dancegoer
nounEtymology From dance + goer.
1
A person who attends either a dance or a dance performance.
- If the score is in a traditional mode, some dancegoers will complain that it sentimentalizes the dancing; if experimental, other dancegoers will call it distracting noise.1997, Jack Anderson, Choreography Observed, page 246:
- As a dancegoer, I feel I have much to learn from watching this company; I hope others feel the same.2009 January 23, Alastair Macaulay, “Finally Arriving in Manhattan, With Balanchine as Its Calling Card”, in New York Times:
- Related terms
- dancegoing