formation dance

British  

noun

1. any dance in which a number of couples form a certain arrangement, such as two facing lines or a circle, and perform a series of figures within or based on that arrangement

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Other Word Forms

• formation dancing noun

Example Sentences

As a choreographer, I was asked to choreograph a wheelchair dance with a formation dance routine.

From Los Angeles Times

Almost every small girl goes through a jazz hands stage, when all she wants to do is put on performances and formation dance in a frou-frou frock.

From The Guardian

Just before the first division, the maternal and paternal pairs of chromosomes line up and cross over, like couples swapping places in a formation dance.

From Scientific American

And to the hectoring warm-up act, Jimi Mistry's paso doble to Thriller, and the cameo by a Latin-American formation dance team: a world of no.

From The Guardian

The main draw, however, is a nightly cabaret show staged by the uniformed waitstaff, who take to the mic while executing perfectly timed formation dance moves; meantime, their colleagues provide musical accompaniment on Yamaha keyboard, semi-acoustic guitar and fiddle.

From Time Magazine Archive