chorus girls
Backup dancers onstage
Chorus girls are dancers who perform together in a chorus line, typically in musical theater, revues, or cabaret shows.
They dance in synchronized formation as a backdrop to featured performers.
The term evokes early-to-mid 20th century entertainment—showgirls in matching costumes performing high kicks at venues like the Ziegfeld Follies or Radio City Music Hall.
The chorus girls rehearsed their routine for hours.
Opulent Broadway revue series
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- Jazz Age1920s American cultural heyday
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- music hallVenue for live entertainment
Moulin Rouge · golden age · Roaring Twenties · speakeasy · backstage · Cotton Club · Broadway debut
Synchronized dancing row
- revueMusical variety entertainment
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
- cabaretLive entertainment venue
showgirls · Broadway · musical · variety · spectacle · Follies · extravaganza · stage door
Designing performance movement sequences
- kicklineSynchronized dancing row
- synchronizedOccurring at the same time
- high kicksForceful upward leg swings
- tapValve controlling liquid flow
jazz · formation · routine · precision · steps · movement · pirouette · staging
Small reflective fabric ornaments
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- headdressesOrnamental coverings for heads
- fishnetsMesh for catching seafood
high heels · rhinestones · glitter · makeup · false eyelashes · spotlights · limelight · starlet
Ziegfeld Follies
Opulent Broadway revue series
- flapperTwenties unconventional young woman
- Jazz Age1920s American cultural heyday
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
music hall · Moulin Rouge · golden age · Roaring Twenties · speakeasy · backstage · Cotton Club · Broadway debut
kickline
Synchronized dancing row
- revueMusical variety entertainment
- vaudevilleTheatrical variety entertainment
- burlesqueExaggerated mockery or risqué variety
cabaret · showgirls · Broadway · musical · variety · spectacle · Follies · extravaganza · stage door · production number
choreography
Designing performance movement sequences
- kicklineSynchronized dancing row
- synchronizedOccurring at the same time
- high kicksForceful upward leg swings
tap · jazz · formation · routine · precision · steps · movement · pirouette · staging · blocking
sequins
Small reflective fabric ornaments
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- costumesClothes for assuming roles
- headdressesOrnamental coverings for heads
fishnets · high heels · rhinestones · glitter · makeup · false eyelashes · spotlights · limelight · starlet · dressing room
- entertainers in artactors, dancers, musicians, comedians, circus performers
- vaudevillevaudeville, variety show, variety act, music hall, headliner
- womenmothers, women, females, gals, daughters
- performersactor, dancer, actress, singer, musician
- Pre-Code HollywoodNight Nurse, 42nd Street, Scarface, Little Caesar, The Public Enemy
chorus girlslead actress
Principal female performer
prima donna · leading lady · star · diva · prima ballerina
chorus girlsstagehands
Backstage technical workers
director · choreographer · audience · patrons
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