called: dance. pop music with a strong electronic rhythm
Example Sentences
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They plan to do the booking in house, to add a dance music option in downtown that isn’t from the mega-promoter duopoly or an after-hours gig.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Given Central City’s post-pandemic troubles, amid a boom in dance music across culture more broadly, Origin’s founders hope the scene can do it again.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
For Madonna, dance music isn’t nostalgia, but rather a continually renewing resource.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
The dance music DJ Judge Jules receives the same honour for services to music, entertainment law and young people.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
To hasten a cure the community constructed a stage and musicians were hired to play soothing dance music so that the dancers might slowly waltz themselves back to good spiritual health.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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