fan dance
Burlesque concealment act
A fan dance is a performance where a dancer uses large feathered fans to create illusion and movement, often associated with burlesque—the fans strategically concealing and revealing the body.
The term extends to any elaborate display meant to distract or obscure: The CEO's presentation was a fan dance designed to hide declining profits.
Attractive, tempting quality
- teaseMock playfully
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- enticementSomething that attracts
- sensualityPursuit of physical pleasure
temptation · reveal · concealment · suggestion · coyness · provocation · striptease · innuendo
Designing performance movement sequences
- stageRaised performance platform
- costumeClothing for portrayal
- spectacleVisually striking event
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
theater · cabaret · burlesque · showmanship · entertainment · spotlight · applause · troupe
allure
Attractive, tempting quality
- teaseMock playfully
- flirtationPlayful romantic attention
- enticementSomething that attracts
sensuality · temptation · reveal · concealment · suggestion · coyness · provocation · striptease · innuendo · playfulness
choreography
Designing performance movement sequences
audience · theater · cabaret · burlesque · showmanship · entertainment · spotlight · applause · troupe · ensemble
grace
Effortless beauty of motion
- eleganceRefined, graceful quality
- poiseGraceful, unshakable calm
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
fluidity · movement · precision · technique · gesture · posture · balance · aesthetics · form · silhouette
geisha
Japanese arts entertainer
ceremonial · ritual · folk · classical · cultural · heritage · festival · hanbok · silk
- geishageisha, shamisen, koto, white makeup, kimono
- Gugakcourt music, ritual music, ceremonial music, traditional music, traditional songs
- Japanese dancekagura
- Southeast Asian Dancehand gestures, headdresses, theatrical masks, Nora, Ram
- Southeast Asian Performancebarong, apsara, menora, tinikling, wayang kulit
- Chinese cultureConfucianism, Chinese calligraphy, Beijing, Chinese New Year, Daoism