dancy
Americanadjective
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“Expect upbeat, dancy and things that you really haven’t heard before,” she said of her planned set.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2024
That the songs are good to begin with — chunky, hooky, belty, dancy — is neither here nor there; they generally are, in shows like this, or there would be no audience to pander to.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2022
In turn, Nolan played Göransson’s music for Washington — particularly demos with “the more high-energy 808s that come in, and like the fast, high, dancy tempos,” Göransson said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2021
As you watch, however, it grows less dancy and less organic; its efforts to open up the story in various directions feel unrelated to one another.
From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2018
Anyway, he attacked, sailing in with his dancy, chopping, in-and-out skirmishing methods; and Mrs. Mesomelas, on three legs and with the bill for the other to be settled, helped him.
From The Way of the Wild by Rountree, Harry
Not content to reproduce numbers from her album and fan-favorites from her back catalogue, Charli tweaked tracks to make dance songs even dancier and freak-outs even freakier.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 7, 2022
One single, “Want Want,” showcases an edgier, dancier side, while “That’s Where I Am” is a bolder, confident Rogers turning in something almost anthemic.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 25, 2022
Later, the night was scheduled to get dancier and more dramatic, with LCD Soundsystem book-ending its Coachella reunion; Grace Jones performing a rare full-regalia festival date, and Anohni playing her Eco-apocalypse electronic album "Hoplessness."
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2016
It's much lighter and dancier than dEUS – CJ hits me with a couple of beats and then maybe I'll compose a melody and go looking for collaborators.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 4, 2012
The otherworldly characters — as in “Giselle,” a ballet Cunningham knew well, and several other classically Romantic ballets of the 19th century — have the larger, more upright and dancier vocabulary.
From New York Times ● Mar. 23, 2012
ODESZA’s fourth, and danciest, album “The Last Goodbye” was largely conceived during the pandemic when busting communal moves was still a no-no.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2022
The danciest piece on the program, this has a generous energy and charm that win it the loudest applause.
From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2011
The brand-new piece, “Festival Dance,” to a piano trio by Hummel, is the danciest one of the evening, building up images of social dancing to reach a completely winning finale.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2011
The Stables, Sun Kele, On tour Once the danciest man in indie, Kele Okereke has lately made a nuanced musical departure and become the indiest man in dance.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 2, 2010
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