dancer:

(plural: ‘dancers‘)

to dance = to move the body in different ways to the beat of music

a man or woman who dances, either as a hobby or as a profession, i.e. for money,

a troupe of cultural dancers from Ghana

e.g.

Pete’s wife is an excellent amateur dancer, and is the leader of a troupe of amateur dancers.
Most professional dancers take lessons at reputed dance schools and continue practising for months on end before giving dance shows.
There are different kinds of dance styles and dancers, for example, the most popular being the ballet dance in which the ballet dancer must train years on end to get perfection; cultural dances in which the dancers represent the style and rhythm of their respective cultures, and jazz dance in which the dancers keep changing their movements not according to the established sets of dance poses or movements as is the case with the cultural dances but to the beat of the music which in turn keeps changing from time to time.

Compare: ballerina

casual dancers at a party

For an interesting and instructional article on how to be a good dancer, please click here, for an excellent article, with graphics and videos, that compares water with a dancer, please click here, and for an item of news that shows the difficulties the dancers sometimes face, please click here.

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