dance troupe

Performing movement group

A dance troupe is a group of dancers who perform together as an organized company.

The term suggests professional or semi-professional status, with members training and touring as a unit: She joined a contemporary dance troupe after graduating.

Troupes range from ballet companies to folk ensembles to backup dancers for pop stars.

Opposites
ensemble size/collectivity

dance troupesoloist

Unaccompanied performer

solo act · one-man show · one-woman show

movement vs. stillness in performance

dance troupeliving statue

Person posing as sculpture

art form

dance troupechoir

Organized group of singers

orchestra · vocal ensemble · marching band

Family

dance, troupe

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G