| 单词 | pedestal dance |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspedestal dance pedestal dance n. chiefly historical an acrobatic dance performed on a small raised platform (see quot. 1940). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > types of dance or dancing > acrobatic dancing > [noun] tumblinga1400 ladder-dance1801 pedestal dance1880 adagio1928 limbo1948 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > acrobatic performance > [noun] > pedestal-dancing pedestal dance1880 1880 A. M. Douglas Lost in Great City xxvii. 334 I used to be afraid, first, of the flying leaps from the gallery to the stage, and then the pedestal-dance seemed so terrible. 1895 Daily News 23 Jan. 6/7 The fancy trick and burlesque bicycle act and pedestal dance. 1940 J. Martin in B. Sobel Theatre Handbk. 205 The climax in stage novelty was the pedestal dance in which the performer stood on a high stand and danced on an area about twelve inches square from which he turned and somersaulted and then returned safely to his small platform. c1973 J. Cholerton Adv. Acrobatic Tricks & Dances (Assoc. Amer. Tap Dancing) 12 Pedestal dance (Contortionist Number). < as lemmas |
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