go-go dancer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of go-go dancer
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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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.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
He worked as a go-go dancer while studying contemporary dance with the modern dance pioneer Anna Halprin, and other Bay Area choreographers; in 2010, he established the Brontez Purnell Dance Company.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
Her mother was a dance teacher and, pre-fame, Hawn performed as a ballerina and go-go dancer before being spotted on a can-can line in Los Angeles and drafted into TV comedy.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 13, 2020
Frontwoman Molly Sides is like a sequined go-go dancer let loose from her cage, bending backward to the floor, or leaning forward, almost into the crowd, drawing them toward the stage.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 21, 2016
Her only rather loud, irrelevant, smiling expression was about her daughter who was a go-go dancer, had three children, and whom she had visited twice by bus in California.
From Humanistic Nursing by Paterson, Josephine G.
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