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urban dance

American  

noun

  1. a dance or dance style originated by urban African Americans, often performed to rap music.


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Featuring baroque music and urban dance, the opera depicts the story of a 15-year-old Guatemalan teenager who fled north, along with her mother, to escape gang violence in her country.

From Reuters • May 29, 2022

Sabath calls his genre U.D.M., for urban dance music.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 19, 2016

“Manuscripts Found in Light: A Warrior’s Guide” Urban Artistry’s dance theater show explores the experiences of artists from urban dance communities around the world.

From Washington Post • Feb. 1, 2016

Hovering between urban dance music and post-Libertines chimney sweep guitar rock, he delivers a sound that's slightly difficult to get into, but wonderfully unpredictable.

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2012

He earned millions and spent much of that on a self-financed film about an urban dance form created in the rough neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles.

From New York Times • May 27, 2011

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