dancing girl

Rhythmic young performer

A dancing girl is a female performer who dances professionally, often in entertainment venues.

The term carries connotations of exoticism or sensuality, evoking images of courtesans, cabaret performers, or women dancing for male audiences in historical or colonial contexts: dancing girls in a sultan's court.

The phrase sounds dated; modern usage would typically say dancer.

performance

geisha

Japanese arts entertainer

ritual · entertainment · costume · adornment · veil · troupe · cabaret · showgirl · revue · burlesque

art

ballet

Classical dance on pointe

portrait · gallery · masterpiece · impressionism · composition · brushwork · aesthetic · muse · movement · gesture

artifact

bronze

Copper-tin alloy

archaeology · excavation · artifact · antiquity · civilization · heritage · relic · prehistoric · tribal · ceremonial

Categories
Opposites
social engagement and activity

dancing girlwallflower

Shy person avoiding socializing

shrinking violet · loner · introvert · recluse · hermit

movement and physicality

dancing girlstatue

Three-dimensional sculpted likeness

sitter · couch potato · seated woman

Family

dancing, girl, dance, danced, dancer, dancers, dances, danceable, girls

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