1927 J. Bredon & I. Mitrophanow xii. 394 Akin to the strolling players are the ‘Lion Dancers’ who wander from village to village. Each troupe is composed of two or three mountebanks with rude but picturesque properties.
1975 17 Feb. 3/3 London's Chinatown in Soho celebrated the Chinese new year yesterday... Lion Dancers..wound and jigged all day around Gerrard Street.