dance circles

Wheeling group formations

Dance circles is an idiomatic expression meaning to outperform someone so thoroughly that you appear to be moving effortlessly around them while they stand still.

The phrase implies superiority in skill, speed, or ability: She could dance circles around any competitor in the industry.

Often used with verbs like run or skate: That rookie can skate circles around veterans twice his age.

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spinning · holding hands · hand in hand · village · celebration · round · whirling · community · bonfire · ritual · linked · festival · stomp · sway · clockwise · gathering · tribal · campfire

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Opposites
spatial formation

dance circlesline dances

Choreographed group movement in rows

parallel lines

movement quality

dance circlesstillness

Complete lack of motion

standing still · motionlessness · wall flowers

social structure

dance circlessolo performance

Unaccompanied artistic presentation

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G