go-go dancer

noun

1. an entertainer who performs popular dances on a stage or platform for the patrons of a discotheque or nightclub.

go-go dancer

noun

1. a dancer, usually scantily dressed, who performs rhythmic and often erotic modern dance routines, esp in a nightclub or disco

Word History and Origins

Origin of go-go dancer¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

“In 2024, I got to be a go-go dancer for DJ Irene’s birthday party at the Mayan,” Champagne recalled.

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“I was the proverbial hippie,” she told Florida Weekly in 2020, working as a heavy-set comedic go-go dancer.

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Her calling card is Pink Pony Club, the semi-autobiographical story of a small-town girl’s transformation into a go-go dancer, written after her first visit to a Los Angeles gay club in her early 20s.

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I didn't become a Go-Go dancer, but I wrote a song about it!

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As a trailblazing drag queen in the early ’80s, Tabboo! performed as a singer and go-go dancer at the Pyramid Club, Mudd Club, Palladium and other legendary haunts of the time.

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