shadow dance

American  

noun

1. a dance in which shadows of the dancers are cast on a screen.

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Etymology

Origin of shadow dance

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

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shadow dance

My lovers, Serena and Tom, shadow dance and deceive, even as they fall in love.

From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2013

Among the waifs and strays have been glimpses of real talent, with shadow dance troupe Attraction making the judges gasp with amusement.

From The Guardian ● May 27, 2013

Why did that great iron hook stand out so plainly? why did that dark shadow dance and quiver so mockingly behind it?—why—

From Black Spirits and White A Book of Ghost Stories by Cram, Ralph Adams

The night sky was clear, save for a few filmy clouds, which floated over the face of the full moon, obscuring it for an instant, but never completely hiding it—like veils in a shadow dance.

From The Valley of Vision : a Book of Romance an Some Half Told Tales by Van Dyke, Henry

"It was a new kind of shadow dance."

From Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship by Smith, Mabell S. C. (Mabell Shippie Clarke)