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step dance

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noun

  1. a dance in which a display of steps is more important than gesture or posture, esp a solo dance

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The raucous fraternity step dance that opens the third act brought down the house.

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That step dance still stopped the show on Monday evening, when “Fire” returned to the Met.

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But here she conjures visions no less memorable than the showstopping step dance of “Fire”: a raucous carnival in St. Thomas, an explosively macho boxing gym, gay bar encounters that radiate some genuine heat.

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The staging reunites members of the team that helped make “Fire” vivid: the director James Robinson, the choreographer Camille A. Brown — the step dance routine that she conceived for “Fire” stopped the show — and the Met’s music director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin.

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They’re both Irish Americans who grew up learning traditional step dance before turning to contemporary styles.

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